Yearick Charts

First Generation

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1. Simon YEARICK. Born on 27 Jun 1755 in Germany. Simon died in Mifflinburg, Union, PA, on 5 Feb 1831. Buried in Mifflinburg, Union, PA. Simon married Barbara. They had the following children:

Margaret.

ii.

Susan.

iii.

Hannah.

iv.

Jacob.

Henry M. (1780-1856)

vi.

Samuel. Born in 1786 in Probably Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania. Samuel died in 1854. Buried in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania.

Second Generation

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2. Henry M. YEARICK (Simon1). Born on 24 Apr 1780 in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania. Henry M. died in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania, on 21 Jun 1856. Buried in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania. On 19 Oct 1805 Henry M. first married Maria Catherine ROUSH, daughter of George ROUSH & Maria SCHMELEGER, in Berks Co., PA. Born on 18 May 1787 in Brunswick, Berks, PA. Maria Catherine died in Mifflinburg, Union, PA, on 1 Dec 1837. They had the following children:

Sarah. Born on 12 Jan 1807 in Pennsylvania. Sarah died in Pennsylvania abt 1870.

ii.

Lydia. Born on 2 Jun 1808 in Pennsylvania. Lydia died in Pennsylvania abt 1880.

iii.

Margaret. Born on 2 Dec 1809.

iv.

Judith. Born on 8 Nov 1811 in Pennsylvania. Judith died in Pennsylvania.

Gabriel. Born on 20 Sep 1812 in Pennsylvania. Gabriel died in Pennsylvania abt 1880.

vi.

Marie Catherine. Born on 20 Apr 1815.

vii.

Rachel (1816-~1870)

viii.

Elizabeth. Born on 31 Jan 1817 in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth died in Pennsylvania abt 1890.

ix.

Mary. Born on 19 Oct 1818 in Pennsylvania. Mary died in Pennsylvania abt 1890.

Henry (1820-1868)

xi.

Thomas. Born on 6 Nov 1822. Thomas died in Aaronsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, abt 1898. Abt 1854 Thomas married Pheobe GROSS, in Aaronsburg, Centre, PA. Born on 12 Mar 1828 in New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania. Pheobe died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 23 Jan 1908.

xii.

Samuel R. (1824-1889)

xiii.

Emanuel. Born on 5 Apr 1827. Emanuel died in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania, abt 1900.

xiv.

Susanna. Born on 25 Feb 1829. Susanna died in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania, abt 1900.

On 17 Mar 1843 Henry M. second married Mary SMITH, in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania. Mary died aft 21 Jun 1856 in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:

Mary Jane.

ii.

Catherine.

Third Generation

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3. Rachel YEARICK (Henry M.2, Simon1). Born in 1816 in Berks Co, Pennsylvania. Rachel died in Berks Co, Pennsylvania, abt 1870. Abt 1840 married Rachel Henry FRY, in PA. Born abt 1810. They had the following children:

Lymus (1837->1919)

ii.

Henry. Born in 1838. Henry died aft 1910.

4. Henry YEARICK (Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 20 Sep 1820 in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania. Henry died in Lewistown, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, on 20 Oct 1868. On 12 Sep 1848 Henry married Mary KLINE, in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Born in Feb 1828 in Derry, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Mary died in Logan, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on 1 Nov 1877. They had the following children:

David McLancthon. Born in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. On 11 Dec 1878 David McLancthon married Ruhamah G KELLEY, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Born in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.

ii.

Juniata. Born in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. On 1 Jan 1880 Juniata married Franklin GALLOWAY, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Born in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

iii.

Martin Luther. Martin Luther married Nora HOLLIS.

iv.

Margaret Kline (1848-1931)

Mary E. Born on 18 Sep 1851. Mary E died on 21 Apr 1931. Mary E married James SMITH.

vi.

Abraham Kline (1855-)

5. Samuel R. YEARICK (Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 24 Oct 1824 in Miffilinburg, Union, PA. Samuel R. died in Kratzerville, Snyder, PA, on 14 Jul 1889. Buried in Evangelical, Kratzerville, Snyder, PA. On 19 Nov 1850 Samuel R. married Catherine Matilda SASSAMAN, daughter of Jonas SASSAMAN (24 Mar 1793-3 Sep 1878) & Fanny KLINE (22 Jan 1798-25 Jan 1882), in By Rev J.P. Shindel, Jr. In Snyder Co, PA. Born on 8 Jul 1828 in Monroe Twnshp, Snyder, PA. Catherine Matilda died in Kratzerville, Snyder, PA, on 12 Jan 1907. Buried in Evangelical, Cemetery, Kratzerville, Snyder, PA. They had the following children:

Jonas R. (1852-1931)

ii.

Emma Jemima (1857-1940)

iii.

Alice Victoria. Born on 21 Dec 1860. Alice Victoria died in Dec 1932. On 10 May 1883 Alice Victoria married Millard K. HASSINGER, in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Born in Middleburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania.

iv.

Laura (1870-1933)

Fourth Generation

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6. Lymus FRY (Rachel YEARICK3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born in 1837. Lymus died aft 1919. Lymus married Jane GUMO. Born in 1848. Jane died aft 1910. They had the following children:

Adam. Born on 13 Nov 1878. Adam died on 28 Aug 1956. Adam married Mrytle Eca MILLER. Born on 3 May 1883. Mrytle Eca died on 3 Nov 1956.

ii.

