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2. CHARLES HENRY YEAGER was born in Up- per Saucon, Sept. 9, 1857. He received a com- mon school education and has been all his life a farmer. For many years he cultivated his father's farm, but now owns and operates a seventy- three-acre farm in the township. Mr. Yeager married Emma, daughter of Lycurgus and Appo- lonia N. (Schnell) Bauder, who died Jan. 28, 1911, aged thirty-five years. They had six chil- dren : Charles W .; Edna May; Elsie Irene ; Eva Minerva; Emily Matilda and Francis V. Mr. Yeager is a member of the Friedensville Lutheran congregation and a Republican in poli- tics.
3. Ellen Catharine born Jan. 11, 1860.
4. Amanda Matilda, born Aug. 24, 1861, died Aug. 20, 1866.
5. John Clinton, born Nov. 19, 1862, died Aug. 16, 1863.
6. Benjamin Franklin, born Feb. 2, 1866, died March 7, 1867.
7. William Alfred, born July 20, 1867, died May 28, 1876.
8. HIRAM JACOB YEAGER was born July II, 1869, in Upper Saucon township, and attended the local schools in his youth. He became a farmer and was engaged in the cultivation of the homestead until 1910. He now owns and farms a ninety-seven-acre tract in the township and is also the owner of a fourteen-acre timber tract. He is a member of the Friedensville Lutheran congregation and a Republican in politics.
9. ELMER GEORGE YEAGER was born in Up- per Saucon township, Feb. 25, 1871. He was educated in the schools of the vicinity and re- mained on his father's farm until his death in 1910. He now owns and cultivates a farm of forty-nine acres and is of the same religious and political convictions as his brothers. Mr. Yeager married Irene, daughter of Frank and Mary
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(Messer) Transue, of Williams township, Northampton county. They have five children: Raymond, Charles, Wallace, Millard and Beu- lah.
10. Mary A., born June 17, 1872.
Rev. Joshua Yeager, youngest son of Rev. John Conrad, was born Sept. 23, 1802. He studied under his father and was ordained to the Lu- theran ministry in 1827. He assisted his father in his four congregations from 1827 to 1831, when he became pastor of two of these congrega- tions, those at Allentown and Friedensville. Upon his father's death, in 1832, he became pastor also of the Schoenersville and Hecktown congregations. Reverend Yeager was pastor at Allentown until 1853, at Friedensville, until '1885, at Schoenersville until 1885 and at Heck- town until 1842. He organized the Rittersville congregation and was pastor there from 1842 to 1885 and also served the Lehigh church in Lower Macungie from 1842 to 1885, Jerusalem Church, in Salisbury, from 1843 to 1883, and Macungie congregation from 1856 to 1867. He was a trustee of Muhlenberg College from 1867 to 1876 and resided in Allentown until his death Aug. 1, 1888, aged eighty-five years. He re- sided at the northeast corner of Fifth and Ham- ilton streets, and at 230 North Fifth street. Reverend Yeager married Maria, daughter of Jacob and Maria Grim, of Friedensville. Mrs. Yeager died in 1887. They had four children: Dr. Theodore C .; Amanda, married J. B. Reeme ; and had two children, Effie B. and Annetta ; Robert J., and Sarah W., who died unmarried.
Dr. Theodore C. Yeager was born April I, 1828, and was educated at the Allentown Acad- emy and Allentown Seminary. He then studied medicine under Dr. Chas. L. Martin, began practice in 1860 and engaged in the drug busi- ness with Dr. W. E. Barnes. He was assistant medical inspector of Lehigh county in 1862, as- sistant surgeon of the Fifty-first Regiment in 1863, professor of chemistry and botany at Muh- lenberg College, and deputy revenue collector under President Grant. Doctor Yeager was elected mayor of Allentown in 1873 and died in office, Jan. 14, 1874. He was survived by his wife and two children: Minnie W. and Norton.
Robert J. Yeager, son of Rev. Joshua, was born in Allentown, May 7, 1833. He was edu- cated in the Allentown schools and at Nazareth Hall and became a clerk in the dry goods store of Weinsheimer & Newhard. Subsequently he conducted a lumber yard in the First ward for several years. He then devoted his time to the cultivation of his forty-five-acre farm located be- tween Fifth and Seventh streets and north of
Allen street, until the encroachment of residences through the growth of the city made this im- practicable. Mr. Yeager died March 3, 1914, aged eighty years. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran church. Mr. Yeager married, June 6, 1854, Matilda Deily, daughter of Jacob and Mary M. (Geisinger ) Deily, of Catasauqua. They had three children: Albert J., Andrew L. and a daughter, who died young. Albert J. Yeager was killed in an electric railway accident on the Lehigh Mountain on Dec. 23, 1901. His wife, nee Leida Cooper, died Jan. 20, 1902, from the result of injuries received in the same accident.
Andrew L. Yeager, a florist at Sixth and Green streets, married Ella J. Kleckner and has one daughter, Florence M. Yeager.
YENSER FAMILY.
Descendants of the Yenser Family have re- sided in the northeastern section of Berks county, and in Lehigh county, in the vicinity of Wessnersville, for many years. The ancestor was Jacob Yenser whose name appears in the tax list of Weisenberg township, in 1762, and among nis children were two sons: George and Daniel.
George Yenser was a shoe-maker by trade and carried on business near Lenhartsville where he owned and operated a farm. He was a tall man, heavily built and weighed over 300 pounds. He was married to Mary Heilman, and they had seven children: Moses (married Fietta Trexler and had three children, Emma, Sarah and Wil- liam, and William had a son George) ; Jona- than; William (married Lizzie Sassaman; and they reside in Kansas) ; Wilson (married a Miss Mengel ; Catharine (married Gideon Stump) ; Eliza (married William Shollenberger) ; and a daughter (married William Hollenbach ).
Jonathan Yenser, the eldest son of George, was born June 11, 1839, and he died Feb. 29, 1864. He was brought up on a farm in Green- wich township and then taught school for a time. His wife was Isabella Bast, and they had a son, named Oliver G., born July 7, 1863, who lived in Perry township, Berks county, for a time, then moved to Reading and was married to Mary C. Rabenhold, with whom he had four children: Mamie, George, Robert, and Le Roy. Daniel Yenser, the brother of George, first-named, lived in the Kistler Valley in Berks county, near the line of Lehigh county, and he was buried at the Wessnersville Church where an ordinary field stone marks his grave with the inscription of his name on it-D. YENSER. He was married to Sallie Christman, and they had nine children: John; Daniel; Nathan (mar- ried Lydia Rubrecht, 1826-1895, and had three
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children, James H., 1853-63; Sarah E., 1856- 57, and Maria, 1858-63); Charles; James ; Amanda (married Godlieb Krassley) ; Ange- lina (married James Scheary) ; Sarah; and Re- becca (married John Rehrig).
Daniel Yenser, the second son of Daniel, was born in Lynn township, Lehigh county, Jan. 25, 1831. When a young man he learned the trade of stone-mason which he followed in the upper end of Berks county and in the eastern end of Lehigh county; then he worked for a time in the coal regions. In 1875 he located at Slating- ton, where he has since resided and carried on his trade. On Aug. 22, 1852, he was married to Mary Ann Stoudt, daughter of Samuel and they had fifteen children: Henry; William F .; Albert; Sarah, who died six years old; Alvesta; Ella; Emma; Minerva (deceased ) ; Charles W .; Daniel ; Benjamin (who was foreman in the con- struction of the iron bridge at Quebec when it collapsed Aug. 28, 1908) ; Francis ; John ; Sallie, and Anna. His wife died in the 80th year of her age and was buried in the Union Cemetery at Slatington.
