▁Com parison ▁Table ▁for ▁the ▁Corn idae ▁ ▁Category : A ster id ▁families <0x0A> </s> ▁Joseph ▁Y oder ▁( Se ptember ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁– ▁November ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁educ ator , ▁music ologist , ▁and ▁writer , ▁the ▁first ▁successful ▁M enn on ite ▁literary ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁especially ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁semi - f ict ional ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁life , ▁Ros anna ▁of ▁the ▁Am ish ▁( 1 9 4 0 ), ▁and ▁for ▁his ▁investigation ▁of ▁the ▁sources ▁of ▁the ▁Am ish ▁t unes ▁of ▁the ▁Aus bund , ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁efforts ▁to ▁record ▁and ▁preserve ▁traditional ▁Am ish ▁music . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁Joseph ▁Warren ▁Y oder ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁in ▁Belle ville , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁United ▁States , ▁in ▁the ▁K ish aco qu illas ▁Valley ▁( known ▁locally ▁as ▁the ▁Big ▁Valley ) ▁region ▁of ▁M if fl in ▁County . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁traditional ▁Am ish ▁education ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁participation ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" sing ing ▁schools " ▁that ▁became ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁Big ▁Valley ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁school te acher ▁in ▁Mill town , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁from ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁Bre th ren