Yoder, J. H.

YODER

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Date: 9/30/2008 at 16:12:17

J. H. Yoder

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.182, Minden Twp.)
J. H. Yoder, Postmaster and merchant, Minden, was born in Somerset County, Penn., September 6, 1853; he is the son of Benedict and Sarah (Miller) Yoder, both natives of Somerset County, Penn., he born August 20, 1817, she born November 20, 1825. Both of the parents are now living in their native county. They had twelve children - six boys and six girls. Our subject received a good education in the common schools, and afterward attended the Commercial College of Pittsburgh, Penn., after which he taught school in several places in Pennsylvania and this State. From 1875 to 1880, he, with his brother, kept a store in Amish, Johnson Co., Iowa. In the latter year, he came to Minden and opened a general store, which he has kept ever since. He is now Postmaster at Minden, which office he has filled since February 2, 1882. He was formerly Assistant Postmaster at Amish. He was married, in Council Bluffs, June 9, 1881, to Septima I. Shaff, born in Pleasant Hill, Johnson Co., Iowa, April 10, 1854; she is the daughter of H. N. and Anna Shaff, he a native of Canada and she of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Yoder are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Republican.