Zadie was the daughter of Civil War veteran Samuel Nicholas Sturgeon and Mary Ellen Allen, who married three years after the war on 8 or 9 Jan 1868 in Jay Co., Indiana. Samuel served with Co. I of the 147th Indiana Infantry between 28 Feb 1865 – 4 Aug 1865, mustering out as a sergeant.
I found six children for Samuel and Mary, but they may have been others. The six that I found were Kenzadie “Zadie” Dell (18 Sep 1868 – 23 Aug 1947, m. John Everett Young); James Ebenezer (11 Apr 1870 – 26 Apr 1931, m. Cora A. Starr); Esther M. (ca. 1873 – bef. 1941); Peter Radabaugh (2 Feb 1875 – 7 May 1955, m. Daisy Kline); John Nicholas (7 May 1878 – 6 Jan 1930, m. Ida Maria Young); and Samuel O. (Nov 1879 – 18 Sep 1941).
The 1870 Census got a snapshot of the family living in Wayne Twp., Jay Co., Indiana. Samuel Sturgeon, 27, was earning a living as a farmer. Mary, 24, was tending to the household and the care of their two young children—Kenzadie, 1, and 1-month-old James.
After Peter’s birth in 1875, Samuel, Mary and the four children pulled up stakes and moved to Kansas.
They acquired land in Rainbow, Kansas by early 1877. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 9 Feb 1877 p. 3) “Emma J. Hamlin and husband to Sam’l N. Sturgeon 40 acres in Fall River. $200.” (Fri 18 May 1877 p. 3) “S.N. Sturgeon, the gentleman from Indiana who bought eighty acres of land on Rainbow, has seeded every foot of cultivated soil on the place and gone to work in earnest. He seems to be a man of industry, and we doubt not will soon transform his farm into one of the best in that locality.”
It seems land went back and forth for a bit. (The Fredonia Tribune – Thu 3 Oct 1878 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon and Mrs. Hendry have traded farms. –S.N. Sturgeon’s father, of Jay county, Ind., is out visiting him.” (Thu 10 Oct 1878 p. 3) “Elizabeth Hendry to Samuel N. Sturgeon 240 acres in Fall River; $1600. Sam’l N. Sturgeon and wife to Elizabeth Hendry, 80 acres in Fall River; $1600.”
And friends were lured to Kansas. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 28 Mar 1879 p. 3) “—One of S.N. Sturgeon’s old friends has arrived from Indiana, bought land and will stay.”
Samuel quickly integrated himself into the community. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – 11 Apr 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—A Sunday school has been organized at Green Valley. S.N. Sturgeon is superintendent.
If Samuel had lived in a big city, I’m pretty sure this next item wouldn’t have made the local newspaper. (Wilson County Citizen – 16 May 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—S.N. Sturgeon has moved his house a few rods up the hill and put up a large dinner bell.”
In November of 1879, there was another addition to the Sturgeon family. (Wilson County Citizen – 8 Aug 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS. S.N. Sturgeon is happy. Its’ a boy.” The “boy” in question was son Samuel Jr.
Soon after Samuel’s birth, the family lost wife and mother Mary Sturgeon, I think in December of 1879 (and may have been laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wilson County.) The family appeared without her on the 1880 Census, living in Fall River, Wilson Co., Kansas. Samuel Sturgeon, 37, was again noted as a farmer. The “lady of the house” was 68-year-old Esther Sturgeon, Samuel’s mother. She would have had her hands full looking after her six grandchildren—Kenzadie, 11, Ebenezer (aka James), 9, Esther, 7, Peter, 5, John 3, and 1-year-old Samuel.
After losing his helpmate and companion, Kansas no longer held the same attraction for Samuel. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – Fri 8 Oct 1880 p. 3) “Rainbow Items. –S.N. Sturgeon says he feels much relieved since he released the mortgage on his farm.” And it didn’t help matters when Zadie’s grandmother Esther died later that year, leaving Samuel with no family to take care of the six children. (Nov 1880) “—Old Mrs. Sturgeon died quite suddenly and was sent back to Indiana for burial.”