WILLIAM F. YENSER, second son of Daniel and Mary Ann, was born in the Yenser Home- stead in 1854, and he continued at home working on the farm until he became eighteen years old, when he began to work in the ore mines in Le- high county and afterward in the slate quarries in the vicinity of Slatington. In 1880 he en- tered the employment of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., and since 1891, has filled the position of conductor on the road. In 1907 he secured a comfortable home at Slatington which he and his family have since occupied. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
In 1876 he married Emma Eberhart, daugh- ter of Daniel and Mary (Sterner ) Eberhart, and they have seven children: Edwin; Herbert (married Susan Phillips) ; Ella (married Gustav Waller) ; Clara; Frederick; Stanley; and Vio- let. They are members of the United Evangel- ical Church.
CHARLES W. YENSER, son of Daniel and Mary Ann, was born at Pottsville, Dec. 4, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of Slat- ington, to which place his parents had removed and then worked in slate quarries for a time. For three years he followed the business of a contractor; then in 1898 the Blue Valley Slate Manufacturing Co. engaged him as its superin- tendent in the production of roofing, structural and electrical slate materials and blackboards and since then he has filled this position in a success- ful manner, with 60 men under him. Mr. Yenser is a member of the P. O. S. of A., K.
of P., K. of F., and K. G. E .; also of the Slatington Hose Co. He has served as Fire Chief of the Slatington Fire Department for fifteen years. For eight years he was a member of Co. H., 4th Regt., Penna Nat'l Guard, at Slatington, serving two years as corporal and five years as sergeant. In politics he is a Demo- crat, and he filled the positions of constable and Chief Burgess for six years.
In May, 1889, Mr. Yenser was married to Senobia Hunsicker, a daughter of Stephen, and they have two children: Mabel and Paul.
Francis Yenser, son of Daniel and Mary Ann, was born at Steinsville, April 19, 1869. He worked in a mantel slate factory when four- teen years old, and upon reaching nineteen years of age he learned the trade of boiler-maker, which he followed for twenty years. Since June 15, 1910, he has been in the employ of the Big Franklin Slate Co. He is a member of the J. O. U. A. M., and Knights of Friendship. In November, 1893, he was married to Mary J. Musselman, daughter of Tilghman and Anna (Moyer) Musselman, and they have three chil- dren: Ralph (graduate of the Walnutport high- school, and Allentown Business College; Iva and Verna (the last two having died young). They are members of the Lutheran Church at Slatington, which he has served as deacon.
YINGST FAMILY.
The pioneers of the Yingst family came from Switzerland. The Federal census of 1790 men- tions but two persons by that name, both named William Yonksht, the one having one son above sixteen, three sons under sixteen and two daugh- ters; the other had but one daughter. Both re- sided in the eastern portion of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.
William Yingst, the grandfather of John Y. Yingst, of Allentown, had been married to a Miss Neidig (?), and they had the following children :
I. John, m. to a Miss Light, late of Lebanon.
2. Simon, of Bellegrove, Lebanon county.
3. William, late of Harrisburg.
4. George.
5. Nancy, m. to John Geiger, late of Lebanon.
6. A daughter, m. to a Mr. Frehner, late of Lebanon.
7. Daniel.
Rev. Daniel Yingst, son of William was born at Schaefferstown, Pa., April 1, 1834; died Sept. 16, 1904. He received but a few years schooling, later removing to Dauphin county, about 20 miles above Harrisburg, where he tilled his fathers f'arm and chopped cord wood for the Lebanon furnaces. About 1857 he was called
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to preach the Gospel, filling the Mahantango Circuit. Afterwards he successively filled the following circuits: Schuylkill, Myerstown, Ann- ville, Lancaster city, Newark, N. J., Camden, N. J., Slatington, Berlinsville, Pleasant Valley, Salem's, Allentown. After 1879 he resided at Allentown, and from here served the Kutztown circuit, Lehigh circuit, and then the Coplay mis- sion. In later years he had been a member of Bethany United Evangelical church on North 6th Street, relinquishing the active pastorate about 1890. He was a powerful German preach- er. In politics, he was Republican, serving as common councilman of the Seventh ward from 1885 to 1887. He was married twice. His first wife had been Fianna, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Moser) Kistler, who died in 1871, aged 32 years. Unto this union were born: John W .; and Kate M., married to Wm. M. Hoppes, of Allentown. He was married the second time in 1872 to Louisa C., daughter of Charles and Christiana Mosche, of Camden, N. J. She died in 1898, aged 39 years, leaving a daughter of this union named Sarah C., married to Rev. N. S. Hawk, of Waterville, Wash.
