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Young, John Alexander Young, John Bruce Young, Ivliza J. Young (Gardner), Robert Smith Young, Jesse J. Kerr, Elizabeth Young Be>ttie, Mary K. vSmith, Basil Tipton, Helen Wilson, H. B. Finney and Orace^ Finney Johnson, and to those who have assisted in its publication : Alexander Hueston Young, John Alexander Young, James H. Young, Letitia Young Palmer, Elizabeth Stewart, Dr. John N. vSmith and Dr. H. B. Finney. The cover was designed and presented by Edward Eyestone Young. The facts contained in the little volume, though meager, have been culled from many sources and have occupied much time and research, l)ut it has been a " labor of love," and the only regret on the part of the author is that it was not undertaken before so many of those who were familiar with the Young history, had passed to the great Beyond — to that land where they are indeed Td^tjoiirs Jcunc. Laura Ann Young Finney. San Francisco. I. ^npHK 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 Yong, Yonge, Younge and Young. The earliest record we have of the family in England is that of Willi le Yonge 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 English genealogy as early as the i6th century and in those mentioned in Scotland and Ireland as early as the 15th century. In Burke's Landed Gentry we read of one John Younge, of Landsend, in the parish of Colebrook, whose two sons Nathaniel 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 we find pf the name spelled in this way, and the^:^ i§ reason for us to believe that upon this incident our name Young is founded. It is said that thirty coats of arms have been granted to the different branc hes 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 families of Youngs not related to each other in any way. The first in point of time was Richard Young, who for fifty pounds Oi English money purchased two hun- dred acres of land in the territory of Plymouth, Mass, thereby becoming a shareholder in the company, in the first settlement ot that colony. Tradition gives Captain Thomas Young as the first ancestor of our family in America, and after careful study and comparison with many authorities, we are convinced that tradition in this case, is truth. Captain Thomas Young was the son of Gregory and Susannah Young, of Yorkshire, England. Gregory Young was born at Bedale, Yorkshire, and died in 1610. His wife Susannah died in 1:615, and both are buried at St. Peters, Coru» hill, London. We have only found the names of three children ; Thomas, our supposed ancestor, Susannah, who married Robert Evelyn and Catharine who married John Morris. Thomas Young was born August lo, i579> in London. He obtained a captain's commission from the King, September 1633, 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. Ill Narrative and Critical History of America, a letter written 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 follows : "July 3, toward sunsett we arrived between the capes which are called Cape Charles and Henry. About one of the clock, we came to anchor, the tide being spent, within 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. ' ' He also says : 8 ' ' All my own men on my ship are, God be praysed, in very good health, though my Vice Admiral hath been shrewdly visited with a pestilential fever whereof about sixty have been sick and twelve dead thereof, but they are now most of them recovered." Entering Delaware Bay on the 24th of July, 1634, he sailed up the river which he named Charles in honor of the King and by September I St had reached the falls above Trenton. In a report from this river dated October 20, 1634, 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 Mediterranean 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 summer to build a vessel above the falls 9 from whence he hoped to find " a way that leadeth into that Mediterranean Sea," and from the lake. He continues : "I judge that it cannot be less than one hundred and fifty or two hundred leagues in length to our northern ocean. From thence I propose to discover the mouths thereof, which discharge both into the North and South Sea. In the Historical Magazine, second series. Vol. IV, page 75, the following 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 known in its annals : ' ' " Before Calvert and his colony sailed fo^ 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 would not be impeded by any who had received patents for 10 other portions of the country. Among the officers appointed were Robert Evelyn, a nephew of Captain Young as lieutenant, Alexander Baker of St. Holborn's parish, Middlesex, 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 as a surgeon. In July, 1634, with two ships. Captain Thomas Young reached Jamestown, Va. He remained there only long enough to construct a shallop to be used in ex- ploring rivers, when he sailed up the Delaware and established a post which he named Kriwomek. The site of this post where Captain Young and his party spent some four years trading with the Indians and working unprofitable gold mines, has, been identified as " Where the Pensauken/ Creek falls into the Delaware, it being one of the centers from which a colony was to radiate ana fill the territory that now constitutes Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with an industrious and happy people. ' ' 11 From the Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. Ill, we have still another account of the same expedition : ' ' Captain Thomas Young, of a Yorkshire family and his nephew, Lieutenant Robert Evelyn of Wooten Surrey, undertook a voyage on- special commission of the King, dated September 23, 1633, to discover parts of America not actually in the possession of any Christian Prince. They sailed from Fal- mouth on Fridaj^ May 16, 1634, arriving between Capes Charles and Henry, July 3rd of the same year. They sailed from Va., on July 20th, to explore the Delaware for a passage to the Mediterranean Sea, said by the Indians 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 Delaware 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 shallows since known as Trenton Falls. 