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John YETTER

BIRTH: 24 OCT 1836, Indiana
DEATH: 4 MAY 1883, Rochester, Olmsted Co., MN

MARRIAGE: 1857

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Notes

[NI0166] Updated February 12, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Town 108 R 11 - Plainview (Plainview Post Office): Page 40; June 18, 1860.

John Yetter is head of household, married to Abby F. [Abigail F. Sylvester] Yetter. He is 23 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $300, and was born in Ohio. Their household includes their son Charles. Abby's brother Franklin Sylvester and family live in the adjacent household, and her brother George W. Sylvester and family lives two household away on the other side.

(2) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

John Yetter, Co. H, 6th Minnesota Infantry. Rank In = Private, Rank Out = Private. Film Number M546 roll 10. During the period of his enlistment, this unit served in engagements with the Sioux and other Indian nations on the Minnesota and Dakota frontiers, and escorted supply trains to various remote outposts.

(3) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Winona Co., Town of Whitewater: page 1; dwelling 1; family 1; August 3, 1870.

John Yetter, head of household, is married to Abbey F. (Sylvester) Yetter. He was born in Indiana, is 33 years old and is a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $400. He is eligible to vote. Children listed in the household are: Herbert J. and Charles E. The family lives next to another Yetter family -- headed by Charles Yetter, aged 55 -- relationship unknown.

(4) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 2.

(5) Listed in Daughters of the American Revolution membership record 569548 (issued 1972).

(6) Jewell family records. June 28, 2002.

- "John Yetter also joins Company H, Sixth Minnesota Infantry Regiment, with his brother-in-law Franklin [Sylvester]... he was discharged with his Company in August 1865, still a private."
- "Rochester, Olmstead Co., [MN]... where he died in May, 1883 (46 years).