JOHN W. YINGST, son of Daniel, was born at Myerstown, Pa., Sept. 7, 1863. Having come to Allentown in 1879, he graduated from the High School in 1882. In the fall of 1882 he en- tered into business with his father (who, how- ever remained in business only for two or three years), conducting a general grocery store at the corner of Ioth and Hamilton streets, for twenty and a half years, removing in 1903 to 11th and Hamilton, where he ever since continues a suc- cessful business. In politics he is a Republican, having served as school director of the Seventh ward for one term, and belongs to the Order of Woodmen of America. Mr. Yingst is a prom- inent member of the Trinity United Evangelical church, which he has served as Sunday school superintendent for 25 years, and for more than 28 years as classleader. Besides he has done a great deal for charity and the church in a silent, inconspicuous manner. With true modesty, he does not believe in "leaving the one hand know what the other doeth."
On Aug. 10, 1884, he was married to Adda C., daughter of Jonas and Clarissa (Freeman) Laros, the issue being: William Laros, who was born March 27, 1889. He resides at 1051 Hamilton Street, Allentown.
YODER FAMILY.
Gideon Yoder was brought from Oley town- ship into Macungie by David Schall, Esq., who gave him employment as a clerk in his store. Later on, Gideon and his brother, Benneville, VOL. III-43
formed a partnership in carrying on a hotel, store and distillery. Gideon had charge of the hotel and the farm of 100 acres. At his death, he was interred in the cemetery at Trexlertown, Macungie township. He was married to Anna Haines, a daughter of Benneville and Maria (Breinig) Haines. (Gideon's brother, Benne- ville, was married to his wife's sister). Issue : Peter B., who died in 1910; and William H., of whom below.
Gideon, Benneville, Isaac and John Yoder were brothers, from Oley. They had several sisters.
WILLIAM H. YODER, son of Gideon and Anna (Haines) Yoder, was born July 12, 1845, in the old Farmers' Hotel, at Trexlertown. He re- ceived his preliminary education in the public schools, then attended a summer normal school, at Quakertown, conducted by Rev. Dr. A. R. Horn; Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, Pa .; and Kingston Seminary, at Kingston, Pa. He was a teacher, one term in Lynn, and one term in Upper Macungie. He was his father's farm assistant up to 1873, and upon his father's death he had charge of the farm and hotel for his moth- er, until she died.
In 1909, the estate of Anna Yoder was settled and Mr. Yoder took the farm at Trexlertown, consisting of 80 acres. This he operates, together with 8 acres he added to it in 1911. He also owns and operates another farm of 106 acres in the same district, formerly owned by the Crane & Thomas Iron Companies.
In politics Mr. Yoder is a Republican and in religion a Lutheran.
William H. Yoder married, in 1873, Edemena Hummel, daughter of Isaac and Harriet (De- Long) Hummel. She died in 1891. Issue : Anna D., married Rev. J. N. Wagenhurst; Harriet H., unmarried.
AMANDES P. YOHE.