John.

iii.

Perry C. Born in 1871.

iv.

Harvey.

Albin B. Born in 1884.

vi.

Orvie R. Born in 1889.

vii.

Nellie M. Born in 1877.

viii.

William Munroe.

ix.

Nancy. Born in 1875 in Jarandsville, Pennsylvania. Nancy died in Clinton Co. Pennsylvania, on 27 Nov 1956. Nancy married John ENGLERT.

Rose. Rose married GAYLOR.

xi.

Clarence.

xii.

Tom.

xiii.

Haney.

xiv.

Lymus.

7. Margaret Kline YEARICK (Henry3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born in Jul 1848 in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Margaret Kline died in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on 31 Jul 1931. On 21 Dec 1870 Margaret Kline married John Andrew KITTING, son of Abraham KITTING & Mary EAST, in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Born abt 1848 in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. John Andrew died in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, bef 1900. They had the following children:

Mary Grace. Born on 12 Apr 1872 in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania. Mary Grace died in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, on 23 Jul 1940.

ii.

Harry Charles. Born on 19 Nov 1875 in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania. Harry Charles died in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 28 Dec 1956.

iii.

Annie Elizab eth. Born in Sep 1877. Annie Elizab eth died abt 1882.

iv.

Elizabeth. Born in Sep 1884. Elizabeth married Jas. BECKWITH.

John. Born in Feb 1887. John died on 11 Jun 1950. John married Lillian PRICE.

8. Abraham Kline YEARICK (Henry3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 30 Sep 1855 in Maitland, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. On 26 Mar 1879 Abraham Kline married Mary Ellen DAVIS, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Born in 1856 in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:

William S. Born in Sep 1881.

ii.

Anna D. Born in Dec 1885.

iii.

Bertha D. Born in Jul 1889.

iv.

Nelson S. Born in Jul 1898.

9. Jonas R. YEARICK (Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 31 Aug 1852 in Kratzerville, Snyder, PA. Jonas R. died in Kratzerville, Snyder, PA, on 6 Oct 1931. Buried in Evangelical, Kratzerville, Snyder PA. On 12 Mar 1870 Jonas R. married Harriet BENFER, daughter of Philip BENFER (20 Feb 1808-14 Sep 1890) & Mary Magdalene DREESE (1 Jul 1816-12 Oct 1891), in Kratzerville, Snyder, PA. Born on 22 Mar 1850 in Union Co, PA. Harriet died in New Berlin, Union, PA, on 27 Nov 1905. Buried in Evangelical, Kratzerville, Snyder, PA. They had the following children:

Henry (1871-1946)

ii.

Samuel H. (1873-1950)

iii.

Howard Thomas (1875-1967)

iv.

Maggie Belle (1879-1950)

10. Emma Jemima YEARICK (Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 19 Nov 1857 in Kratzerville, Snyder, Pennsylvania. Emma Jemima died in Elkhart, Indiana, on 17 Jan 1940. Emma Jemima married AMOS HERMAN. Born on 31 Oct 1851 in Penn, Snyder, Pennsylvania. AMOS died in Elkhart, Indiana, on 12 Jun 1931. They had the following children:

Anthony Foster. Born in 1875 in Kratzerville, Snyder, Pennsylvania. Anthony Foster died in Elkhart, Indiana, on 29 Sep 1895.

ii.

Metor Otis (1883-1975)

iii.

Bernice Victoria. Born on 24 Dec 1887 in Elkhart, Indiana. Bernice Victoria married Frank C. HAUENSTEIN.

11. Laura YEARICK (Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 31 Jul 1870. Laura died in Jul 1933. Laura married William KNOUSE. They had the following children:

Alice. Born in 1903. Alice died in 1903.

ii.

Bernice. Born on 10 Oct 1909. Bernice died on 20 Dec 1913.

Fifth Generation

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12. Henry YEARICK (Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 12 Sep 1871. Henry died on 15 Feb 1946.. Buried in Pomfert Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, PA. On 24 Jan 1891 Henry married Anna Regina GOOD. Born on 26 Mar 1872. Anna Regina died on 19 Feb 1944. Buried in Pomfert Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, PA. They had one child:

Howard Day (1897-)

13. Samuel H. YEARICK (Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 3 Nov 1873. Samuel H. died on 23 Nov 1950. Samuel H. first married Mary Magdalene (Mollie) HERMAN. Born in 1873. Mary Magdalene (Mollie) died on 8 Nov 1902 . They had the following children:

Miriam Ruth. Born on 26 Jul 1896. Miriam Ruth died in Nottingham Village, RD#!, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, on 4 Jun 1982. Miriam was 6 years old when her mother died. So she went to live with her Uncle William and Aunt Laura Knouse on Rd#1 Northumberland.

ii.

Rachel Alverta. Born on 7 Sep 1900. Rachel Alverta died in Nottingham Village, RD#!, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, on 29 Jun 1996. Rachel was 2 years old when her mother died. So she went to live with her Uncle M.K. and Aunt Alice Messinger.

iii.

Mary Magdalene. Born on 8 Oct 1902. Mary Magdalene died in Kratzerville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, on 30 Nov 1971. Mary was ony one month old when her mother died. So she went to live with her Uncle J. Foster amd Aunt Maggie Dock in the Yearick Family Homestead in Kratzerville.

