MARQUIS DELVIN YOTTER. Among the public-spirited citizens of Kosciusko County who have found time from their business affairs to serve as public officials, one who is well known for conscientious and energetic service is Marquis D. Yotter, of Silver Lake, who has served in the capacity of school trustee of Lake Township since 1924, during which period numerous improvements have been made in the educational system. A coal merchant by occupation, Mr. Yotter's former public service included six and one-half years as postmaster of Silver Lake, and at all times he has held and merited the confidence of the community.
Mr. Yotter was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, March 10, 1868, and is a son of George W. and Esther Jane (Elder) Yotter. His paternal grandparents were Malcolm and Cynthia (Jefferson) Yotter, of Ohio, the former of German descent, who came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1859, and there rounded out their careers. George W. Yotter was born September 25, 1841, in Seneca County, Ohio, and was eighteen years of age when he accompanied the family, to Kosciusko County, where for many years he was engaged in the lumber business.
The country schools of Kosciusko County furnished Marquis D. Yotter with his educational training, and during his early years he was engaged in agricultural operations. In 1903 he engaged in the coal business at Silver Lake, where he still has a large trade in this commercial field, being one of the substantial men of his community. In 1914 he was appointed postmaster of Silver Lake, acting in that capacity for six and one-half years, and in 1924 was elected school trustee of Lake Township, being reelected to this position in 1928. This district has an accredited high school a consolidated high school, and during Mr. Yotter's administration of his duties numerous beneficial changes have been effected. During his term as trustee the Silver Lake High School was built. He is not enthusiastically in favor of the teachers' tenure law, nor does he favor the consolidated grade school idea, but does believe in the consolidated high school plan, where the 6-6 system is employed. In this district there are five teachers employed under the supervision of a superintendent. Mr. Yotter is a Democrat in his political allegiance and belongs to the United Brethren Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through the chairs.
On January 18, 1890, Mr. Yotter was united in marriage with Miss Luzetta Rager, who was born in Kosciusko County, and to this union there were born the following children. Bernard Bly, born in 1891, attended the graded and high schools of Lake Township and the Indiana Pharmacal School and is now employed as a prescription clerk in a drug store at Fort Wayne. Keith Clifford, born in 1893, attended high school for two years at Silver Lake, and is now an automobile salesman at Warsaw. He married, July 18, 1912, Hazel Jontz, who died March 25, 1922, leaving one son, James Robert, born May 5, 1913, now attending public schools, and after his first wife's death Keith C. Yotter married, May 12, 1925, Dora Dilman, but they have no children. Zeta Wilodean, only daughter of Marquis D. Yotter, born January 17, 1903, who attended the local high school, and February 28, 1924, married E. E. Summe, and has two sons, Billy Lee, born October 10, 1926, and Tommy Lyle, born in September, 1929.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
Mr. Yotter was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, March 10, 1868, and is a son of George W. and Esther Jane (Elder) Yotter. His paternal grandparents were Malcolm and Cynthia (Jefferson) Yotter, of Ohio, the former of German descent, who came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1859, and there rounded out their careers. George W. Yotter was born September 25, 1841, in Seneca County, Ohio, and was eighteen years of age when he accompanied the family, to Kosciusko County, where for many years he was engaged in the lumber business.
The country schools of Kosciusko County furnished Marquis D. Yotter with his educational training, and during his early years he was engaged in agricultural operations. In 1903 he engaged in the coal business at Silver Lake, where he still has a large trade in this commercial field, being one of the substantial men of his community. In 1914 he was appointed postmaster of Silver Lake, acting in that capacity for six and one-half years, and in 1924 was elected school trustee of Lake Township, being reelected to this position in 1928. This district has an accredited high school a consolidated high school, and during Mr. Yotter's administration of his duties numerous beneficial changes have been effected. During his term as trustee the Silver Lake High School was built. He is not enthusiastically in favor of the teachers' tenure law, nor does he favor the consolidated grade school idea, but does believe in the consolidated high school plan, where the 6-6 system is employed. In this district there are five teachers employed under the supervision of a superintendent. Mr. Yotter is a Democrat in his political allegiance and belongs to the United Brethren Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through the chairs.
On January 18, 1890, Mr. Yotter was united in marriage with Miss Luzetta Rager, who was born in Kosciusko County, and to this union there were born the following children. Bernard Bly, born in 1891, attended the graded and high schools of Lake Township and the Indiana Pharmacal School and is now employed as a prescription clerk in a drug store at Fort Wayne. Keith Clifford, born in 1893, attended high school for two years at Silver Lake, and is now an automobile salesman at Warsaw. He married, July 18, 1912, Hazel Jontz, who died March 25, 1922, leaving one son, James Robert, born May 5, 1913, now attending public schools, and after his first wife's death Keith C. Yotter married, May 12, 1925, Dora Dilman, but they have no children. Zeta Wilodean, only daughter of Marquis D. Yotter, born January 17, 1903, who attended the local high school, and February 28, 1924, married E. E. Summe, and has two sons, Billy Lee, born October 10, 1926, and Tommy Lyle, born in September, 1929.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
MARQUIS DELVIN YOTTER. Among the public-spirited citizens of Kosciusko County who have found time from their business affairs to serve as public officials, one who is well known for conscientious and energetic service is Marquis D. Yotter, of Silver Lake, who has served in the capacity of school trustee of Lake Township since 1924, during which period numerous improvements have been made in the educational system. A coal merchant by occupation, Mr. Yotter's former public service included six and one-half years as postmaster of Silver Lake, and at all times he has held and merited the confidence of the community.
