JUNIUS T. YODER DIARIES

The excerpts from Mr. Yoder’s diaries, which he began keeping on 1 January 1890, were published in the Hickory Daily Record. These diaries were edited fro the newspaper by Mabel Miller Rowe. Mr. Yoder died in 1948, and was buried at Zion.

These records were located by Catawba Genealogical Society member Claude F. Miller.

Weddings and Deaths 1890-1915:

1890 11 February-Fate Wike died.
23 February – Bob Huffman & Dora Lutz married.
5 March – Daniel [W] Whitener & Alice Kincaid married.
17 April – Monroe Whitener & George Propst died.
11 May – John Bowman Buried
1 June – John Boliek & Susie Poovey married.
3 July – Alice, daughter of Joe Hawn, died.
7 September – Jane, daughter of Frank Whitener, died.
16 December – J. T. Yoder & Candace Bollinger married.
 

1891

  

1 January – Will Yoder & Gertrude Whitener married.
27 January – [Ritta Whitener] wife of Lawson Yount was buried at Zion.
15 February – Railroad accident below Newton, Rev. M. L. Little & five others were killed
26 March – Sid Killian & Jennie Propst married.
5 April – Alfred Yoder & Cora Yoder married [cousins].
9 April – Alvin Hildebrand & Mary Propst married.
31 August – Levi Bollinger’s wife buried.
24 November – James Herman died of typhoid fever.
1 December – David Ramsour’s baby buried at Robinson’s graveyard.
13 December – Dolph Barger & Ellie Hawn married.
 

1892

 

4 March – My first child born.
March – Aunt Minerva Bollinger’s house burned.
9 April – Clara Settlemyre buried at St. Paul’s
August – Robert Settlemyer died.
15 November – Dolph Punch’s baby buried at Fairgrove.
December – 2 marriages: Jones Sigmon & Ida Yoder and Pink Bolick and Emma Seitz.
 

1893 

 

17 September – double wedding: Saul Huffman & Candace Smyre and James Bowman & Eliza Hollar.
28 September – Otis Lowe died.
1 October – Philip Seitz & Laura Dellinger married.
8 October – Lee Kanupp & Jennie Davis married.
 

1894

 

February – Henry Lutz & Sarah Killian married.
21 February – Levi Yoder buried.
22 February – Luther Whisnant buried at Zion church.
23 February – Henry Propst’ widow buried
1 June – Guy Yoder, 2nd child of J. T. Yoder born.
17 June – Hilary Yoder & Minnie Weaver buried.
 

1895

 

10 February – River frozen over.
 8 August – J. T. Yoder’s father dies.
 

1896

  

23 January – Mary, widow of Lazarus Dietz’, funeral.
13 February – Hanging of convicted murderer in Newton by Sheriff Bandy.
24 March – Helped dig grave for Mel Killian.
3 August – Widow of Eli Whitener buried at Zion.
 

1897

 

1 January – Dug grave for Miss Eliza Pope.
12 November – Elbert Bollinger buried.
21 November – Eugene Hawn & Maud Whitener married.
26 November – Mrs. Fannie Cline buried.
 

1898

 

5 February – Reuben Yoder buried.
12 March – Aunt Levina Killian buried at Bethel, she was nearly 88 years old.
20 March – Abel Robinson’s wife buried.
19 May – Nanny Ray Abernethy died of fever & buried at [Wesley’s] Chapel.
 

1899

 

31 January – L. P. Bolch & Josie Bumgarner married.
16 February – Laban Whitener buried at Hickory.
25 February – Miss Laura Hawn died.
August – Avery Frye was very sick.
7 September – Polly Cook buried at Zion.
11 October – Grandfather Bollinger’s golden wedding.
21 October – Anna Whitener & Herbert Keever married.
20 December – Uncle Abel Whitener was very sick.
 

1900

  

24 March – Helped dig Simpson Fisher’s grave.
12 April – James Yoder & Etta Weaver married.
23 June – Noah Hawn’s wife buried at Zion.
24 June – Barbara Sigmon [Mrs. Abel] buried [at Zion].
26 June – [Catherine E.], Frank Miller’s wife buried [at Zion]
15 July – Ranse Lail’s daughter buried.
13 August – Moses Abernethy’s wife buried.
14 August – Kope Dietz’ wife buried.
5 September – Helped dig Thomas Deitz’s wife’s grave.
 

1901

  

3 February – Death of Daniel W. Whitener.
Undated – Drowning of Henry Wagner’s boy & Henry’s brother-in-law, MacGarison of S. C., in the upper end of the E. L. Shuford cotton mill dam.
23 September – Death of Robert Martin’s wife.
 

1902

  

4 April – Helped dig grave & bury Edd Hawn’s wife.
20 April – Death of Reily Propst.
10 July – David Abernethy & Alice Yount married.
23 December – Hickory stores & opera house burned.
 

1903

 

10 May – Leslie Hunsucker & Nora Hawn married at St. Paul’s.
12 May – Marcus Whisnant died; Solomon Honeycut ill.
Nov. 5 – Leonard Campbell & Annie Abernethy married.
2 December – Loy Seitz & Jennie Ward married.
 