Samuel H. second married Betty STURGILL. They had the following children:

John.

ii.

James.

iii.

Howard W.

iv.

Joseph.

Richard.

vi.

Virginia.

14. Howard Thomas YEARICK (Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 24 Dec 1875. Howard Thomas died in 1967. Howard Thomas married Annie WILSON. Born in 1881. Annie died in 1959. They had one child:

Katherine Elizabeth (1905-1998)

15. Maggie Belle YEARICK (Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 12 Mar 1879 in Kratzerville, Snyder, Pennsylvania. Maggie Belle died in Kratzerville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, on 31 Oct 1950. Buried in Nov 1950 in Kratzerville, Snyder, Pennsylvania. On 8 Jul 1900 Maggie Belle married Jacob Foster DOCK, son of B. Franklin DOCK (1853-) & Catherine FORRY (25 Nov 1857-17 Jul 1902), in Salem, Snyder, Pennsylvania. Born in 1876. Foster left for Ohio to work on Apr. 28, 1910 and has been unheard of since. They had one child:

Catherine (1900-1945)

16. Metor Otis HERMAN (Emma Jemima YEARICK4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 21 Nov 1883 in Elkhart, Indiana. Metor Otis died in Berne, Adams, Indiana\, on 6 Oct 1975. On 29 Jun 1913 Metor Otis married Ramola HOFFERBERT, in Elkhart, IN. Born on 11 Feb 1889 in Elkhart, Indiana. Ramola died in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, on 29 Aug 1976. They had the following children:

Louise. Born on 21 Sep 1916. Louise died on 13 Feb 1997. Louise married Carl E ZINN. Carl E died on 1 Nov 1996.

ii.

Paul

iii.

UNNAMED (Died as Infant).

iv.

UNNAMED (Died as Infant).

Sixth Generation

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17. Howard Day YEARICK (Henry5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 6 Jul 1897. Howard Day married Laura Zimmerman. Born on 22 Aug 1899. They had the following children:

Robert (1920-)

ii.

Lee.

18. Katherine Elizabeth YEARICK (Howard Thomas5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born in May 1905. Katherine Elizabeth died in 1998. Katherine Elizabeth married Jake G. FOSTER. Born in 1904. Jake G. died in 1959. They had the following children:

Ann Louise (1926-)

ii.

Robert Allen (1931-)

19. Catherine DOCK (Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 10 Dec 1900 in Kratzerville, Snyder, PA. Catherine died in Picture Rocks, Lycoming, PA, on 25 Feb 1945. On 15 Sep 1923 Catherine married Ernest CRUSE, son of Ellis Masters CRUSE (20 Nov 1863-22 Sep 1938) & Orpha Della SPROUT (22 Oct 1867-10 Dec 1936), in Williamsport, Lycoming, PA. Born on 16 Oct 1895 in Picture Rocks, Lycoming, PA. Ernest died in Picture Rocks, Lycoming, PA, on 2 Oct 1964. Buried in Picture Rocks, PA. They had one child:

Jacqueline (1928-)

20. Paul HERMAN (Metor Otis5, Emma Jemima YEARICK4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Paul married Juanita SPRUNGER. They had the following children:

Mike.

ii.

Connie.

iii.

Ken.

Ken married Cindy WHITEHEAD.

Seventh Generation

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21. Robert YEARICK (Howard Day6, Henry5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 15 Mar 1920. On 10 Jun 1941 Robert married Majorie GRAEFF. Born on 11 Feb 1922. They had the following children:

Carol Ann (1943-)

ii.

Lee Henry (1921-)

22. Ann Louise FOSTER (Katherine Elizabeth YEARICK6, Howard Thomas5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 28 Nov 1926. In 1949 Ann Louise married John James GRIER, in Hanover, NH. Born in 1925. They had the following children:

James Forster. Born on 14 Feb 1955.

ii.

Katherine Christine. Born on 16 Jan 1953.

23. Robert Allen FOSTER (Katherine Elizabeth YEARICK6, Howard Thomas5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 23 Apr 1931 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Robert Allen married Erma GERHART. Born on 5 Jan 1932 in Buffalo, New Tork. They had the following children:

Laura Ann. Born on 18 Nov 1955 in Buffalo, New Tork.

ii.

Pamela Sue. Born on 24 Aug 1958 in Buffalo, New Tork.

Pamela Sue married HARMON.

24. Jacqueline CRUSE (Catherine DOCK6, Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 20 Sep 1928 in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. On 29 Jul 1950 Jacqueline married Frank Harold CAMPBELL, son of Alvan CAMPBELL (10 Sep 1887-13 Apr 1969) & Martha HAROLD (3 Apr 1892-22 Jun 1974), in Baptist Church, Picture Rocks, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. Born on 14 Feb 1926 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey. They had the following children:

Donald Graham (1951-)

ii.

Robert Gordon (1952-)

iii.

Catherine Lee (1955-)

iv.

Allan Gavin (1958-)

Ian Glenn (1963-)

Eighth Generation

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25. Carol Ann YEARICK (Robert7, Howard Day6, Henry5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 9 May 1943. On 24 Aug 1963 Carol Ann married TImothy Williams. Born on 16 Oct 1942. They had the following children:

Scott Timothy. Born on 9 Jan 1966.

ii.

