John Young 1833-1910

YOUNG, CARNEY, SAWYER, WARREN

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Date: 9/17/2017 at 09:59:24

John Young was born in the north of Ireland, county of Downs, in the year of 1833. His father died when the boy was about eight years of age.

At the early age of twelve of thirteen years, John came to America, returning in a year or two for his mother, for whom he provided a home at Akron, Ohio, where he worked in an oil mill and a saltpetre refinery.

On August 2, 1855, he married Miss Jane Carney of Cuyaloga Falls, Ohio. For nearly six years, they made their home in Akron, where three of their children were born, Samuel, Alexander and Thomas.

In 1861 the family came to Iowa, settling on a farm between Almoral and Greeley, where the other four children were born, Lida, Mary, Charles A. (deceased June 22, 1897) and John.

In June 1894, Mr. Young moved to Earlville, where the family has since made their home. While on the farm, Mr. Young united with the Methodist Episcopal church on the old Edgewood circuit.

November 5, 1887, he and his wife transferred their membership to the Almoral church and, thence, to the Earlville church, of which he continued to be a member to the day of his death.

Those, who survive him are his faithful wife and companion, four sons and two daughters; Samuel A. of Creighton, Nebr.; Alexander of Delhi township; Thomas of Bazile Mills, Nebr.; Mrs. Lida J. Sawyer of Howard, S.D.; Mary of Ft. Dodge and John of Council Bluffs; one brother, James Young of Newcastle, Pa. and one sister, Mrs. Anna Warren of Akron, Ohio.

The funeral was held from the M.E. church, Friday afternoon in charge of the pastor, Rev. R.M. Wyant, assisted by the Rev. John Klaus of Charles city. Pallbearers were the four sons, a nephew, Robert Young and a son-in-law, Richard Sawyer. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.--The Earlville Phoenix, Ia.
...The Creighton News 18 Jan 1910