Samuel and the children would also head to Jay Co., Indiana. (Wilson County Citizen – Nov 188) “—Samuel Sturgeon has sold his farm to N. Miller, and will move back to Jay co., Indiana.” (10 Dec 1880 p. 3) “Samuel N. Sturgeon to Nathaniel Miller, 240 acres in Duck Creek; $2,000.” (Fri 26 Nov 1880 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon of Rainbow, started back to his former home in Indiana, this week.”
Back in Jay County, Samuel quickly remarried, wedding Elizabeth S. Robbins (nee Dabler) on 11 Jan 1881 in Jay County. It was also a second marriage for Elizabeth. She had previously married Jonathan Robbins and they had had two children together.
If the 1890 Census had not been destroyed, we might have had a chance to catch Zadie at home with her father, step-mother and siblings. Zadie's father Samuel died four days before Christmas on 21 Dec 1890, aged 47.
On 11 Nov 1891, Zadie” married John Everett Young in Jay Co., Indiana. John was the son of German immigrants Jacob Young and Mary M. Retter. John and Zadie had five children together—Lester Paul (21 Mar 1893 – 8 Feb 1962, m. Vera E. Zechiel); Herman Hershel (26 Jul 1895 – 11 Aug 1976, m. Lela Fern); Mary G. (14 Nov 1901 – 2 Nov 1993); Harold S. (6 Apr 1905 – 25 Apr 1988, m. Madelyn Smith); and a stillborn son (b./d. 14 Dec 1911).
The 1900 Census found the family in Stanton, Colfax, Nebraska. John Young, 31, was a minister, so the family moved around a lot. Zadie, 31, reported that she had had two children. There with their parents were Lester, 7, and 4-year-old Herman.
By the time the 1910 Census came around, the family was living at 1002 N. Meridian St. in Portland, Jay Co., Indiana, likely the church’s parsonage. John Young, 41, was noted as a gospel minister. Zadie, 41, reported that she had had four children, all of them still living. Indeed, there with their parents were Lester, 17, Herman, 14, Mary 8, and 5-year-old Harold. The following year, Zadie gave birth to a son in mid-December. Sadly, he never took a breath.
The family would move again before the next census enumeration in 1920. That move landed them in Culver, Union Twp., Marshall Co., Indiana. John Young, 51, had retired from the ministry and was working as a laborer in an arsenal. Zadie, 51, was keeping house. Still at home with them were Herman, 24 and working in an armory, Mary, 18, and Harold, 14.
By the time the 1930 Census came around, the Young family was living in a residence located at 425 S. Main St. in Culver. John Young, 61, was operating a grocery. Zadie, 61, was keeping house. Two of the children were still living at home—Mary, 28, and Harold, 25, both doing clerical work for Culver Military Academy.
Just three months before the 1940 Census takers began their rounds, the family lost husband and father John Young, who died on 11 Feb 1940, claimed by pneumonia after a bout with the flu. Zadie, widowed, 71, appeared without her helpmate and companion on the 1940 Census, still living at their S. Main St. address in Culver. Daughter Mary, 38, and son Harold 35, were there with her, both still employed as clerks for Culver Military Academy.
Seven years later, the children laid their mother Zadie to rest after her death on 23 Aug 1947 at age 78.
I found six children for Samuel and Mary, but they may have been others. The six that I found were Kenzadie “Zadie” Dell (18 Sep 1868 – 23 Aug 1947, m. John Everett Young); James Ebenezer (11 Apr 1870 – 26 Apr 1931, m. Cora A. Starr); Esther M. (ca. 1873 – bef. 1941); Peter Radabaugh (2 Feb 1875 – 7 May 1955, m. Daisy Kline); John Nicholas (7 May 1878 – 6 Jan 1930, m. Ida Maria Young); and Samuel O. (Nov 1879 – 18 Sep 1941).
The 1870 Census got a snapshot of the family living in Wayne Twp., Jay Co., Indiana. Samuel Sturgeon, 27, was earning a living as a farmer. Mary, 24, was tending to the household and the care of their two young children—Kenzadie, 1, and 1-month-old James.
After Peter’s birth in 1875, Samuel, Mary and the four children pulled up stakes and moved to Kansas.
They acquired land in Rainbow, Kansas by early 1877. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 9 Feb 1877 p. 3) “Emma J. Hamlin and husband to Sam’l N. Sturgeon 40 acres in Fall River. $200.” (Fri 18 May 1877 p. 3) “S.N. Sturgeon, the gentleman from Indiana who bought eighty acres of land on Rainbow, has seeded every foot of cultivated soil on the place and gone to work in earnest. He seems to be a man of industry, and we doubt not will soon transform his farm into one of the best in that locality.”