Mark Stephen. Born on 27 May 1969.

26. Lee Henry YEARICK (Robert7, Howard Day6, Henry5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 22 May 1921. Lee Henry married Ida Mae INKROTE. Born on 1 Dec 1923. They had the following children:

Roger Lee (1945-)

ii.

Christine Louise. Born on 23 Jun 1952.

27. Donald Graham CAMPBELL (Jacqueline CRUSE7, Catherine DOCK6, Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 2 Sep 1951 in Rahway, Union, New Jersey. On 2 Jul 1971 Donald Graham married Phyllis MERRITT, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachuetts. Born on 27 May 1952 in Springfield, Massachuetts. They had the following children:

Neal Merritt. Born on 9 Jun 1979 in Springfield, Massachuetts.

ii.

Brian Merritt. Born on 28 May 1980 in Springfield, Massachuetts.

iii.

Leslie Merritt. Born on 26 Jun 1982 in Springfield, Massachuetts.

28. Robert Gordon CAMPBELL (Jacqueline CRUSE7, Catherine DOCK6, Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 24 Dec 1952 in Rahway, Union, New Jersey. On 19 Jun 1976 Robert Gordon married Debby CERASI, in Katonah, Westchester, New York. Born on 7 Jul 1954. They had the following children:

James Stewart. Born on 7 Feb 1981 in Anaheim, California.

ii.

Elizabeth Ann. Born on 10 Sep 1983 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.

29. Catherine Lee CAMPBELL (Jacqueline CRUSE7, Catherine DOCK6, Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 12 Feb 1955 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey. On 29 Apr 1984 Catherine Lee married Don FERNANDEZ, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Born on 25 Sep 1955. They had the following children:

Todd Matthew. Born on 7 Oct 1984 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California.

ii.

Eric Winston. Born on 22 Mar 1987 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California.

iii.

Amy Jacqueline. Born on 1 Jul 1993 in Santa Barbara, California.

30. Allan Gavin CAMPBELL (Jacqueline CRUSE7, Catherine DOCK6, Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 4 Feb 1958 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey. On 6 Aug 1983 Allan Gavin married Lori NOLLETTE, in Yorba Linda, Orange, California. Born on 6 May 1961 in Littleton, Colorado. They had the following children:

Sara Marie. Born on 29 Jun 1985 in Yorba Linda, Orange, California.

ii.

Anna Lyn. Born on 15 Sep 1987 in Yorba Linda, Orange, California.

iii.

Ian Matthew. Born on 2 Jun 1993 in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California.

31. Ian Glenn CAMPBELL (Jacqueline CRUSE7, Catherine DOCK6, Maggie Belle YEARICK5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 28 Jul 1963 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey. On 2 Aug 1986 Ian Glenn married Elsie LIN, in Sacramento, Sacramento California. Born on 15 Mar 1963 in Tainan, Taiwan. They had the following children:

Ellen Marie. Born on 14 Oct 1992 in Woodland, Yolo, California.

ii.

Megan Lin. Born on 5 Dec 1997 in Woodland, Yolo, California.

Ninth Generation

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32. Roger Lee YEARICK (Lee Henry8, Robert7, Howard Day6, Henry5, Jonas R.4, Samuel R.3, Henry M.2, Simon1). Born on 14 Oct 1945. Roger Lee married Sadie Wandall. Born on 5 May 1950. They had the following children:

Jason Lee. Born on 27 Aug 1969.

ii.

Jada Marie. Born on 27 Jul 1975.

Submitted by: Frank Campbell

A Family History of the Israel & Catherine (Wolf) Yearick Family

ISRAEL & CATHERINE YEARICK FAMILY

August 5, 1984

Israel Yearick

Catherine Wolf Yearick

DOB

03/20/1838

DOD

02/25/1924

DOB

07/16/1843

DOD

02/04/1938

85 yrs.

11 mos.

5 days

94 yrs.

6 mos.

14 days

Children

Name

DOB

DOD

Longevity

Anna

03/27/1865

11/10/1919

53 yrs.

7 mos.

14 days

Noah

11/10/1866

01/22/1952

86 yrs.

2 mos.

12 days

Margaret 03/07/1870

08/17/1963

93 yrs.

5 mos.

10 days

William 09/30/1873

01/05/1874

1 yrs.

3 mos.

25 days

Emma 04/08/1876

12/11/1970

94 yrs.

7 mos.

3 days

Edwin 01/13/1879

05/29/1967

88 yrs.

4 mos.

16 days

Harry

08/04/1881

03/15/1976

94 yrs.

6 mos.

11 days

Clara

12/19/1883

01/19/1954

70 yrs.

1 mos.

22 days

Bertha 11/12/1886

10/04/1899

12 yrs.

11 mos.

6 days

Boyd

06/23/1891

101 yrs.

Children’s Children

Anna Martha

Noah Albert

Margaret Jane

William Henry

Emma Idelle

William Tobias Sadie Ocker

Never Married

Early Death

Robert Kramer

Walter (d)

Walter

Mark (d)

Velma (d)

Harry (d)

Earnest (d)

Russell (d)

True

Unnamed Twin (d)

Ada

Unnamed Twin (d)

Boyd (d)

Paul (d)

Margaret (d)

Harry (d)

Truman (d)

Edwin Louis

Harry Irvin

Clara Isabella

Bertha Minerva

Boyd

Never Married Anna Daley

Michael Delaney

Early Death

Margaret Zeigler

Dorothy Cecelia (d)

Mildred

Lester

Earl (d)

Leonard

Lois (d) Edith

Sylvia

Robert Lois (d)

Richard James

Jean

I s r a e l Y e a r i c k

On the 20th of March in the year 1838, twin boys were born to William and Magdalena Yearick on their farm home two miles west of Madisonburg.

