YOUNG, Joseph - 1890 Bio (1800-1880)

YOUNG, MOORE, JONES, WALL, PARKHILL

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/5/2007 at 21:07:27

Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa, Printed 1890 by Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago
Pages 249-250

Joseph YOUNG. The name of YOUNG is inseparably connected with thie history of Jefferson County, and Joseph and Mary (MOORE) YOUNG are numbered among its honored pioneers. It is with pleasure that we record their sketch in this volume, for they have been identified with the best interests of the city and county, have been witnesses of almost its entire growth and throughout the community are held in high regard.

Joseph YOUNG was born in Pennsylvania, November 29, 1800, and when a mere boy, lost his mother, whereupon the family was broken up and he went to live with an uncle. For many years he followed boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, but so dissolute were those engaged in that business that he decided to free himself from such associations. Having arrived at years of maturity in Brown County, Ohio, in 1828, he was united in marriage with Miss MOORE, a native of Pennsylvania, born November 3, 1807. In her girlhood she emigrated to Ohio with her parents, and remained in the Buckeye State until her marriage with Mr. YOUNG. Shortly afterward, the young couple removed to Johnson County, Ind., and made a good farm in the heavy beech woods. In 1852, they became residents of Jefferson County, Iowa, where they lived nine years, when failing health caused their return to their old home in Indiana. There the wife and mother died August 17, 1866, but Mr. YOUNG survived until April 3, 1880, when he was called to meet the loved one gone before. Both were active and earnest workers in the Presbyterian Church, and although their manner was free from all ostentation and display, they accomplished much good which certainly was not without result. Extremely conscientious, Mr. YOUNG never allowed an obligation to go unmet. Without political aspirations, he was a life-long Democrat.

Their union was blessed with a family of nine children, all of whom save Nancy J., the eldest, have married and have families. She and Mrs. I. D. JONES reside in Fairfield; William M. is Mayor of Blue Springs, Neb.; John N. resides in Keokuk County, Iowa; Mrs. C. A. JONES, and Mrs. Mary A. WALL, reside in Fairfield; Mrs. Samuel PARKHILL is living in Keokuk County; Jonathan is a farmer of Indiana; and Joseph W. is a farmer of Kansas.

Livy WALL, the deceased husband of Mrs. Mary A. WALL, was born in Brown County. Ohio, on the 31st of May, 1837. He traced his ancestry back to one of three brothers who emigrated from England to America during the early settlement of this country. The one from whom he is descended, acquired a tract of land, now in the heart of Baltimore, which rightfully belongs to his descendants, as it has never been transferred. From Maryland, Mr. WALL's immediate family found their way to Pennsylvania, thence to Ohio, and finally became residents of Vermillion County, Ill. In Johnson County, Ind., February 21, 1865, Livy WALL and Miss Mary A. YOUNG were joined in wedlock, at the home of the latter's parents. Mrs. WALL is a native of that county, and was born May 2, 1839. Upon their marriage, they removed to Vermillion County, Ill., where Mr. WALL successfully carried on farming and stock-raising. After a happy union of a little over two years, he was summoned to the better land. He died November 11, 1867, leaving a wife and one child, Ora L. M., who is a graduate of the Female College of Jacksonville, Ill. In politics, Mr. WALL was a supporter of the Democracy, and in religious faith he was a Presbyterian.

Four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. WALL came to Fairfield, Iowa, where she has made her home continuously since. Both she and Miss Ora are active members in the Presbyterian Church, and have a large circle of friends among the best citizens of the community.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.