12 On September ist they were overtaken b}' a party of Hollanders of Hudson River whom Captain Young entertained a few 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 Eriwomek, which they held until about 1642. From Neill's Founders of Maryland, we find that Captain Young lived for some 3'ears on a plantation on the Delaware River, " midway be- tween Virginia and New England." Among the Youngs of this locality we find one James whom, from facts gathered from many sources, we believe to have been a son of Captain Thomas Young and the direct ancestor from which our line is descended. Captain Young later lived, for a time, on Kent Island, and at last purchased a farm in James City County, Virginia, where he is supposed to have died. Another of his sons, Thomas, was a commissioned officer in the army and from the record office, London, we get the following : " An account of the estate of Thomas Young, 13 who was taken prisoner, he being an officer in the Rebellion (Bacon's 1675-76) was condemned by conrt martial and executed in York County, Va. , in January last, (1675 or 76.) This'being taken upon oath of Mary, his relict who hath given bonds for the same — a plantation with a good dwelling house ; a very good tobacco house and an indifferent good orchard, their seat being four hundred acres of land in James City County, Vir2:inia." In a letter of that period he is addressed as "Captain Young of Chickahominy." These two, James and Thomas, are the only sons of Captain Thomas Young that we have been able to find anything like positive information con- cerning, and most of this has been found in connection with the Evelyns 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 also his descendants, owing to the sparsely settled conditions at that time. James^ Young is frequently mentioned in the Archives of Pennsylvania, and in the annals of 14 Maryland in connection with the Indian troubles more especiall}^ showing that he was a man of some importance in the community. His son James^ is described as a respectable free-holder of Pennsboro, who died in 1748 or 49, and whose will we find in the records of Lancaster County, Penn. He mentions as his heirs James Jr'^ John, Rebecca, Margaret, Mary and Genet. Another will is also found in the records of this county, that of Alexander Young, of Paxton township, proved in 1751 who was without doubt a brother of James\ II. THO.VIAS AND ANN POTTER YOUNG AND DESCENDANTS. 'OROM this somewhat uncertain part of our family history we now pass to our first known ancestor, Thomas Young, supposed to be son of James^ Jr., son of James", son of James', son of Captain Thomas Young, the explorer. His wife, Ann Potter, w^as of Scottish birth and claimed relationship with Sir William Wallace. From vf^ry scant and scattered records we find that to Thomas^ Young and Ann Potter Young were born eight children, James^ Thomas, Re- becca, who married a man named Cox ; Mary, who married Samuel Kerr ; Samuel Potter and Alexander, and two daughters whose names we have not been able to learn for the reason that they were married and remained in Pennsyl- vania, when Thomas, or Thomas Kent Young, as he is often called, and his family, emigrated to Kentucky. i6 Thomas^ Young was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War. From the records at Washington we l.a\e the following: " The records of this office show that one Thomas^ Young served as a private in Capt. William Scull s company, Eleventh Regiment, commanded by Col. Himpton. He enlisted from Westmorland Count3^ Pa., on January 2, 1777, and his name last appears on a roll dated Sep- te.nber 5, 1777, without special remark relative to his service. B}^ authority of the Secretary of War (signed) F. C. Ainsworth, chief of office." James^ Young, eldest son of Thomas and Ann Potter Young, was born in Westmorland County, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1766, and died in F em- ing County, Kentucky, September 25, 1836. James^ Young married Nancy Smith May 3, 1 79 1. She was born also in Pennsylvania on March 17, 1764, and died September 18, 1836, in Pleming County, Kentucky. 17 The following is the story that has been told of their courtship and marriage, in the families of their descendants, even to the present time : The families, Young and Smith, fell into com- pany as they were emigrating from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. The young couple, James and Nancy, thus met and soon fell in love with each other. The Smiths were people of means, how- ever, and James* Young did not possess sufl&cient wealth to suit their plans for their daughter and his suit was promptly rejected. With 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 wilds of Kentucky to hew out their home. The first years were 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- i8 dition does not tell, but the facts show that his efforts were crowned with success this time for at his death he was owner of a valuable farm of 390 acres near Flemingsburgh, Kentucky. The archives of Pennsylvania show that he was a private in the company of Capt. Munn in the Sandusky expedition against the Indians in 1782. To James^ and Nancy Smith Young there were born ten children : Alexander'^ Robert Smith, Mary, Ann, Rebecca, Nancy, Betsy, Sally, James^ Harvey and John. Of Thomas^ son of Thomas"' Kent and Ann Potter Young we have only been able to learn the name of one child, Benjamin, who married Betsy McClary. They lived in Fleming County, Kentucky, where they reared a family of twelve children : John Alexander, James Harvey, Thomas Edgar, Margaret, Mary, Martha, Benja- min, Robert, Elizabeth, George, Leonidas and William. Margaret married George Porter ; Martha was unmarried ; Elizabeth married Isaa J9 Jones. Thomas^ Young died at the home of his son Benjamin, Fleming County, Kentuck}^ but was buried in the family burying ground of his sister, Mary Young Kerr's son, Samuel Kerr, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. Rebecca, daughter of Thomas^ Kent and Ann Potter Young, married a man named Cox We have been unable to learn anything of his family. Mary, daughter of Thomas^ Kent and Ann Potter Young, married Thomas Kerr. To them were born four children : Samuel, James, Jane and Elizabeth. Samuel, son of Mary Young Kerr, married a Miss Ware. To them were born four children : Samuel, Jesse, Thomas and Susan. Of James, son of Mary Young Kerr, we know little except that he represented his county (Park) several times in the Legislature of Indiana. 20 Jane, daughter of Mar}^ Young Kerr, married a man by the name of Fleming and they lived in Indiana. Elizabeth, daughter of Mary Young Kerr, married a man by the name of Seybole ; they lived in Indiana. Samuel, eldest son of Samuel Kerr, married Elizabeth Chamberlain. To them were born nine children : Mary Susan, Henrietta B., Thomas S., Lewis, Bettie P., John C, Florence, Louise T. and Clarence. Jesse J., second son of Samuel Kerr, married Elizabeth Alexander in Mason County, Ken- tucky. To them w^ere born five children : William T. , a real estate dealer; Samuel P., a carpenter ; Charles, a lawyer, now in Lexington, Kentucky ; Bessie F, ; Harry T. , a civil engineer in New York City. Jesse J. and Elizabeth Alex- ander Kerr, with three of their children, live in Kansas City, Missouri. 