YOUNG FAMILY

Decatur County, Iowa
 
Contribution by Sharon R. Becker, October & November, 2013
 
The John Landis Young Family
The Jung Brothers

The YOUNG family, according to oral legend handed down from one generation to the next, originated with four brothers who came to America from Germany. The manifest of the ship Ann shows that 99 families boarded her on June 29th of 1780 and set sail from Germany with ship master John Spurrier guiding her through the waters on a long journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The “Ann” docked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 2nd of 1750. Among her passengers were four brothers from Lizelinden in Weilbourg, Germany:

   Adam JUNG Andreas JUNG, Sr. Johann JUNG Henrick JUNG

The JUNG (later Americanized to YOUNG) brothers were descended from Antione LeJEUNE of Germany who was born circa 1650. His son Johannes JUNG (1670-1743) married Anna Elizabeth MENGES (1673-1756) and resided in Hessen-Litzelinden, Germany.

Johannes and Anna Elizabeth (MENGES) JUNG’S third child and oldest son was born in December of 1696, Hessen-Litzelinden, Germany. The couple named him George Andreas. George married Anna Maria CLOSS. Anna was born February 11, 1969 in Hessen-Litzelinden. Among their children were four sons; Adam, Andreas, Johann, and Henrick, the four brothers who came to America aboard the Ann.

The JUNG family was members of the Dutch Reformed Church. It is quite possible that their sons left Germany due to religious persecution. Or, perhaps their sons left Germany to avoid being drafted into the army and serve during one of the many civil wars that occurred in Germany during this time. In the 1750’s there was a mass migration of Palatinate immigrants into the lands of North Carolina. Johann JUNG (John YOUNG) was among those settlers.

Of the four brothers, the YOUNG family of Decatur County, Iowa descended from Johann JUNG (John YOUNG), son of George Andreas JUNG (1696-1741) and Anna Maria CLOSS (1696-1763). Johann was born in 1740, Weilburg, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. From Halifax, Nova Scotia, Johann went to Pennsylvania where he married ca. 1758 to Anna Barbara SCHNIEDER (1741-1789). Johann died in 1789, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Anna, who was born in Concord, North Carolina, died there in 1758.

Jacob and Rachel (Goodnight) Young

Johann and Anna Barbara's third child, Jacob YOUNG (often referred to as Jacob YOUNG, Jr.) was born ca. 1764, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Jacob and his older brother, Andrew S. YOUNG, served eight or nine months prior to the Battle of Eutaw Springs during the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Eutaw Springs occurred in September of 1781.

In December of 1792, Jacob married Rachel GOODNIGHT.

Jacob's brothers Andrew S. and Martin sold their land in North Carolina and moved to Kentucky sometime between 1796 and 1798. The remainder of the YOUNG and the GOODNIGHT families soon followed. Jacob and Rachel settled in Shelby County, Kentucky.

Jacob YOUNG served again with the Kentucky Militia in Penn's Company in 1815.

Rachel GOODNIGHT, the daughter of Hans "Michael" GOODNIGHT (1721, Germany - 1781, Kentucky) and Mary (LANDIS) GOODNIGHT (1725, Germany - 1761, Virginia), was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on April 15, 1771. She died in Shelbyville, Kentucky on November 22, 1828.

Jacob YOUNG married second to Catherine (?) and moved to Jackson County, Indiana, where he died on August 24, 1836. He was interred at Waskom Cemetery, Tampico, Jackson County, Indiana.

Of note: Solomon YOUNG (1815-1892), Jacob and Rachel's twelfth of thirteen children, married Harriet Louisa GREGG (1818-1909). They went west to Missouri. Their eighth child, daughter Martha Ellen. married John Anderson TRUMAN on December 18, 1881. Mary Ellen and John Anderson named their first born child Harry S who grew up to become the thirty-third President of the United States.

John Landis and Judah (Goldsmith) Young

John Landis YOUNG, Jacob and Rachel's third child, was born in Mercer County, Kentucky on April 8, 1795. In September of 1814, John Landis served for six months, from November 10, 1814 to May 10, 1815. He served first as a Corporal in Captain Joseph Funk's Company of Infantry, 13th Regiment, Kentucky Detached Militia. At this time the War Department permitted General Andrew JACKSON to draw upon Kentucky for reinforcements in the defense of New Orleans. On January 4, 1814, the Kentuckians began to arrive on flatboats. They were ill-clothed and poorly fed. Most of them didn't have weapons.