It seems land went back and forth for a bit. (The Fredonia Tribune – Thu 3 Oct 1878 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon and Mrs. Hendry have traded farms. –S.N. Sturgeon’s father, of Jay county, Ind., is out visiting him.” (Thu 10 Oct 1878 p. 3) “Elizabeth Hendry to Samuel N. Sturgeon 240 acres in Fall River; $1600. Sam’l N. Sturgeon and wife to Elizabeth Hendry, 80 acres in Fall River; $1600.”
And friends were lured to Kansas. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 28 Mar 1879 p. 3) “—One of S.N. Sturgeon’s old friends has arrived from Indiana, bought land and will stay.”
Samuel quickly integrated himself into the community. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – 11 Apr 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—A Sunday school has been organized at Green Valley. S.N. Sturgeon is superintendent.
If Samuel had lived in a big city, I’m pretty sure this next item wouldn’t have made the local newspaper. (Wilson County Citizen – 16 May 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—S.N. Sturgeon has moved his house a few rods up the hill and put up a large dinner bell.”
In November of 1879, there was another addition to the Sturgeon family. (Wilson County Citizen – 8 Aug 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS. S.N. Sturgeon is happy. Its’ a boy.” The “boy” in question was son Samuel Jr.
Soon after Samuel’s birth, the family lost wife and mother Mary Sturgeon, I think in December of 1879 (and may have been laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wilson County.) The family appeared without her on the 1880 Census, living in Fall River, Wilson Co., Kansas. Samuel Sturgeon, 37, was again noted as a farmer. The “lady of the house” was 68-year-old Esther Sturgeon, Samuel’s mother. She would have had her hands full looking after her six grandchildren—Kenzadie, 11, Ebenezer (aka James), 9, Esther, 7, Peter, 5, John 3, and 1-year-old Samuel.
After losing his helpmate and companion, Kansas no longer held the same attraction for Samuel. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – Fri 8 Oct 1880 p. 3) “Rainbow Items. –S.N. Sturgeon says he feels much relieved since he released the mortgage on his farm.” And it didn’t help matters when Zadie’s grandmother Esther died later that year, leaving Samuel with no family to take care of the six children. (Nov 1880) “—Old Mrs. Sturgeon died quite suddenly and was sent back to Indiana for burial.”
Samuel and the children would also head to Jay Co., Indiana. (Wilson County Citizen – Nov 188) “—Samuel Sturgeon has sold his farm to N. Miller, and will move back to Jay co., Indiana.” (10 Dec 1880 p. 3) “Samuel N. Sturgeon to Nathaniel Miller, 240 acres in Duck Creek; $2,000.” (Fri 26 Nov 1880 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon of Rainbow, started back to his former home in Indiana, this week.”
Back in Jay County, Samuel quickly remarried, wedding Elizabeth S. Robbins (nee Dabler) on 11 Jan 1881 in Jay County. It was also a second marriage for Elizabeth. She had previously married Jonathan Robbins and they had had two children together.
If the 1890 Census had not been destroyed, we might have had a chance to catch Zadie at home with her father, step-mother and siblings. Zadie's father Samuel died four days before Christmas on 21 Dec 1890, aged 47.
On 11 Nov 1891, Zadie” married John Everett Young in Jay Co., Indiana. John was the son of German immigrants Jacob Young and Mary M. Retter. John and Zadie had five children together—Lester Paul (21 Mar 1893 – 8 Feb 1962, m. Vera E. Zechiel); Herman Hershel (26 Jul 1895 – 11 Aug 1976, m. Lela Fern); Mary G. (14 Nov 1901 – 2 Nov 1993); Harold S. (6 Apr 1905 – 25 Apr 1988, m. Madelyn Smith); and a stillborn son (b./d. 14 Dec 1911).
The 1900 Census found the family in Stanton, Colfax, Nebraska. John Young, 31, was a minister, so the family moved around a lot. Zadie, 31, reported that she had had two children. There with their parents were Lester, 7, and 4-year-old Herman.
