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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,
Educational, Civic and Social Development
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Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of
Dr. Benjamin F. Prince
President Clark County Historical Society
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Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
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Volumes 2
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Published by
The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York
1922
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MILTON YAKE
is engaged
successfully in the buying and shipping of livestock and also gives general
supervision to the management of his excellent farm in Moorefield Township, near
Villa, in which village he maintains his residence and business headquarters.
Mr. Yake was born in Pennsylvania, March 29, 1864, and is a son of Lewis
and Martha (Dellinger) Yake, the former a native of Germany and the latter
of the State of Pennsylvania. Lewis Yake was a child at the
time of the family immigration to the United States, was reared and educated in
Pennsylvania and there his marriage occurred. He continued his activities as a
farmer in the old Keystone State until the late ’60s, when he came with his
family to Ohio and established his residence in Champaign County, where he
farmed for a few years on rented land and then came over into Clark County and
purchased a farm near Moorefield. He made this one of the well ordered farms of
Moorefield Township, and on the same he continued to reside until his death, in
1916, his widow having passed to eternal rest in 1921 and both having been
earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
Yake was well fortified
in his political views and was a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican
party. He had no desire for public office but gave effective service as a member
of the school board of his district. Of the ten children the eldest of the eight
surviving is Hiram, a farmer near Harmony, this county; David is
engaged in farming in Hancock County; Milton, of this sketch, was the
next in order of birth; John resides at Springfield, and Edward at
Youngstown; Erbie is the wife of Frank Coe; Lewis is a
resident of New Moorefield, Clark County; and Anna is the wife of
George Fetz.
On the old home farm near the postoffice village of New Moorefield,
Milton Yake passed the period of his boyhood and youth, and in the
meanwhile profited by the advantages of the local schools. After attaining to
his legal majority he was for seven years employed by the month at farm work,
and with the passing years he so directed his energies as to win substantial
financial advancement and prove a successful agriculturist and stockgrower. He
now owns 104 acres of land in Moorefield Township, including the three acres on
which is situated the family home, at Villa. Mr. Yake is a
stockholder in the Merchants & Mechanics Building & Loan Association at
Springfield, and in addition to looking after the affairs of his farm, in the
northeast quarter of Section 21, Moorefield Township, he has proved
exceptionally successful as a dealer in livestock, his judgment of values in
this line being virtually authoritative. His political allegiance is given to
the republican party, and he is affiliated with the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics.
September 28, 1895, marked the marriage of
Mr. Yake to Miss Ella
McConneha, who was born near New Moorefield, this county, in 1867. They have
no children.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio; Vol. 2;
Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 405 - Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by
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