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Reuben Yoder

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Reuben Yoder

Birth
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Mar 1912 (aged 81)
LaGrange County, Indiana, USA
Burial
LaGrange County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Obit from the Gospel Herald

"Yoder.- Reuben Yoder was born in Somerset Co., Pa., Jan. 9, 1831; died in LaGrange Co., Ind., March 18, 1912; aged 81 y. 2 m. 9 d. He was married to Harriet Riehl April 1, 1851, who died about 3 1/2 years ago. In 1851 they moved in a covered wagon from Pennsylvania to LaGrange Co., Ind., where they settled in the woods upon a farm in Newbury Twp., where they lived till four years ago when they moved to their son's home near the Forks Church where they both died. To this union were born 7 sons and 2 daughters, all surviving their parents except 1 son who died in infancy. He is also survived by 30 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, and by 2 sisters. Bro. Yoder has been a member of the Amish Mennonite Church at the Forks for many years and his place was seldom vacant. Funeral at Forks Church by S. E. Weaver and D. D. Miller."
Obit from the Gospel Herald

"Yoder.- Reuben Yoder was born in Somerset Co., Pa., Jan. 9, 1831; died in LaGrange Co., Ind., March 18, 1912; aged 81 y. 2 m. 9 d. He was married to Harriet Riehl April 1, 1851, who died about 3 1/2 years ago. In 1851 they moved in a covered wagon from Pennsylvania to LaGrange Co., Ind., where they settled in the woods upon a farm in Newbury Twp., where they lived till four years ago when they moved to their son's home near the Forks Church where they both died. To this union were born 7 sons and 2 daughters, all surviving their parents except 1 son who died in infancy. He is also survived by 30 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, and by 2 sisters. Bro. Yoder has been a member of the Amish Mennonite Church at the Forks for many years and his place was seldom vacant. Funeral at Forks Church by S. E. Weaver and D. D. Miller."


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