YODER NEWSLETTER

03/28/2026

Another milestone reached…
Passing 2,000 followers on the YNL FACEBOOK page was one (now 2100), hitting the 23,000 mark of recorded visitors on the YNL web site was another. We are now pleased to announce that the 2,000th subscribing household was reached recently when Larry Holderly added his newsletter subscription. Larry is the great grandson of Nancy Yoder (YR127323) and great-great of Elizabeth Yoder (YR25125) and her husband Samuel S. Yoder (1816-1905) (YR12732).
He has provided some very detailed biographical information on Samuel S., which will be added to the YNL web site, and likely the FB site as well, but for now we are glad to be able to share a photo of Larry as well as a portrait of Samuel’s family.
Welcome aboard Larry, our subscriber number 2,000!!

03/13/2026

From YNL22...Hiram Yoder was the jury foreman when Tom Horn was convicted to be hung. YR235645- Hiram W (11/3/1864 Goshen,I-7/12/1925 Torrington,Wyo) m 1/8/1908 Alliance, Ne Ode Flower (11/3/1870 Oh- )

Hiram was to have a noteworthy acquaintance with "neck-tie" parties. Hiram ranched successfully in the Goshen Hole area (east of Wheatland, Wyoming).

"His claim to fame, however, is that he served as the foreman of the jury which convicted the infamous range detective Tom Horn, and sentenced him to hang. Tom Horn was the subject of a 1980 motion picture staring Steve McQueen.According to Joan Murra, of the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody Wyoming, Hiram's name pops up in most accounts of Tom Horn, and of the early ranchers in Wyoming. "

Thomas Horn Jr., (November 21, 1861 – November 20, 1903) was an American cowboy, scout, soldier, range detective, rodeo performer, and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West. Believed to have committed 17 killings as a hired gunman throughout the West,[2] Horn...

03/11/2026

March 11, Johnny Appleseed Day

Read about his visits to the Oley Homestead of Hans Yoder (OH1)

https://yodernewsletter.org/ynlpdf/YNL15.pdf

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02/19/2026

Amish Yoder Line Treasures Donated for Display at the House of Yoder! Sue Rochelle Yoder Gunnarson (YR25122c151) of Hubert, OK brings a carload!

The House will open for the season on Monday 25, 2026 (which is Memorial Day ). They are always looking for new docents. If interested in details contact Mayla H. Yoder. 1210 Main St Apt 1
Berlin, PA 15530
814-267-3383. www.houseofyoder.org “

02/19/2026

The Rollcall Yoder FACEBOOK post was a "Best Seller"

See stats below

02/07/2026

Advanced BIG News Item from the Yet to be Published April 2026 Yoder Newsletter

State of the Art DNA Testing Supports our earlier hypothesis about Hans of Great Swamp's parentage!!!

as spelled out in Apr 2010 YNL

https://yodernewsletter.org/ynlpdf/YNL55.pdf

02/07/2026

It has been several years!
Yoder Newsletter Roll Call-
Where are you from and what is your Yoder line? (Respond with a comment, using your YNL code if you have it). Here's mine:
Chris Yoder
Otho B. Yoder (b. 1908)
Ray S. Yoder (b. 1886)
Samuel R. Yoder (b. 1856) (YR2337a2)
Reuben Yoder (b. 1831) (YR2337a)
Bishop Christian Yoder Jr (b. 1790) (YR2337)
Bishop Christian Yoder Sr. (b1758) (YR233)
Christian Yoder (aka "Schweitzer) (b. 1728) (YR23)
Christian Yoder the immigrant (b. c1700) (YR2)
---Chris Yoder, Saugatuck, Michigan

01/29/2026

This marker was added to the Pleasantville Union Cemetery, Berks Co, PA during the 2014 National Yoder reunion by the Oley Yoder Heritage Association.

Grave have now been added to Find A Garve at

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/291984122/johannes-joder

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184174703/yost-joder

01/29/2026

Peter Yoder (YRB6) Bible-- as posted on his Find-A-Grave record https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20105096/peter-yoder -photo=73701637

This Bible lists the children by his second wife , Gertrude
"Cherity" Kauffman Kenagy (4/1/1795 SP-10/1/1847) with some dates same, some new and one child not recorded before on YNL web page - ref https://yodernewsletter.org/amfams/yrb.html

Jacob- b. Feb 4, 1819- same date
Peter- b. Feb 10, 1820- new child
David b. Jul 12, 1821-new exact date
Salomon b. Jan 6, 1823 - changed date
Gertrude b. Mar 27, 1825 - new exact date
Elizabeth b. Nov 14, 1828- same date
Christian b. Dec. 29, 1826- same date

01/29/2026

YNL 87 includes features about: The 2025 National Yoder Reunion in NC; DNA revelations that take a step toward solving the paternal mystery of Samuel Yoder (OH14); and a finding by a prominent Oley Township, Berks County historian which proves the location of the original homestead of Oley immigrant Hans Yoder (OH). The issues will be in the mail on April 1, 2026!

If you are not currently a subscriber, mail in your subscription order now (include a note saying “start me with issue YNL87”) to make sure you will not miss this issue. Print and mail the order form at:
https://yodernewsletter.org/subscrib.html

01/26/2026

01/26/2026

CONRAD PROJECT LAUNCHED!

A major announcement made at the NC National Yoder Reunion was that the NC Yoders have accepted the offer by Dr. Emily Richardson to prepare an updated descendant directory for Conrad Yoder. Emily is not only a descendant of Conrad’s nephew Melchior, but her son has married a “double descendant” of Conrad Yoder. She is beginning by concentrating on Conrad's children by his 3rd marriage to Catherine Huffman, namely:

+Con5- Elias b. Oct. 31, 1777
+Con6- Daniel b. Jun. 18, 1780
Con7- Catherine b. Dec.21, 1782 m. May 8, 1798 Lincoln Co., NC
John Baker d. Aug.3, 1867
+Con8- Adam (Yother) b. Jun.23, 1785

Descendants of these four are encouraged to reach out to Dr. Richardson with pictures and family stories (particularly about the first 6 generations down from Conrad) at: kinsearchers@gmail.com