Nathan Delong YODER
1841 - 1914 (72 years)-
Name Nathan Delong YODER Born 4 Sep 1841 Grand View" Farm, Near Hegins. Was Born In Eldred Township, Schuylkill County PA 
Gender Male Reference Number 11596 _UID 078B3F4912BF468694D4B05F27C15441AB6A Died 30 Jul 1914 Hegins Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, USA Buried Friedens Union Cemetery Hegins Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Sec. 3, Row 7 Person ID I11596 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 Mary HEPLER, b. Cal 11 Apr 1845, d. 22 Feb 1924, Hegins Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 78 years) Children 1. Alice YODER, b. Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA 2. Oliver H YODER, b. 10 Mar 1865, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Jennie (Joanna) M YODER, b. 6 Jun 1868, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. 12 Oct 1924, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA (Age 56 years)4. Ida YODER, b. 31 Oct 1870, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown5. Emma L YODER, b. 2 May 1875, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown6. Mina YODER, b. 2 Dec 1875, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown7. Wm Frederick YODER, b. 15 Aug 1878, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown8. Alvena YODER, b. 11 Jun 1879, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown9. Jacob H YODER, b. 16 Feb 1883, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. 16 Oct 1959 (Age 76 years)10. Luella YODER, b. 3 Mar 1885, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Fredricksburg, Lebanon Co PA 11. Howard Leroy YODER, b. 6 Aug 1892, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. 22 Sep 1907, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA (Age 15 years)12. Clarence YODER, b. Nov 1893, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. Yes, date unknown13. Nelson B. YODER, b. Aug 1895, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA 14. Irene YODER, b. Aft 1895, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA 15. Margaret A.S. YODER, b. 3 Jan 1899, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA , d. 7 Aug 1899, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA (Age 0 years)16. Dorothy A. YODER, b. 1903, Hegins Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA Last Modified 22 May 2015 Family ID F2995 Group Sheet
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Notes - Nathan D. Yoder, was educated in the local schools and at Freeburg academy, after which he began teaching. His first term was at Helfenstein, his second at home, and he then taught six terms at Fountain. He then moved to Hegins and has taught in all twenty-four terms. In 1865 he bought sixty-five acres of land in Hegins township and commenced farming. In 1888 he bought the farm of 112 acres, known as the Wagner place, some of which he has sold off as lots in the village of Hegins. He devotes considerable attention to fruit and stock growing, though he raises all kinds of grain, ,and also owns and operates a saw mill. His farm is one of the best improved in the township, and shows evidence of the intelligence and industry employed in its management. Jan. 29, 1864, Mr. Yoder was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Maurer) Hepler, of Eldred township, and they have had the following children: Oliver H., a teacher, married Lillie Jones and their children are Howard, Clarence, Nel- son, Irene, Dorothy and Alice; Hannah died in childhood; Jennie is the wife of Walter Till, of Philadelphia, and has one daughter, Mildred; Ida who is the wife ,of Albert Strausser, who is in the asylum, a disabled engineer, has one son, Albert, and lives with her father, following the occupation of dressmaker; Mima taught for a time and is now the wife of Rev. E. S. Faust, a minister of the Reformed church, at St. Thomas, Pa., with one son, Lawrence Y.; William F. taught for several years, graduated at the state normal school in West .Chester, and is now attending Franklin and Marshall college, at Lancaster; Alvina is at home with her parents; Emma also is at home; Clara died at the age of twenty-two years; Jacob H. is attending school at West Chester preparing for college; Luella is teaching at Reinerton; and Daisy is deceased. Mr. Yoder is a Republican and was for ten years a justice of the peace. He belongs to Hegins Lodge, No.726, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was secretary for thirty years, and served four terms as district deputy grand master. He and family are members of the United Evangelical church. He is a friend of popular education and is a careful reader of scientific agriculture as well as Chris- tianity and political subjects.
Howerter's Lutheran (-L) and Reformed (-R) (Church Chrisining)
William Yoder and wf Bridget [Delong]
Nathanial Yoder
4 Sep 1841/21 Oct 1841-L
Charles Yoder and Sarah Hering
Yoder, Nathan D., proprietor of the "Grand View" farm, near Hegins. was born in Eldred township, Schuylkill county, Sept. 4. 1842. He is a son of William and Briggitta (DeLong) Yoder, both natives of Pennsylvania-the father of Schuvlkill and the mother of Berks county.
