Issue 20 - Yoder Family Information

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8A-HICKORY DAILY RECORD-Mon., Auqust -ol-John
17 | 1992
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and David Former president Richard B. Nell D. \Yilfong, the Rev. and Mrs. portrayed the character of Col.
at€a family reunlon involve the pro- Yoder, who were the first- and third- Yoder of Hickory recalled how 1n L. Clement Hahn and Michael B. George M.' Yoder, a farmer, surduc6onofacookbookandtherevis-
born sons, respectively, of Conrad 1977 he and the late Norman 3 Huifman. veyor,andpublicofficialofthelgth
ionofahistor.ofoneofcatawbaYoder.Intheintervening20yearsJamesrevitalizedtheYoderreunionl.pnr|e|!Vnrlar^(|''fd^Flrhad
county'soldestandmostprominentsincethereleaseofthehistory,theintotheinstitutionitistoday'.', ,.",rrHl#ii*
fam0ies.
family discovered additional data on
some of the other children of rhe secretarv Neal wilfong com- Bulord ""[#';ii';;;tJ;i:'6;:' M Yoder oi"o in tsz9't ttre age of
At the {2nd amual reunion oI the pioneer settler. Jacob Yoder, for in- mented on the family statistics, l"- the lamlly ot uonrao
I}!i-"_tl1Y
Yoder family, which occurred at it"n"u, *". one of four "ttitO."n ot cluding 14 birtl)s and nine marriages Yo(ler's son, Adam'
Zioa Evangelical Lutheran Church Conrad Yoder to .ou""io-'oii!i Ouring the last yean Among the 46
Rev and Mrs L Clement
The otdest members Dresent were --Ihe
colthofHiikor,approximateIyl50statesaround1sr5.Thetineag"-oideathsnotedinthe''Yoder::".*":t""i;;d"ix"'",f,;fiiiri:il*:;H[Jl
members ana guesG gatbered for a Jacob Yoder's dcscendants 1, no* lines was_that ol Een F Yoder, za. ot i'u-':lloiti" etiraUett Cook Wilfons. 'y;-de?
co'eieddish picnic in the church somewhat comptete.
Goshen, Ind. H{} was editor or tne pen-and-ink sketches by Hickory
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vocauon.
or Elizabeth, nri"., "''riii*;, -,D^rltavs
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?1 s;)ecial recosnirion awards .,vent ffin"i".X":r;tffiTffi.Tii$f;
Catherine and Adam Yoder. photos, news clippings and artifacts rn 'Rinhrrrl El yoder, Gerald M, of Lenoir_Rhyne college. Mrs. Hahn
During tbe afternoon business Elizabeth dierl in infancv and were provided btJsiy, Dellinger v"o".,"ii"r* Yoder Hahn, Neal ,",0 ,n.o children were included
meetilgl president Rachael Hahn Catherine Yoder married ii1o t1u Williams' the Rr:v Robert L Yoder. ivirr""g-""a Mr. and Mrs. Ted
"irong tr.,. four generations oI the
Kennedy of Charlotte discussed the Baker family. Among their lineal de- (Dorrna) Yoder.
ilin f..ify who have attended the
proposed release of a Yoder cook- scendants are members are of the
book to showcase the most popular Shuford and Blackburn families.
A monologue given by Ted Yoder college
r€cipes of the mid-lsth-century fam- Elias and Danitrl Yoder moved to In- **************************************************** **
ily. The founder or tne taniity in diana with rheir older brother, REUNION IN MrssoURI- on June 12 and 13, the descendants
North Carolina was a swiss irimi- Jacob. The youngest child, Adam, of Wil"lian Brown Yoder and Mary Ladora Artman rnet in
grant, Conrad yoder, wbo settled on later moved ft'om Catawba County Appleton City, Missouri. Four branches of the f amily
the Souttt Fork River in Catawba and settled in Tennessee, were represented: Wittiarn Brown Yoder Jr , F.Iorence
County approximately seven miles
The yoder editorial commrttee Miller Nixon, Mary Hamnond Yoder West, and Frank Yoder.
south of Hickory. The patriarch died
,"ri"li. r'#iiu ,n"ioin,liinn i.n. "1 The descendants of Martha HilL Yoder Duncan and the
isri-'ealir,einiliesiiiingoii?90.