Amandes P. Yohe, the subject of this sketch, is the grandson of Peter Yohe, who was a prom- inent farmer and hotel keeper in Salisbury town- ship; he died Feb. 24, 1867, aged 65 years, 5 months, 24 days; his wife Sarah, nee Smith, died Nov. 3, 1881, aged 74 years, II months, 24 days. They are buried in Western Salisbury cemetery. They had these children: Amandes G., who died Feb. 24, 1867, aged 20 years, 18 days; Amelia, wife of Elias Knauss, both deceased ; Mary, (de- ceased) wife of Nathan Heller, Clarissa (de- ceased ) wife of Harrison Shaffer, Benjamin, and Charles H. Charles H. married Rebecca Kline, a daughter of Peter and Anna Kline. The issue of this union was one child, Amandes P., born in Upper Milford township, June II, 1868. He was raised on the farm, educated in the com-
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mon schools and attended the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown. He engaged in farming and has followed it all his life. He married Agnes Bortz, a daughter of Bennewell and Elmira Bortz, they have these children: Russel, who is a graduate of Keystone State Nor- mal School, class of 1913, and is a teacher in the schools of his home township, and Luther. Both reside with their parents. He owns the old Yohe homestead of 50 acres in the beautiful Macungie valley, at East Macungie, lives in a well-preserved stone house, part of which is over a hundred years old. He has in his possession the original deed of William Penn, and is a prosperous and up-to-date farmer.
They are members of the Western Salisbury Lutheran church, in which he holds the office of deacon.
YOST FAMILY.
Joseph Yost, the ancestor of the family, was a native of Denmark, coming to America at an early day. His son, John Yost, born about 1797, had very limited educational advantages, but notwithstanding this fact he became successful in business and also quite prominent and influen- tial in public life in his locality, serving in var- ious positions, includng that of county commis- sioner. He engaged extensively in farming, but the latter years of his life were spent in retire- ment from labor. He died in 1873. He married Maria Von Steuben, who was a member of a well-known family of Lehigh County, Pa. Their children were nine,-three of whom were John J., of South Bethlehem; Sallie (Mrs. Solomon Ueberroth), and Martin Lewis Yost.
Martin Lewis Yost, son of John and Maria (Von Steuben) Yost, was born March 20, 1834, in Salisbury township, Pa. He attended the pub- lic schools and devoted all his leisure hours to study. He attended Bellevue Medical College. in New York, graduating in 1864, when he lo- cated in Salisbury township, near Allentown, Pa. He married (first) in Nov. 1812, Amanda Gable, daughter of Willoughby and Eliza (Wieder) Gable, of Lower Milford township, Lehigh county, Pa.
To them were born children now all dead: Wilson; Erwin; Alfred J., of whom below; Martin L., Jr .; and Helen E. (Mrs. William George).
He married (second) in 1876, Julia Heiman, born March 26, 1847, daughter of Solomon and Rachel (Ulmer) Heiman, resident of Row vom Alsace, Germany. The issue of this marriage was a daughter, Rachel M., who was a graduate in 1901, of the Allentown Female College. She married Oct. 20, 1904, Charles Frederick Neu-
weiler, of Allentown, Pa., and their children were: Julia, who died- in infancy, Philip Fred- erick; Herman Charles and Pauline Yost Neu- weiler.
Dr. Martin L. Yost acquired much real estate in the city and county. His home farm consisted of 150 acres of valuable land, situated near Al- lentown, Pa. He there built an elegant home in 1892, containing all modern conveniences. A portion of the furniture in this home, more than 200 years old, was brought by his grand father from Denmark. The doctor and Mrs. Yost traveled extensively, crossing the Atlantic thrice. He became possessed of a watch, originally made for a Spanish Grandee, upon which were en- graved the coat of arms of the royal house. The jewels consisted of rubies and diamonds. In politics he was a Democrat; was a director of the Second National Bank of Allentown. He was instantly killed by accident on Dec. 30, 1904, and was interred in the cemetery at Beth- lehem, Pa. He was a member of the St. Johns Reformed church, Allentown, Pa.
Mrs. Julia Yost was the widow of Isaac Hei- man, whom she married Aug. 14, 1865, and they had one child, Samuel Beck, residing in New York City.
Dr. Alfred J. Yost, son of Dr. Martin L. and Amanda (Gable) Yost, was born Aug. 13, 1870, at South Bethlehem, Pa., and was edu- cated in the public schools and Muhlenberg College, graduating in the class of 1890. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, taking a medical course, gradu- ating in the class of 1893.