21 Tl-omas, thirJ vSon of Sannel Kerr, married Mary Chamberlain. To them were born nine chil- dren : Sarah E., Susan, Frank, Ezekiel, I. aura, Mary, James, Jesse and Jennie C. Susan, daughter of Samuel Kerr, married Johnson A. Power and to them were born ten children : James K. , x\nna E. , Jesse K., Joseph, Harrv, 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 he had one, we have been unable to learn an^^thing. He died and is buried at West Union, Ohio. Alexander^ son of Thomas Kent and Ann Potter Young was born June 14, 1783. Married Elizabeth Ricketts, and lived first in Fleming County, Kentucky. From there he emigrated 22 to Rus'i Cjunty, Indiana, and then?e to Wash- ington County, Iowa. To them were born eleven children : Mary Ann, Matilda, John Alexander, James X., Betsy, Samuel Potter, Edward, Charles T., Thomas Kent, Richard C. and Margaret. Alexander Young and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was an anti-slavery man, a warm admirer of Abraham lyincoln. On Nov^ember 4, i860, he cast his ballot for Lincoln for President, returned home and said to his wife : "I shall never vote again, and on that very evening he passed to his rest." Mary Ann, daughter of Alexander^ Young, was born March 10, 1808. Married Jacob Plough in 1830 in Rush County, Indiana. To them were born five children : Caroline, Mary Jane, Amanda, John and Wm. Jasper. Caroline, daughter of Mary Ann Young Plough, was born August i, 1831. Married Thomas Young. To them were born five chil- dren : John, Anna, Leander, Morton and MoUie. 23 Mary Jane, daughter of Mary Ann Young Plough, was born December 22, 1832. Married George D. Lowden. To them were born three children : Carey, Edmund and Anna Amanda, daughter of Mary Ann Young Plough, was born January 18, 1835. Married Jesse L,. Fine, and to them were born three children : Modell, Littleton and Jasper. John, son of Ma y Ann Young Plough, was born April 16, 1837. Married Anna A. Wamsley, December 21, 1859, of' Cincinnati, Ohio, who was a cousin several times removed of George Washington. To them were born five children : Mary Lulu, October 5, i860, Jasper W. , Decem- ber 24, 1 86 1, Erastus, January 6, 1866, Nellie, November 6, 1878, Jacob^ March 25, 1880. John Plough enlisted in the service of his coun- try in August, 1 86 1, in Company I, 66th Indiana volunteers. Rush County, Indiana, and served until October 29, 1862. 24 William Jasper, son of Mary Ann Young Plough, was born December 26, 1838, was un- married and died August 29, 1888. Matilda, second daughter of Alexander Young, was born November 25, 1809. Married James Wilson, June 29, 1826, in Rush County, Indiana, where they made their first home. Later they emigrated to Washington County, Iowa. To them were born seven children : William Har per, Minerva Ann, Harriett Jane, Robert Alex- ander, James Andrew, John Wesley and Parker Cummings. William Harper, son of Matilda Young Wil- son, was born September 20, 1827. Married Mary E. Ingle, September 12, 1853. To them were born three children : Horace Greely, Wiley Guthrie and Josephine. William Harper Wilson deceased date could not find Minerva Ann, daughter of Matilda Young Wilson, was born September 19, 1829. Married 25 Joseph Williamson and emigrated from Wash- ington, Iowa, to Portland, Oregon. To them were born two children : John, November 8, 1853, Ann, November 18, 1855. Harriet Jane, daughter of Matilda Young Wil- son, was born October 15, 1831, died August 24, 1832. Robert Alexander, son of Matilda Young Wilson, was born February 4, 1833. Married Amelia Doner, August 19. i860, resides at Blue Springs, Nebraska. To them were born three children : Emma K., February 2, 1864, Ella M., May 26, 1868, Harry M., July 6, 1872. James Andrew, son of Matilda Young Wilson, was born June 21, 1836, was educated for the ministry at the Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, began to preach in 1859. Mar- ried Eliza Messenger, January 25, i860, was appointed Chaplain of the Second Iowa Infantry, January 5, 1861, and served to the close of the war. In 1883 he retired from the ministry because of ill health. In 1884 he removed to 26 Chadren, Nebraska, was Justice of the Peace there, also County Judge for a term. To them were born three children : Florence Addie, Feb- ruary 21, 1864, Lottie Mary, May i, 1866, Helen Maude, March 16, 1870. John Wesley, son of Matilda Young Wilson, was born October 3, 1840. Married Eliza A. Wilson September 10, 1866, and engaged in the lumber business in Wilton Junction, Iowa, where he now resides. To them were born three chil- dren : Clarence Herbert, October 26, 1869, Nellie Mabel, January i, 1872, Carl Raymond, March 8, 1876. John Weslc}'^ Wilson enlisted in the Civil War on May 27, 1861, served through the war and was honorably discharged August 16, 1865. Parker Cummings, son of Matilda Young Wil- son, was born August 21, 1844. Married Amy Walker, May 28, 1867. To them were born three children : Frank, June 5, 1868, Fred, March 12, 1870, Willis, May 30, 1872. Parker Cum- mings Wilson served three years in the Civil 27 War, was severely wounded in one engagement. He served State Mine Inspector for the State of Iowa for seven years, and as Street Commissioner of Des Moines, Iowa, for four years. He died at Perry, Iowa, September 29, 1894. John Alexander, son of Alexander Young, was born November 3, 18 13. Married Nancy Eyestone, March 3, 1836. Their home was first in Indiana and later they emigrated to Washington county, Iowa, where they entered and improved a large and valuable farm John Alexander Young and his wife weie earnest Christians, members of the Methodist Church, and together wnth his brother, James N Young, his wife's father, John Eyestone, and a fe ^ other pioneer settlers built Roberts Chapel, on a plot of ground off his'farm and laid out a cemetery in its yard. This chapel served for n^an3^ years as a house of worship for the people of that part of the county and in the cemetery tbey laid tUeir dead. T^ie chapel fell inio disuse 28 and has recently been removed, railroad town^ near by proving more convenient for churches. To them were born ten children : William Alex:inder'\ Eliza Jane, John Bruce, Elizabeth Alice, Edward Harvey, Charles Wesley, Nancy Margaret, Clara Lavinia, Maria Louisa, R.ankin Corwin. William Alexander■^ son of John Alexander Young, was born December 13, 1837, was un- married, and died April 14, 1859. Eliza Jane, daughter of John Alexander Young, was born April 26, 1840. Married Samuel C. Gardner April 26, 1866. Their first home was on a farm near Lexington, Iowa ; they now li\e in Washington, Iowa. To them were born two children : Howard Burrell and Aner Edna. Howard Burrell is married and has one child, lives on a farm near Lexington, Iowa. John Bruce, son of John Alexander Young, was born eptember 10, 1843. Married Aner E. Winders, on h r death married Emma Lilly. To this marriage was born four children : Ed^^^ 29 Rankin, George Lilly, Mary and Jennie Lillis. On the death of his second wife, John Bruce Young married Viola C. Eyestone. H s home has always been in Washington county, Iowa, where he still lives. He served two terms as county clerk of Washington county, Iowa. On August 5, 1 86 1, he enlisted in Company C 8th Iowa Infantry, though but seventeen years of age ; went into camp at Davenport, Iowa, and in September was ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, from there to SedaUa and Syiacuse, then to Springfield and then again to Sedalia, Missouri, where he had measles and typhoid fever, was first sent to a hospital in St. Louis and later fur- loughed, and nally discharged and sent home for di-abilit}^ April 26, 1862, on the doctor's staten.ent that he had but a few months at best to live. "Being," as he says, "too contrary to die as predicted," he recovered and re-enlisted February 12, 1864, in Company H Second Iowa Infantr\' and joined the regiment at Pulaski, Tennessee, and was with it in ever}^ battle or skirmi.