i;a;;;,;;;ildiariy ttrose in ttre descendants of Robert HilI Yoder coufd not attend. The
The moderator at the reunion Unifour. Anyone with Yoder con- farnily is searching for descendants of charl-es Leroy
later sbared groundwork ptans't'hli nections wholelieves tbat they may Yoder who died Ln 1927. willian and Mary nigrated to
couldresultiithedevelopmentof a be descended. from,c,onrad Yoder Appleton city in L876 fron white Deer Valley
comprehensive history of the yoder ":11::t theYoder Family in
:l"ild
Pennsylvania. Forty-one descendants
.and
spouses
.werein
lamiiy.AlongwithKlnnedy,anedi- N-orth. Carolinr, ^Po. Box 10281, attendance at the reunion. They visited the fanily plot
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Pleasant View Ceroetery near ?j"*"t''':T''"l"ol"n'"
Taberville' and the ":-:l; family
Huffman and Ted M. Yoder. The
live outside
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committe€ wiu begln work
inmediatelytocollectgenealogical marlrngaooress. cousins hld brought farnily pictures fron the turn of the
century and letters written anong to brothers and
iDfomation on the various Yoder Members of an instrumental enliD€s
with a goal of producing a re
sisters' Mary Elizabeth Nixon Kenny' 6305 Fort street'
semble perforrning during the afterwritten
and elpanaei versioriof the noon *u.. Frei Lanning, Scott
Omaha, Nebraska 68104 etas unanirnously elected fanily
clan's"IlistoryoftheYoderFamily petersonandRrchelH.Kennedy. historian. A11 of thettcousinsrrhad a wonderful tirne'
i! North Carolina," published in (contrib by M. Louis Rainey)
tg?g. The work was primarily the *******************************************************
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NEws-HERALD, perkasie. pa.,
paur- D Yoder R:::ion
tbe history traces only part of the As a ne\ts note, the descendants of PauI D and Kittie
wednesdav, Jurv8, ree2
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Yotherc Family *:g{*,*j:irr;"dffi",1tr"1 ili,.;:"#;3"i}$"t;"":y,:t".:$:3i.ilil"l,"f"!"
llolds Reunion ffi:*f,'"'*1i$'i.'iil$'rf,: *:ii:l:l ::;""i'i:::"*.lliiirl'l$ii?liriil:r:"::
Chad Benner, perkasie, and relalives were present.- paul D Yoder was a minister in
yearinwhichhesettledattheGreal N5w we are looking forwaid to reunion of the
-the
The yotbers family from Bucls silampnearcoopersburg,!r?ny_of North carolina Yoders near HickorY, N'c' on August 9'
countyheldits6gthAr"."^ih;;il; his d&cendentsire lurfla initre with kindest regards-- PauI t{ Yoder, Lake Lure, Nc
June i at St. John's Evenrelical Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, rt!!arrrra8*r*rrr***++++++1'++++++++.1++++++++++i+++*+r*r
Lutheran church picinic 6rove. Cooper$urg. GLEN YODER REUNION
Sleepy Hollorv Road, Spinnerstowil .
Garret Benner,-Sellersville asked
withsrpeoplepreseirt.' the blessing tefce the 5 p.m.
A reunion of the descendants of clen Yoder was held in
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conconulrv, washinston (rhe comnunitv that Glen and his
awarded the following prizc: tlie $TidenL
Dan Husberger, A-pple family f irst settled in when they moved to Washington
oraeri peiion--il"f",ii*fi;;fi Buuer .Road,
ierxasie;' fice state frorn Missouri) on July 24, 25 ' and 26, t992.
yothirs,-soudertfi s?;-ih"6;iil Felden! _.lotr_n_tt.-HunsberSgr, Attending were: von and Marge Yoder, Joseph and Florence
with t# most memUirs pi;ani, Smiths School Road, Perkasie; Yoder fron Tigard, Oregon; crace (Yoder) and John Robert
Garret and Laura tybthersj -sf,lle,ta-ry.1reasurer' Alverna from Newberg, oregont lrma (yoder) and Relton carpenter
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rrom omak,
-riasrrin-stoni Ena (yoder) and orvirle Barnes
theirbirthdaysn*t."".;i;;;il !i.t"iiq"l Recoids: zenta Benirer, f ron stanwood' washingtont as well as manv
ArteneG.yothers,souderton; and scnruenxsmillRoad,Perkasie. grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
Jonathan xierer'- perriomeriv'i! ''#h:1i:,["sllu"lfilJ'l#
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Frances Yoder, Ruth (Yoder) and Earl" courtney frorn
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Holden, Missouri and Lois (yoder) wilson fron Marshal,
Mj,ssouri. The event allowed tirne to get acquainted and
******************************************************* reacquainted with fanily and friends. Potluck picnic
dinners were hosted on Friday and saturday nights by Joe
Who r"/as the Sarah yoter who married Ludwig Eutennan on and Florence Yoder and Von and Marge Yoder. On Sunday
Mar 3, L868 in Macon County, Illinois? ITrorning sorne of.the nore adventurous hiked to the top of
a small mountain before Sunday Morning Church services
******************************************************* in Conconullv -church United Methodist Church. A brunch was
served after
services. Tbis concl-uded the reunion
for 1992. Another reunion is planned in two
years.--reported by carla Burke, spokane
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