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William Norton Young

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William Norton Young

Birth
Perry County, Alabama, USA
Death
28 Jun 1928 (aged 77)
Nolanville, Bell County, Texas, USA
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Nolanville, Bell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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My great great grandfather is the son of Jeptha Norton and Mary A. McNamee Young of South Carolina and Alabama. When Nort was 11 his father enlisted in the Confederate Army, March 5, 1862, Company C; 31st Mississippi Infantry, Army of Tennessee under Captain J. L. S. Hill, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi. He was killed at the Battle of Franklin, at Franklin, Tennessee Nov 30, 1864, when Nort was 14. There is no record of his mother remarrying, and she was living in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi per the 1880 census, which lists her as a widow.

Nort is the sixth great grandson of Peregrine White, who was born Nov 20, 1620 on the Mayflower in Provincetown Harbor, the first child born to the Pilgrims in the New World.

He married Henrietta Mary Ellen Tharp Young April 7, 1871 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi.

The following children were born in Houston, Chicksaw, Mississippi:
James Noah Young - great grandfather
William Love Young
Miles Ealon Young
Dollie Ann Young Yarbrough

The following children were born in Milam Co. Texas where they lived after about 1882:
Veldimer Jack Young
Jasper Claude Young
Katy Beulah "Kitty" Young Sheppard
Cordye Bell Young Ward
Vera Pearl "Texie" Young Bryant Herren
James Monroe Young
William Dewey Young.

Their child, Veldimer Jack Young, died at age 7 mo. in 1884.

Nort died at the age of 77 in Nolvanville, Bell Co., Texas.
My great great grandfather is the son of Jeptha Norton and Mary A. McNamee Young of South Carolina and Alabama. When Nort was 11 his father enlisted in the Confederate Army, March 5, 1862, Company C; 31st Mississippi Infantry, Army of Tennessee under Captain J. L. S. Hill, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi. He was killed at the Battle of Franklin, at Franklin, Tennessee Nov 30, 1864, when Nort was 14. There is no record of his mother remarrying, and she was living in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi per the 1880 census, which lists her as a widow.

Nort is the sixth great grandson of Peregrine White, who was born Nov 20, 1620 on the Mayflower in Provincetown Harbor, the first child born to the Pilgrims in the New World.

He married Henrietta Mary Ellen Tharp Young April 7, 1871 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi.

The following children were born in Houston, Chicksaw, Mississippi:
James Noah Young - great grandfather
William Love Young
Miles Ealon Young
Dollie Ann Young Yarbrough

The following children were born in Milam Co. Texas where they lived after about 1882:
Veldimer Jack Young
Jasper Claude Young
Katy Beulah "Kitty" Young Sheppard
Cordye Bell Young Ward
Vera Pearl "Texie" Young Bryant Herren
James Monroe Young
William Dewey Young.

Their child, Veldimer Jack Young, died at age 7 mo. in 1884.

Nort died at the age of 77 in Nolvanville, Bell Co., Texas.

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  • Created by: Ann
  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42412194/william_norton-young: accessed ), memorial page for William Norton Young (17 Nov 1850–28 Jun 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42412194, citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Nolanville, Bell County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 47184218).