^h in which it was engaged to the end of the war. Was wounded at Dallas, Georgia, 30 losing his right eye ; was also wounded August 3, 1864 at Atlanta, Georgia. In referring to his experien':es during the Civil War he says : " One of the saddest things I now recall was in North Carolina before the surrender of Johnson to Sherman, a detail of ten or twelve of our men were on guard duty inside the picket line. Many of Lee's men's homes were near by and as they were paroled they were allowed to pass the lines to their homes. Poor fellows ! What a home-coming it was for most of them ! Nothing left but a wretched cabin or two and their families gone or living on charity ! They were artillery men and rode their worn-out army mules, but brave boys they were, and those who kept their records clean under the discour- agements of that time are worthy to be called heroes." He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 12, 1865, was present and passed in the Grand Review of the army at Washington, D. C, May, 1865. Elizabeth Alice, daughter of John Alexander Young, \YavS borti Noverpiber 3, \^^, U^rxk^ 31 Frank M. Marvel. To them were born three children, Harry, Emma Gertrude, and Clara Bstelline. Alice Elizabeth Young Marvel and her son Harry and daughters Emma Gertrude and Clara Estelline are deceased. Edward Harvey, son of John Alexander Young, was born October 5, 1848. Married Clara Brind- ley. To them were born eight children : Don Howard, Everette Brindley, Arthur Rankin, Ed- ward Harvey, Joe John, Eois Annette, Pearl Viola, and Mary Ann. Charles Wesley Young was born July 26, 1851. Married Margaret Vincent, March 5, 1878. To them were born six children : Raymond Vin- cent, Ada Mary, John James, Charles Frank, Grace Jane, Rankin. Nancy Margaret, daughter of John Alexander Young, was born March 27, 1854. Married James Harvey McCall, September 17, 1884. Nancy Margaret Young McCall died July 11, 1886. 32 Clara Lavinia, daughter of John Alexander Young, was born October 29, 1856. Married Joseph W. Illingsworth. To them were born three children : Harry Chester, Mary Gertrude, Maud Wilder. Maria Louise, daughter of John Alexander Young, was born March 29, 1859. Died April 14, 1859. Rankin Corwin, son of John Alexander Young, was born January 4, 1862. Married Maggie Pierson, June 13, 1888. To them were born five children ; we have only the names of the two youngest, Walter Pierson and Carl Lawrence. Rankin Corwin Young died at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1903. James N. , son of Alexander and Elizabeth Ricketts Young, was born February 7, 181 6. Married Sallie Hyestone, in 1837, to whom were born two children, John Alexander and James Harvey. 33 John Alexander, son of James N. Young, was born July 29, 1838. Married Elizabeth A. Run- 3'on. To them were born tw^o children : Ella A., September 30, 1861, Harvey S. , May 15, 1866. Ella A. Young married A. W. Hall and their children are : Fred Young, James Norman, Har- vey W., Dorothy and Marjorie. Harvey S. Young married I^ucinda Parmale3\ Their children are Hoyt R., Helen I^. and Ruth E. John Alexander Young enlisted as a private in Company A., 25th Regiment Infantry, Iowa Vol- unteers, August 15, 1862, at Washington, Iowa. Captain D. J. Palmer, Col. Geo. A. Stone. Went into camp September i, 1862, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Was ordered from there to Helena, Ar- kansas, was engaged in the battles of Chicka- saw Bayou in 1862, and in Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburgh, Jackson, Cherokee Station, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Taylor's Gap in 1863. He was a participant in the almost con- tinuous battles in the Atlanta campaign from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., and in the famous '* March to the Sea," with Sherman end- 34 ing December 25, 1864 ; was with 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 present and participated in the grand review at Washington, D. C. and was honorably discharged and arrived at his home in Washington, Iowa, June 15, 1865, where he still resides. He was slightly wounded at Arkansas Post an^i also at Taylor's Gap. Was severely wounded at Re- secca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. He was pro- moted to Second lyieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain of his company. In 1871 was elec- ted County Auditor of Washington County, served two years. In 1874 was elected Assist- ant Cashier of the Washington National Bank, and in July 1878 was elected Cashie • of this bank and still retains this position. He was elected to the legislature of Iowa in 1900. James Harvey, son of James N. Yoimg, was born October 20, 1840. Married Martha Tipton, April, i860. To them were born one son, 35 Charles. James Harvey Young enlisted in Com- pany C. , of the Sth Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Captain W. B. Bell, Col. Geddes, in September, iS6i, was in the campaign in Missouri. In the battle of Shiloh he was shot and instantly killed ; is buried in the National Cemetery at that place. On the death of Sallie Eyestone Young, James N. Young married Martha J. Coon. To them were born fifteen children : Elizabeth, Samuel Potter, Mary, William H., Edward A., Morris Fletcher, Martha J., Parker L., Robert F. , Riley S., Minnie A , Newton E., Ida L,., George E. , Flournoy C. James N. Young lived first in Indiana, then emigrated to Washington County, Iowa. He entered and improved a large farm adjoining his brother, John Alexander, before mentioned, where his family was born and reared. In 1874, or thereabouts he removed to Kansas, where he died January 25, 1898. His wife followed him one week later, February i , 1898. Elizabalh, daughter of James N. Young, was born July 28, 1844. Married Henry Beatty, To them were born five children : Minnie, William, Annie, James and John. Samuel Potter, son of James N. Young, was born September ii, 1845. Married Viola Rey- nolds. To them were born five children : Hal, Cleora, James, Anna and Flora. Mar3% daughter of James N. Young, was born October 20, 1S46, deceased. William H. , son of James N. Young, was born April II, 1848, deceased. Elward A., son of James N. Young, was born November 18, 1849. Married Alice Quinn. To them were born two children, Charles and Mabel. Morris Fletcher, son of James N. Young, was born January 16, 1851. Married May