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Col Henry Washington Younger

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Col Henry Washington Younger

Birth
Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Death
20 Jul 1862 (aged 52)
Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri, USA
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"Henry Washington Younger", was one of Cass Co, Missouri's largest land owners and owned a livery and dry goods store in Harrisonville, as well as a federal mail contract in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. He was a loyal Union Colonel who was killed by Federal Captain Irvin Walley of the 5th Missouri State Militia Calvary in Westport, Missouri on the 20th of July 1862.

Henry Was the eldest son of Colonel Charles Lee Younger and Sarah Sullivan Purcell. He was born on the 22nd of Feb 1810. Married to Bursheba Leighton Fristoe in 1830 and together they had 14 children with 13 maturing into adulthood. He loved his family and was a true believer in a higher education.

The assassination of Henry Washington Younger would forever change the course of American history, the frontier of the wild west and many families; Including his own.

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"Henry Washington Younger", was one of Cass Co, Missouri's largest land owners and owned a livery and dry goods store in Harrisonville, as well as a federal mail contract in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. He was a loyal Union Colonel who was killed by Federal Captain Irvin Walley of the 5th Missouri State Militia Calvary in Westport, Missouri on the 20th of July 1862.

Henry Was the eldest son of Colonel Charles Lee Younger and Sarah Sullivan Purcell. He was born on the 22nd of Feb 1810. Married to Bursheba Leighton Fristoe in 1830 and together they had 14 children with 13 maturing into adulthood. He loved his family and was a true believer in a higher education.

The assassination of Henry Washington Younger would forever change the course of American history, the frontier of the wild west and many families; Including his own.

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Bio by: Tom DeNardo

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