The custom in those days was to give all males Bible names, and so they were named Israel and Jeremiah. Of the latter, very little has been recorded except that he went west after the Civil War and took up land under the Homestead Act. Our account follows the fortunes of Israel and his children which were ten in number. Of his childhood and youth little has been revealed except that he attended the one-room school at the entrance of the lane leading in to the farm buildings, and which is still standing.

He quit going to school at the 6th-grade level and worked on the farm until he reached manhood when his father hired him to George Spayd who lived across the valley one mile west of Madisonburg, where he worked until after he was married and left Brush Valley.

During the winter months when the outdoor work was done, it was the custom to have singing schools in the villages and the farmers and others would attend in quite large numbers. Israel had a very good tenor voice and always attended. At the same time a young girl named Catherine Wolf was hired to work in the household of Peter Zeigler who lived on a farm one mile west of Madisonburg across the valley from the Spayd farm. Catherine had a voice of remarkable sweetness as well as volume and it was only natural for the two good singers to be attracted to each other. In the year 1862 they were married by the Rev. Joe Hartzel on the 21st day of December. After the wedding Israel went back to the Spayd farm and Catherine walked to her parents’ home at Wolf’s store about ten miles east of Madisonburg. When they met again has been forgotten, but on the Spayd farm was a log house where the first settlers lived, and they fixed it up for the newlyweds to live together in early 1863. They remained there until the spring of 1864 when they moved near Mackeyville where Israel worked on the farm of Perry McDowell.

Now we’ll return to the time when, while working for George Spayd, the Civil War began and all the young men were registered for war duty. Israel and Samuel Gettig, who was courting Israel’s youngest sister, Susan, were told to report to Williamsport to be examined for duty in the army. Poor teeth seems to be a weakness in the Yearick clan, and Israel had had his upper teeth extracted during the previous year; when they saw he didn’t have any teeth to bit the head on the cartridge off to pour the powder into the barrel of the muzzle loaders they used in those days, they sent him home but took Samuel Gettig who served until the war closed, but was imprisoned in Richmond until the war ended.

While Israel was working for him, Mr. McDowell once told Israel he had a farm seven miles west of Mackeyville and would like to have him farm it and perhaps buy it for a reasonable price if they liked it, so on Christmas Day of 1865 they moved into what we now call the Yearick Homestead. While living on the McDowell farm the first child, Annie, was born on the 27th of March, 1865.

The Yearick farm in Brush Valley had limestone soil which was adapted for the growing of wheat which was the money crop during and after the war, selling for $3.00 per bushel. William Yearick became one of the wealthiest farmers in the valley, and when each of his children got married and left home, he game them $1000 either in money or its equivalent in other ways. Israel used part of his share to pay on the farm and buy stock and equipment.

The farm was entirely surrounded by forest and it was a lonely life for the family. There was practically no social life and the children grew up to be shy and shun fellowship with others. Religious services were the only public appearances. Arrangements with the Zeigler, Frain, Hoy and Fisher families to have a monthly prayer meeting at the various homes, and sometimes Sunday School in the Union church building at Nittany were also made.

There were only thirty-two acres of farm land and so father would work for neighbors or in the iron mines to earn extra money. The prevailing wage was $1.00 for ten hours work. He was a powerful man physically and never seemed to get tired.

His character was such that he could borrow money anywhere, but would rather sacrifice than do so. At farm sales men would try to get his name on notes for bail; and the result was that he had to pay some for men he did not even know. One time a friend of his bought a horse at a sale and he asked father to sign his note. The clerk was father’s nephew by marriage and he said, “Uncle Israel, I can’t take your bail on this note.” Father became quite angry and walked away. Before the sale was over the clerk came to him and explained that the same man had cheated another man by not paying for a horse; so he was glad he had been turned down, and it taught him to stop bailing anybody.

In the early 1890’s he planted a peach orchard, and when it began to bear, he finished paying for the farm and we did not need to pinch pennies.

After our parents left the farm in 1908 and moved to the village, he had all the work he wanted digging people’s gardens, building fences, and working for farmers. The supervisor of the township’s roads wanted him whenever he could get him. He said he did more work in a day than any man he had on his regular crew, and a strange thing happened: He was seemingly a healthy man, and never sick, but only a few weeks after that father died; he was found dead in his bed. His younger brother Benjamin, who was also a very healthy man and dug Mother’s garden after his death, took sick and died three months after father. Father was a healthy man and I never knew of him having a doctor until his eye was injured while cutting wood. The doctor put a poultice on it, and it was so strong that it drew the vitreous humor out of the eyeball, and he was blind until he died.

He was a very devout man and I cannot remember him ever missing a service. In 1900 he was appointed an elder in the church and remained that until he passed away very suddenly. He had been chopping wood for the stoves all forenoon and was hungry. Mother said he ate more than usual and when he go up and went to his rocker near the window he remarked about the good dinner. He picked up his New Testament with large print because of his only having one eye to read, and they heard it fall on the floor. They saw his head resting on the back of the chair, his eyes looking glassy, and his right arm hanging down. They spoke to him and he didn’t answer, but with his left arm he pointed to the courner of the ceiling and said, “See…that…light…up…there.” Those were his last words. They sent for the doctor and with the neighbors’ help put him to bed in the living room after bringing it downstairs. His right side was completely paralyzed. He lingered on for four days before passing away. His age was 86 years, 11 months, and 15 days. My brother Harry and I were present when the mortician prepared him for burial at home and when he tried to get the blood from his right side, he couldn’t get a drop…so severe was the stroke. He remarked about how well preserved his body was at his age. The Union church building at Huston (now Nittany) seated at least two hundred people, and so greatly was he respected that chairs in the front were filled, and the aisles also. Thus, virtue had its reward.

C o i n c i d e n c e

For many years father subscribed for a religious paper called the American Christian Review. One of its principal writers was D. A. Sommer, son of the editor. He would always read his articles and say, "I wish I could hear that man preach." It happened that Brother Mackey, who had heard his desire, immediately got in touch with D. A. and he came for the service. His subject was "The Rich Man and Lazarus" and he gave an eloquent address. In it he spoke of father's desire and many tears were shed. He paid tribute to fther's faithfulness and stated that the large audience was positive proof of the esteem in which he was held as a Christian.

C a t h e r i n e ( W o l f ) Y e a r i c k

M o t h e r

On the 16th of July in the year 1843 a girl baby was born to the union of Heinrich Wolf and Margaretna (Dietzler) Wolf in the beautiful Tulpehocken Valley of Lebanon County. She was next to the youngest of the family of two boys and five girls.

Heinrich, or Henry, was a weaver and, business not being very good, decided to migrate to Centre County where so many German people were moving; so, in the Spring of 1844 the entire family started westward with all their possessions in a wagon pulled by a span of oxen. A record of their adventures on the way has been lost, but they finally reached Wolf's Store at the eastern end of Brush Valley where they built a log cabin and Henry was soon in business which he followed until he died in 1893.

Catherine was a bright girl and often said she learned more from listening to older pupils recite than she did in her own class. She could compose a letter better than many a high school pupil of today. When still a young girl she and her mother were sitting on their porch when a panther walked up through the field next to the forest. Wild animals of various kinds were often seen from their house.

When about seventeen years of age her parents hired her to Peter Zeigler near Madisonburg to help with housework. That was when she met her future husband, as they both attended the singing school in the Reformed church building. I heard Israel say more than once that her voice could be heard above all the others. Perhaps he was swimming in deep water.

Her mother taught her well, or else it was just natural ability, for she could do anything inside the house or out in the fields. She knitted all the stockings and mittens for the family and made all the clothes for the small children. she always had a flock of chickens, and with the eggs they laid and the butter from two or three cows she supplied the food for the table.

She was a good conversationalist, and used good English although the family always spoke Pennsylvania Dutch until the younger ones were in school.

Both parents were strict disciplinarians and there wasn't any cursing, story telling, or smutty language heard in the home, and very little among the boys when they were alone together.

She always had a picturesque garden. Everything was in order and weeds were strangers to it. Fruit was canned, spiced, dried and preserved in many different ways. If anyone left the table hungry it was his own fault. When the girls had finished in the elementary school and went out to work they had no trouble finding jobs. Most of them worked for wealthy people.

The winter of 1938 was a very cold one and wiht only a cookstove for heat, mother got a cold and it developed into pneumonia. She died on February 4th, 1938, at the ripe old age of 94 years, 6 months and 19 days. Although a cold and stormy day, the church was filled to capacity. The service was conducted by Evangelist Paul Mackey.

A d d i t i o n a l F a c t

A very important characteristic of mother was her habit of singing while at work. She loved the old German hymns they used to sing when they attended the singing schools, and when the girls learned them, you could hear the soprano and alto plainly when we worked in the field near the house. When the older boys were at home we had the four parts. Every member of the family had the gift of harmonizing although not always perfectly. Mother could easily have been trained to be an opera singer.

A n n a M a r t h a ( Y e a r i c k ) T o b i a s

On the 27th of March in the year 1865 a daughter was born to the union of Israel and Catherine Yearick on the farm of Perry McDowell one mile north of Mackeyville. She was the first of ten children, and in today's classification, would be called a precocious child.

When the parents moved to the farm purchased at Huston (now Nittany), she attended the village school which consisted of two rooms, one called the Grammar School and the other the Elementary School. The Grammar School gave a course of study far more advanced than the same type of school today; and boys who finished the course became doctors, lawyers, and a few bank presidents. After finishing the course at the age of sixteen Anna took the examination of the County Superintendent of Schools to become a teacher and passed it. She applied for a vacancy in Madisonburg in Brush Valley and taught there one year. She then became the wife of William Tobias, a young man whom she had met during that winter.

While at home in her 18th year she had a harrowing experience with a mentally retarded man who lived in the village and had been causing trouble with young people previous to her experience. When going to the village from the farm it was necessary to go through a half mile of forest, and one one occasion this fellow had hidden himself and when she passed the tree he jumped out and seized her. She was a strong girl and fought him tooth and nail, screaming at the same time. A man, plowing on the adjoing farm, heard the screams, and, leaving his plow, ran and rescued her. When she went to school the children called her the deer because she could outrun most of the boys; but the man surprised her before she could get started.