Eckles. To them were born lour children : Carrie, Howard, Ralph and Frank. Martha J. , daughter of James N. Young, was born September i6, 1852. Married William Burt. 37 To them were born two children, Clement and Minnie. Parker L. , son of James N. Young, was born January 8, 1854. Deceased. Robert F. , son of James N. Young, was born De ember 20, 1855. Married Maggie Taylor. To them were born seven children : Alma, Alva, Minnie, Blanche, Eva, Fern and Roy. Riley S., s n of James N. Young, was bor i\ugust 5th, 1857. Married Elishinia Copeland. To them were bo- n four children : Gertie, War- ren, Hdna and Charles. Minnie A. , daughter of James N. Young, was born February 7, 1859. Deceased. Newton E , son of James N. Young, was born February 8, i860. Deceased. Ida ly. , daughter of James N. Young, was born March 19, 1861. Married David Haines. To them were born four children : Eva, Euella, Floyd, and Mary. 3S Ida Iv. Young Haines deceased. George B., son of James N. Young, was born February 21, 1863, Married Nettie Vanbuskirk. Flournoy C, son of James N. Young, was born November 10, 1864. Married Nora Colegrove. To them were born two children : Velma and Clark. Betsy, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Ricketts Young, was born January 5, 1818. Mar- ried William Giltner in 1837. To them were born nine children . John, Alexander, Milton, Sarah E. , Martha J., George W., William H., Frank, Elmer E. William Giltner died September 12, 1897. Betsy Young Giltner died at Agency City, Iowa, January 18, 1900. John, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born August 4, 1838. Married Mary Norman De- cember ist, 1859. To them were born six chil- 39 dren : Clara, Edward L. , Flora M., Walter, Mollie E , Mattie 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.; BlacK River Bridge ; Vicksburgh, May 22, 1863; Siege of Vicksburgh ; Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. Was severely wounded 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 twenty miles from Winchester. * Alexander, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born December 23, 1840. Married 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 Young Giltner, was 40 born May i8, 1844. Married Mary C. Wright, March 3, 1864. To them were born five chil- dren : Charles E. , January 18, 1865 ; Gene M., August 16, 1869; Bertha A., December 8, 1872 ; Lena A., October 14, 1876 ; James G., Novem- ber II, 1880. Milton H. Giltner died Septem- ber 7, 1899. Sarah E. , daughter of Betsy Young Giltner, was born April i, 1848. Married E. D. Fair August II, 1869. To them were born six chil- dren : Bert, Loie, Amy, Jessie, Pearl, and William. Martha J., daughter of Betsy Young Giltner, was born November 11, 1850. Married Thomas J. Sloan. To them was born one child, William G., September 22, 1876. George W., son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born February 26, 1853. Married Susan Darr, November 12, 1872. To them were born three children : Lizzie, Norton, Bert. William H., son of Betsy Young Giltner, was 41 born March 25, 1856. Married Cora Wright September 27, 1874. To them were born two children : Orval A. and Beulah F. Frank, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born November 10, 1858. Married Philinia Dimmitt September 29, 1876. To them was born one child, Clifford, August 2, 1882. Samuel Potter, son of Alexander^ Young, a lawyer, married Elizabeth Parker. To them were born four children : Elizabeth, Theresa, Florence and Edward. Edward, son of Alexander^ Young, was a phy- sician. Married Cordelia P. Hendee. To them were born two children : Barnum and Eli Hendee. Charles, son of Alexander^ Young, married Eva Bowers. To them were born two children : Miranda Belle and lyaura. 42 Thomas Kent, son of Alexander^ Young, mar- ried Elizabeth Parks. (Unable to get data of his family.) Richard C. R., son of Alexander^ Young, mar- ried Mary Tipton. To them were born twelve children : Jonathan T., Frank N., India (married Dove), Edward R. , Malinda (married Clark), David H., Alexander, Rose B., John W., Charles C, Margaret (married Davis) James J. Richard C. K. Young died in his home in Arizona, in 1903. Margaret, daughter of Alexander^ Young, mar- ried John Tipton. To them were born six chil- dren : Milton Harvey, William Curtis, Flora May, Clara Eoraine, Clarence Ellsworth, Basil Foster. Margaret Young Tipton died several years ago. III. A LEXA.NDER', eldest son of James* and ^^ Nancy Smith Young, was born in Flem- ing County, Kentucky, April 20tli, 1792 ; mar- ried Mary Davis January 26tli, 18 15. Lived first in Fleming County, Kentucky, where their two first children were born : Nancy Stiith and Jane Craig. They then removed to Lewis County, Kentucky, and remained there some years. Three more children were born them : Martha Ann, John Davis and James^ The fam- ily then removed to Rush County, Indiana, where the remainder of the family was born, Robert Harvey, Alexander Hueston and Mary Margaret. In 1843 the family made its last move and set- tled in Washington County, Iowa. Iowa at that time was a territory and was but sparsely settled, the hunting ground of several tribes of Indians. Four miles northwest of Washington, the county seat of Washington County, Alexander Young entered 320 acres of government land, 44 part timber and part prairie land. A substantial house of hewn logs was built (is still standing April 21, 1904) and here his family was reared and here he and his wife lived to a ripe old age. They were Christians of the Covenanter type ; were members of the Associate Reformed — after- wards the Second United Presbyterian Church of Washington. Iowa. Alexander Young was one of a number of young men of Flemingsburgh, Kentucky, who formed a cavalry company under Captain Matthews, and riding their own horses and carrying their own guns served their country through the war of 181 2. He was with Gen. Harrison at the battle of the Thames — stood so near the General that he heard him give the command to * * fire ' ' in that engagement. They left their horses on an island near Detroit and served as infantry. They were mus- tered out at Detroit at the close of the war and mounting their horses rode home. To Alexander and Mary Davis Young were born eight children : Nancy Smith, Jane Craig, Martha Ann John Davis, James, Robert Harvey, 45 Alexander Hueston, Mary Margaret. Alexander Young died June i8, 1869, in his home and was buried in the old cemeter}' in Washington, Iowa. His wife, Mar}^ Davis Young, died October 9, 1876— seven years later — and is buried by his side. Nancy Smith, daughter of Alexander Young, was born May 11, 1817. Married 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 were born and reared. In 1874 they removed to Oregon, purchased a farm in the beautiful Willamette Valley near Oakville, which is still the family homestead. Their children, eight in number, are : Mary Elizabeth, Martha Jane, Alexander Young, Buena