Issue 08 - Yoder Family Information

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ReunionwasheldSulday,Jungl5at Eeatast distance trr attend th€ several hundred guests - Copres of a nrap of Catawba product were o'n hand for sile.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran f-amilv sathering County, which were surveyed and The Rev. Frank Yoder of Dacatur.
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family members in attendence. HansJoder"or John yoder. ol
Sr.. and
the lamlly and
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lts Yoder in 1886. were distributed. Dr. retired Baptist minister, Yoder is a
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Smith's School Road, peikasre,settled
at the Great S*"-o.-""". f^r::ll^b]illt,and
nine marriages president of Lel-orr'-Rhyne.College lrated to Tennessee from Linccln
pr€sident of the group opened thel"-i!-.i;.s-t\,r-;; oI f'qd;;. Tl'.iTr"iTttrk*krr kk kk kk-Xi'idfliT.!';ti-"f-,1.^I9f- *9"lTI inrthe leth century
business meeting -- , dents are buried in t}te Saucon Jotrn yooer Junror's farm uas Jacob Yothers ano nls slaonu
PastorDavidMiller, Quakertown, Mennonite Cemetery. Coopersourg imated next to the Saucon Nlen wife. Barbara (1.-retz_).\.othen. ar€
askedtheblessingbeforethesp.m. Theearliestrecordof JohnYodei. nonite Church. Upper Saucon buriedintheDoylestownMennonire
Pennsylvania Pernsylvania Dutch meal. ., Sr.. Sr., and his wife Anna. Annd, state that on otr T^rvnshin To\\'nship, Lpirh Leigh cornrv couiriy.
{.h,,r.h's Chuch's {'pmprpru Cemeiery, u,hprp u,here rhc! the1.
_ Tte president then awarded the January l, l20 he bought 99 acr6 C"=p.i V"A"T Uoughi hrs father s were membem
following prizes: to the couplefrom joseph Growdei at Great gs-r;i!'ir*-'. iiio in Ri"nt"na ite totto*ing officers were
married the longest -- Pa:tor swamp in Righland, adjoining lands i"*"rnip.
elected to theassociation: presid€nt
Abram w and Mary (Trauger) of Jacob clemmer and George In tihe bought a l3r acre farm i;d'i;;$;;"r, perkasie; vice
Yothen of Perkasie, 59 years. Bachman. The land is located north 1n fV"* Srita,; Township, f"r", Fiuria"ii"iloUt yotf,u"r, Glensialei
Tte youngest child was .D"utg !; of Route 663 at portzer. Road. known as Vauxtown. Caspdr \ oder seir"ilil' _-il"r.u."., Alverna y.
Yothers Jr.. 8-months old, son oI John yoder, sr. had two s{)ns. sold this farm to his sin,. la""n fffrliliteri perkasie, .nd
DavidL andArlene(Geissinger)JohnJr.andcasper.TheymayhaveYoder,inl81for467pounds.
llistonan,RichardJ.yothers,Jr.,
Yothers. Souderton. had more children, but r6cordi rve:e Jacob yoder changed his nun," t,, bifn- i,.iass"'
Jim Yothers Hatboroand l,€isle not kept of women's maiden nlmes Yr,lhers (year unknown) all,l all Th€ tS reunion will be held the
Benner, Perkasie, were the winners so they were hard to identify. th, Bucks County Yothers are lii5 third Sunday in June at the sattre
of the traditional guessing game. descendanls. laation.
CHRISTIAN V. AND MATTIE J. (MIII,ER) YODER REUNION
Or July 5, L986 the reunion of the descendants of
Christian V. Yoder and llattie (m111er) Yoder was held
at the farn of William Yoder on the County Line Road
southwest of Nappanee IN. Christian V. was the son of
David C. Yoder who went to KS and David C. was the
son of the third Christia!_f4gm the Anlsh imnigrant,
Christian Yoder of I44.(L42)
Attending the reunlon were from AL, CO, FL, IL, IN,
MI, 0H and KS.
