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JOHN YONKIN
JOHN YONKIN (Barbara, John Hartzig) was born September 26, 1820; died August 1904
Married LORETTA BARTCH in 1863. She was born March 16, 1841; a daughter of Gotlieb & Sarah Suber Bartch; died May 6, 1922; buried in Peace Cemetery, Dushore, PA.
The Sullivan Review
September 1, 1904
John Yonkin, 2nd died at his home in Cherry Township Thursday afternoon at 6 p.m., after an illness of several months.
The funeral and interment was at Frieden's (Peace) Church, Sunday afternoon, Rev. J.W. Campbell, of this place officiating.
Judge Yonkin is survived by his wife, and one son, Ira B. Yonkin.
John Yonkin, 2nd was born in Cherry Township, September 26, 1820, and if he had only lived until that day of this month would have been 75 years of age.
His father was Henry Yonkin, a native of Havre, France, and his mother was Barbara Hartzig, a native of Switzerland.
They came to what is now Sullivan County in 1824, and settled on a small farm, which was then a part of the great
wilderness. Here his children were born as follows:
John, the subject of this sketch, Mary C, who married William Smith; Charles, living in Forks township; George W.
residing in Dushore borough; Ellen, the wife of Henry Huffmaster; William H. a farmer of Cherry township;
Jacob & Emily, died when children; Hannah married Fain Moyer, of Lycoming County; Elmira, is the wife of
R.C.R. Kshinka; Peter J, a farmer of Cherry township and one of the commissioners of Sullivan County, and Edward,
also a farmer in Cherry township.
John Yonkin was married in 1863 to Miss Loretta A. Barge and to them was born one son, Ira B. Yonkin, who for some time has operated the farm.
John Yonkin has for a generation been a man of prominence in Sullivan County, and besides filling many offices of trust in Cherry Township he was (in 1878) elected county commissioner and served three years.
In 1891 he was elected associate judge of Sullivan County and served five years.
In politics he was a staunch Democrat, and his unswerving loyalty to his party brought him the honorable recognition and responsible positions to which he was elected.
As a man he was eminently honest and upright, a firm and pleasant gentleman. He will be missed wherever he was known, and that was all over the county.
His funeral Sunday was very largely attended by friends and relatives.
The Sullivan Review
May 10, 1922
Mrs. Loretta A. Yonkin, wife of the late associate judge, John Yonkin, died at the home of her son, Saturday, May 6, after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Yonkin was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gotlieb Bartch and was born in Cherry Township March 16, 1841. She was married to the late John Yonkin February 21, 1863 at the home of the late Carl L. Erle in Colley.
She is survived by one son, Ira Burton Yonkin of Cherry Township, one brother, Jacob Bartch of Wilmot, and three sisters, Mrs. Clark Fox of Kansas, Mrs. Michael Brobst and Mrs. Fred Schwoerer of Bloomsburg.
Funeral services were held in Peace church Tuesday morning with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Children of John & Loretta Yonkin:
1. Ira Burton Yonkin (John, Barbara, John Hartzig) born about 1868; died April 17, 1932
Married Bertha Fritz
The Sullivan Review
April 20, 1932
Ira B. Yonkin died Sunday, April 17th at his home in Cherry Township, following an illness of some time at the age of 64 years.
He was a son of the late John and Loretta Yonkin.
Mr. Yonkin is survived by his wife and one son, Ralph.
Funeral service was held Tuesday morning from his late home. Interment in the Peace cemetery.
The Sullivan Review
April 20, 1962
Mrs. Bertha Fritz Yonkin, 80 of Dushore RD died April 13 at the Stopyra Nursing Home in Dushore RD where she has been a guest for 15 days.
Mrs. Yonkin had been in ill health for about a year. She was born in Nordmont, Muncy Valley RD, a daughter of Hiram and Dorothy Hess Fritz. She was the widow of Ira Yonkin.
She is survived by one son, Ralph of Dushore; one sister, Myrtle Carpenter of Dushore. Several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Tubach funeral home 10:00 am. Tuesday.
Rev. James Johnson officiating. Burial was in Peace Cemetery Dushore
Pallbearers were Frank Ambs, Arthur Epler, Albert Exley, Charles Litzelman, Joseph A. Ryan, Silas Sheerer.
Children of Ira & Bertha Yonkin:
1. J. Ralph Yonkin 1910-1984
J. Ralph Yonkin (Ira, John, Barbara, John Hartzig) born October 2, 1910; died September 29, 1984
Never married
The Sullivan Review
October 4, 1984
J. Ralph Yonkin, 73, of Cherry Township, died Saturday morning, September 29, 1984, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda.
He was born on October 2, 1910 in Cherry Township, the son of Ira B. and Berth Fritz Yonkin.
Mr. Yonkin was a lifetime resident of Sullivan County and was engaged in the farming industry for his entire life.
Survivors include several cousins.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted in the Peace Cemetery, Cherry Township, at the convenience of the family under the direction of the Russell P. McHenry Funeral Home.
Memorials may be directed to Towanda Memorial Hospital in his memory .
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