After marriage they moved to Mackeyville where he engaged in butchering animals for sale, and continued until she died in 1919.

She was a leader in the social life of the village, and became a member of the Methodist Church for many years, paying particular attention to the poor; giving them meat and helping when they were ill or incapacitated for work. She was the mother of two boys and one girl, all of whom graduated from the Lock Haven Normal School

She died at the age of 53 years, 7 months and 14 days.

N o a h A l b e r t Y e a r i c k

Noah Albert was born on November 10, 1866, and was an unusually active baby from birth. His arms were slightly longer than most babies which in later life proved to be an asset in the vocation he chose to follow. He did not like farm life but chose to wander in the forest surrounding the farm whenever he had the opportunity.

He did not like to go to school and often stayed away from it and hunted in the forest. Two neighboring boys were of the same nature, and, as they had hunting dogs, the three boys became skilled hunters. He did like to draw and so he took writing lessons from William Zeigler who was a skilled caligrapher. Noah became a beautiful writer and also drew pictures of birds, using only pen and ink. At the age of 18 he went to the Black Forest Region north of the Susquehanna River and became a bark peeler for a large lumber company. After the peeling season was finished, he stayed and cut the peeled trees into logs for lumber; here his long arms were a great asset, for he oculd handle one end of a crosscut saw all day, and played out many men because of his long arms. He also became adept at saw filing and the bosses would assign him to filing the saws fro the various crews. For nineteen years he followed the cutting of timber until little was left north of the river. During that time he came home only at intervals, and seldom helped with any farm work.

At the age of 38 he got married and began to work for the Lock Haven Paper Mill firing three large boilers when most foremen could only handle two. When the men struck for higher wages he quit the mill and moved to Mackeyville and worked for his brother-in-law until his sister Anna died; then he became a handyman working for the farmers in woodwork, concrete work, and masonry. He was always in demand and had to turn down many who wanted him. His only bad habit was chewing tobacco; he said he began to chew to stop a toothache, but he continued after he got false teeth.

He was strictly honest and would walk miles to pay a bill he owed after a day’s work.

After his wife died in 1950, he lived alone and cooked for himself. Then his son and daughter-in-law moved into his house and trouble arose because she was not a good housekeeper and he was just the opposite. By this time he was a worn out old man and became very sick. His bedroom was across the hall from the kitchen and all the heat he got was what came through the door. The winter of 1952 was a very severe one and one night he got out of bed and couldn’t get back in, so in the morning, they found him on his knees, leaning on the bed and frozen stiff.

Due largely to the influence of his brother-in-law, William Tobias, he looked at religion as only a hobby and I have never known him to go inside a church except when he attended a funeral. He was 85 years, 2 months, and 12 days old when he died.

M a r g a r e t ( M a g g i e) J a n e Y e a r i c k

Maggie Jane Yearick was born on the 7th day of March in 1870. Little is known of her childhood days except that when her older sister was married, she became her mother’s helper with housework and taking care of the younger children. When she was about 20 years of age she was sent to Williamsport to learn the trade of seamstress, which as a very important vocation at that time. After she finished she made the clothing for all the younger children and shirts for father and the boys. Neighbors began to call her for work and then she was seldom at home until her sisters got married and left home. When the parents quit farming and moved to the village she returned to her trade and was quite busy until after father died, when people came to the house instead of having her come to theirs. After mother died she remained in the home which had been willed to her until she too passed away.

During her youth singing schools were held nearly every winter at Nittany or nearby villages and she attended them as often as possible. She became a very good alto and understood the mechanics of music to the extent that she became the song leader in the worship services at the church in Nittany for many years.

She had boyfriends when young and at home, but when she moved around so much at her trade, they gave up and she remained single for the rest of her life. She was a meticulous housekeeper and sometimes made life onerous for others. She lived alone for 25 years after mother died and then passed away at the age of 93 years, 6 months, and 10 days.

She became a member of the Church of Christ at Nittany in 1897 when the church was first established there.

W i l l i a m H e n r y Y e a r i c k

William was born on the 30th of September in 1873 and was killed by a falling limb on the 5th of January in 1874. His parents had gone somewhere in a two-horse sled and on the way home as they drove through the forest in a severe winter storm a limb broke off a tree and hit the baby on the hear, instantly killing him. Several times I asked mother about the circumstances and she would never tell exactly what happened. He was buried in the cemetery back of the Reformed church building at Madisonburg.

E m m a I d e l l e ( Y e a r i c k ) K r a m e r

Emma was born on the 8th of April in the year 1876 and was another exceptionally bright child. When she was in the higher grades in the village school she was the champion speller; when a spelling bee was arranged between the best spellers of the two Nittany valleys the pronouncer had to go to the dictionary to put her down. She decided to take the County Superintendent’s examination to be a teacher like her older sister; but the day of the test in Bellefonte, the train was late and because she wasn’t there at nine o’clock she wasn’t permitted to take the test.

She and her sister Clara took turns at staying at home to help mother with the work until she married Robert Kramer in 1906. She worked in the Silk Mill at Lock Haven one year before marriage also. She became the mother of six boys and one girl, all of whom have become prosperous people in their communities.

