A BRIEF HISTORY

OF

THOMAS YOUNG

AND

HIS DESCENDANTS

BY

LAURA YOUNG PINNEY

SAN FRANCISCO, PRESS OF R. R. PATT.ERSO!'i, 429 MO~TGO:MERY ST.

FORE-WORD.

T fIE author in presenting to the family of· \ .. oung this Yery incomplete history makes grateful ackno,vleclgment of assistance rendereci in collecting data from James \·oung (no,v de­ ceasedj, James H. \. oung, John ....\.lexandt:_r Young, John Bruce Young, Eliza J. \ .. oung (Gardner), Robert Sn1ith \·oung, Jesse J. Kerr, Elizabeth \·oung De :tt1e, :,Inry E. Smith, Basil Tipton, Helen \Vih,Dn, a:. B. Pinney and Grace Pinney Johnson, and to tho;;e \\·ho haYe a~sisted in its publication : .-\lexauder Hueston \ .. oung, John ....-\.lexancler \. oung, J a1nes H. \ .. oung, Letitia \. oung Palmer, Elizabeth Ste\Yart, Dr. -Tohn X. Smith and Dr. H. il. Pinnev.- The co\·er ,vas designed and presented by Edw·ard Eyestone Young. The facts contained in the little volu~e, though meager, haYe been culled from _many sources and ha\·e occupied much time and research, but it bas been a '' labor of lo\·e, '' and the only regret on the part of the author is that it \\·as not undertaken before so many of those \Yho ,vere familiar \Vith the \ .. oung history, had passed to the great Beyond-to that land ,vhere they are indeed Tdltjours Jeune. LAURA .A.~~ YOCNG PINNEY. SAN FRANCISCO.

I. THE name Young, according to the majority of genealogists is of German origin and was first spelled "Jong." In the English form it is variously spelled \'"' ong, \ .. onge, Younge and Young. The earliest record we have of the family in England is that of \Villi le , ... onge of the 14th century. The family names of which this is a history are Thomas Kent, James, John and Alexander.

These except Alexander appear in h.1. 0 jsh genealogy as early as the 16th century and in those mentioned in Scotland and Ireland as early as the I 5th century. In Burke's L3.nded Gentry we read of one John Younge, of Landsend, in the parish of Colebrook, ,v hose two sons N atbaniel and James quarreled because of a difference of opinion regarding the execution of Charles I, and for this cause Nathaniel changed the spelling of his name to Young. This is the first record ,ve find of th~ µame spelled in this ,vay, and t!ien~ fa 6 reason for us to believe that upon this incident our name \:. oung is found ed. It is said that thirty coats of arms have been granted to the different branc bes of the Young family in England, this fact is evidence of the high social position of the family in the mother country. Of the early emigrants to America there are several distinct faruilies of Youngs not related to each other in any \Yay. The first in -· point of ti me \Yas Richard Young, \Vho for fifty pounds of English 1none:y purchased two hun­ dred acres of land in the territory of Plymouth, l\Iass, thereby becoming a sharehotier in the company, in the first settlement ot that colony. Tradition gives Captain Thomas Young as the first ancestor of our family in ....\merica, and after careful study and comparison with many authorities, ·we are con \·inced that tradition in this case, is truth. Captain Thomas \"' oung \Vas the son of Gregory and Susannah Voting, of \:... orkshire, Itngland. Gr~gory \"'oung was born at Bedale, \:"orkshire, and died in 1610. His ,vife Susannah died in

J015~.... ~nd bot~ a~~ buried a~ St. f~t~rs, <;orµ.., 7

hill, London. \"\~ e have only found the names of three children ; Thomas, our supposed ancestor, Susannah, who married Robert Evelyn and Catharine who married John ::.Iorris. Thomas Young was born August 10, 1579, in London. He obtained a captain's commission from the King, September r633, authorizing him to fit out ships and make explorations in America. Two sons of his sister Susannah, George and Robert Evelyn accompanied him on his expedition. In Vol. III Narrative and Criticai History of America, a letter ,vritten by Captain Young gives an account of this voyage in the quaint language of that period. From this letter we give a few extracts as follo,vs : '' July 3, to,vard sun sett ·we arrived bet,veen the capes which are cailed Cape Charles and Henry. About one of the clock, we came to anchor, the tide being spent, ,vithin three miles of Point Comfort, which is some several leagues from the capes and it lieth upon the mouth of James River, whereon standeth a newly erected fort which commands the river. 11 He also says: 8

'' All my o,vn men on my ship are, God be praysed, in \·ery good health, though my Vice

Admiral hath been shrewdlv., visited ,vith a pestilential fe\·er ,vhereof about sixty have been sick and twelve dead thereof. but they are now most of them reco\·ered.' ' Entering Dela·ware Bay on the 24th of July, 1634, he sailed up the river which he named Charles in honor .of the King and by September 1st had reached the falls above Trenton. In a report from this river dated October 20, I 634, he writes : "I passed up this great river ·with purpose to have pursued' the discovery thereof till I had found the great lake from which the great river issues, and from thence I have par­ ticular reason to believe there doth issue some branches, one or more, by which I might have passed into that ::\Iediterranean Sea, which the Indian relateth to be four days journey beyond the mountains, but having passed fifty leagues up the river, I was stopped from further pro­ ceedings by a ledge of rocks which crosseth the river." He then expresses a determination the next suroroP.r to build a vessel above the falls 9 from whence he hoped to find '' a \Vay that leadeth into that !Ylediterranean Sea/! and from the lake. He continues : '' I judge that it cannot be less than one hundred and fifty or t,vo hundred leagues in length to our northern ocean. From thence I propose· to discover the mouths thereof, which discharge both iuto the North and South Sea. In the Historical ~iagazi ne, second series, V oL IV, page 75, the follo\ving sketch of Captain Thomas Young's explorations appear, ·written by --- who offers it as a tribute to the "honor of one of our country's early explorers, but little kno,vn in its annals : " '' Before Calvert and his colony sailed for Chesapeake, Captain Thomas Young of London, a gentleman of influence received a special com­ mission from the King, dated September 23, 1633, and published in Rymer's Faedera au­ thorizing him to fit out ships, appoint officers, and explore all territories in America, with the understanding that his movements ,vould not be impeded by any \vho had received patents for 10

other portions of the country. Among the officers appointed ,'t:ere Robert Evelyn, a nephew of Captain \toung as lieutenant, Alexander Baker of St. Holborn's parish, l\tiiddlesex, released from prison where he had been confined as a recusant, to become cosmographer of the expedition because skilled in mines and the try­ ing of metals; also a man named Scott com- missioned ~s a· surgeon. In July, 1634, \vith two ships, Captain Thomas Young reached J amesto\vn, Va. He remained there only long enough to cC>nstruct a shallop to b~ used in ex­ ploring rivers. \Vhen he sailed up the Dela\vare and establishe::i a post which he named Eri womek. The site of this po;t where Captain Young and his party spent some four years trading ~vith the Indian5 anj \Vorking unpro:itable gold mines, has, been identitied as " \Vhere the Pensauken Creek falls into the Dela·ware, it being one of the centers from \Vhich a colony was to radiate and fill the territory that no\v constitutes Pennsylvania an·a New Jersey, with an industrious and happy people.'' I l

From the NarratiYe and Critical Historv of America, Vol. III, ,ve ha\·e still an >th.:!r acconnt of the sam.e expedition : '' Captain Thotnas • Young, of a Yorkshire family and his nephe\v, Lieutenant Robert E\·elyn of \Vooten Surrey, undertoo!: a voyage on special commission of the King, dated Septei:nber 23, r633, to discover parts of America not actually in the po-;-;ession of any Christian Prince. . They sailed from Fal­ moutµ. on Friday, ~Iay r 6) t 6 3-t, arriving between Capes Charles and Henry. July 3rd of the same year. They saile:i from Va.. on July 20th, to explore the .Delaware for a pas-,a~e to the Mediterranean Sea, said by the [ndians to be four days journey beyond the mountains. Through this passage they expected to discover an outlet to the Pacific Ocean. On July 25th, they entered Dela\vare Bay and proceeded up the river which they named Charles in honor of the King, conversing and trading with the Indians. On the 29th of August they were stopped by the rocks and shallo\vs since known as Trenton Falls. 12

On September rst thev ,vere overtaken by a party of Hollanders of Hudson River \V horn Captain Young entertained a fe\V days then requested to return, sending with them Lieuten­ ant Evelyn as an escort. They continued their explorations to the mouth of the Schuylskill River where they built a fort and named it Erhvornek, ,vhich they held until about r 642.

