John M. Young and K. Elizabeth Ritchey

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Husband John M. Young ¹

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           Born: 25 Jan 1849 - Titus Co., Texas
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           Died: 19 Nov 1893 - (Abbott, Hill Co., Texas)
         Buried:  - Liberty Grove Cemetery, McLennan Co., Texas

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         Father: David Young (Abt 1808-Bef 1870)
         Mother: Eliza (1813-1911) 1

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       Marriage: 8 Sep 1870 - Anderson Co., Texas 2

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   Other Spouse: Sarah A. Reese (1850-1870) - 26 Jun 1866 - Anderson Co., Texas 2

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Wife K. Elizabeth Ritchey ¹

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           Born: 1850 - Tennessee
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           Died: 1931
         Buried:  - Liberty Grove Cemetery, McLennan Co., Texas

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Children

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1 M Joseph H. Young

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           Born: Abt 1872 - Texas
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2 F Mary E. Young

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           Born: Abt 1875 - Texas
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3 F Nora L. Young

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           Born: Abt 1877 - Texas
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4 F Nancy C. Young

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           Born: Abt 1880 - Texas
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5 M Albert Lee Young ¹

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           Born: 20 Sep 1884
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           Died: 14 Oct 1884
         Buried:  - Liberty Grove Cemetery, McLennan Co., Texas

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General Notes: Husband - John M. Young

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CENSUS:

In 1870 he is living in Hill Co., Texas with his widowed mother. Presumably his wife has died. Their two children are not findable in the census.

<pre>1880 Hill Co., Texas, ED 70; June 30; pg 47
389/398
John M. Young 31 Tx Ky Ky Farmer
Elizabeth " wife 29 Tn Ky Tn Keeping House
Emma " dau 12 Tx Tx Tn At Home
Georgia A. " dau 10 Tx Tx Tn At Home
Joseph H. " son 8 Tx Tx Tn
Mary E. " dau 5 Tx Tx Tn
Nora L. " dau 3 Tx Tx Tn
Nancy C. " dau 5/12 Tx Tx Tn (Jan)
Eliza " mother 76 Ky At Home </pre>

His cousin William Young lives at 388/397.

OBITUARY:

"Obituaries Hill County, Texas 1886 -- 1900", page 114 (Hillsboro Public Library)

November 29, 1893 -- Obituary -- Sunday morning, November 19th, surrounded by his Family, and a number of friends, Bro. J. M. Young of Abbott, Texas, breathed his last on earth. He was born in Titus county, Texas, January 25, 1849, was converted and joined Pleasant Valley Baptist church in Anderson county, 1865; married to Miss Sarah A. Reese July 1, 1866, who died at the birth of their second child. Married again September 1870 to Miss K. P. Ritchie, who survives him with eight children to mourn their irreparable loss. He also leaves two orphan grand children, and his aged mother, who now survives all her children except one daughter, and who is now past 80 years of age. In his death the church suffers a great loss, the pastor is bereft of a warm personal friend. The entire community is bereaved in that one of the best citizens has been taken away. He was kind and affectionate in his family, upright discreet and generous as a citizen, and his death leaves a vacancy most difficult to fill. The strength of his manhood was spent in his Lord's service. His life was full of good works. He left us the pattern of man virtues. We mourn, but not as those without hope, for he died in the triumphs of living faith. "He is not dead but sleepeth and will wake again at the call of his viour [sic] and put on glorious immortality. There is no death [can't read the remainder].

1 McLennan County, Texas Cemetery Records, Central Texas Genealogical Society, 1965, Vol 1, pg 114. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 Frances T. Ingmire, Anderson County, Texas Marriage Records 1846-1875, 1985, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.