BIO: Isaac J. YINGLING, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 877.
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  ISAAC J. YINGLING, a worthy representative of one of the old and substantial 
families of Burnside township, Clearfield county, Pa., who is interested in 
lumbering and farming on the old homestead, on which he was born, October 12, 
1845, is a son of Benjamin and Margaret (Hingst) Yingling, and a grandson of 
Abraham and Mary Yingling.
  Abraham Yingling, the grandfather, was born July 18, 1770, and died August 9, 
1831, probably before his son Benjamin had moved to Clearfield county, in same 
year.  His wife, Mary, was born October 16, 1777, and died April 12, 1853, and 
she probably was with the family in its exodus to Clearfield county.
  Benjamin Yingling, the father of Isaac J., was born March 1, 1802, and died 
July 8, 1862.  He married Margaret Hingst or Hengst, who was born February 10, 
1804.  They were natives of Huntingdon county, Pa.  They had eight children born 
to them and three sons and one daughter survive, namely:  Abraham; Michael, 
residing in Burnside township; Isaac J.; and Mary, wife of Robert McKee, 
residing in Burnside township.  Benjamin Yingling was a miller by trade.  In 
1831 he moved with his family to Clearfield county, settling in Burnside 
township.  He cleared off the timber from 300 acres of land and showed still 
more enterprise by erecting a saw mill in 1835, which was the first one built in 
the southern part of the county.  In 1852 he erected a larger and more modern 
mill, near the site of the former one, which he operated for seven years, when 
it was destroyed by fire.  He was one of the solid and substantial men of this 
section in his day, one of the real civilizing factors.  From the time of the 
organization of the Republican party he was actively identified with its 
movements in local affairs and served in many township offices and for fifteen 
years was a justice of the peace.  He was one of the leading members of the 
Lutheran church in Burnside township.
Isaac J. Yingling obtained his early education in the subscription and district 
schools.  He then assisted his father in his farming and lumbering enterprises 
and after the latter's death, continued the same in association with his brother 
Michael, but has been engaged in business independently since 1869.  Like his 
father, he has been interested in Republican politics, but has never been 
willing to accept office, his tastes being for a quiet life.  On March 9, 1872, 
Mr. Yingling was married to Miss Ellen McDermott, who was born in 1850, in 
Indiana county, Pa.  She is a daughter of Marshall and Mary (Salsgiver) 
McDermott, who were born near Punxatawney, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Yingling attend the 
Lutheran church.