MELCHIOR YODER LINE - Part FIVE M3 thru M7 - Yoder Family ...

lived in adjoining counties, Kosciusko and Whitely, beginning in the 1840s. Thisdefinitely looks like a match to me. Another point you might have missed when youlooked at my record on RootsWeb. I'm sure you know how people name their kids afterolder relatives--parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, etc. Well, Sarah Elder had ayounger brother with the unique name Marquis deLafayette Elder. And what acoincidence that George W. & Esther Jane Yotter named one of children Marquis! -John Warstler, 2003.”M316-1 Althea L. born circa 1864. Residence: ClaypoolTownship, Kosciusko County, IN, 1900-1910. m. 6 October 1897 in Kosciusko County,IN to Ezra Allen SCOLES (born 11 November 1866, s/o David Braddock Scoles and hiswife Nancy J. Vangilder -- died 12 September 1917, aged 50 years, in KosciuskoCounty). No known issue.M316-2 Oscar Alvertis born circa 1866; died 25 March 1872, agedapproximately 5 years.+M316-3 Marquis D. born circa March 1868.M316-4 Drantha Isabella Yotter born 16 February 1870; died 19 February 1870in Kosciusko County, IN.M316-3 Marquis Devlin "Marcus" Yotter born 10 March 1868, in KosciuskoCounty, IN. Named after his mother’s younger brother, Marquis de Lafayette Elder.Drayman, 1900. Teamster, 1910. Postmaster, Silver Lake, 1914-1920. School trustee,Lake Township, 1924-1930. Member, IOOF. Residence: Silver Lake, Lake Township,Kosciusko County, Indiana, 1880-1900. m. 17 January 1891 in Kosciusko County, toLuzetta “Louie” Rager (born April 1874 – died 1959, aged approximately 85 years).Marquis died 1963, aged approximately 95 years; both interred in Lakeview Cemetery,Kosciusko County. Interment information for this family by Mary Lou Cook Veal +M316-31 Bernard Bly born 30 August 1891.+M316-32 Keith Clifford born 11 July 1893.+M316-33 Zetta Wilodean born 17 January 1903.M316-31 Bernard Bly Yotter born 30 August 1891 in Silver Lake, Lake Township,Kosciusko County, IN. Pharmacist. Residence: 420 West Washington Street, Hartford,Licking Township, Blackford County, IN, 1920; 117 West Butler Street, Fort Wayne,Wayne Township, Allen County, IN, 1930. m. Ethel F. Jontz; divorced