From Neill's Fou·nders of l\Iaryland, \Ve find that Captain '\:"' oung lived for some years on a plantation on the Dela,vare River, " mid ,vay be­ tween Virginia and N e,v England." Among the Youngs of this locality ,ve find one James ~"hom, from facts gathered from many sources, ,ve believe to have been a son of Captain Thomas Young and the direct ancestor from ,vhich our line is descended. Captain Young later lived, for a time, on Kent Island, and at last purchased a farm in Jame!5 City County, Virginia, where he is supposed to have died. Another of his sons, Thomas, ,vas a commissioned officer in the army and from the record office, London, we get the fallowing : '' An account of the estate of Thomas Young, 13 who ,~:as taken prison~r. he heing an officc-r in the Rebellion (Bacon's 1675-76) \\·~s co1~dc:m11cd bv court martial and executed in \·c,rk Count\", - . Va., in J anttary last, ( I 6j 5 or 76.) This Lein~ taken upon oath of ~Iary, his relict \V ho hath given bonds for the same-a plantation with a good d\\·elling" house ; a ,:ery good tobacco house and an indifferent good orchard, their seat being four hundred acres qf land in James City County, Vir~inia. ,, In a letter of that period he is addressed as "Captain Young of Chickahominy.'' These t\vo, James and Thomas, are the only sons of Captain Thomas ·y·oung that ,ve haYc been ab:e to find anything like posith·e infor-ciation con­ cerning, and most of this has been found in connection with the E,·elyns in America and from letters written by Robert Evelyn, and yet it is reasonable to suppose that the families of this name in that locality are abo his descendants, owing to the sparsely settled conditions at that time. James1 Young is frequently mentioned in the Archives of Pennsylvania, and in the annals of 14

Maryland in connection ,vith the Indian troubles more especially. sho\ving that he ,vas a man of some importance in the community. His son James'.? is described as a respectable free-bolder of Penn?boro, ,vho died in 17 48 or 49, and who?e will ,ve find in the records of Lancaster County, Penn. He mentions as his heirs James Jr\ John, Rebecca, ~Iargaret, siary and Genet. Another "~ill is also found in the records of this county, that of ....\lexander \:... .oung, of Paxton to,vnship, proved in I 7 5 r who ,vas

2 ,vitbout doubt a brother of James • II.

THOMAS AND ANN POTTER YOUNG

AND DESCENDANTS. p R01I this some\vhat uncertain part of our family history ,ve no\v pass to our first known ancestor, Thomas Young, supposed to be son of Jacnes3 Jr., son of James\ son of James1, son of Captain Thomas Young, the explorer. His wife, Ann Potter, \Vas of Scottish birth an

Thomas2 Young was a soldier in the Revolu­ tionary \\1 ar. Frotn the records at \Vasbington we I· a \·e the follo,ving: " The records of this office sho\v that one Tbomas2 Young serYed as a private in Capt. Wi?liam Scull s company, Eleventh Regiment, commanded by Col. Hi mpton. He enlisted from Westmorland County, Pa., on January 2, 1777, and his name last appears on a roll dated Sep­ te nber 5. 1777, \Vtthout special remark relative to his service. By authority of the Secretary of War (signed) F. C. Ainsvvorth, chief of office."

James• Young, eldest son of Thomas and Ann Potter Young, \Yas born in \Vestmorland County, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1766, and died in Fem­ ing County, Kentucky, September 25, 1836. James' Young married Nancy Smith l\.1ay 3, 1791. She ,vas born also in Pennsylvania on March 17, 1764, and died September 18, 1836, in Fleming County, Kentucky. 17

The following is the story that has been told of their courtship and marriage, in the iamilies of their descendants, even to the present time : The families, Young and Smith, fell into com­ pany as they ,vere emigrating from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. The young couple, James and Nancy, thus met and soon fell in love with each other. The Smiths ,vere people of means, ho\v­ ever, and J ames-l Young did not possess sufficient wealth to suit their· plans for their daughter and his suit ,vas promptly rejected. \Vith that per­ sistency which is a marked characteristic of the family he pressed his claim. At length Nancy yielded and soon after they reached Kentucky she rode behind him on the same horse to the cabin of a clergyman and they ·were married. Bravely they went out into the wilris of Kentucky to hew out their home. The first years \Vere marked b .- disaster, crops destroyed and house burned by Indians. In this, their time of trial, Nancy's parents came to the rescue and gave · their daughter a home while the resolute young husband started over again, re-built the house and improved the farm in the wilderness. Tra- 18 dition does not tell, but the facts show that his efforts \Vere cro\vned ,vith success this time for at his death he \Vas 0\vner of a valuable farm of 390 acres near Flemingsburgh, Kentucky. The archives of Pennsylvania sho,v that he was a private in the company of Capt. ~Iunn in the Sandusky expedition against the Indian:; in 1782. To James 4 and Nancy Smith Young there ,vere born ten children : .A.lex:ander\ Robert Smith, Mary, Ann, Rebecca, Nancy, Betsy, Sally, James5 Harvey and Johu.

3 Of Thomas , son of Thomas·~ Kent and ...\.nn Potter Young ,ve have only been able to learn the name of one child, Benjamin, ,vho married Betsy 1IcClary. They lived in Fleming County, Kentucky, ,vhere they reared a family of t,velve children : John Alexander, James Harvey, 'I'homas Edgar, 1Iargaret, l\.Iary, ~Iartha, Benja­ min, Robert, Elizabeth, George, Leonidas and William. l\.Iargaret married George Porter ; Martha was unmarried ; Elizabeth married Isaa 19

1 Jones. Thomas: '\..,. oung died at the home of his son Benjamin, Fleming County,· Kentucky, but was buried in the family burying ground of bi5 sister, !v1ary '\..,.oung Kerr's son, Samuel Kerr, near 1Iaysville, l\Iason County, Kentucky.

Rebecca, daughter of Thomas2 Kent and ...\nn Potter Young, rnnrried a man named C'ox \Ve have been unable to learn anything of bis family.

Mary, daughter of Thomas2 Kent and Ann Potter Young, married Thomas Kerr. To them were born four children : Samuel, James, Jane and Elizabeth. Samuel, son of ~-Iary '\:"' oung · Kerr, married a 1liss Ware. To them were born four children : Samuel, Jesse, Thomas and Susan. Of James, son of Mary \:~oung Kerr, we know little except that he represented his county (Park) several times in the Legislature of Indiana. 20

Jane, daughter of l\lary Young Kerr, married a man by the 11an1e of Fleming and they liYed in Indiana.

Elizabeth, daughter of ~rary Young Kerr, married a man by the name of Seybole; they lived in Indiana.

Samuel, eldest son of Samuel Kerr, married Elizabeth Cba1nberlain. To them ·were born nine children: 1'Iary Susan, Henrietta B., Thomas S., Le\vis, Bettie P., John C., Florence, Louise T. and Clarence.

Jesse J., second son of Samuel Kerr, married Elizabeth Alexander in l\Iason County, Ken­ tucky. To them were born five children : William T .. a real estate dealer; Samuel P., a carpenter; Charles, a la\vyer, DO\V in Lexington, Kentucky ; Be~sie F,; Harry T., a civil engineer in New York City. Jesse J. and Elizabeth Alex- ander Kerr, ,vith three of their children, live in Kansas City, ~I1ssouri. 21

Tbonias, tllird son of S3.·nncl Kerr, m~rricd 11ary Chamberlain. To them ,vere born nine chil­ dren: Sarah E., Susan, Frank, Ezekiel, Laura. Mary, James, Jesse and Jennie C.

Susan, daughter of Samuel Kerr, married Johnson A. Po\Yer an"1 to them "'·ere born ten children: James K., A.nna E., Jesse K., Joseph, Harry, Henrietta. Sue, Bettie, Frank, Clifton and William. Susan Kerr Power and her family live in Sandoval, Illinois.

Samuel Potter, son of Thomas Kent and Ann Potter Young, lived in Ohio, ·was a potter by profession. Of his family, if be had one, ,ve haYe been unable to learn anything. He

1 Alexander , son of Thomas Kent and Ann Potter Young ,vas born June 14, 1783. Married Elizabeth Ricketts, and lived first in Fleming County, Kentucky. From there he emigrated 22 to Rus!1 C >untv, Indiana. and then ::-e to '\V:ic;h­ ington County, Io\va. To them \Vere born eleven childr~n : \Iary Ann 1 l\Iati!da, John .A.lexander. James .N"., Betsy, Sa1nuel Potter, Ed \YJ.rd, Charles T., Thomas Kent, Richard C. and ~Iargaret. Alexander Young and his ,vife ,;,vere members of the 11ethodist Episcopal Churc:1. He \Vas an anti-slavery man, a warm admirer of Abraham Lincoln. On November -t, r86o, he cast his ballot for Lincoln for President, returned home and said to his ,vife: '' I shall never vote again, and on that very evening he passed to his rest.''

Mary Ann, daughter of ....\.lexander 1 Young, \Vas born \larch ro, 1808. :\Iarried Jacob Plough in 1830 in Rush County, Indiana. To them were born five children: ·earoline, :vfary Jane, ..__ __,. - . Amanda, John and \"V'm. Jasper.