Vista, John Newton, James Nesbit, Charles Sumner, Joseph Claybaugh. Nancy Young Smith died March 2, 1903, at her home in Oakville, and is buried in the cemetery of that place. Isaac N. Smith, her husband, died March 9, 1900, and is buried beside her. 46 Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Nancy Young Smith, was born December 24, 1843. Married Thomas F. Smith March 10, 1871. Martha Jane, daughter of Nancy Young 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 Washington County, Iowa. John Newton, son of Nancy Young Smith, was born October i, 1852. Married Mattie Ellis June 28, 1883, and lives in Salem, Oregon. To them was born a daughter, Mabel. Mattie Ellis Smith died January 18, 1892. John Newton Smith w^as again married August 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 two terms in the State Legislature. James Nesbit, son of Nancy Young Smith, was born March i8, 1855, is unmarried and lives in the family home. Charles Sumner, son of Nancy Young Smith, was born January 23, 1857. Married Viola Wortley July 3, 1878. Joseph Claj^baugh, son of Nancy Young Smith, was born August 12, 1859. Married Emma Shambrook July 17, 1889. Is a physician and druggist and lives in Salem, Oregon. Jane Craig, daughter of Alexander Young, was bor 1 July 6, 1819 ; was 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 was quiet and retiring in disposition, an earnest Christian and loved and honored by all who came under 48 her influence. She died Jul}', 1902, at the age of 83 years in the old home where the greater part of her life was lived. Until within 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 Alexander Young, was born May i, 1822. Married Bennett Braw- ner November 9, 1848. One daughter, Amanda, was born to them, after which they were divorced and Martha married Daniel Jayne on October 20, 1857. Two sons were born of this marriage, Robert and Andrew. Daniel Jayne enlisted in the Union Army in the ** sixties " and met death in battle in defense of his country. Martha Ann Young was thus left a widow with three children early in life, but like the brave woman she was she took up the task laid upon her and brought up her children to be an honor to herself and a credit to the famil}'' of 49 Young. She died at the home of her oldest son, Dr. Robert Jayne, in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, in 1901, at the age of 78 years. Amanda, daughter of Martha Ann Young Brawner, has been twice married, first to William Hayden. To them was born a daughter named Maud. Her second marriage w^as to Freeman Chesley, and to this marriage was born one son, James. Robert, son of Martha Ann Young Jayne, a practicing physician in Shedds, Oregon, married Sophie Junkin. To them was born a son, Harle. On the death of Sophie Junkin, Robert Jayne married Hattie . To them w^as born one son. Andrew, son of Martha Ann Young Jayne, is a lawyer by profession, and married Minnie Sperry. To them were born three sons. They reside in The Dalles, Oregon. John Davis, son of Alexander Young, was born Ma}^ 31, 1825. Married Maria Louisa Eye- stone, October 12, 1848, at the home of her 50 father, John Eyestone, in Washington County, Iowa. Upon land adjoining his father's farm he built a small log cabin, which after a few years was replaced with a frame house. In the winter of 1863 he sold this farm to his sister, Martha Jayne, and purchased 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 was sold and in September of that year the family emigrated to Missouri and pur- chased a farm one and a half miles northwest of Carthage, the county seat of Jasper County. To John Davis and Maria Eyestone Young were born nine children, eight in Iowa and one in Missouri : Laura Ann, Rufina Florence, Wil- liam Harvey, lyOuisa Irene, Mary Alice, Nancy Belle, Agnes I^avinia, Clara Jane, Edward Eyestone. Laura Ann, daughter of John Davis Young, was born November 5, 1849. Married May 6, 1876, Henry Beers Finney, M. D. To them was born a daughter, Grace Maria, on August 26, 1 88 1. Their home is in San Francisco, I yy^. 51 Rufina Florence, daughter of John ' Davis Young, was born N-m^embef-^r' 18 49 . Married Frank M. King November, 1877. To them was born a son, Herbert H. R., August 17, 1878. They live near Carthage, Mo. William Harvey, son of John Davis Young, was born April 25, 1854. Married Ella Hall August, 1893, in San Francisco, California. To them were born a daughter, Laura, and two sons, John Donald and Theodore William. They live in Santa Ana, California. Louisa Irene, daughter of John Davis Young, was born January 15, 1856. Married Wm. A. Roberts February 21, 1880. Two sons were born to them, Bruce, October 11, 1882, and Earle, March 25, 1886. They reside in San Francisco, California. Mary Alice, daughter of John Davis Young, was born January 22, 1858. Married William Carpenter February 21, 1880. To them were born two sons, Harold, January 28, 1883, and Malcolm, July 12, 1896, and a daughter, Edna, 52 May I, 1886. They live near FuUerton, California. Nancy Belle, daughter of John Davis Young, was born March 30, 1861. Married John S. Hoots September 3, 1884. To them were born five children : I,eona, April 2, 1887 ; Howard, November 19, 1890; Nina, June 28, 1892 ; Paul, November 9, 1895 ; 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. Married J. W. Fowler on January 18, 1893. To them were born four children, Ward, March 5, 1895; Helen, July 28, 1897; Ruth, December 3, 1899; Doris, April 9, 1902. Their home is in I^os Angeles, California. Clara Jane, daughter of John Davis Young, was born March 10, 1866. Married James Bradbeer May 15, 1902. Their home is in Los Angeles, California. 53 Edward Eyestone, son of John Davis Young, was born March ii, 1870, in Jasper County, Missouri. Is unmarried, an architect by profes- sion, and lives in San Francisco. The summer of 1S80 John Davis Young and family spent in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Here the wife and mother died October 6. Her remains were conveyed to Carthage, Mis- souri, and buried in the Reagan Cemetery. In August, i88r, the old home near Carthage, Missouri, was leased and the family lived in Jasper, eight mile^ distant. The following year the home was sold and a new one bought in Jasper. In 1885 this was 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 wife were charter members of the First Presbyterian Church in Carthage, Missouri, Rev. John Pinker- ton, pastor. He was also one of the first elders elected in that church. During the Civil War he was a member of the Home Guards, but was not called to active military service. At his own home in L,os Angeles, June 8, 1896, he passed to 54 his reward. He was in apparently good health when, toward sunset of that day he was watering his garden and the summons came — a stroke of apoplexy — and without an hour of sickness or suffering " he was not " for God took him. James, son of Alexander Young, was born February ii, 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 War. 