Upon being informed as to the condition of the Kentucky reinforcements, General Andrew Jackson remarked, "I don't believe it. I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian without a gun, a pack of cards and a jug of whiskey."

The people of New Orleans quickly supplied rifles, clothing and food to the Kentuckians.

John Landis was wounded in the left leg just above his knee during the Battle of New Orleans. This was the final battle in the War of 1812.

John Landis was discharged from service at Middleton, Jefferson County, Kentucky, not far from his father's farm on Long Run Creek in Shelby County.

John Landis YOUNG married on December 25, 1817 Judah GOLDSMITH in Shelby County, Kentucky. Judah was born on January 25, 1800, the daughter of Vincent GOLDSMITH (1772-1816) and his second wife Elizabeth (CLARK) GOLDSMITH (1776-1850). (Some family records and histories have recorded Judah's name as "Judith" or "Julia.")

In the Spring of 1830, John and Judah, along with their children Matilda, Jacob, Hulda and John, moved to Jackson County, Indiana. [Apparently their son Michael had died before they went to Indiana.] They settled in Grassy Fork Township, about 3 miles north of the Muscatatuck River. Here the last seven of John Landis and Judah's children were born: William Hamilton, Henry Harrison, Judah, Allen, Sarah, Eliza Ann, and Andrew Jackson. Two of the children, Allen and Sarah, died and were probably buried in the Waskom Cemetery.

John and Judah, along with John's brother, William Harrison YOUNG, were among those who organized the Freedom Missionary Baptist Church in 1838. William Harrison YOUNG became an ordained minister and served the church for many years.

In 1852, John Landis packed the family's possession into a wagon, hitched up a team of oxen and moved the family West. They arrived in Decatur City on June 7th, then the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa. Here they found found “only one house in the city and that was a log house and was not finished, not even doors or windows in it, and only one man inhabited the town, which was James BRITTON, the County Surveyor. He had what they called a ‘wecky up’ to live in, with a large box filled with hay for a bed. He also used his saddle for a pillow and blanket for cover.”

During the summer John Landis erected a cabin, the family's residence for several years.

John Landis eventually acquired 525 acres of government land in Sections 22 and 33 of Richland Township. In 1860, he deeded a plot of ground to the public for the purpose of establishing a cemetery - the Young Cemetery located east of present-day Grand River.

In 1869, John Landis and Judah were living by themselves after their youngest son, Andrew Jackson, married in 1869. During their declining years, they resided with their son Harrison and his family.

John Landis YOUNG died at the age of 86 years on January 15, 1882. Judah followed less than two years later on December 4, 1883 at the age of 83. John Landis and Judah were interred at the Young Cemetery.

The Goldsmith Family

John GOLDSMITH grew up on his father’s plantation in Hanover County, Virginia. In November of 1762, he served as a juror in Augusta County, prior to moving to Stafford County. He appears in the Tax List for Stafford County, Virginia, the owner of seven slaves, three horses, and five head of cattle. He was summoned to court on June 14, 1790 to answer to a charge of “attainment” brought against him by Peter HANSBROUGH. On June 15th, the charges were dropped due to Mr. HANSBROUGH’S non-appearance in court. John GOLDSMITH married Martha POWELL, the daughter of Charles & Elizabeth (?) POWELL on January 19, 1756, Stafford County, Virginia. The couple had three known sons, John Rolland GOLDSMITH, Sr., Vincent GOLDSMITH, and Samuel GOLDSMITH.

John Rolland GOLDSMITH, Sr. married 1st in 1776 to Jane POWELL. They became the parents of six children. A bricklayer by trade, John Rolland enlisted in the militia in February of 1776, serving two years in the 9th Virginia Regiment under Col. MATTHEWS during the American Revolutionary War. He was a participant at the Battle of Valley Forge where a great number of his regiment “The Tall Virginians” were taken prisoner. Along with the rest of the men in his regiment, John suffered from cold, hunger, and sickness, forcing him to be hospitalized occasionally. He was discharged from the service on October 25th, 1789, suffering from black-water fever. After the War, John Rolland moved his family to Burke County, North Carolina where he raised his family. After the year 1800, John Rolland, his family, and the SUTHERLAND family crossed over into the newly formed State of Kentucky, settling in Casey County. By the year 1820, John Rolland was residing in the town of Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky near two of his sons, Samuel and John Jr. His brother Samuel was farming nearby. John Rolland GOLDSMITH died in Bullitt County, Kentucky on October 30, 1825, leaving behind his widow Jane.