Caroline, daughter of l\ilary Ann Young Plough, \Vas born August I, 1831. 1farried ;Fhon1as Young. To them ·were born five chil­ dren : John, Anna, Leander,, :V!orton and 1\Iollie. 23

Mary Jane, daughter of 1Iary Ann Young Plough, ,vas born December 22, 1832. ~larriec. George D. Lo\vdeu. To them \Vere born three children: Carey, Edmund and ...;\nna

Amanda,daughter of ~iary Ann Young Plough, was born January r8, 1835. ~Iarried Jesse L. Fine, and to them ,vere born three children : Modell, Littleton and Jasper.

John. son of ~Ia y Ann Young Plough, \Vas born April 16, 1837. ~1arried Anna A. Wamsley, December 2r, 1859, of Cincinnati, Ohio, ,vho was a cousin se,·eral times removed of George Washington. To them \Vere born five chilJren : Mary Lulu, October 5, 1860, Jasper \V., Decem­ ber 24, 186r, Erastus, January 6, 1866, Nellie, November 6, 1878, Jacob2, l\larch 25, 1880. John Plough enlisted in the service of his coun­ try in August, r86r, in Company I, 66th Indiana volunteers, Rush County, Indiana, and served until October 29, 1862. 24

William Jasper, son of Mary ...-\nn Young Plough, \Vas horn December 26, r838, was un- married and died .August ·29, r 888.

Matilda, second Iowa. To them were born seven children: \Villiam Har­ per, Miner\·a ...-\nn, I-Iarriett Jane, Robert Alex­ ander, James .A.ndre\v, John \Vesley and Parker Cummings.

William Harper, son of Matilda Young \Vil­ s011, was born Septernber 20, 1827. ~tarried Mary E. Ingle, September 12, rS53. To theru were born three children : Horace Greely, Wiley Guthrie and Josephine. \Villiam Harper \Vilson deceased date could not find

Minerva Ann, daughter of Matilda Young Wilson, \Vas born September 19, 1829. Married Joseph Williamson and emigrated from \V ash­ ington, Io\va, to Portland, Oregon. To them were born two chiidren: John, November 8, 1853, Ann, November 18, r855.

Harriet Jane, daughter of l\fatilda Young \Vil­ son, was born October 15, 1831, died August 24, 1832.

Robert Alexander, son of 1Iatilda Young Wilson, was born February 4, 1833. tfarried Amelia Doner, August 19, 1860, resides at Blue Springs, Nebraska. To them were born three children: Emma E., February 2, 1864, Ella M., May 26, 1868, Harry 11., July 6, 1872.

James Andrew, son of ~Iatilda Young \Vilson, was born June 21, 1836, \Vas educated for the ministry at the Wesleyan University, l\Iount Pleasant, Iowa, began to preach in 18 59. !viar­ ried Eliza tfessenger, January 25, 1860, was appointed Chaplain of the Second Iowa Infantry, January 5, 1861, and serYed to the close of the war. In 1883 he retired from the ministry because of ill health. In 1884 he removed to Chadren, Nebraska, \\'as Justice of the Peace there, also County Judge for a term. To them were born three children: Florence .A.ddie, Feb­ ruary 21, 1864, Lottie ~Iary, !\lay r. 1866, Helen Maude, March 16, 1870.

John Wesley, son of :\Iatilda Young Wilson, was born October 3, r 840. ~Iarried Eliza A. Wilson September ro, 1866, and engaged in the lumber business in \\7ilton Junction, Iowa, where he now resides. To them were born three chil­ dren: Clarence Herbert, October 26~ 1869, Nellie Mabel, January r, I 872, Carl Raymo ad, ~!arch 8, 1876. John \Vesley \Vilson enlisted in tbe Civil War on 1Iay 27, r 861, served through the war and was honorably discharged August 16, 1865.

·Parker Cummings, son of Matilda Young Wil­ son, was born August 21, 18.:4-4. Married Amy Walker, May 28, 1867. To them were born three children: Frank, June 5, 1868, Fred, l\ilarch 12, 1870, \Villis, ~lay 30, 1872. Parker Cum­ mings Wilson served three years in the Civil 27

\Var, ,vas seYerely \Vounded in one engagement. He served State ~Iine In~pector for the State of Io\va for se\·en years, ai1cl as Street Com mis~ioner of Des rvloine~, Iowa, for four years. He died at Perry, Iowa, ~t:ptember 29, 1894.

John Alexander, son of Alexander Young, \Vas born No\·e1nber 3, 1~13. 11arried Xancy Eyestone, ~:larch 3, 1836. Tlleir ho111e ,vas first in Indiana and later they em1gr:1ted to \Vashington county, Io·wa, where tbc-y entered and improved a large and valuable farm John Alexander Yonng and his ,vife \Ve;e earnest Christians, members of the ::\Iethod:st Church, and together ,vith his brother, Ja1nes N Young, his wife's father, John Eye~tone, and a 1e, other pioneer settlers built Roberts Cha pet, on a plot of ground off his farm and laid out a cemetery in its yard. This chapel served for n,any year:-; as a house of ,vorship for the people of th~t rart of the county and in the ce1netery they laid their de~ct. The chapel fell intv disus(; 28 s and has recently ·been remo\·eci, railroad to,vn near by proving more convenient for churches. To them \Vere born ten children : \Villiam Alex:111der:S, Eliza Jane, John Bruce, Elizabeth Alice, E

William Alexander3, son of John Ale, antler Young, ,vas born December 13, r837, was un­ married, and died April 14, 1859.

Eliza Jane, daughter of John ...... \lexan

Gardner April 26, 1866. Their first hi:>n1 e was on a farm near Lexington, IO'wa ; they no\v lh·e in Washington, ! owa. To then1 were born t'wo children: Ho·ward Burrell and Aner Edna. Howard Burrell is married and lIJs one child, lives on a farm near Le.xing ton, Iowa.

John Bruce. son of John .A.lexander Young,

1 ~ as born eptember ro, 1843. l\farried A.ner E.

1 \\ inders, on h r death n1arried Emma Lilly. To this marriage ,vas born four cbil

Rankin, George Lilly, ~1ary and Jennie Lillis. On the death of his second ,Yife, John Bruce Young married ·viola C. Eyestone. H s borne bas ahvays been in \Vashington county, Io·wa, ,vhere be still lives. He served t\vo terms as county clerk of \\Tashington county, Iowa. On August 5. 1861, he enlisted in Company C 8th lo\va Infantry, though but seYenteen years of age ; ·went into camp at DaYenport, Io\va, and in September \Vas ordered to St. Louis, 1Iissouri, from there to Scda1ia and Syracuse, th'=n to Springfield and then again to Sedalia, 1Ii~souri, ··where he b2d measles and tyrhoid feyer, \vas first sent to a hospital in St. Louis and later fur­ loughed, and . naily discharged and sent home for di~ability April 26, ;862, 011 the doctor's staten.ent that he had but a few months at best to liYe. "Beincr ., as he sa"·s "too contrarv to ,.,, .J ' J die as predict~ d, '' he recoyered and re-enlisted February 12, 1864, in Company H Second Io\va Infantry and joined the regiment at Pulaski, Tennessee, and was ,vith it in e\?ery battle or skirmi~h in ,vhich it ,vas engaged to the end of t4e ·war. \Vas \Voµuded at Dallas, Georgia, 30 losing his right eye ; "·as also ,vounded August 3, 1864. at .A.tlanta, Georgia. In referring to his experien~es during the Civil War be says : '' One of the saddest things I now recall ,vas in North Carolina before the surrender of Johnson to Sherman, a detail of ten or twelve of our nien w·ere on guard duty inside the picket line. l\Iany of Lee's men's homes ,vere near by and as they ""ere paroled they ,vere allo,ved to pass the lines to their homes. Poor fellows! \\"'hat a home-coming it ,vas for most of them! N otbing left but a ~"retched cabin or two and their fa mi lies gone or living on charity ! They \\Tere artillery men and rode their ,vorn-out army mules, but brave boys they ,vere, and those ,vho kept their records clean under the discour­ agements of that time are ,vorthy to be called heroes.'' He ·was mustered out at Louisville. Kentucky, July 12, 1865, ,vas present and passed in the Grand Revie\v of the army at \Vasbington, D. C., May, 1865.

Elizabeth Alice, daughter of John ..\lexan

Frank M. liarvel. To them v."ere born three children, Harry, Emma Gertrude, and Clara Estelline. Alice ElizaLeth Young 1Iarvel and her son Harry and daughters Emma Gertrude and Clara Estelline are deceased.

Edward Harvey, son of John Alexander Young, was born October 5, 18-1-8. l\tfarried Clara Brind­ ley. To them ,vere born eight children : Don Hol\"ard, Everette Brindley, Arthur Rankin, Ed­ ward Harvey, Joe John, Lois ...-\..nnette, Pearl Viola, and ~Iary ...t\.nn.

Charles '\Vesley Young was born July 26, 1851.

