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Rev James L Young

28 Aug 1790 – 16 Feb 1856

Birth	28 Aug 1790
Death	16 Feb 1856
Cemetery	Oakland Cemetery Ridgeway , Hopkins County , Texas , USA
Added by	Brandon Darrow on 22 Jun 2006
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14677470

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h/o Margaret Young

Bio

FamilySearch ID: LH7N-N2C The son of Henry and Solomea Sarah (Pfeiffer) Young of Maury Co, Tennessee James volunteered for the Spy Corp in the War of 1812. He enlisted at Ten Islands, Tennessee, 24 Sep 1813, serving in Capt. John Gordon's Company, Mounted Spies, Tennessee Militia, under the command of General Andrew Jackson. After serving primarily in Florida, James Young was honorably discharged at Huntsville, Alabama, 10 May 1814. On 23 Apr 1855, Rev. Young received 80 acres of land as bounty for services rendered in the War of 1812. In an article appearing in The Dallas News, James's son, Henry Fletcher Young, wrote that he came to Texas at the age of 13. Henry was born in 1833, making the year, 1846. U S Census data indicates that the James L Young family migrated to Texas from Montgomery Co, Illinois by way of Arkansas. The Young family appeared in the Hopkins Co, Texas 1850 census. (Additional information Courtesy of [email protected] )

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Family

Parents

• Henry Young 1761–1827 FaG
• Solomea Sarah "Sally" Pfeiffer Young 1768–1846 FaG

Spouse

• Margaret "Peggy" Jones Young 1797–1880

Siblings

• Dr Henry Young Jr 1800–1846 FaG
• Sarah Jane Young Whiteside 1802–1875 FaG
• Martha Ann Young Robb 1805–1888 FaG
• William Young 1810–1900 FaG
• Harriet Young Harder 1813–1893 FaG

Children

• Margaret Young Vawter 1818–1863
• Thomas Jefferson Young 1821–1887
• Elizabeth Jane Young Cox 1822–1902
• Sarah Clarissa "Clara" Young Russell 1825–1908
• James Jackson Young 1829–1861
• William Wesley Young 1831–1890
• Rev Henry Fletcher Young 1833–1913
• Dorinda Emily Young McIntire 1841–1927

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