He commenced his practice in Salisbury town- ship. In Nov., 1893, he removed to Allentown, Pa., where he remained in active practice up to near the time of his death. He served as cor- oner for six years. He was a prominent mem- ber of several fraternal organizations; in poli- tics he was a Democrat and in religion a Luth- eran. In Feb., 1905, he was elected Mayor of Allentown and he was an incumbent of that office at the time of his death. Failing health caused his removal, in Oct., 1905, to Colorado, hoping that the climate might be of benefit to him. Previous to his departure he was present- ed with an address which follows:
Alfred J. Yost, M.D., Mayo . of the City of Allen- town, Pa.
Upon the eve of your departure from this city in quest of health and strength, your friends, and they are many, desire to present you with this testi- monial of their esteem for you, as a man, a citizen and a public officer.
In the walks of private and public life, your course has been so conspicuously honest, upright and intelli- gent as to merit the esteem of all who know you. We regret the necessity of your temporary absence,
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and trust that you will soon return and resume the active duties of the office you hold, and have filled so well.
Sincerely, C. D. SCHAEFFER, EDWARD HARVEY, HARRY C. TREXLER, Committee.
Oct. 2. 1905.
After residing in Colorado for 17 months, his health not improving, he returned to Allentown, where he died April 16th, 1907, and was in- terred in Fairview Cemetery.
He married, Nov. 16, 1893, Adelina Lovina Ruhe, daughter of Werner K., and Mary Jane (Frederick) Ruhe. Their children : Mary Julia, died aged two years; Ruth. who died in infancy ; Martin Lewis, Jr., residing at home; Ethel, died young; Isabel, and Marion, died aged two and one-half years.
YOUNG FAMILY (ALLENTOWN).
The Young family has figured prominently in the development of the Lehigh Valley for more than a century, representatives of the name leav- ing their impress upon the material progress, poli- tical, social, intellectual and moral advancement of Eastern Pennsylvania. The first of the name of whom we have authentic record is Christian Young, who was proprietor of a store at Clader's lime kilns in Hanover township, Lehigh county. He was a native of Milford township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and in early manhood mar- ried Catherine Strassburger. After the birth of their son, Joseph, Christian Young returned with his family to Milford township, Bucks county, where he conducted a store and also engaged in the operation of a farm. Several years prior to his death he established a dyeing and weaving business and remained in active connection with that enterprise up to the time of his demise, which occurred when he was fifty-seven years of age. He was a member of the Mennonite Church.
Joseph Young, son of Christian and Catherine Young, grandfather of Edward Mark Young, was born in Hanover township, Lehigh county, Dec. 31, 1812, and was one of a family of thir- teen children eight sons and five daughters. In his early youth he accompanied his parents on their removal to Milford township Bucks county, and there learned the trade of dyeing and weaving with his father, but it did not prove a congenial occupation to him, and when he was a youth of fifteen he went to Bethlehem, where he learned the blacksmith's trade with Mr. Warner. On the completion of his term of apprenticeship, he removed to Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in blacksmithing until 1832. He then took up his abode in Allentown, and entered the
employment of Joseph Kramer, a coach-maker doing business on Seventh street. Subsequently he was employed successively by Major William Fry and Stephen Barber, and on leaving the lat- ter service he entered into partnership with Reu- ben Guth and Augustus L. Ruhe in the printing and book business. They were the publishers of the Lecha Patriot. Finally he retired from the firm and joined his former employer, Stephen Barber, in the establishment of a hardware store, which was one of the first business enterprises in Allentown. It developed with the growth of the city, becoming a large and profitable concern. Mr. Barber erected a building at No. 725 Hamilton street, into which the hardware stock was moved. Later the store was established at No. 740 Hamil- ton street, where the business is carried on at the present time. Various changes occurred in the firm from time to time. The senior partner, Stephen Barber, died in 1860. Shortly before his death a new partnership was formed between Mark S. Young, Joseph Young, Reuben P. Steckel, and Edward B. Young, under the firm name of M. S. Young & Company. This title for the firm has continued to the present time, though a number of changes have taken place.
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