Lewis Delong YODER
1845 - 1925 (79 years)-
Name Lewis Delong YODER Born 15 Nov 1845 Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA Gender Male Reference Number 10941 _UID C10B750DB7C34E60969BA9A657BB1F0B321C Died 31 Aug 1925 Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA Buried Friedens Union Cemetery Hegins Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Sec. 1, Row 25 Person ID I10941 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2014
Father William (Wilhelm) YODER, b. 19 Dec 1812, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. 13 Jun 1854, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA (Age 41 years) Mother Brigitta DELONG, b. 22 Aug 1822, Greenwich, Berks Co PA , d. 10 Apr 1900, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA (Age 77 years) Married 7 Feb 1840 Family ID F2746 Group Sheet
Family Elizabeth "Lizzie" May MILLER, b. Jan 1849, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Jan 1944, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA (Age ~ 95 years) Married After 1870-before 1880 Children 1. Lula G YODER, b. 6 Aug 1880, d. 27 Oct 1964 (Age 84 years) 2. Jacob (Aka: Jake) YODER, b. Nov 1882, Schuylkill Co., PA , d. Aft 1959, Schuylkill Co., PA (Age ~ 77 years) 3. Elizabeth Cora YODER, b. Apr 1884, Hegins, PA , d. Shamokin, PA 4. Emma Annie YODER, b. Jun 1886, Hegins, PA , d. Yes, date unknown 5. Earl Lewis YODER, b. 12 Mar 1895, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. 15 Dec 1976, Riverside, CA (Age 81 years) Last Modified 17 May 2014 Family ID F4 Group Sheet
-
Notes - Lewis D. is a. wheelwright
Lewis YODER attended Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College in 1865.
Lewis' grandfather George Yoder Jr and his great uncle Abraham (brother of George Jr), were the first of the Yoder's to settle in Schuylkill county, locating in what is now Eldred township. where they secured large tracts of land and engaged in farming. Abraham also built a saw and grist mill, one of the first in the county, and this mill is still standing. George Yoder married Elizabeth Reiner of Berks county, and they had six children- Mary, Sallie, Hattie, Elizabeth, William, and Charles-all now deceased.
Birth: 1845
Death: 1925
Burial:
Friedens Union Cemetery
Hegins
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Sec. 1, Row 25
Genealogical Abstracts from the Mount Carmel Ledger, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Jan 6, 1893 through Mar 17, 1893
Friday, January 13, 1893; An infant child of Lewis YODER, living on the Avenue in Mt. Carmel, died of membranous croup. Interment at Numedia.
- Lewis D. is a. wheelwright