She was one of the charter members of the Church of Christ which was established at Huston in 1897 by Evangelist Asa Winter.

The family lived at Flemington and after the children got married and left home, she spent Thursday of every week going about the neighborhood helping the needy, the sick, and doing benevolent work. She died at the advanced age of 94 years, 8 months and 3 days.

E d w i n L o u i s Y e a r i c k

Edwin was born on the 13th of January in 1879 and from babyhood was of a surly nature except when he liked someone. In school he was especially good in mathematics and attended in the winter months until he was 20 years of age. The boys could not go to school until the corn was husked in the fall and so their school year was short. After he quit school he worked as a hired man for several years but stayed at home in the winter. He also worked in the Black Forest region of Pennsylvania north of the Susquehanna River in the Spring during bark peeling season. While going to school during his last years he fell in love with a schoolmate who was the daughter of the hotel owner in the town of Nittany; but, because he as the son of poor parents and lived in a log house she would not marry him although he was her favorite. After the hotel proprietor died the family moved to Bellefonte where she married an older man. I visited them at Tussyville many years later and she asked many questions about Edwin; I could tell she never forgot him. Her husband was then an old man.

Edwin never married and bought the Old Homestead in 1908 from father. He lived there alone for 51 years and prospered by planting fruit trees and berries. His nature changed in later life and he bacame thevictim of designing men who borrowed money from him and did not pay him back. He was a critic of higher education but was the only one of the family who had a college diploma; having taken a correspondence course from the Bryant Stratton business College in Buffalo, New York. He kept ledgers of all assets and expenditures until he died at the age of 88 years, 4 months and 13 days in 1967.

He was the first man in Nittany Valley to divide his fields in strips to prevent washing. He was also an expert in geography. There were few places on the earth of any importance that he could not tell you about where they were or for what they were noted.

H a r r y I r v i n Y e a r i c k

Harry Irvin was born on the 4th of August in 1881 and his nature was different from any of the preceding children; he was small physically and very quiet. His older brother dominated him completely until he reached the age of about 20 when he rebelled and that caused a rift which lasted for many years.

As boys they were inseparable and they spent many days exploring the ridge which was heavily forested at that time. When Edwin quit school Harry continued for 2 years longer and, by that time, resolved that farming was not what he wanted to do and he wanted an education; so he took the teacher’s examination and passed with flying colors. Ed wanted him to stop going to school and help him to clean up the brush and trees left from lumbering a six-acre tract. Harry refused and that caused trouble between them.

After teaching 2 years Harry found out that he wasn’t satisfied with that type of work because he was too much of an introvert. He then went to Williamsport and learned stenography. While teaching at Marsh Creek in his first erm, he fell in love with one of his pupils, and, after he finished the course and got a job in a railroad station in New Jersey, they were married. She was his first girl and after they were living alone he found out that she didn’t know how to keep a house in order so friction developed which lasted until she died at the age of 70. He then lived alone until he passed away at the age of 94 years, 7 months and 8 days. He lived alone for 22 years.

He became an expert gardener and hunter. His gardens were arranged so that he had vegetables from spring to freezing weather, and provided him with exercise to keep physically fit. He always had a hunting dog and when the season arrived they had more rabbits than they could use.

He also learned bookkeeping and became so expert that his employers would send him to their various places of business to teach others and straighten out tangled accounts.

He became quite feeble during his last few months, and finally fell victim to a stroke which took his life.

C l a r a I s a b e l l a ( Y e a r i c k ) D e l a n y

Clara was born on the 19th of December in the year 1883. She was the jolly member of the family. She made a joke out of life by always looking on the sunny side. She did not like to go to school and never broke any records there. Everybody liked her because she was so good natured and could do any kind of housework. When she got married in 1907 our parents immediately decided to quit farming as mother could no longer do the work alone. Her choice of a husband did not suit us, but he was a real man and they raised a family of two boys and three girls. They kept a few cows and her butter was so good that the hucksters paid her more than the standard price. She also kept the house expenses with butter and eggs like her mother did. She became a victim of arthritis about the age of 65 and it got worse slowly until the doctor experimentally gave her an overdose which killed her at the age of 70 years and 22 days. She was buried at Zion Cemetery.

B e r t h a M i n e r v a Y e a r i c k

Bertha was born on the 12th of November in the year 1886, and was acknowledged to be the beauty of the family and also one of the keenest mentally. Her classmates called her “teacher’s Pet” but if they showed any partiality it was because she was so bright.

In the later part of 1800’s an epidemic of diphtheria raged in Nittany Valley; a number of people got it and some died. Bertha left the schoolhouse one evening and some of the pupils said the teacher watched her as long as she was in signt. I do not remember how many days she was ill at home but one evening she seemed to have a high fever and Ed started for the doctor who lived in Clintondale three miles away...it took him a little more than fifteen minutes and while he was gon her breath began to rattle in her throat and before he got back with the doctor she had passed away. Even father shed tears. She died on the 4th of October in 1899 at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 26 days. They did not embalm diphtheria victims at that time and neighbor women came and washed her body and laid it on what was called a “cooling board” in the room at the farm. I remember slipping in once when nobody was watching and looking at her white face and stiff body. Her funeral was small because people thought it was a very contagious disease.

Emily Hill