Nathan's 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.
OH132811- Nathan D Yoder (9/4/1841-7/30/1914 bur Hegins)
m Mary M Helper (4/21/1845-2/22/1924)
(RHY cht; 1880 Cens-Sch.Hegins; 1890 County Census)
+OH1328111 Oliver H (b 3/10/1865)
m Lillie May Janis (1/6/1867-1919)
OH1328112 Wm Frederick (b 8/15/1878)
OH1328113 Jacob E H (b 2/16/1883)
OH1328114 Jennie (Joanna) M (6/6/1868-10/12/1924) m Walter Till
OH1328115 Ida (b 10/31/1870) m Jacob Miller
OH1328116- Mina b. 12/2/1875? m. Rev.Franklin Faust (10/6/1870-
) German Lutheran Church, Hazeltown, PA
OH1328116 Mina (Jemmina) (b 12/2/1875 sic)
m Rev Franklin Faust (b 10/6/1870)
OH1328117 Emma L (b 5/2/1875 sic)
OH1328118 Alvena (b 6/11/1879)
OH1328119 Luella (b 3/3/1885 bur Fredricksburg, Lebanon Co PA
m Edgar Ranck (7/16/1872-3/31/1925)
("also : Martha; Clara E; Brizzie"- perCo.Hist which
doesn't name Ida, Mina, & Alvena)
OH1328111- Oliver H. Yoder (3/10/1865- ) m Lillie May Janis
(1/6/1867 Ashland, Pa-1919) (Richard H. Yoder Data)(1900-Sch. Co, Hegins)
OH13281111- Howard Leroy (8/6/1892-9/22/1907 Killed when grandstand
collapsed in Hegins)
OH13281112- Margaret A.S. (1/3/1899-8/7/1899)
OH13281113- Clarence (11/-/1893- ) m. Florence ____ ( - )
OH13281114- Nelson B. (8/-/1895- )
OH13281115- Irene ( - )
OH13281116- Dorothy A. (1903- ) m Ralph O. Russell (1899- )
OH13281117- Alice ( - )
- Nathan D. Yoder, was educated in the local schools and at Freeburg academy, after which he began teaching. His first term was at Helfenstein, his second at home, and he then taught six terms at Fountain. He then moved to Hegins and has taught in all twenty-four terms. In 1865 he bought sixty-five acres of land in Hegins township and commenced farming. In 1888 he bought the farm of 112 acres, known as the Wagner place, some of which he has sold off as lots in the village of Hegins. He devotes considerable attention to fruit and stock growing, though he raises all kinds of grain, ,and also owns and operates a saw mill. His farm is one of the best improved in the township, and shows evidence of the intelligence and industry employed in its management. Jan. 29, 1864, Mr. Yoder was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Maurer) Hepler, of Eldred township, and they have had the following children: Oliver H., a teacher, married Lillie Jones and their children are Howard, Clarence, Nel- son, Irene, Dorothy and Alice; Hannah died in childhood; Jennie is the wife of Walter Till, of Philadelphia, and has one daughter, Mildred; Ida who is the wife ,of Albert Strausser, who is in the asylum, a disabled engineer, has one son, Albert, and lives with her father, following the occupation of dressmaker; Mima taught for a time and is now the wife of Rev. E. S. Faust, a minister of the Reformed church, at St. Thomas, Pa., with one son, Lawrence Y.; William F. taught for several years, graduated at the state normal school in West .Chester, and is now attending Franklin and Marshall college, at Lancaster; Alvina is at home with her parents; Emma also is at home; Clara died at the age of twenty-two years; Jacob H. is attending school at West Chester preparing for college; Luella is teaching at Reinerton; and Daisy is deceased. Mr. Yoder is a Republican and was for ten years a justice of the peace. He belongs to Hegins Lodge, No.726, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was secretary for thirty years, and served four terms as district deputy grand master. He and family are members of the United Evangelical church. He is a friend of popular education and is a careful reader of scientific agriculture as well as Chris- tianity and political subjects.