Joseph Yoder (1797 - 1887)

Born 17 Sep 1797 in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Dec 1887 at age 90 in McLean, Illinois, United States

Biography

Joseph Joder was a farmer, schoolteacher, philosopher, linguist, scholar, and poet. He was a thorough student of both English and German, and learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew after the age of forty. He was raised Mennonite but had liberal religious views, expressed through his poetry, which show that Joder was a Universalist (a believer in universal salvation). He was considered by many to be eccentric but brilliant - possibly a genius.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Yoder-295 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Deborah Anne and others.

Clark, Olynthus. JOSEPH JODER, SCHOOLMASTER-FARMER AND POET, 1797-1887. Page 134 of the 1929 publication of the Illinois State Historical Society, and available online at YoderNewsletter.org. [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23138056/joseph-joder: accessed 05 August 2022), memorial page for Joseph Joder (17 Sep 1797–31 Dec 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23138056, citing Lantz Cemetery, Carlock, McLean County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Aaron J. Blake (contributor 46884564).