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Jacob Yoder

YODER, Jacob, pioneer, born in Reading, Pennsylvania., 11 August, 1758 : died in Spencer county, Kentucky, 7 April, 1832. He was of Swiss descent. After serving through the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania line, he built a large boat at Fort Red Stone (now Brownsville), on Monongahela river, which he freighted with flour and carried to New Orleans in May, 178:2. With the profits of this venture he bought peltries which he sold in Havana, investing the proceeds in sugar for the Philadelphia market. This was the first attempt to navigate the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for commercial purposes. Subsequently he settled in Spencer county, Kentucky, and took part in equipping and keeping in the field the military forces in the northwest territory.

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