Vincent GOLDSMITH was born April 10, 1772, Stafford County, Virginia. He, along with his brother Samuel, moved to the new State of Kentucky several years before John Rolland joined them. Vincent married Elizabeth CLARK. Eventually Vincent moved his family to Fulton County, Illinois. Vincent died February, 26, 1853 in Fulton County. Elizabeth was born December 26, 1776 in Pennsylvania. She died April 3, 1850 in Fulton County, Illinois. The couple had two known children: Nicholas GOLDSMITH and Judah GOLDSMITH who married John Landis YOUNG. Vincent died in 1816, Washington County, Kentucky.

Samuel GOLDSMITH was born in the year 1760, Stafford County, Virginia. He served in the American Revolutionary War from 1781 to 1782 with Captain Thomas STOCKLEY’S Rangers from Old Yohogania County, Virginia. In 1782, Samuel was among the signers of a petition that objected to the State of Pennsylvania taking control of the region. He continued to serve in the militia until he moved to Nelson County, KentucK y in 1786, settling in the Salt River region. During 1786 and 1787, Samuel joined forces with other settlers, fighting against the Indians. Samuel married 1st Nancy BOWLING (1765-1794). No children were recorded for this marriage. Samuel married second to Elizabeth CASE on November 15, in 1796, Nelson County, Kentucky. Samuel was a charter member of Barker Lodge, Hardin County, Kentucky.

Samuel and Elizabeth (CASE) GOLDSMITH had ten children: John, Nancy, William, James, Rachel, Reuben, Daniel, Thomas, and Jesse. Elizabeth was born 1779, Kentucky and died in 1822. Some family genealogies state that Judah GOLDSMITH was Samuel & Elizabeth’s child.

According to the YOUNG family Bible, John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG were the parents of twelve children:
1) Matilda (Young) and Duncan Cameron

Matilda YOUNG was the first-born child of John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. She was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on March 3, 1821. Matilda and Duncan CAMERON (born ca. 1825, Indiana) were married in Jackson County, Indiana on January 20, 1840.

Duncan and Matilda (YOUNG) CAMERON resided near her parents in Grassy Fork Township of Jackson County, Indiana where Duncan farmed. They moved to Decatur County, Iowa along with her parents. 14-year-old Hetty YOUNG, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (?) YOUNG and Matilda’s father’s half-sister, resided with the CAMERONS. Although Matilda and Duncan did not have children of their own, they raised Emeline MOREN, daughter of George and Sarah MOREN. George was a boot and shoemaker of Jackson County, Indiana.
2) Jacob W. YOUNG was the second-born child of John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on January 5, 1823. Jacob was a veteran of the Mexican War.

Jacob married 1st on December 25, 1848, Jackson County, Indiana, to Amanda A. HUTCHINSON. They were the parents of four children.
Amanda A. (HUTCHINSON) YOUNG died circa 1854, Jackson County, Indiana.

Jacob married 2nd circa 1855, Jackson County, Indiana, Mary Jane _____. Mary Jane was born in Ohio in 1824. Jacob and Mary Jane were the parents of four children.

Jacob W. YOUNG died January 24, 1872 and was interred at Young Cemetery, Decatur County, Iowa.

Mary Jane YOUNG died on February 21, 1886, and was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery near Grand River IA.
3) Michael YOUNG, born July 10, 1825, Shelby Co. KY; died 1830, Shelby Co. KY
4) Hulda Goldsmith (Young) and Joseph Brown Jr.

Hulda or Huldah Goldsmith YOUNG was the fourth child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. She was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on June 16, 1827. She married on August 24, 1848/49 Joseph BROWN, Jr., Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, Indiana.

The son of Joseph BROWN Sr. (1785-1844) and Elizabeth (McCONNELL) BROWN (1789-1850), Joseph was born in Grassy Fork Twp., Jackson County, Indiana on February 8, 1824. Joseph's brother Isaiah married Hulda's younger sister Eliza.

Hulda Goldsmith (YOUNG) BROWN died on May 10, 1900, Grand River IA. Joseph BROWN Jr. died on May 10, 1906, Richland Township, Decatur County, Iowa. They were interred at the Young Cemetery east of Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa.
5) John Dale and Catherine (Warrick) Young Family

John Dale YOUNG was the fifth child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, on October 29, 1829. He was not yet one-year-old when his parents moved to Indiana. John D. was still living with he parents and helping on the farm when the family removed to Decatur County, Iowa in 1852.

Shortly after arriving in Iowa, John met Catherine WARRICK, and they were married in 1853.