By the time the 1910 Census came around, the family was living at 1002 N. Meridian St. in Portland, Jay Co., Indiana, likely the church’s parsonage. John Young, 41, was noted as a gospel minister. Zadie, 41, reported that she had had four children, all of them still living. Indeed, there with their parents were Lester, 17, Herman, 14, Mary 8, and 5-year-old Harold. The following year, Zadie gave birth to a son in mid-December. Sadly, he never took a breath.
The family would move again before the next census enumeration in 1920. That move landed them in Culver, Union Twp., Marshall Co., Indiana. John Young, 51, had retired from the ministry and was working as a laborer in an arsenal. Zadie, 51, was keeping house. Still at home with them were Herman, 24 and working in an armory, Mary, 18, and Harold, 14.
By the time the 1930 Census came around, the Young family was living in a residence located at 425 S. Main St. in Culver. John Young, 61, was operating a grocery. Zadie, 61, was keeping house. Two of the children were still living at home—Mary, 28, and Harold, 25, both doing clerical work for Culver Military Academy.
Just three months before the 1940 Census takers began their rounds, the family lost husband and father John Young, who died on 11 Feb 1940, claimed by pneumonia after a bout with the flu. Zadie, widowed, 71, appeared without her helpmate and companion on the 1940 Census, still living at their S. Main St. address in Culver. Daughter Mary, 38, and son Harold 35, were there with her, both still employed as clerks for Culver Military Academy.
Seven years later, the children laid their mother Zadie to rest after her death on 23 Aug 1947 at age 78.
Zadie was the daughter of Civil War veteran Samuel Nicholas Sturgeon and Mary Ellen Allen, who married three years after the war on 8 or 9 Jan 1868 in Jay Co., Indiana. Samuel served with Co. I of the 147th Indiana Infantry between 28 Feb 1865 – 4 Aug 1865, mustering out as a sergeant.
I found six children for Samuel and Mary, but they may have been others. The six that I found were Kenzadie “Zadie” Dell (18 Sep 1868 – 23 Aug 1947, m. John Everett Young); James Ebenezer (11 Apr 1870 – 26 Apr 1931, m. Cora A. Starr); Esther M. (ca. 1873 – bef. 1941); Peter Radabaugh (2 Feb 1875 – 7 May 1955, m. Daisy Kline); John Nicholas (7 May 1878 – 6 Jan 1930, m. Ida Maria Young); and Samuel O. (Nov 1879 – 18 Sep 1941).
The 1870 Census got a snapshot of the family living in Wayne Twp., Jay Co., Indiana. Samuel Sturgeon, 27, was earning a living as a farmer. Mary, 24, was tending to the household and the care of their two young children—Kenzadie, 1, and 1-month-old James.
After Peter’s birth in 1875, Samuel, Mary and the four children pulled up stakes and moved to Kansas.
They acquired land in Rainbow, Kansas by early 1877. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 9 Feb 1877 p. 3) “Emma J. Hamlin and husband to Sam’l N. Sturgeon 40 acres in Fall River. $200.” (Fri 18 May 1877 p. 3) “S.N. Sturgeon, the gentleman from Indiana who bought eighty acres of land on Rainbow, has seeded every foot of cultivated soil on the place and gone to work in earnest. He seems to be a man of industry, and we doubt not will soon transform his farm into one of the best in that locality.”
It seems land went back and forth for a bit. (The Fredonia Tribune – Thu 3 Oct 1878 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon and Mrs. Hendry have traded farms. –S.N. Sturgeon’s father, of Jay county, Ind., is out visiting him.” (Thu 10 Oct 1878 p. 3) “Elizabeth Hendry to Samuel N. Sturgeon 240 acres in Fall River; $1600. Sam’l N. Sturgeon and wife to Elizabeth Hendry, 80 acres in Fall River; $1600.”
And friends were lured to Kansas. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 28 Mar 1879 p. 3) “—One of S.N. Sturgeon’s old friends has arrived from Indiana, bought land and will stay.”
Samuel quickly integrated himself into the community. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – 11 Apr 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—A Sunday school has been organized at Green Valley. S.N. Sturgeon is superintendent.
If Samuel had lived in a big city, I’m pretty sure this next item wouldn’t have made the local newspaper. (Wilson County Citizen – 16 May 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—S.N. Sturgeon has moved his house a few rods up the hill and put up a large dinner bell.”
