 Jacob Yoder

Jacob Yoder (August 11, 1758 – April 7, 1832) was a pioneer of Swiss descent.He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and died in Spencer County, Kentucky.After serving through the American 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, 1782.