I\,Iarried ~Iargaret Vincent, 1Iarch 5 1 1878. To them were born six children : Raymond Vin­ cent, Ada ~Iary, John James, Charles Frank, Grace Jane, Rankin.

Nancy 11:argaret, daughter of John Alexander Young, \"\·as born ~larch 27, 1854. Married James Harvey ~lcCall, September I 7, r 884. Nancy ~Iargaret Young ~IcCall died July 11, 1886. Clara Lavinia, daughter of John .Alexander Young, ·was born October 29, 1856. l\:{arried Joseph '\V. Illings,vorth. To them ,vere born three children : Harry Chester, 1Iary Gertrude, Maud Wilder.

Maria Louise, daughter of John Alexander Young, was born 1Iarch 29, 1859. Died April 14, 1859.

Rankin Corwin, son of John Alexander Young, was born January 4, 1862. Married Maggie Pierson, June r3, r88S. To them ,vere born five children; we have only the names of the two youngest, Walter Pierson and Carl Lawrence. Rankin Cor,vin Young died at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1903.

James N., son of Alexander and Elizabeth Ricketts Young, was born February 7, 1816. Married Sallie Eyestone, in 1837, to whom were born two children, John Alexander and James Harvey. John Alexander, son of James N. \"'oung, ,vas born July 29, r S3~. :\Iarried Elizabeth A.. Run­ yon. To them ,Yere born hvo children : Ella A., September 30, 1861, Harvey S., l\Iay 15, 1866. Ella A. 1.,.oung married .A. \V. Hall and their children are : Fred y· oung, James Norman, Har­ vey \V., Dorothy- and lfarjorie. Harvey S. y· oung married Lucinda Parmaley. Their children are Hoyt R., Helen L. and Ruth E. John Alexander ·young enlisted as a private in Company A., 25th Regiment Infantry, Io,va \ .. ol­ unteers, August 15, r 862, at \Vashington, Io,va. Captain D. J. Palmer, Col. Geo.. A. Stone. \Vent into camp September 1, r 862, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. \Vas ordered from there to Helena, A.r­ kansas, ,Yas engaged in the battles of Chicka­ saw Bayou in 1862, and in ....\rkansas Post, siege of Vicksburgh, Jackson, Cherokee Station, Lookout l\Iountain, 1Iissionary Ridge and Taylor's (~ap in 1863. He ·was a participant in the almo'it con­ tinuous battles in the ....\.tlanta campaign from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., and in the famous "Jvlarch to the Sea,,, ,vith Sherman end• ing December 25, 186+; w·as ,vith his regiment in the skirmishes and battles in the march from Savannah, Ga., through the Carolinas and in the battle of Columbia, S. C.,; also at Bentonville, N.C.,thence to Raleigh after Johnson's surrender; was pre~ent and participated in the grand revie,v at Washington, D. C. and ,vas honorably discharged and arrived at his home in \Vashington, Iowa, June 15, 1865, where he still resides. He was slightly 1~.rounded at .. Arkansas Post and also at Taylor's Gap. \v... as severely ,vounded at Re­ secca, Georgia, 1'Iay r 5, 1864-. He ,vas pro­ moted to Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain of his company. In ·18jI ,vas elec­ ted County Auditor of \Vashington County, served two years. In 18i-t-. \\·a~ elected ....\ssist­ ant Cashier of the \Vashington :Xational Bank, and in July 1878 was elected Cashier of this bank and still retains this position. He ,vas elected to the legislature of Io,va in r 900.

James Harvey, son of James N. "Voung, was born October 20, 1840. Married Martha Tipton, April, 1860. To them were born one son, 35

Charles. Jame5 Har\·ey v·oung enlisted in Com­ pany C., of the Sth Regiment, Io\Ya Infantry, Captain \V. B. Bell, Col. Ge

Eliz..1b~th, daughter of James N. Young, ,vas born July 28, r 8--t--1-· l\farried Henry Beatty. 1_'o them \Vere born five children : 1Iin:nie, \Villiam, i\.nnie, James and John.

Samuel Potter, son of James N. Young, was born September 1r, 1845. Married Viola Rey­ nolds. To them were born five children : Hal, Cleora, James, Anna and Flora.

Mary, daughter of James N. Young, was born October 20, 1846, deceased.

\Villiam H., son of James N. Young, ,vas born April 1 1 , r S48, deceased.

E,lward .....\., son of James N. Young, \Vas born November 18, 1849. Married .....\lice Quinn. To them ,vere born hvo children, Charles and l\'fabel.

Morris Fletcher, son of James 'N'. Young, \Vas born January 16, 1851. :hfarried 11ay Eckles. To them were born four children : Carrie, Howard, Ralph and Frank.

Martha J., daughter of James N. Young, was born September 16, 1852. Married \Villiam Burt. 37

To them ,vere borrt hvo children, Clement and Minnie.

Parker L., son of James N. Young, ,vas born January 8, 1854-. Deceased.

Robert F., son of James N. y·oung, \Vas born De ember 20, _ 1855. :!\Iarried ~Iaggie Taylor. To them ,vere born seven children: .A.Ima, .A.l\ra, Minnie, Blanche, Eva, Fern and Roy.

Riley S., s 11 of Ja1nes N. Young, ,vas bor .,August 5th, r 857. 1Iarried Elishinia Copelan

~Iinnie A., daughter of James N. Young, ,vas born February 7, 1859. Deceased.

Newton E , son of James :-;- . \ ... ou ng, \Vas born February 8, I 860. Deceased.

Ida L., daughter of James N. \roung, \Vas born · March 19, 1861. ~,farried. David Haines. To them were born four children : Eva, Luellas. Floyd, and Mary. Ida L. Young Haines deceased.

George E., son of James N. Young, ·was born February 2 r, r 863, l\Iarried Nettie \Tan buskirk.

Flournoy C., son of James N. y·oung, was born November ro, 1864. 1-Iarried Nora ColegroYe. To them ,vere born t\vo children: Velma and Clark.

Betsy, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Ricketts Young, ·was born January 5, 1818. 1far­ ried \\7.illiam Giltner in 1S3j. To them \Vere born nine children. John, ...\.lexander, Milton, Sarah E., l\iartha J., George \"\'"., \Villiam H.,

Frank,,,, Elmer E. William Giltner died September I 2, r897. Betsy Young Giltner died at ...-\.gency City, Io\va, January 18, r900.

John, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born August 4, 1838. Married ~Iary :N'° orman De­ cember 1st, 1859. To them \Yere born six chil• 39 dren: Clara, Edward L., Flora M., \Valter, Mollie E , l\i!attie E. John Giltner enlisted in the 22d Regiment Iowa Volunteers August 9, 1862. Served his country for three years. He participated in the following battles : Port Gibson ; Champion Hill ; Jackson, Miss.; Blac~ River Bridge; Vicksburgh, May 22, r863; Siege of Vicksburgh; Battle of Winchester, September r9, 1864; Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. \\ras severely ,vounded in the leg in the last-named battle. Saw General Sheri­ dan arrive on the field riding his black horse white with foam, after his famous ride of t,venty miles from \Vinchester.

Alexander, son of Betsy "\toung Giltner, wa~ born December 23, r840. 1Iarried Abbie Rob­ erts August, 1865. To them were born five children : Jasper, Fred, George R. , Elmer E. , Roy A. On the death of his wife, Abbie Roberts, Alexander Giltner married Fannie Jones.

Milton H., son of Betsy V oung Giltner, was 40

born May 18, 1844. 1Iarried ~Iary C. \Vright, l\Iarch 3, I 86+. To them ,vere born five chil­ dren: Charles E., January 18, 1S65; Gene l\L, August 16, r 869 ; Bertha .A.. , December 8, r 872 ; Lena A., October 14, 1876; James G., Novem­ ber I 1, 1880. l\Iilton H. Giltner died Septem­ ber 7, 1899.

Sarah E., daughter of Betsy Young Giltner, was born .A.pril I, I 84-8. Married E. D. Fair August I r, r 869. To them \Vere born six chil­ dren : Bert, L0ie, Amy, Jessie, Pearl, and \Villiam.

Martha J., daughter of Betsy Young Giltner, was born November I I, 1850. l\,Iarried Thomas J. Sloan. To them ,vas born one child, \Villi am G., September 22, 1876.

George \\i., son of Betsy Young Giltner, ,vas born February 26. 18 53. Married Susan Darr, · November 12, 1872. To them ,vere born three children : Lizzie, Norton, Bert.

William H., son of Betsy Y ottng Giltner, was 41 born l\iiarch 25, r 856. :\Iarried Cora \\""right September 27, r S7 4. To them were born t,vo children : Orval A.. and Beulah F.

Frank, son of Betsy Young Giltner, ,vas born November 10, 1858. :\-Iarried Philinia Dimmitt September 29, r 876. To them was born one child, Clifford, August 2, 1882.

