Henry B. Yoder (1840 - 1900)

Born 1 Dec 1840 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 May 1900 at age 59 in Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Henry Yoder was born 1 December, 1840, in Upper Saucon, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He was the child of Peter Yoder and Susanna Bechtel who both came from large Mennonite Families and they carried on the tradition.^[1]

Henry enlisted in Company I of the 103rd OVI on 19 Aug 1862 as a private and mustered out on 12 Jun 1865. Mennonites of the era varied in their response to the Civil War; some willingly joined the conflict, while others hired substitutes, served when drafted or remained conscientous objectors. However, his service may have put him at odds with his parents who were devout Mennonites, particularly since Henry's great-grandfather Casper Yoder and his two brothers were among the 11 families who were imprisoned and had all their property confiscated and auctioned off for refusing to swear allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War—despite their service to the Continental troops as teamsters. The subsequent appeal by Eva Landis Yoder and Esther Oberholtzer Bachman to the Pennsylvania Assembly laid the groundwork for establishing conscientious objector status in the United States.^[2]

He married Sarah Godshall Krupp in December 1868^[3][4] and they had six children:

• Almira Yoder (1869–1933)
• Osvin Yoder (1872–1900)
• Milton A Yoder (1874–1954)
• Elmer E Yoder (1877–1952)
• Susie Yoder (1882–1963)
• Inez Yoder (1886–1962)

Between 1880^[5]and 1890^[6] they relocated from Ohio to Michigan.

He died on 4 May 1900 in Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan^[7] and was buried in the South Fulton Cemetery in Fulton, Michigan.^[8]

Yoder Newsletter ID: YB11333

Census:
18 June 1860 Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio.^[1]
4 August 1870 Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio.^[9]
5 June 1880, Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1860 United States Census Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio 18 June, 8160 p. 32, family 238, lines 17–29, household of Peter Yoder, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSX-55F
2. ↑ Fox, Francis S., Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sweet_Land_of_Liberty/mS_my-ESq4MC.
3. ↑ The Descendants of Hans Yoder of Great Swamp, Yoder Newsletter, https://www.yodernewsletter.org/nonamish/YB-Hans.pdf, accessed Dec. 2020; last updated March 2004.
4. ↑ Marriage license of Henry B. Yoder and Sarah Krupp, 17 December 1868, Medina County, Ohio, Marriage license affidavits, Vol. E, 1868–1880, page 31, Image 22 of 474, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ9N-D3.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1880 United States Census, Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio, 5 June 1880, SD 6, ED 199, page 8, family #79, household of Henry B. Yoder, lines 1–6, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBG-9QGK, National Archives and Records Administration, Publication T9
6. ↑ Henry B Yoder, Pension Index Card, 11 August 1890, filed from Michigan, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-6HNV.
7. ↑ Death record of Henry B. Yoder, 4 May 1900, Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan, age 59 years, 5 months, 3 days, file # 5462, Death register, Vol 2 1886–1901, page 310, FHL Film # 007622073, Image 674 of 702, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9KJ-1NJ4?i=673.
8. ↑ Memorial page for Henry B. Yoder, Memorial ID 37148855, 4 May 1900, South Fulton Cemetery, Fulton, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Maintained by Jerry Brown (contributor 47105645), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37148855/henry_b-yoder, accessed April 22, 2024.
9. ↑ 1870 United States Census, Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio, 4 August, 1870, p. 23, stamped 431, household of Henry Yoder, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6W37-P7X, NARA Series M593, Roll 1241

See Also:

• [unidentified record], Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Ancestry.com.