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Hist. Mss. 1-7
John K. Yoder, 1824-1906
Papers, 1857-1891
1 Box (Long Green)
Biographical Sketch
John K. Yoder (1824-1906) was an Amish Mennonite
bishop in Wayne County, Ohio and one of the founders
of the Ohio Amish Mennonite Conference. These
papers were transferred from the Mennonite Historical
Library, Goshen College, to the Archives in 1940.
1824 Born in Mifflin County , Pennsylvania
1845 Married Lydia Zook on January 19; they had 3 children together
1850 Ordained as an Amish preacher on May 5
1855 Moved to Wayne County, Ohio
1859 Ordained as a bishop in the Wayne County Amish Congregation; the congregation
later became the Oak Grove Amish Mennonite Church
1864 Elected moderator of the of the Amish general conference
1887 Wife Lydia Zook died on September 20
1889 Married Jemima Zook; they had 2 children together
1893 Assisted in founding the Ohio Amish Mennonite Conference
1897 Assisted in founding the Ohio and Pennsylvania Amish Mennonite Conference
1906 Died on August 1
Sources: Yoder, John K., The Mennonite Encyclopedia
Bish. John K. Yoder, obituary, Gospel Witness, August 15, 1906
Inventory
Box 1 (Long Green)
1/1 1857, March 15, Letter re: Christian Graber
Problem
Letter is signed by 19 persons, Samuel Yoder, Christian Plank, David Smoker,
etc.
1/2 1857, Receipts: John Yoder Estate
1/3 1860, July 11, Letter re: J. D. Yoder problem.
1/4 1861, February 10, Letter-sermon to J. K. Yoder.
1/5 1861, April 10, Letter re: J. D. Yoder problem
from D. Jonas Treyer, John Smiley
1/6 1866, February 6, Letter to Yoder imploring
him to remain in church.
1/7 1866-81, Correspondence: Ezra Yoder
1/8 1874, February 14, Letter from Elisabeth
Riehl
1/9 1874, Church Letters
1/10 1876, May 31, Letter from Isaac Schmucker
1/11 1876, June 21, Letter from Elias Riehl
1/12 1876, August 1, Letter from Isaac Schmucker
1/13 1876, August 14, Declaration of not having
drunk spirits
1/14 1876, September 25, Letter from Johannes
P. Kinig
1/15 1876, September 30, Letter re: J.P. Kinig
1/16 1878, April 22, Letter re: J.P. Kinig
1/17 1878, November 6, Letter from Abraham Mast
1/18 1880, March 19, Letter
1/19 1880, April 7, Letter re: Heinrich Egli
1/20 1884, Notebook
1/21 1889, August 27, Letter re: church problems
1/22 1891, July 27, Letter re: church problems
1/23 No date, Letter fragment
Name and Subject Tracing
Church problems
Egli, Heinrich
Graber, Christian
Kinig, Johannes P.
Mast, Abraham
Plank, Christian
Riehl, Elias
Riehl, Elisabeth
Schmucker, Isaac
Smiley, John
Smoker, David
Treyer, D. Jonas
Yoder, Ezra
Yoder, J. D.
Yoder, J. K.
Yoder, John
Yoder, Samuel
July 18, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
February 13, 2001 / Posted on Web by Erin Wilson
April, 2000/ Typed into Computer by Zach Landis
File: “HM1-007.doc”
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