Samuel Potter, son of A1exander1 Young, a lawyer, married Elizabeth Parker. To them were born four children : Elizabeth, Theresa, Florence and Ed,vard.

Edward, son of ....-\.lexa11der 1 '\:'r oung, ,vas a phy­ sician. Married Cordelia P. Hendee. To them were born two children: Barnum and Eli Hendee.

Charles, son oi Alexander1 Young, married Eva Bowers. To them ,vere born t\VO children : Miranda Belle and Laura. 42

Thomas Kent, son of ..A..lexander 1 Young, mar­ ried Elizabeth Parks. (Unable to get data of his family.)

Richard C. R., son of Alexander1 Young, mar­ ried Mary Tipton. To them were born twelve children: Jonathan T., Frank N .. India (married Dove), Ed·ward R., Malinda (married Clark), David H., Alexander, Rose B., John \V., Charles C., Margaret (married Dn:vis) James J. Richard C. K. 'loung died in his home in Arizona, in I 903.

Margaret, daughter of Alexander1 Young, mar­ ried John Tipton. To them ,vere born six chil­ dren : Milton Harvey, William Curtis, Flora May, Clara Loraine, Clarence Ellsworth, Basil Foster. Margaret Young Tipton died several years ago. 111. A LEXANDER2, eldest son of James' and Nancy Smith \:"'oung, ,vas born in Flem­ ing County, Kentucky, ...~pril 20th, Ii92 ; mar­ ried Mary Davis January 26th, 1Sr5. Lived first in Fleming County, Kentucky, ,vhere their two first children ,vere born : X ancy S-n ith and Jane Craig. They then removed to Le,vis County, Kentucky, and ren1ai11ed there some years. Three more children w·ere born them : 5 Martha Ann, John Da,·is and James • The fam­ ily then removed to Rush County, Indiana, where tlie remainder of the family ,vas born, Robert Harvey, .A.lexander Hueston and Mary Margaret. In 1843 the family made its last move and set­ tled in Washington County, Iowa. Io-\va at that time ,vas a territory and ,vas but sparsely settled, the hunting ground of se,·eral tribes of Indians. Four miles north,vest of \Vashington, the county seat of \Vashi11gton County, Alexander Young entered 320 acres of go,.,ernment land, 44 part timber and part prairie land. .A. substantial house of he,Yn logs "·as built (is still standing April 21, 1904) and here his family 'tYas reared and here he and his ,yifc lit·ed to a ripe old a~e. They were Christians of the Co,·en:u1ter type ; were members ·of the .A~sociate R~formed-after­ wards the Second United Presbyterian Church of Washington. Io,va. Alexander Young ,vas one of a number of young men of Flemingsburgh, Kentucky, ,vho formed a ca~.;alry company under Captain 1Iatthe,vs, and riding their o,vn horses and carrying their o,vn guns ser,·ed their country through the war of r 8 r 2. He ·was ·with Gen. Harrison at the battle of the Thames-stood so near the General that he heard him gh·e the command to " fire " in that engagement. They left their horses on an island near Detroit and served as infantry. They ,vere mus­ tered out at Detroit at the close of the war and mounting their horses rode home. To Alexander and ::\Iary Davis Young were born eight children : Nancy Smith, Jane Craig, Martha Ann John Davis, James, Robert Harvey, 45

Alexander Hueston, l\fary l\fargaret. Alexander ·~{onng died June 18, rS69, in his home and ,vas buried in the old cen1eterv., in \Vashington, Io\va. His ,vife, l\Iary Davis Young, died October 9, 18j6-seven years later -and is buried by his side. Nancy Smith, daughter of Alexander '\:·oung, was born ~Iay 11, 1817. l\farried Isaac N. Smith, cousin of her father, December 30, 1841. They settled on a tract of land near her father's farm. This land they improved and here their children ,vere born and reared. In 1874 they removed to Oregon, purchased a farm in the beautiful \1lillamette Valley near Oakville, w·hich is still the family homestead. Their children, eight in number, are: 1fary Elizabeth, 1Iartba Jane, ..A..lexander Young, Buena Vista, John Ne,vton, James Nesbit, Charles Sumner, Joseph Claybaugh. Nancy Young Smith died l\Iarch 2, I 903, at her home in Oakville, and is buried in the cemetery of that place. Isaac N. Smith, her husband, died March 9, I goo, and is buried beside her. ~Iary Elizabeth, daughter of Nancy Young Smith, ,vas born December 2..J., 1843. 1Iarried Thomas F. Smith 1Iarch 10, 1871.

~IarthaJane, daughter of ~ancy '\toung Smith, was born October 5, 1845, is unmarried and re­ sides in the family home near Oakville.

Alexander Young, son of Nancy Young Smith, was born December 17, 1847, is unmarried and lives in the family home.

Buena Vista, daughter of Nancy Young Smith, was born April 27, 1850. Died October 18, 1852, at the home in \Vashington County, Io,va.

John Ne\vton, son of Nancy Young Smith, ,vas born October I, 1852. 1Iarried Mattie Ellis June 28, 1883, and lives in Salem, Oregon. To them ,vas born a daughter, l:Iabel. Mattie Ellis Smith died January 18, 1892. John Newton Smith "~as again married i\ugust 31, 1899, to Cora Smith. He is a practicing physician of excellent reputation and is promi - 47 nent in the politics of Oregon, having served t\vo terms in the State Legislature.

James Nesbit, son of Nancy Young Smith, ,vas born l\farch 18, 1855, is unmarried and lives in the family home.

Charles Sumner, son of Nancy Young Smith, was born January 23, 1857. ~:farried Viola \Vortley July 3, 1878.

Joseph Claybaugh, son of Nancy Young Smith, ,vas born August I 2, I 859. 1farried Emma Shambrook July 17, 1889. Is a physician and druggist and lives in Salem, Oregon.

Jane Craig, daughter of Alexander Young, was born July 6, 1819; "yas unmarried and, as the oldest daughter after the marriage of her sister Nancy, she had charge of her father's household for many years. She ,vas quiet and retiring in disposition, an earnest Christian and loved and honored by all who came under her influence. She died July, 1902, at the age of 83 years in the old home ,vhere the greater part of her life ,\·as lived. Until \Vithin a year of her death she enjoyed good health and though not strong enough to do much of the active house­ keeping she held her position as head of the household to the end.

Martha Ann, daughter of A.lexander Young, ,vas born l\Iay 1, 1822. 1-Iarried Bennett Braw­ ner November 9, 1848. One daughter, Amanda, was born to them, after ,vhich they ,vere divorced and l\Iartha married Daniel Jayne on October 20, 1857. T\vo sons ,vere born of this marriage, Robert and Andrew·. Daniel Jayne enHsted in the Union Army in the '' sixties '' and met death in battle in defense of his country. ~Iartha Ann Young ,vas thus left a ,vidow with three children early in life, but like the brave woman she ,vas she took up the task laid upon her and brought up her children to be an honor to herself and a credit to the family of 49

Young. She died at the home of her oldest son, Dr. Robert Jayne, in the \Villamette Valley, Oregon, in r9or, at the age of 78 years.

Amanda, daughter of 1-Iartha Ann Young Brawner, has been t\vice married, first to \Villiam Hayden. To them ,vas born a daughter named l\Iaud. Her second marriage ,vas to Freeman Chesley, and to this marriage was born one son, James.

Robert, son of ~rartha .A.. nn Young Jayne, a practicing physician in Shedds, Oregon, married Sophie Junkin. To them ,vas born a son, Earle. On the death of Sophie Junkin, Robert Jayne married Hattie--. To them ,vas born one son.

Andre,v, son of l\Iartha .. A.nn Young Jayne, is a la,vyer by profession, and married l\,Iinnie Sperry. To them ,vere born three sons. They reside in The Dalles, Oregon.

John Davis, son of .~lexander Young, ,vas born May 31, 1825. Married ~Iaria Louisa Eye­ stone, Octoher 12, I 848, at the home of her 50 father, John Eyestone, in \\!'ashington County, Iowa. _Upon land adjoining his father's farm he built a small log cabin, \vhich after a fe\v years was replaced ,vith a frame house. In the ""inter of 1863 he sold this farm to his sister, 1fartha Jayne, and purc~ased another near the site of the present town of Keota in Keokuk County, Iowa, which at that time was a -vast prairie.... In 1867 this farm ,vas sold and in September of that year the family emigrated to 1-lissouri and pur­ chased a farm one and a half miles north ·west of Carthage, the county seat of Jasper County. To John Davis and 1Iaria Eyestone Young were born nine children, eight in Io\va and one in Missouri : Laura Ann, Rufina Florence, \Vil­ liam Harvey, Louisa Irene, ~Iary Alice, Nancy Belle, Agnes Lavinia, Clara Jane, Edward Eyestone.