Rachel Kreider and Ben F. Yoder, of the Yoder Newsletter,
attended as guests. Rachel presented a chart
showlng the J.ineage of Christian V. and Mattie which
supplemented the chart nade by Enos D. Yoder of Sarasota
FL who also was in charge of the affair.
A book of the fanily record of Christian v. and
Hattie Yoder's descendants was conpiled by Ievi and
Elva Knepp and Alvin and Adelaide Fry' a1l of KS. It
vras dlstrlbuted at the reunlon.
Good food, hospitality and enjoyable fellorhip was
enjoyed by over 150 in attendance.
PETER AND NANCY YODER.REUNION
130 descendants gathered at the Crossroads camp
at RolLa North Dakota on July 22-25, Expenses were
paid by an auction which consisted of items made by
the menbers. Time was spent €wimming, horseback
and pony riding, fellowship, trips and singing and
was enjoyed by all.
States represented were fowa; Indiana, Arizona,
North Dakota Montana, Florida, Colorado' Kansas
and Minnesota.
Peter Yoder came to North Dakofa in 1895 at age
21 by train to his homestead southeast of Mylo
which was later built in 1906. Nancy came from
Bertrand in 1894 in a covered wagon. They were
married in 1897 on November 7 and raised twelve
children. They celebrated their 5Oth and 6Oth
anni-versaries with all chj-ldren present.
This family is thankful to have been blessed
with good health and were able to get along with
what was provided and can stil1 enjoy good times
together.
(this information was provi-ded by Sylvia Martin,
one of the daughters, who sent a tetter)
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SEVENTEENTH MOSES H. YODER REI'NION HELD IN
SOUT}TERN UICHICAN
The seventeenth reulon of the Moses H.Yoder
fanily was held Aug. 8-J-0, 1986, at Canp Fort
Itil1 near Sturgls, Miehigan. 0f the possible
plo living Yoders on the family tree (by birth'
acloptlon, marriage) only 82 nade lt to at least
one session. They cane fron Michigan, Indiana'
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vlrglnia, North Carolina'
Florida, Illino1s, Iowa and Kansas.
01d photos, etc. were on cllsplay. Several
fanily itbums and scrap books provided acquaintance
with absent ones. 0rpha Cooprlder Hersh-
Uerger, IUrs. Ezra, of Goshen is continuing her
seaicfr into the past Bs one of the older grandchildren
of Moses H. Yoder and 6he was responsible
for the most of the memorabilia. The
oldest livtng grandchild, Steven Yoder' now at
GrJencroft, do6hen, was not able to attend. His
son, ttarold Yoder, Goshen, was the Master of
Cerenonies - --O1 for all the sessions.-
Saturday aftennoon an auetion of donated
items, handmade and otherrvise, was lots of fun'
providlng activity indoors while lt ralned ancl
iunds to-pay for the carnp faclllties. Few folks
took the taient shor in the evenlng seriously
but everyone enjoyed the singing of Terry and
Judy Yoder, he from a wheelehalr.
In the Sunday forenoon fellowship, Honer
Yoder, a great grandson and pastor, gave an
approprlate devotional nedltatlon on the fanily.
His father, Clarence Yoder, of Mlddlebury,
lnformed us of his parents, Ezra and Susan Yoder.
J. Otis Yoder of Breezenood PA, had done considerable
research in the fndlana-Mlchlgan area where
hls father was born and in Somerset Co., PA
where hls nother was born and presented a paper
on T,evi and EIla Yoder, his parents. Tine did
not pernit the historles of two other Moses H.
Ioder children to be given, so they were turned
lnto seed for the next reunion set for 1!88 at
Midland MI.
The third updated revision of the Moses H.
Yoder Genealogy was on sa1e. Cassettes of the
historical presentatlons from the previous reunions
are still available
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