Mr. Yotter was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, March 10, 1868, and is a son of George W. and Esther Jane (Elder) Yotter. His paternal grandparents were Malcolm and Cynthia (Jefferson) Yotter, of Ohio, the former of German descent, who came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1859, and there rounded out their careers. George W. Yotter was born September 25, 1841, in Seneca County, Ohio, and was eighteen years of age when he accompanied the family, to Kosciusko County, where for many years he was engaged in the lumber business.
The country schools of Kosciusko County furnished Marquis D. Yotter with his educational training, and during his early years he was engaged in agricultural operations. In 1903 he engaged in the coal business at Silver Lake, where he still has a large trade in this commercial field, being one of the substantial men of his community. In 1914 he was appointed postmaster of Silver Lake, acting in that capacity for six and one-half years, and in 1924 was elected school trustee of Lake Township, being reelected to this position in 1928. This district has an accredited high school a consolidated high school, and during Mr. Yotter's administration of his duties numerous beneficial changes have been effected. During his term as trustee the Silver Lake High School was built. He is not enthusiastically in favor of the teachers' tenure law, nor does he favor the consolidated grade school idea, but does believe in the consolidated high school plan, where the 6-6 system is employed. In this district there are five teachers employed under the supervision of a superintendent. Mr. Yotter is a Democrat in his political allegiance and belongs to the United Brethren Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through the chairs.
On January 18, 1890, Mr. Yotter was united in marriage with Miss Luzetta Rager, who was born in Kosciusko County, and to this union there were born the following children. Bernard Bly, born in 1891, attended the graded and high schools of Lake Township and the Indiana Pharmacal School and is now employed as a prescription clerk in a drug store at Fort Wayne. Keith Clifford, born in 1893, attended high school for two years at Silver Lake, and is now an automobile salesman at Warsaw. He married, July 18, 1912, Hazel Jontz, who died March 25, 1922, leaving one son, James Robert, born May 5, 1913, now attending public schools, and after his first wife's death Keith C. Yotter married, May 12, 1925, Dora Dilman, but they have no children. Zeta Wilodean, only daughter of Marquis D. Yotter, born January 17, 1903, who attended the local high school, and February 28, 1924, married E. E. Summe, and has two sons, Billy Lee, born October 10, 1926, and Tommy Lyle, born in September, 1929.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
Mr. Yotter was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, March 10, 1868, and is a son of George W. and Esther Jane (Elder) Yotter. His paternal grandparents were Malcolm and Cynthia (Jefferson) Yotter, of Ohio, the former of German descent, who came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1859, and there rounded out their careers. George W. Yotter was born September 25, 1841, in Seneca County, Ohio, and was eighteen years of age when he accompanied the family, to Kosciusko County, where for many years he was engaged in the lumber business.
The country schools of Kosciusko County furnished Marquis D. Yotter with his educational training, and during his early years he was engaged in agricultural operations. In 1903 he engaged in the coal business at Silver Lake, where he still has a large trade in this commercial field, being one of the substantial men of his community. In 1914 he was appointed postmaster of Silver Lake, acting in that capacity for six and one-half years, and in 1924 was elected school trustee of Lake Township, being reelected to this position in 1928. This district has an accredited high school a consolidated high school, and during Mr. Yotter's administration of his duties numerous beneficial changes have been effected. During his term as trustee the Silver Lake High School was built. He is not enthusiastically in favor of the teachers' tenure law, nor does he favor the consolidated grade school idea, but does believe in the consolidated high school plan, where the 6-6 system is employed. In this district there are five teachers employed under the supervision of a superintendent. Mr. Yotter is a Democrat in his political allegiance and belongs to the United Brethren Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through the chairs.
On January 18, 1890, Mr. Yotter was united in marriage with Miss Luzetta Rager, who was born in Kosciusko County, and to this union there were born the following children. Bernard Bly, born in 1891, attended the graded and high schools of Lake Township and the Indiana Pharmacal School and is now employed as a prescription clerk in a drug store at Fort Wayne. Keith Clifford, born in 1893, attended high school for two years at Silver Lake, and is now an automobile salesman at Warsaw. He married, July 18, 1912, Hazel Jontz, who died March 25, 1922, leaving one son, James Robert, born May 5, 1913, now attending public schools, and after his first wife's death Keith C. Yotter married, May 12, 1925, Dora Dilman, but they have no children. Zeta Wilodean, only daughter of Marquis D. Yotter, born January 17, 1903, who attended the local high school, and February 28, 1924, married E. E. Summe, and has two sons, Billy Lee, born October 10, 1926, and Tommy Lyle, born in September, 1929.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