Laura Ann, daughter of John Davis Young, was born November 5, 184-9. Married )lay 6, 1876, Henry Beers Pinney, M. D. To them was born a daughter, Grace n-Iaria, on August 26, 1881. Their home is in San Francisco. 51

Rufina Florence, daughter of John Davis Young, was born NoYember 5, 184-9. 1Iarried Frank 1:L King NoYember, 1877. 'ro them ,vas born a son, Herbert H. R., August 17, 1878. They lh.,.e near Carthage, 1Io.

William Harvey, son of John Davis Young, was born April 25, 1854. 1Iarried Ella Hall August, 1893, in San Francisco, California. To them ,vere born a daughter, Laura, and t\vo sons, John Donald and Theodore \Villiam. 'rhey live in Santa Ana, California.

Louisa Irene, daughter of John Davis ·v·oung, was born January 15, 1856. ::\Iarried \Vm. A. Roberts February 2;:, I 880. T\vo sons ,vere born to them, Bruce, October 11, 1882, and Earle, ~larch 25, 1886. They reside in San Francisco, California.

Mary Alice, daughter of John Davis Young, was born January 22, 1858. 1Iarried \Villiam Carpenter February 21, 1880. To them were born t,vo sons, Harold, January 28, 1883, and Malcolm, July 12, 1896, and a daughter, Edna, May I, r SSti. Thev liye near Fullerton. California.

Nancy Belle, daughter of John Davis Young, ,vas born 1Iarch 30, 1861. 1farried John S. Hoots September 3, 1884-. To them ,vere born five children : Leona, April 2, I 887 ; Ho,vard, November r9, r890; Nina, June 2S, rS92; Paul, November 9, r895; Raymond, April 16, 1900. Raymond, son of Nancy Belle Young Hoots, died January I, 1902; Their home is in San Francisco, California.

Agnes Lavinia, daughter of John Davis Young, was born April 26, 1863. :\Iarried J. W. Fo,vler on January 18, 1893. To them ·were born four children, ,\Tard, ~larch 5, 1895 ; Helen, July 28, 1897; Ruth, December 3, r 899 ; Doris, April ·9, 1902. Their home is in Los Angeles, California.

Clara Jane, daughter of John Davis \"'oung, ,vas born March IO, r 866. l\Iarried James Brad beer May 15, 1902. Their home is in Los Angeles, California. 53

Ed,vard Eyestone, son of John Dayis \ ... oung, was born 1Iarch 11, 1SjO, in Jasper County, Missouri. Is unmarried. an arr:hitect by profes­ sion, and lives in San Francisco. The summer of 1880 John Uavis Young and family spent in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Here the ,vife and mother 'lied October 6. Her· remains ,vere conveyed to Carthage, 1viis­ souri, and buried in the Reagan Cemetery. In August, 18S1, the old home near Carthage, Missouri, ,vas leased and the family Ii ved in Jasper, eight mile,; distant. The following year the home ,vas sold and a ne,v one bought in Jasper. In 1885 this ,vas sold and the family removed to California, first locating in San Francisco, then in Healdsburg, then in Santa Rosa, and last in Los Angeles. John Davis Young and his ,vife ,vere charter members of the First Presbyterian Church in Carthage, ~Iissouri, R.ev. John Pinker­ ton, pastor. He was also one of the first elders elected in that church. During the Civil \Var he was a member of the Home Guards, but ,vas not called to active military ser\·ice. At his own home in Los Angeles, June 8, 1896, he passed to 54 his reward. He ~·as in apparently good health when, toward sunset of that day he '\Vas ,vatering his garden and the summons came-a stroke of apoplexy-and w'ithout an hour of sickness or suffering '' he was not '' for God took him.

James, son of Alexander Young, was born February 11, 1828, was unmarried. When a young lad the bursting of a gun cap caused the loss of one eye ; this disqualified him for military service in the Civil \Var. He had musical ability, however, and often drilled the young people in singing the patriotic songs of 1860-65. He was a member of the Second United Presbyterian Church of \Vashington, Io\va, and as the eldest son at home he managed the farm for many years, beloved by a wide circle of friends. Died October 17, 1903.

Robert Harvey, son of Alexander Young, was born June 24, 1831, is unmarried. He enlisted 55 as a recruit for the 19th Regiment, Io·wa Volun­ teers, February 24, 1864, at \Vashington, Io\va. After a short stay in camp at Davenport, Io\va, he joined the regiment at Bro,vnsville, Texas. Here his regiment ,vas on guard of the ::\Iexican frontier for six months, then was sent to Ne\v Orleans, and thence to Fort l\Iorgan, Alabama. After the surrender of that fort they were sent to Barancas Florida, thence to Fort Gaines, and next to the siege of Spanish Port; on its sur­ render, the next port ,vas l\Iobile, .A..labama­ On the 4th of July the recruits of the 19th Io,va Regiment ,vere assigned to Company l\., 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteers. In New· Orleans, A~gust 10, 1865, he was honorably discharged and reached home about August 22nd,. where he still lives.

Alexander Hueston, son of Alexander Young, was born August 13, 1834, is unmarried. He enlisted in Company C., 19th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, August 2, 1862. Left \Vashington on the 13th of August, went into camp at Keokuk, 56

Iowa; Col. Crabb was in command of the regi­ ment and his Captain ,vas F. H. Stanton; First Lieutenant, John S. Gray. His regiment ,vas first ordered to St. Louis, !ttio., then to Rolla and to SpringfieLl to meet and oppose Price and Marmaduke. From Springfic.id they ,vere ordered to Cassville and thence to Crnss Hollo,vs, here he ""as taken ill and ,vas sent r)ack to Springfield ,vhere he re­ mained in the Ca1upbell House Hospital for nearly two months. Ht~ re-joined his regiment January 1, 1863, at Forsyth, :\Io., and after three months the regiment wa~ again sent to St. Louis. On May first of tb1.t year they were ordered to Vicksburg, l\Iiss. '' This, he says, was my first experience in ba~tle,'' and ,vith his regiment he was on the firing line till the surrender of that post. They ·were then sent to Yazoo City and after a slight skirmish at that place, ,vent to New Orleans. On the trip to Ne,v Orleans he became ill, and on his arrival entered the ~Iarine . Hospital, was after,vard transferred from Com­ pany C., 19th Regiment Iowa Volunteers to the Second Battallion Veteran Reserve Corps, and 57 remained in the hospital as a nurse to the end of the war. He \vas promoted to the rank of Ser­ geant and ,vas honorabiy discharged on July r:3, 1865, reached home August 2, 1865, ,vhere he still 1i ves.

Mary Margaret, daughter of ~Jexander Young, was born ....\pril Ir, 1837. 1Iarded John Jayne, December 21, 1869. To then~ ·were born five children: Elmer, June 17, rSj · ; Edith, June 9, 1872; Flora Belle, January 16. 1875; Hueston, July 11, 1877; Clarence, Noyember 20, 1880. Mary Margaret Young Jayne died July 4, 1893, at her home in Washington Coltnty, Iowa.

Elmer Jayne died September 19, 1871.

Edith is unmarried and since the death of her mother has kept her father's house.

Flora Belle married \V. P. Rnss, November I'?, 1900. She has nvo children a11d lives on a farm near Westchester, Io,va.

Hueston and Clarence are unmarried and live with their father near Westchester, Iowa. IV. ROBERT S1IITH YOUNG, second son of James and Nancy Smith Young, was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, December r5, 1793. l\farried his cousin Jane Smith. To Robert and Jane Smith Young ,vas born a dattghter named EH zabeth. (If there were other children ,ve have not been able to get names). Elizabeth Young married John Smith, also her cousin, and they emigrated to Portland, Oregon. To Elizabeth Young and John Smith were born four children : James Thomas, Charles, Arah Jane, and !viartha Lena. Elizabeth Young Smith died some years ago and is buried in Portland, Oregon, where her husb&.nd and children still reside.

Mary Young, daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young was born December 15, 1795, in Bourbon county, Kentucky.. l\i!arried John Stew­ art December 21, r819. 59

To l\Iary Young and John Stewart- were born nine children: :vrargaret, Nancy, James, Re­ becca. David, Elizabeth, ....\.lexander, John Smith and \Villiam N. Margaret Ste,vart, daughter of ~Iary Young Ste,vart, was born July 5, r 821 , and married John S. Ste,vart. Their children ·are: Mary E., Robert N. and Lena Jane, and Emma L.

Nancy, daughter of ~Iary Young Ste·wart, ,vas born November 2, 1822. Married James Meek. To N a~,:y Ste·wart and Jame~ 1Ieek ,vere b >rn four children: John .A.dam, Sarah E., David Milton, and Samuel L.

James Young, son of Mary Young Stewart, was born March 23, 1824. ~farried Barbara Smith. To them \Yere born four children : Ger­ trude, Samuel, John, Julia.

Rebecca, daughter of Mary Young Ste,vart, was born January 6, 1826, is unmarried. 6o

David, son of l\Iary Young Ste\vart, was born November 9, r82j. Unmarried.