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 Washington, Iowa, 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, Iowa Volun- teers, February 24, 1864, at Washington, Iowa. After a short stay in camp at Davenport, Iowa, he joined the regiment at Brownsville, Texas. Here his regiment was on guard of the Mexican frontier for six months, then was sent to New Orleans, and thence to Fort Morgan, 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 was Mobile, Alabama- On the 4th of July the recruits of the 19th Iowa Regiment were assigned to Company A., 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteers. In New Orleans, August 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 Washington on the 13th of August, went into camp at Keokuk, 56 Iowa ; Col. Crabb was in command of the regi- ment and his Captain was F. H. Stanton ; First Lieutenant, John S. Gray. His regiment was first ordered to St. Louis, Mo., then to Rolla and to Springfield to meet and oppose Price and Marmaduke. From Springfield they were ordered to Cassville and thence to Cross Hollows, here he was taken ill and was sent back to Springfield where he re- mained in the Campbell House Hospital for nearly two months. He re-joined his regiment January I, 1863, at Forsyth, Mo., and after three months the regiment was again sent to St. Louis. On May first of that year they were ordered to Vicksburg, Miss. " This, he says, was my first experience in battle," and with his regiment he was on the firing line till the surrender of that post. They wert then sent to Yazoo City and after a slight skirmish at that place, went to New Orleans. On the trip to New Orleans he became ill, and on his arrival entered the Marine Hospital, was afterward 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 was promoted to the rank of Ser- geant and was honorably discharged on July i8, 1865, reached home August 2, 1865, where he still lives. Mary Margaret, daughter of Alexander Young, was born iVpril 11, 1837. Married John Jayne, December 21, 1869. To them were born five children : Elmer, June 17, 1871 ; Edith, June 9, 1872 ; Flora Belle, January 16, 1875 ; Hueston, July II, 1877 ; Clarence, November 20, 1880. Mary Margaret Young Jayne died July 4, 1893, at her home in Washington County, 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 W. P. Ross, November i-j, 1900. She has two children and lives on a farm near Westchester, Iowa. Hueston and Clarence are unmarried and live with their father near Westchester, Iowa. IV. TOOBERT SMITH YOUNG, second son of James and Nancy Smith Young, was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, December 15, 1793. Married his cousin Jane Smith. To Robert and Jane Smith Young was born a daughter named Elizabeth. (If there were other children we 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 Martha Lena. Elizabeth Young Smith died some years ago and is buried in Portland, Oregon, where her husband and children still reside. Mary Young, daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young was born December 15, 1795, in Bourbon county, Kentucky. Married John Stew- art December 21, 181 9. 59 To Mary Young and John Stewart were born nine children : Margaret, Nancy, James, Re- becca, David, Elizabeth, Alexander, John Smith and William N. Margaret Stewart, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, was born July 5, 1821, and married John S. Stewart. Their children are : Mary E. , Robert N. and I^ena Jane, and Emma L. Nancy, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, was born November 2, 1822. Married James Meek. To Nancy Stewart and James Meek were bjrn four children : John Adam, Sarah E. , David Milton, and Samuel L. James Young, son of Mary Young Stewart, was born March 23, 1824. Married Barbara Smith. To them were born four children : Ger- trude, Samuel, John, Julia. Rebecca, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, was born January 6, 1826, is unmarried. 6o David, son of Mary Young Stewart, was born November 9, 1827. Unmarried. Elizabeth, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, was born March 3, 1829, is unmarried, and lives with her sister Rebecca above mentioned with their brother, William Stewart's wife and son on a farm adjoining the old homestead where as she says : " We can look right into the door and it seems very near to us. ' ' Alexander, son of Mary Young Stewart, was born March 14, 1832. Married Martha Dale. To them was born one son, John D. John Smith, son of Mary Young Stewart, was born November 2, 1833, was unmarried. William N., son of Mary Young Stewart, was born December 8, 1835. Married Mary Douglass. To them was born a son, Charles, also J. D. Stewart, only child now living. William N. Stewart served in the Union army throughout the war, enrolled on the 30th of September 1861, as Quartermaster Sergeant of 6i the 37th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. Was honorably discharged and returned to his home near New Salem, Indiana, where his wife and son, J. D., still reside. Ann, second daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young, was born November 5, 1797. Married James McCorkle. To them were born seven children : Hannah, Jane, John, James H., Robert, Rebecca Ann, and Nancy Margaret. We were unable to obtain further data concern- ing the family of Ann Young McCorkle. Rebecca, third daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young, was born October 9, 1799. Mar- ried William Norwood. To them were born two children : James Madison and Alexander Young. Rebecca Young and her husband, William Norw^ood, emigrated to Iowa and made a home in the suburbs of Washington where they lived 62 to a good old age. On the death of her husband Rebecca Young lived most of the remainder of her life with the famil}" of her son James M. Norwood. James Madison, son of Rebecca Young Nor- wood, was born April 2\, 1821, in Kentucky. Married Rebecca Ireland September 10, 1840. To them were born nine children : Nancy- Young, William C, William Samuel, Sarah Virginia, James Harvey, John Stewart, Rosa- belle Blanche, Albert Roswell, Louisa Ireland, James Madison Norwood died October 24, 1889. His wife lives with her daughter in Davenport; Iowa. Nancy Young, daughter of James Norwood, was born August 31, 1841. Died November 16, 1850. William C, son of James Norwood, was born May 29, 1845. Died September 29, 1845. William Samuel, son of James Norwood, was born August 15, 1847. Married Julia E. Blakely, April 15, 1875. To them were born four chil- 63 dren : Minetta Belle, February 23, 1876 ; died August 26, 1890. William, January ir, 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, 1874. To them were born two children: Blanche, May 21st, 1880, Walter, August 8, 1882. James Harvey, son of James Norwood, was born December 17, 1852. Married Josie L. Laughlin, April 18, 1878. To them were born two children : Helen, March 