Catherine was the daughter of Robert WARRICK (1809-1865) and Martha (HATFIELD) WARRICK (1812-1903).

John D. built a cabin on his father’s farm in Section 22 of Richland Township [Decatur County, Iowa]. His brother “Ham” [YOUNG who had been blind since age 12] lived with them in the late 1850’s and assisted John D. in clearing and improving his land.

It was noted in the 1860 Census that neither John Dale nor his wife Catherine (WARRICK) could read or write, a common occurrence during that time.

John Dale YOUNG, like most of the YOUNGS, possessed a good sense of humor and could provoke a laugh, even under adverse circumstances. He helped his blind brother Hamilton with his family and was remembered by some stories passed down by his nephew, Coleman YOUNG.

Coleman YOUNG told of an incident when he was young and John D. was in his middle years. They were cutting wood along the river bottom and were leaving to return to the house when one of them spied a hornet’s nest in a nearby tree. John D. told Coleman to drive the team and wagon down the road out of the range of the hornets, and he would knock the nest from the tree. When they were a safe distance away, John D. picked up a stick of wood to throw at the nest. Just as he drew back the stick, a hornet stung him between the eyes. He let out a warning at the top of his lungs, “Run for yur life! I’ve been stung blind as a bat!”

Another story passed down about John D. YOUNG occurred when he was well advanced in years. John D. lived on one side of the river and the town of Grand River was on the other. The shortest distance from his house to town was by way of the railroad bridge across the river. John would walk across the railroad bridge and trestle to go to town. Coleman YOUNG would continually warn him of the danger involved in case a train should come along while he was on the trestle. His salty reply was always, “If they should bring harm to me, I will have those abominable trainment prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

After the death of Catherine (WARRICK) YOUNG in 1875 at the age of thirty-six, William H. “Bill” YOUNG and his wife Nervesta lived with John D. Nervesta took over the household duties and assisted in the rearing of the two youngest children, George and Henry. John Dale YOUNG continued to live with Bill and Nervesta until his death on November 12, 1909 at the age of seventy-nine. He was buried in Warrick Cemetery, north of Grand River, beside Catherine. Two of their children, Robert who died 13 Sep 1860 at the age of one, and Martha J. who died 27 December 1864, are also buried in the Warrick Cemetery.

John Dale and Catherine were the parents of six children.
6) William Hamilton "Ham" Young Family

William Hamilton "Ham" YOUNG was the sixth child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. He was born in Jackson County, Indiana, on November 20, 1831. When Ham was twelve-years-old, he was stricken with palsy. The physicians who attended to him accidentally give him an overdose of strychnine, a common remedy of the time. Although the dosage proved to be nearly fatal, Ham began to get better and his health was restored. However he was blinded from the incident.

Ham went to the school for the blind in Indianapolis. During the eight months he was a student there he learned to read and was taught a trade, basket and broom making.

The YOUNG family came to Iowa in the Spring of 1852. They traveled in a wagon drawn by oxen, arriving in Decatur City on the 7th of June. The family moved about ten miles south of Decatur City, staying in what was then known as the "Miller Settlement" while John Landis looked the situation over. He purchased claims in Richland Township which would become the YOUNG homestead.

At the age of twenty-six years, Ham left the parental home to reside with his brother John Dale YOUNG. He helped clear his brother's land then began raising broom corn to make brooms. He sold his brooms all over Decatur County at the price of $3.00 per dozen.

Ham married Nancy M. COMSTOCK in 1859. Although he was blind, Ham raised livestock, farmed and made brooms. His efforts resulted in successfully raising a family of five children and offering them a common school education.

Nancy COMSTOCK was born in 1829, Kentucky, the daughter of Coleman COMSTOCK (1794-1844) and Lydia "Liddy" (BUSH) COMSTOCK (1799-1855). After Coleman died in Dudleytown, Jackson County, Indiana, Libby and her six children moved first to Missouri, then to Decatur County, Iowa, where she ran a farm with the help of her children.

Nancy (COMSTOCK) YOUNG died in 1883 and was interred at the Young Cemetery.

Ham and the children prospered, despite the loss of the mother, until his youngest daughter married in 1892. B. J. LADD was hired to reside with the family and help manage the farm work. In later years, Ham's granddaughters, Coleman's children, would escort him to town on Saturday morning to sell his brooms. They were richly rewarded with horehound and peppermint stick candy.

