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Howard Harrison YODER was born and raised on a farm in Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio. He first appears in the 1880 census, at the age of 9 with his brothers and sisters (John Clark, Anna B, Harvey L., Frances E., Daniel Oscar and Elizabeth Emma). He ran a meat market in Minerva, and often helped his brother Harvey butcher cattle. He was registered as a Presbyterian.
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For me, opening one of the boxes left by my mother resulted in finding another, a small linen box that revealed over 30 letters written by my mother’s father (Earl YODER) during World War I while he was stationed in France. The letters were originals, complete with blackened sentences where the censors had made decisions about what stories would come back to the United States. In addition to these letters, I discovered eight pages of notes my grandfather had handwritten upon his release from the war about what really happened in France on the Hindenburg Line during 1917, as well as pictures purchased after the war, produced by the United States as part of the American Expeditionary Forces. The letters, pictures, and his notes have been transcribed and shared with my brother and sister, and they are my legacy for future descendants. Here is my introduction to his story.
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