Elizabeth, daughter of ~Iary \ ... oung Ste,vart, was born l\Iarch 3, r 829, is unmarried, and lives with her sister Rebecca above mentioned with their brothe:, \Villiam Ste,varf s ,vife and son on a farm adjoining the old homestead ,,·here as she says: '' \":,: e can look right into the door and it seems very :1ear to us.' '

Alexander, son of ~Iary "\"oung Ste\vart, \Vas born l\farch r 4, r ~32. ~farried ~[artha D~lle. To them was born one son, John D.

John Smith, soli of ~Iary 'l oung Ste\vart, ,vas born November 2. 1S33. \Vas unmarried.

\Villiam N., son of .:\[ary Young Ste\vart, \Vas born December 8, : 835. Jiarried )-lary Douglass. To them ,vas born a son, Charles, also J. D. Stewart, only child 110\\· living. \Villiam N. Stewart ser\·ttl iu the Union army

throughout the , 1var, enrolled on the 30th of September 1861, a~ Quartermaster Sergeant of 61 the 37th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. V~las honorably discharged and returned to his home near Ne\v Salem, Indiana, ,vhere his ,vife and son, J. D., still reside.

Ann, second daughter of James and ~ancy Smith Young, ,vas born November 5, I79i• l\Iarried James 1IcCorkle. To them ,sere born seven children: Hannah, Jane, John, James H., Robert, Rebecca .-\nn, and Nancy :\Iargaret. \Ve ,vere unable to obtain further data concern­ ing the family of ..-\1111 y· oung l\IcCorkle.

Rebecca, third daughter of James and Nancy Smith y· oung, ,vas born October 9, I 799. l\1ar­ ried \Villiam N or,v 00d. To them ,vere born t,vo children : James :\Iadison and Alexander Young. Rebecca Young and her husband, \Villiam Norwood, emigrated to Iowa and made a home in the suburbs of \Vashington where they lived . to a good old age. On the death of her husband Rebecca Young lived most of the remainder of her life \vith the family of her son James ~'l. Norw·ood. James l.fadison, son of Rebecca \.... oung Nor­ wood, was born April 2 f, rS2r, in Kentucky. ~Iarried Rebecca Ireland September ro, rS40. To them ,vere ·born nine children: Xancy Young, \Villiam C., William Samuel, Sarah Virginia, James Harvey, John Stew·art, Rosa­ belle Blanche, Albert Ros\,·ell, Louisa Ireland. James !\Iadison N or\vood

Nancy Young, daughter of James ~orwood, was born .A.ugust 31., r84r. Died November r6, 1850.

William C., son of James N on.vood, ,vas born May 29, 1845. Died September 29, 1845 .

. \\i"'illiam Samuel, ~,on of Jam•es Norwood, was born August 15, 184-7. ~IarriedJulia E. Blakely, April 15, 187 5. To them were born four chil- dren: Minetta Belle, February 23, 1876; died August 26, 1890. \Villiam, January 1 r, 1878; died August 30, 1890. Jessie, December 23, 1888; died August 24, 1890. Lena, born Sep­ tember 3, 1892.

Sarah Virginia, daughter of James Norwood, was born September 2, 18~0. Married James W. Stringfellow, December 24, 1Sj4. To them were born two children: Blanche, May 21st, 1880, Walter, August 8, 1882.

James Harvey, son of James Nonvood, was born December 17, 1852. 1-Iarried Josie L. Laughlin, ...i\.pril I 8, r 878. To them were born two children: Helen, 1Iarch 20, 1879; Chloe R., September 8, 1884.

John Ste,vart, son of James Norwood, was born l\Iarch r8, 1856. l\Iarried Carrie Crawford March 28, 1884. To them were born three chil­ dren: Faith, March 28, 1885, George C., July 27, 1888, Charlene, September 6, r 892.

Rosabelle Blanche, daughter of James Nor- wood, ,vas born .A.pril r-t,, 1858, is unmarried and lives with her mother in Davenport, Iowa.

Albert Ros,vell ,vas born April r 7, 186 r. Died October r2, 1864.

Louisa Ireland, daughter of James Norwood, was born September 26, 1866. 1Iarried Jess<:: A. Winger .April 15, 1886. To them were born four children: Lorena, January 18, r 887, Rich­ ard, October 30, 1888, Frank, January II, 1890, Faith, November 8, 1896.

Of Nancy, fourth daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young, ,ve hav·e scant information. She was born September 7, r Sor, and married first James Henry. To this marriage "~as born a daughter. On the death of James Henry, Nancy Young married. David Ste,vart, and to her ,vas born a son. \Ve were unable to get the names of either of these children, or to learn if they are Ii ving. 65

Betsy, :fifth daughter of James and Nancy Smith \:"' oung, \Vas born June 1803. ~Iarried Arthur Butler; no childreri. Li\·ed in Indiana.

Sally, se\·enth· daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young \Yas born .A.pril 20, 1805. l\Iarried John l\IcCorkle. To them ,vere born three chil­ dren, all now deceased.

James Harvey, third son of James ani Nancy Smith \:oung, ·was born .-\ pril 2.+, 1 Soj. :\[arried l\.Iargaret l\Iorrison Henry, September 9, 1830. Their home ·was at first in Fleming County, Kentucky, ,vhere their children, seven in num­ ber were born: Eliz1beth Jane, Nancy Ann, Mary Steele, Robert Simpson, James Henry, -Letitia Helen, Gilbert Gordon. James Har\·ey Yott!l~ and family removed to \Vashington, Iowa, and in that to\vn made their home. James Harvey Young died Nove:11ber 66

17, I 8 5 I, his ,vife :\Iargaret Henry Young, reared their family in the ~ome in \Vashington, and died there September r 3, r S8+. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Harvey Young, ""as born ~ovember 18, r83r. ):!arried Allen Conger October 20. r S 52, and their home was first in \Vashington. They emigrated to Kansas, ,vhere they spent a few years, then re­ turned tq \Vashington. Elizabeth inherited from her father's estate, the old homestead - where the family no"" live. To them ,vere born ten children : James Gilbert, Charles Fitch, .....\.Uen Alonzo, \"~tilliam Henry, Robert Ralph, Hueston, Elmer Eilsworth, ~:Iargaret Bessie, Julius ...-\.lbert and ~Iurray Howard. Allen Conger died ~Iay 6, 1899. James Gilbert, son of Elizabeth \.,.oung Conger, was born August 2S, 1S53, is unmarried and lives with his mother at the h?me in \Vashington.

· . Charles Fitch, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born 1Iay 17, 185•. Married Deborah J. Garrett l\farch I 7, 1886. To them were born three children: Helen, June 25, 1887; Frank July 13, 1889; Grace, October 26, 1891. Their home is in Keota, Io\va.

Allen Alonzo, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born December S, r 8 5 i. A1 arried l\Iary Fulton ....-\.uderson, September 4, I 889. 'fo them ,vas born a daughter, !viabel, September rS, 1892. Their home is in Sacramento, Cal.

William Henry, son of Eiizabeth Young Con­ ger, was born ..-\.pril 8, 1859. 1Iarried l\Iary Ellen.McNamara, June 21, 1894. To them ,vere born two children: Corrinne, September 25, 1897, ,vho died ~fay 2, 1898, a daughter, August, 1901, name not given. Their home was in Chicago and there the t\vo children ·were born.

Robert Ralph, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born March 20, I 861, was unmarried and lived with his parents in \Vashington until the war with Spain in Cuba began, went as a vol­ unteer and served to near the close of the war when_he was taken ill and died, August 31, 1898. 68

Harvey Hueston, son of Elizabeth Young Con­ ger, was born January 2, 1863. Died December 19, 1863.

Elmer Ellsworth, son of Elizabeth Young- Con­ ger, was born October 15, 186-J.. Married and lives in the State of \Vashington.

Margaret Bessie, daughter of Elizabeth Young Conger, "-"as born January 26, 1867, is unmar­ ried and lives in the family home, \Vashington, Iowa.

Julius Albert ,vas born December 24, I 869. Married Cora \Villiams, October r 8, 1898.

Murray Ho\vard ,yas born Xovember 20, 18j2. Married Cleta 1-Ialin, :\Iay 22, rgor.

Nancy Ann, second daughter of James Harvey and ~Iargaret l\Iorrison Young, ,vas born August 1, 1834. Married Robert C. Anderson, October 17, 18 55. They had no children. Lived near 69

Washington, Iowa. >Iancy Ann Young Ander­ son died October 7, I S95.

Mary Steele, third daughter of James Harvey and Margaret 1'.Iorrison Young was born April 26, 1836. Died June 20, 1837.