On October 2, 1884 Ham married Eliza J. EDWARDS. Eliza J. (DOWDEN) EDWARDS YOUNG was born in Indiana in April of 1834. She was the widow of Abel EDWARDS (1819 - 1891). Eliza smoked a corncob pipe. Ham's children and grandchildren were always eager to hlep her light her pipe using a coal from the fire.

Ham continued to make 15 brooms a day, all by hand, and guaranteed them to be as good as any other brooms on the market.

Ham accomplished quite a bit for a blind man, including digging wells and cutting wood. He wore a finger stall to keep his reading finger soft. (Ham's great-grandson Ralph J. YOUNG inherited his Braille Bible.)

Ham died on March 28, 1920 and was interred in the Young Cemetery east of Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa.

William Hamilton "Ham" and Nancy (COMSTOCK) YOUNG were the parents of five children.
7) Henry "Harrison" Young Family

Henry "Harrison" YOUNG was the seventh child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. He was born in Jackson County, Indiana, on February 20, 1834.

The YOUNG family came to Iowa in the Spring of 1852. They traveled in a wagon drawn by oxen, arriving in Decatur City on the 7th of June. The family moved about ten miles south of Decatur City, staying in what was then known as the "Miller Settlement" while John Landis looked the situation over. He purchased claims in Richland Township which would become the YOUNG homestead.

Harrison was residing with his parents and working on the family farm when the Civil War broke up. As his father and paternal grandfather before him, Harrison enlisted as a Private on August 15, 1862 and was mustered into service with Company I of the 34th Iowa Infantry Volunteers out of Burlington, Iowa. [NOTE: Some records state he was assigned to Co. B, 23rd Iowa Infantry.]

Harrison and his regiment were assigned to garrison duty along the Mississippi River but saw action at the Battle of Arkansas Post, the Siege of Vicksburg, and during the Red River Campaign. Although the 34th suffered light casualties among its ranks, living conditions brought on illness and disease claiming as many as 246 soldiers. The 34th was mustered out of service on August 15, 1865. Harrison returned to the farm in Iowa however illness and a war injury plagued him causing ill health for the duration of his life.

On September 5, 1866, Harrison married Elizabeth McCONNELL in Decatur County, Iowa. Elizabeth, born April 8, 1847 at Terre Haute, Indiana, was the daughter of John Timberman McCONNELL (1836-1912) & Malinda Ann (MILSTEAD) McCONNELL (1835-1912). Like the YOUNG family, the McCONNELLS migrated to Decatur County, Iowa from Jackson County, Indiana. John and Malinda McCONNELL were interred at the Young Cemetery located near Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa.

By 1880, Harrison’s parents John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG were in their 80’s and residing with Harrison’s family.

Harrison applied for his Civil War Veteran’s pension in 1884. In his application papers, Harrison stated that after the Battle of Arkansas Post in January of 1863, he was ordered to assist in transporting prisoners to Chicago. Enroute, Harrison became ill with typhoid fever which affected his eyes and developed into a chronic condition of which caused him a great deal of pain. During the month of February, 1864, he fell into a pit surrounding a breastwork that the regiment was digging at Matagonda Island. Harrison fell on his left side and broke one of his ribs. This injury healed but a large knot remained and caused him considerable pain. Additionally, the wet swampy conditions of the regiment’s camp at Kennesville near New Orleans brought on rheumatism which prevented him from carrying on his work as a farmer as he aged. Harrison’s pension was granted.

In August of 1890, Harrison suffered from a reoccurrence of typhoid fever. Complications set in from rheumatism and the war injury to his left chest. He died at the age of 57 years and 6 months on September 1, 1890. Harrison was interred at the Young Cemetery located near Grand River, Iowa.

Harrison died on September 1, 1890 and was interred in the Young Cemetery east of Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa.

Elizabeth died on February 24, 1910 and was interred beside her husband, Harrison, at the Young Cemetery.

Harrison and Elizabeth were the parents of eleven children.
8) Juda (Young) and Rev. Alexander Burrell Hanner Family

Juda YOUNG was the eighth child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. She was born in Jackson County, Indiana, on March 20, 1835. Her name has been spelled "Judah" or "Judy."

The YOUNG family came to Iowa in the Spring of 1852. They traveled in a wagon drawn by oxen, arriving in Decatur City on the 7th of June. The family moved about ten miles south of Decatur City, staying in what was then known as the "Miller Settlement" while John Landis looked the situation over. He purchased claims in Richland Township which would become the YOUNG homestead.

On August 15, 1852 in Decatur County, Iowa, Juda married Rev. Alexander Burrell HANNER.

