Don Yoder (1921–2015)

Issued to commemorate the Bicentennial of Jacob's (Howerter's) Union Churcch, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 2003, St. James Lutheran Church, Pitman, and Christ United Church of Christ, Leck Kill, Pennsylvania.

The following sections are included (from the Table of Contents): Thank You and Dedication; Preface; Revolutionary War Soldiers at Jacob's Cemetery; Introduction by N. Daniel Schwalm; Historical Introduction by Don Yoder; Rev. James Ross Reiley; Annals of the Mahantongo Valley, by William R. Paul; Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Pioneers, by Nancy Boyer; Howerter's Church Centennial, by Rev. Schaeffer; History by Dr. Glenn P. Schwalm; Photo of Howerter's Stone Church School, 1893. Narrative by Ida hepler Swank; Earlies Birth and Baptism, Publication Information' The Log Church Exterior; The Log Church interior; Celebration Day Photographs; Confirmation Photos and Class Members; Narratives and Recolletions; Jacob's Cemetery - Perpetual Care; Early Records of the Cemetery Association; Jacob's Cemetery - Gravestone Inscriptions, by Barran-Rebhornb-Startzel; Jacob's Cemetery - Burial Records and genealogy, by Joseph A. Meiser Jr.; Jacob's Cemetery - Record and Map, by Monroe Masser; The Howerter's School; Photograph of Oldest Stone School; Maurer's School on May Day; Maurer's School Class Picture; Baptismal Records of Jacob's or Howerter's Lutheran Church, 1870-1943, by Josh L. Hepler; Lutheran Ministers; Building a Church in Wartime, by Rev. Fred S. Blank; Logging and Construction Photos, St. James; Leon Hepler Narrative; Baptismal Records of Jacob's Evangelical Reformed Church, 1858-1896, and 1921-1941, by Melodee Lesher Schaffer; Reformed Ministers; A Brief History of Christ Church; St. John's Church of Leck Kill; The New Christ Church Building; Samuel Haas Story; Tobacco Chewing Story; The First Settlers by Carrie Haas Troutman.… (meer)