Yoder Roll Call revisited. Subj: Re: YODER Roll Call Date: 97-10-24 05:04:48 EDT From: KEY4511 To: YODER-L@rootsweb.com Re: YODER Roll Call. Somehow I did not get the original message from Chris, but I think I get the idea. Here is my line. Keith Yoder (key4511@aol.com). 1. YB--Hans Yoder of Great Swamp--ca. 1680 --- 1753 2. YB1--John Yoder-- d. 1782 3. YB13--Abraham Yoder -- 1747 - 1820 4. YB137--Peter Yoder -- 1786 - 1861 5. YB1378--Henry B. Yoder -- 1829 - 1899 6. YB13781--Peter B. Yoder -- 1855 - 1943 7. YB137812--David A. Yoder -- 1883 - 1980 8. YB1378122--Lowell L. Yoder -- 1912 - 1989 9. YB13781221--Keith E. Yoder -- 1936 - Dear Cousins, Since others are sending additional personal info I will re-send the above with a few additonal comments. Hans Yoder of Great Swamp which is in northern Bucks Co. near Quakertown, PA, was the progenitor of the Mennonite line. I notice most of the roll call replies are from the Amish-Mennonite lines and I am wondering if there any others out there descending from my line. My family migrated westward via eastern Ohio,-- Columbiana, Mahoning county areas where many "old" Mennonites went. Midway, Leetonia, and others were several of the congregations. No. 4 above (YB137) migrated there as well as one of his brothers and many of their descendants still live in that area. Some of their cousins went to the Wadsworth OH area and I suspect most of those were "new" Mennonites, later known as General Conference Mennonites. The Yothers branch (as reported in Richard Yothers book) and others remained in PA and descendants are still living there. I would be interested in learning more about these branches of the family. My gr.-gr.- grandfather, Henry B. Yoder (YB1378) migrated to Elkhart Co. IN with an abortive detour ( 1854-55) in Clay Co. IN (where his son Peter B. was born) sometime around 1865. There were also cousins from Ohio who had come to Indiana, several who had married into the Holdeman family. They settled near Wakarusa, IN not far from where the Holdeman Mennonite church was eventually located. Henry B.'s grandson, D.A. Yoder (my grandfather) was a Mennonite bishop in norhern Indiana for many years (a record # for the Mennonite church according to John C. Wenger). He lived to age 97 and was ordained at a very young age. My interests in Yoder genealogy include learning more about the various branches of the "Mennonite" line as well as hoping that sometime it can be established how our ancestor links with the other Yoder immigrants. The latest YNL mentioned the possibility that a National Reunion might be sponsored by the Yothers family of Bucks/Lehigh Co. in 1999. I would heartily endorse this idea and hope it comes to pass. This Yoder Roll Call has been great fun! Sincerely, Keith