20, 1879 ; Chloe R. , September 8, 1884. John Stewart, son of James Norwood, was born March 18, 1856. Married Carrie Crawford March 28, 1884. To them were born three chil- dren : Faith, March 28, 1885, George C, July 27, 1888, Charlene, September 6, 1892. Rosabelle Blanche, daughter of James Nor- 64 wood, was born April 14, 1858, is unmarried and lives with her mother in Davenport, Iowa. Albert Roswell was born April 17, 1861. Died October 12, 1864. lyouisa Ireland, daughter of James Norwood, was born September 26, 1866. Married Jesse A. Winger April 15, 1886. To them were born four children : I^orena, January 18, 1887, Rich- ard, October 30, 1888, Frank, January 11, 1890, Faith, November 8, 1896. Of Nancy, fourth daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young, we have scant information. She was born September 7, 1801, and married first James Henry. To this marriage was born a daughter. On the death of James Henry, Nancy Young married David Stewart, and to her was born a son. We were unable to get the names of either of these children, or to learn if they are living. 65 Betsy, fifth daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young, was born June 1803. Married Arthur Butler ; no children. I^ived in Indiana. Sally, seventh daughter of James and Nancy Smith Young was born April 20, 1805. Married John McCorkle, To them were born three chil- dren, all now deceased. James Harvey, third son of James and Nancy Smith Young, was born April 24, 1807. Married Margaret Morrison Henry, September 9, 1830. Their home was at first in Fleming County, Kentucky, where their children, seven in num- ber were born : Elizabeth Jane, Nancy Ann, Mary Steele, Robert Simpson, James Henry, L,etitia Helen, Gilbert Gordon. James Harvey Young and family removed to Washington, Iowa, and in that town made their home. James Harvey Young died November 66 17, I §5 1, his wife Margaret Henry Young", reared their family in the home in Washington, and died there September 13, 1884. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Harvey Young, was born November 18, 1831. Married Allen Conger October 20, 1852, and their home was first in Washington. They emigrated to Kansas, where they spent a few years, then re- turned to Washington. Elizabeth inherited from her father's estate, the old homestead where the family now live. To them were born ten children : James Gilbert, Charles Fitch, Allen Alonzo, William Henry, Robert Ralph, Hueston, Elmer Ellsworth, Margaret Bessie, Julius Albert and Murray Howard. Allen Conger died May 6, 1899. James Gilbert, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born August 28, 1853, is unmarried and lives with his mother at the home in Washington. Charles Fitch, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born May 17, 1856. Married Deborah J. Garrett March 17, 1886. To them were born three children : Helen, June 25, 1887 ; Frank 67 July 13, 1889; Grace, October 26, 1891. Their home is in Keota, Iowa. Allen Alonzo, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born December 8, 1857, Married Mary Fulton Anderson, September 4, 1889. To them was born a daughter, Mabel, September 18, 1892. Their home is in Sacramento, Cal. William Henry, son of Elizabeth Young Con- ger, was born April 8, 1859. Married Mary Ellen McNamara, June 21, 1894. To them were born two children : Corrinne, September 25, 1897, who died May 2, 1898, a daughter, August, 1901, name not giv^en. Their home was in Chicago and there the two children were born. Robert Ralph, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born March 20, 1861, was unmarried and lived with his parents in Washington 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 3:, 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, 1864. Married and lives in the State of Washington. Margaret Bessie, daughter of Elizabeth Young Conger, was born January 26, 1867, is unmar- ried and lives in the family home, Washington, Iowa. Julius Albert was born December 24, 1869. Married Cora Williams, October 18, 1898. Murray Howard was born November 20, 1872. Married Cleta Malin, May 22, 1901. Nancy Ann, second daughter of James Harvey and Margaret Morrison Young, was born August I, 1834. Married Robert C. Anderson, October 17, 1855. They had no children. Lived near 69 Washington, Iowa. Nancy Ann Young Ander- son died October 7, 1895. Mary Steele, third daughter of James Harvey and Margaret Morrison Young was born April 26, 1836. Died June 20, 1837. Robert Simpson, son of James Harvey and Margaret Morrison Young was born October 22, 1838, was unmarried. He enlisted in the army in 1 861, in Washington, Iowa, in Company C, 8th Iowa Infantry Volunteers. Captain W. B. Bell, Col. Geddes. Rendevous Davenport, Iowa. Was first ordered to St. Louis, Mo., then to Sedalia, Mo., then to Springfield, Mo., to Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson and to Pittsburg Land- ing. Here he was taken prisoner and after some months died in prison at Macon, Georgia, Octo- ber 21, 1862. James Henry, second son of James Harvey and Margaret Morrison Young, was born May 9, 1 84 1. Married Nancy Elizabeth Laughead on November 27, 1867. Their home was in Washington for several 70 years, then they removed to Pasadena, California, where they now reside. James Henry enlisted August 15, 1862, at Washington, Iowa, in Company C, 19th Iowa Infantry, Captain F. H. Stanton, Col. B. Crabb. Went into camp at Keokuk, Iowa. His war itinerary was as follows : St. I^ouis, Mo.; Springfield, Missouri ; Wilson's Creek, Missouri ; Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove and Van Buren, Arkan- sas ; Rolla and St. Louis, Missouri ; Vicksburg and Yazoo City, Missouri ; Port Hudson, New Orleans and Morganzia, I^ouisiana; Battle ot Sterling Farm, I^ouisiana ; Brazos and Santiago and Brownsville, Texas ; New Orleans ; Pensa- cola, Florida ; Mobile, Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, Alabama. Battles engaged in were at Prairie Grove and Van Buren, Arkansas ; Siege of Vicksburg ; capture of Yazoo City; Battle of Sterling Farm, l/ouisiana, where almost his entire regiment was captured ; bombardment of Mobile and Fort Morgan, Alabama. Was frequently engaged in skirmishes which did not have the dignity in those times to be called battles. Was neither 71 wounded nor in prison during the service, but was sick much of the time during the last year of the war. Was honorably discharged at Mo- bile, Alabama, and reached his home. Washing- ton, Iowa, early in August, 1865. I ^ -.^"^m^jT-v ay ^ C^° jP'7% -^- ^ ^o^ * ° « °' ^^ '^ ' ^ ^v _ ^ •I ft > « ^. >* ^ <^ V .^^ <^ o « * O « 0^ . o V .V-^^' : SJ ^^ vV"^ *^ •^' .^^^: ^^ ^^-;^. 0- . ^ *<^' <>f ' t ..'•' ^^ h^ o_ ""^''•'■'-vKi:^* ' ^0 ^^i^;,: > V \' ^: .^ ^ -^> -4 A. ^^^^^* '^ <^ -^ °o K° ^° -n*-. ;#- ".^1?'%^. I ' • ^ o " o ^ -A o ,■!►' Ci7 V^ s • • * .^ 0- <#* :*^^ '^^. ^: s '^^ "^ .N o •^ ••> ^ o .'^ ^ I. 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