Robert Simpson, son of James Harvey and Margaret l\Iorrison Young ,vas born October 2 2, 1838, ,vas unmarried. He enlisted in the army in 1861, in \Vashington, Io,va, in Company C., 8th Io-\va Infantry Y'olunteers. Captain \V. B. Bell, Col. Geddes. Rendevous Davenport, Iowa. ·\Vas first ordered to St. Louis, :\Io., then to Sedalia, l\Io., then to Springfield, 1Io., to Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson and to Pittsburg Land­ ing. Here he was taken prisoner and after some months died in prison at l\iiacon, Georgia, Octo­ ber 2I, 1862. James Henry, second son. of James Harvey ·and Margaret 1Iorrison Young, was born ).fay 9, 1841. l\Iarried Nancy Elizabeth L1ughead on November 27, 1867. Their home was in Washington for several years, then they removed to Pasadena, California, where they no\v reside. James Henry enlisted ..-\.ug-ust r 5, r862, at Washington, Io,va, in Company C, 19th !O\\Ta Infantry, Captain F. H. Stanton, Col. B. Crabb. Went into camp at Keokuk, Iowa. His \Var itinerary was as follows : St. Louis, 1\'Io.; Springfield, l\Iissouri; \"Vilson's Creek, Missouri ; Pea Ridge, Prairie Gro·•,;e and Van Buren, Arkan­ sas; Rolla and St. Louis, l\fissouri ; v·icksburg and Yazoo City, 1Iissouri ; Port Hudson, N ~ ·~v Orleans and :\[ organzia, Louisiana; B.1ttle of Sterling Fann, Louisiana ; Brazos and S1ntiago and Bro\vnsville, Texas; Xe\v Orleans ; Pensa­ cola, Florida; :\Iobile, Spanish Fort, Fort l\Iorgan and Fort Gaines, Alabama. Battles engaged in were at Prairie Gr0ve and Van Buren, Arkansas ; Siege of Vicksburg ; capture of Yazoo City; Battle of Sterling Farm, Louisiana, where almost his entire regiment was captured ; bombardment of 11:obile and Fort Morgan, Alabama. Was frequently engaged in skirmishes which did not have the dignity in those times to be called battles. \Vas neither 7I wounded nor in prison during the service, but was sick much of the ti me during the last year of the war. \Vas honorably discharge:! at ~Io­ bile, Al;l.b1ma, ani reached his home. \Vashing­ ton, Iowa, early in ...\ugust, 1865.

Letitia Helen, thir.l daughter of James Harvey and Margaret ~Iorrison \"' oung, ,vas born April 5, 1843. 1Iarried Da\~id J~mes Palmer October 25, 1866. Lives in \Vashington, Iowa.

Gilbert Gordon, third son of James Harvey and Margaret 1Iorrison Young was born N ovem­ oer 9, 1848. Died S~ptember 9, r850.

John, youngest son of James and Nan~y Smith Young, was oorn January 2r, 181 r. Married Mary Jane Adams in 1839. To them were born nine children: James .A.lexander, Robert Smith, John Newton, Nancy Steele, l\Iary, Sarah Ann, \Villiam Harvey, Cordelia and Agnes Adelaide. John Young lived first on the farm near Fle_m • ingsbttrgh, Kentucky, inherited from his father, James Young. Later he emigrated to \Vasbing­ ington, Io\va, where he lived to the time of his death.

James Alexander, son of John Young, ,vas born October 22, r840. 1farried Malinda \Vil­ son. To them were born five children : John Webster, James Lester, Robert Anderson, Cora Almeda, Nancy iray. James Alexander Young enlisted in Comp1ny D 9th Iowa Cavalry, served through the ,var and was honorably discharged at its close. Died in. 1887. His family home is in lVIissouri.

Robert Smith Young, second son of John Young, was born May 19, 1842. l\farried Mary Ella Robbins. To them was born a daughter, Ella U. On the death of his ,vife Mary Ella, he married Emma Robbins To them were born two children: Arla Irene ani Eva L. On the death of his wife Emma he mar.. ried Anna. To them were born t\VO children, Everett and Mabel. On the death of his wife Anna he married Mary Malisa Frew. To them 73

were born t\'\"O children, Lavisa Ann and Lorena. Ella U., first daughter of Robert Smith Y:>ung, married \Villiam A. Cherry. To them w~e born three children : ~Iary Margaret, Ula and Ben jam in. Ada Irene, second daughter of Robert Smith Young, married Charles Shirtliff. To them were born t,vo chidren : ~Ia bel and l\.I yrtle.

Eva L., third daughter of Robert Smith Young, married Fred H. l\Iartin. Robert Smith Young enlisted in the army on .July 15, 1861 in Co. H 7th Io,va Infantry, \Vash­ ington, Iowa, was sent to Camp \Varren, in Bur• lington, Io,va, July 20, ,vas ordered first to St. Louis then to Iron Mountain, :\Io., from there to Cape Gueraradeau, on the 1Iississippi river, from there to Bird's Point, l\Io. On the night of November 6, 1861, his regi­ ment \Yith four others sailed down the l\'Iississippi river landing on the lviissouri side about four miles abo,·e Columbus, Kentucky. This was General Grant's first engagement, Belmont, l\Io. Co. D went into battle with fifty-two men, had 74.

fifteen k;lled and hventy-three wounded and four taken prisoners. Robert Smith \ ... oung ·was one of these. They \Vere held fi\·e days at Columbus, were then sent to :\Iemphis, Tenn., and confined in a negro jail, and remained there till ~larch. 1862. '\Vere then taken to Corinth and then to !viobile, .A.la., from there by ,v-ay of boat up the Alabama, the Tonsbigby and the Black \Varrior to Tuscaloosa, J,i\.la. They w·ere here confined in the old Capitol building and met here the prisoners captured at the battle of Shiloh ; of that number was Robert Simpson Young, son of James Har­ ~ey Young. From there they \\.,.ere remo-\·ed to Montgomery, Ala., and afterward to l\facon, Georgia. From there they ""ere taken to Colum­ bia, South Carolina, and thence to Raleigh, North Carolina, then to Petersburgh, then to Richmond and to Libby prison. On the r 7th day of October he ,vith his comrades was paroled out of that prison, going to the flag-of-truce boat at Aikin's Landing on the James river, Va., after eleven months and ten days as prisoners of ,var. They \vent to J,.\.nnapolis, 1fd., and frnm there to Washington, D .. C., thence to Harrisburg, Pitts- '75 burgh, and finally to Columbus, Kentucky, then to Corinth, 1Iiss, and on ...-\ugust 10, 1864, he was honorably discharged and returned to his home in \Vashington, Iowa, \Vhere be no\V lives.

John Ne\vton, third son of John \,..oung, was born February 5, 1844. 1Iarried 11arie Farley. To thtm ,vere born three children : Nettie, Minnie and Barton. Nettie, daughter of John ~c,vton 'loung, mar­ ried William \Vright. John Ne\vton Young enlisted in Co. C r 9th Iowa Infantry. Left \Vashington, Io,va, on the 13th of August 1862, ,vent into camp at Keokuk, Io,va, was first sent to St. Louis, then to Rolla, Mo., then to Springfield to meet Price and ~lar­ maduke. Was with his regiment through the war and was honorably discharged and returned to his home, \Vashington, Iowa.

Nancy Steele, daughter of John Young, ,vas born 184 7, and died in 1867.

Sarah Aun, daughter of John Young, mar- ried William Phillips. To them ,vas born a daughter, ::\Iary. On the death of \\.illiam Phillips, Sarah Ann Young married \V. 0. Bain. To them were born five children: Lilly, Isaac, Grace, John and Emanuel. l\Iary, daughter of Sarah _.\.nn \:,.oung and \ViUiam Phillips, married Joseph Elliott. To them ,vere born t\vo c.hildren.

William Har\·ey, youngest son of John \,. oung, was born September 26, 1855. 1Iarried Flora E. Winters No\·ember Ir, 1883. To them ,vere born

~ eight children : Fannie, June 20, r884, Fred, August 3_1, 1 SS6, Flora Algemond, February, 1888, Ella Pauline and Etta Christine, ...-\pril 17, 1890, Willie Velma, 1893, Frank \Vinters, April 7, 1895, John, September 7, 1898.

Cordelia and Agnes Adelaide, daughters of John Young, ,vere unmarried and both died in young girlhood. 77

The crest and motto ,v hich adorns the cover of this book is one of seyeral belonging to the family of \. ouug. It may, and it may not be­ long to this particular branch of that great name. It does not indicate royalty. but is ascribed to the order of Esq., or gentleman. To this order our ancient ancestor unquestionably belonged; in fact in the generations bet\veen that period and the present time the family of Young has continued to produce gentleman-men of rare and sterling quality-gentlemen \vho have ,von distinction as statesmen, soldiers, la,vyers, doc­ tors and clergymen, as artists: artisans and farmers. Though few· of the name Young can be ~ounted among the millionaires of this land, yet all or nearly all as far as ,ve can learn have been in generations past, and still remain the holders of the farm or to,vn lot upon ·which their own roof tree was planted. \Ve are sure, therefore, that no one will ques­ tion our right to the insignia and to the senti­ ment it expresses: T<1J!jours Jeune.