[38-47] SARAH Y. YEAKEL, } June 4, 1817; d July 22, 1883; dau Carl and Susanna Yeakel) Yeakel [38-23]; m Oct. 9, 1843, ABRAHAM S. MOYER, b Nov. 15, 1822; d Dec. 5, 1912; s Jacob and Barbara (Stahler) Moyer. Carpenter.
7 Children (8): 38-137a 1. Addie C. Orwig. [38-137b] | 1+ Isaae ¥., b July 8, 1846; m {5° Taa V. Rearick. [38-138] 2. Jacob Y., b Apr. 4, 1848; m Mary J. Muir.
[88-48] REV. JESSE YEAKEL, b Feb. 15, 1820; d Nov. 28, 1895; s Carl and Susanna (Yeakel) Yeakel [38-23]; m Nov. 23, 1843, MARIA SCHULTZ, b July 14, 1824; d Mar. 26, 1912; dau Melchior and Maria (Schultz) Schultz [68-6]. Clergyman of Evangelical Church; lived in Phila., Pa.
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3. Sarah Jane, b* Mar. 25, 1854.
Rev. Jesse Yeakel, born in 1820, lived a singularly useful life. Having been reared on a farm, he early evinced religious convictions and preached his first sermon at the age of 19. He served asa minister of the Evangelical Association and was in active service for 50 years, filling the position of Presiding Elder in the Eastern Pa. and Atlantic Conferences of the Evangelical Association.
Although having a very limited public school education, Rev. Yeakel wrote two theological works, “Die Heilung des Menschen”’ which was published in Stuttgart, Germany, and ‘‘Systematic Theology.”’ He also wrote a short autobiography, ‘‘Isai’s Erfahrungen.’’ He was said to have been well grounded in the seriptures and led a very pious life.
Although stationed in Phila., his duties as Presiding Elder caused him to be away from home a great deal, going as far as Port Jervis, N. Y., and being absent from four to six weeks at a time, the meagre salary he received not permitting him to pay car fares for frequent visitations to his districts. He was incessant in his labors for the neglected and unfortunate. One of his favorite maxims was “Besser Unrecht leiden als Unrecht thun.” (Better endure wrongs than commit wrongs.)
Maria Schultz Yeakel was said to have possessed exceptional mechanical ability fora woman. At the age of 10, she is said to have made a wooden horse mounted on propelling rollers. Herschoolmaster, the late Amos Schultz, while passing along the road, showed great delight in seeing this horse glide down the incline on its wheels, and told her, ‘you should have been a boy.’’ The members of the Amos Schultz family still recall that their father spoke of the proficiency of Maria Schultz in her studies.
She and her brother and sister would stand in a “‘row’’ while their father would hear their lessons and test their knowledge of music. Her sister, Lydia, was very fond of reading, and at the tenderage of nine was perplexed as to how to read and spin at the same time, as she was obliged to take her turn at the spinning wheel.
It is said that their father, Melchior Schultz, at times entertained from 20 to 30 of the Moravians at one time. They would come in a coach from Bethlehem and be entertained by the Schultz family. This, of course, required great culinary preparations, but the women were equal to the occasion and these visits were welcomed by adults and children alike.
*Sarah Jane Yeakel in early childhood evinced great interest in music, specializing on the pipe organ. For more than 20 years she was organist in Trinity Chureh, Germantown, Phila. For many years, she was the Philadelphia correspondent of the “Evangelical Messenger,” the organ of the Evangelical Association. Later she became actively engaged in Missionary Work, and is now engaged in Sunday School and deaconess work in Newark, N. J. She is an official Sunday School visitor of a prominent Sunday School.
{Uriah Yeakel was the first graduate of a Philadelphia Grammar School to be awarded a free scholarship at the University of Pa. by the Philadelphia Board of Education. These scholarships are now awarded to graduates of High Schools. He was born at Easton, Pa., and was possessed of an exceedingly brilliant and conscientious mind. His early death cut short what would have been an undoubtedly successful career. A professorship at the Schuylkill Seminary was declined by him as he felt he could not conscientiously fill the position.;