1904

 

1 January – Helped dig Henry Hass’ grave.
3 January – Helped bury Uncle Christian Hawn, 93.
   – Mamie Whitener and Charlie Sumter married.
10 January – Bud Ward & Mamie Yoder married.
20 January – James Punch moving to Oregon.
February – Rachel Kahill, wife of Daniel Kahill, buried at Zion.
March – Aunt Mary Whitener buried at Bethel, the daughter of George D. & Margaret Whitener.
March – Alonzo Kanupp & Delia Marlowe married.
July – Uncle Logan Whitener buried at Bethel, the daughter of George D. & Margaret Whitener.
27 November – Parks Burch - & Bettie Simpson married.
December – Robert Weaver & Alda Yoder married.
 

1905

  

January – Helped dig grave for Barbara [Mull] Setzer [at Bethel].
April – Ewin Eckard & Mamie Sigmon married Easter.
July – Noah Hawn & Caroline Whisnant married.
September – Perry Yount & Anna Propst married.
September – Clara Seitz, nearly 80 died.
September – Sid Wilfong died.
October – J. R. Gaither died.
Dec. – Efrid Whitener, son of Luther Whitener, died.
 

1906

  

February – Esquire Abel Whitener buried at Bethel, nearly 80 years old.
March 25 – Uncle Lawson Yount died.
May 10 – John Cook % Catherine Weaver married.
Sept 21 – Uncle Cainy Bowman died of paralysis.
Sept 30 – Belton Shuford & Edith Bright married.
December 24 – George Hawn & Della Huffman married.
 

1907

  

6 January – Frank Propst & Sallie Fulbright married.
10 February – James Whitener & Hattie Pitts married.
26 February – Hickory Inn burned.
Alfred Jarrett’s wife was buried at Grace.
23 December – Funeral of Emeline Sigmon, nearly 82.
 

1908

  

27 February – Sarah, wife of Moses Yoder, buried.
6 May – Robert Pope buried at Zion.
22 May – Death of Uncle Dan Yoder, aged 86.
26 May – James Bollinger’s funeral at Fairgrove.
26 July – Robert Campbell died of typhoid fever.
27 August – Laura Deitz was buried.
5 October – Calvin Pitts and Rosa Whitener married.
11 October – Oscar Fullbright & Anna Powell married.
10 November – Cousin George Seitz buried at St. James.
December – Pink Pitts & Metta Bollinger married.
 

1909

 

January – James Whitener was moving to Virginia.
 

1910

  

January 2 – Janie Baker married a man from Illinois and moved to Illinois.
3 February – Locating telephone lines; phones ordered.
12 February – Aunt Lize Fisher [Eliza Eckard] buried.
13 February – Ardie Pitts & May Abernethy married.
16 April – Helped dig grave for Dave Abernethy.
27 April – Lee Ramsour & Ora Baker married.
7 June – Harriett Hass, widow of Henry, buried at Zion.
4 December – Bud Whisnant & Nanie Kate Pope married.
 

1911 

 

12 April – Lee Whitener & Maggie Wilfong married.
21 April – Mary Bollinger buried at Startown.
7 May – Perry Whitener & Matte M Barger married.
17 May – Burial of Rev. R. A. Yoder at Daniel’s church.
29 May – Digging grave for Aunt Carolina Sigmon, widow of Amon Sigmon, 81 1/2 years old.
1 July – Old Uncle Solomon Honeycutt died.
3 July – Ed Bumgarner killed by electricity while tending to an electric light at Hickory.
14 November – Rev. J. C. Moser buried in Hickory.
28 Nov – Helped dig grave for wife of Madison Whitener.
30 Nov – Homer Fry & Blanche Aderholt married.
9 Dec – Digging grave of Peggy Whitener, widow of Abel Whitener, 90 1/2 years old.
 

1912 

 

9 June – Digging grave for Marthat Whitener [at Bethel daughter of George D. & Margaret Whitener].
16 October – Marvin Whitworth & Pauline Foster married.
 

1913 

 

25 March – Edna Deitz & Herbert Whitener married.
23 April – F. A. Yoder buried at Grace.
30 July – Burying of Clara Deitz at Zion.
11 August – Dr. Lafayette Abernethy died last night.
20 October – Helped bury Levi Whitener’s wife.
23 November – Ab Hawn’s widow buried today.
 

1914

  

8 February – Uncle John Lutz buried at New Jerusalem.
12 April – Floyd Hicks & Pearl Dietz married and Squire Clampitt buried.
20 April – Will Mosteller buried at Bethel.
30 July – Churchill Sigmon died suddenly last night [Buried at Bethel].
9 August – Guy Yoder & Hattie Miller married.
 

1915

  

26 Jan – Clara, wife of Pink Whitener, buried at Zion.
31 January – Leroy Whitener, of Hickory, died.
28 February – Pink Whitener buried at Zion.
14 March – Rev. Wannemacher, pastor of Holy Trinity, had a severe stroke.
6 April – A. C. Link, postmaster, buried in Hickory.
15 May – Bill Wilson’s daughter killed by lightning.
6 June – Leonard Campbell & Bessie Miller married.
14 July – Newton Whitener died suddenly last night.
25 December – Harry Fry & Kate Abernethy married.
26 December – Charlie Bollinger buried.
29 – James Jarrett died this morning.

 

Catawba Cousins October 1991 p 78-82  Courtesy of The Catawba County Genealogical Society and their quarterly journal--"The Catawba Cousins" for allowing us to use their materials and research.

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