Reverend Alexander Burrell HANNER was born on November 23, 1831, Jackson County, Indiana, the son of John W. HANNER (1794-1838) and Rebecca (BURRELL) HANNER (1794-1853). John died from fever near Bloomington, Indiana when the family was enroute to Iowa. The tragedy forced the HANNER family to turn around and return to back to Jackson County. In 1848 the HANNER family successfully made the journey to Iowa in 1848, first locating in Lee County. In the fall of 1849 the HANNER family completed their journey to Decatur County.

Rev. HANNER died on May 18, 1897 at Stuart, Iowa. Juda died on February 16, 1918, Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa. She was interred beside her husband at Oak Grove Cemetery, Stuart, Iowa.

Juda and Alexander were the parents of eleven children.
9) Allen YOUNG, born April 24, 1838, Jackson Co. IN; died before 1840, Jackson Co. IN

10) Sarah YOUNG, born April 14, 1840, Jackson Co. IN; died 1840, Jackson Co. IN
11) Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" (Young) and Henry "Harrison" Brown Family

Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" YOUNG was the eleventh child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. She was born in Grassy Fork Township of Jackson County, Indiana, on April 14, 1843.

The YOUNG family came to Iowa in the Spring of 1852. They traveled in a wagon drawn by oxen, arriving in Decatur City on the 7th of June. The family moved about ten miles south of Decatur City, staying in what was then known as the "Miller Settlement" while John Landis looked the situation over. He purchased claims in Richland Township which would become the YOUNG homestead.

In June of 1864 Eliza married Henry "Harrison" BROWN.

Harrison was born in Jackson County, Indiana, on December 29, 1839. He was the son of Isaiah BROWN (1811-1894) and Gartry (BRAMMER) BROWN (1816-1887). The BROWN family came to Decatur County, Iowa in 1857.

Eliza died on November 11, 1864, Richland Township of Decatur County, Iowa. She was interred at the Young Cemetery east of Grand River, Iowa.

Harrison remarried on July 15, 1866 to Martha Helen HULKILL. Martha was born in Logan County, Ohio, on December 13, 1843, the daughter of Hiram HUKILL (1799-1884) and Eliza Ann Campbell (HEMPHILL) HULKILL (1817-1890). Harrison and Martha were the parents of eleven children.

Martha died on December 3, 1895, and was interred at the Young Cemetery.

Harrison died on December 31, 1911 near Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa. He was interred at the Young Cemetery east of Grand River, Iowa.

Eliza and Harrison were the parents of three children.
12) Andrew Jackson Young Family

Andrew Jackson "Jack" Young was the twelfth and youngest child born to John Landis and Judah (GOLDSMITH) YOUNG. He was born in Jackson County, Indiana, on February 13, 1846.

The YOUNG family came to Iowa in the Spring of 1852. They traveled in a wagon drawn by oxen, arriving in Decatur City on the 7th of June. The family moved about ten miles south of Decatur City, staying in what was then known as the "Miller Settlement" while John Landis looked the situation over. He purchased claims in Richland Township which would become the YOUNG homestead.

Andrew married Rachel Jane WILSON on November 19, 1869, Decatur County, Iowa. Rachel was born in April of 1950.

According to family legend, Andrew Jackson “Jack” YOUNG liked to visit his relatives and children in his old age. Often, he would tell Rachel that he was “going over the hill,” and would be gone for as long as a month, spending the time with his children or other relatives.

Rachel often finished her day with a smoke from her corncob pipe.

Rachel died on November 19, 1926, Decatur County, Iowa. Andrew died on December 20, 1929 near Grand River. They were interred at the Young Cemetery located east of Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa.
Back L-R: Catherine (Harvey), Nina Muriel (McDowell), Erma Deane (Brammer), George Curtis Young (my great grandfather), Margaret Mae (Goucher) Young (my great grandmother), Clifford;

Front row L-R: Edna Doreen (Fry), Cecil, seated Rachel Jane (Wilson) Young (my great great grandmother), Margaret Georgia (Stark), seated Andrew Jackson Young (my great great grandfather, son of John Landis Young).

~ Stacey McDowell Dietiker

Andrew and Rachel were the parents of nine children.
 
SOURCES:
Decatur Co. IA Cemetery transcriptions; genealogical records of Norma G. (FOLAND) BECKER; Contributions by Stacey McDowell Dietiker
DAVIS, Elsie (SPRY). Descendants of Jacob YOUNG of Shelby County Kentucky, including President Harry S. TRUMAN. Coronado, CA. 1980.
Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981. 1981.

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