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http://www.yodernewsletter.org/YNL/ynl42.html John Yoder (OH1) (1700-1779) was the son of Oley Yoder immigrant Hans, and nephew of the Yost featured in the ghost story which appears in this issue. His partner Col. John Lesher was also his son-in-law, having married his daughter, Maria Johanna, on Sep. 25, 1740. John Lesher (1711-94) was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Berks County, 1776; and also Commissary and member of the General Assembly. He was born in Holland and died in Berks County, Pa. His wife Maria died in 1762 and Col. Lesher married again the following year. |