In November of 1879, there was another addition to the Sturgeon family. (Wilson County Citizen – 8 Aug 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS. S.N. Sturgeon is happy. Its’ a boy.” The “boy” in question was son Samuel Jr.
Soon after Samuel’s birth, the family lost wife and mother Mary Sturgeon, I think in December of 1879 (and may have been laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wilson County.) The family appeared without her on the 1880 Census, living in Fall River, Wilson Co., Kansas. Samuel Sturgeon, 37, was again noted as a farmer. The “lady of the house” was 68-year-old Esther Sturgeon, Samuel’s mother. She would have had her hands full looking after her six grandchildren—Kenzadie, 11, Ebenezer (aka James), 9, Esther, 7, Peter, 5, John 3, and 1-year-old Samuel.
After losing his helpmate and companion, Kansas no longer held the same attraction for Samuel. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – Fri 8 Oct 1880 p. 3) “Rainbow Items. –S.N. Sturgeon says he feels much relieved since he released the mortgage on his farm.” And it didn’t help matters when Zadie’s grandmother Esther died later that year, leaving Samuel with no family to take care of the six children. (Nov 1880) “—Old Mrs. Sturgeon died quite suddenly and was sent back to Indiana for burial.”
Samuel and the children would also head to Jay Co., Indiana. (Wilson County Citizen – Nov 188) “—Samuel Sturgeon has sold his farm to N. Miller, and will move back to Jay co., Indiana.” (10 Dec 1880 p. 3) “Samuel N. Sturgeon to Nathaniel Miller, 240 acres in Duck Creek; $2,000.” (Fri 26 Nov 1880 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon of Rainbow, started back to his former home in Indiana, this week.”
Back in Jay County, Samuel quickly remarried, wedding Elizabeth S. Robbins (nee Dabler) on 11 Jan 1881 in Jay County. It was also a second marriage for Elizabeth. She had previously married Jonathan Robbins and they had had two children together.
If the 1890 Census had not been destroyed, we might have had a chance to catch Zadie at home with her father, step-mother and siblings. Zadie's father Samuel died four days before Christmas on 21 Dec 1890, aged 47.
On 11 Nov 1891, Zadie” married John Everett Young in Jay Co., Indiana. John was the son of German immigrants Jacob Young and Mary M. Retter. John and Zadie had five children together—Lester Paul (21 Mar 1893 – 8 Feb 1962, m. Vera E. Zechiel); Herman Hershel (26 Jul 1895 – 11 Aug 1976, m. Lela Fern); Mary G. (14 Nov 1901 – 2 Nov 1993); Harold S. (6 Apr 1905 – 25 Apr 1988, m. Madelyn Smith); and a stillborn son (b./d. 14 Dec 1911).
The 1900 Census found the family in Stanton, Colfax, Nebraska. John Young, 31, was a minister, so the family moved around a lot. Zadie, 31, reported that she had had two children. There with their parents were Lester, 7, and 4-year-old Herman.
By the time the 1910 Census came around, the family was living at 1002 N. Meridian St. in Portland, Jay Co., Indiana, likely the church’s parsonage. John Young, 41, was noted as a gospel minister. Zadie, 41, reported that she had had four children, all of them still living. Indeed, there with their parents were Lester, 17, Herman, 14, Mary 8, and 5-year-old Harold. The following year, Zadie gave birth to a son in mid-December. Sadly, he never took a breath.
The family would move again before the next census enumeration in 1920. That move landed them in Culver, Union Twp., Marshall Co., Indiana. John Young, 51, had retired from the ministry and was working as a laborer in an arsenal. Zadie, 51, was keeping house. Still at home with them were Herman, 24 and working in an armory, Mary, 18, and Harold, 14.
By the time the 1930 Census came around, the Young family was living in a residence located at 425 S. Main St. in Culver. John Young, 61, was operating a grocery. Zadie, 61, was keeping house. Two of the children were still living at home—Mary, 28, and Harold, 25, both doing clerical work for Culver Military Academy.
Just three months before the 1940 Census takers began their rounds, the family lost husband and father John Young, who died on 11 Feb 1940, claimed by pneumonia after a bout with the flu. Zadie, widowed, 71, appeared without her helpmate and companion on the 1940 Census, still living at their S. Main St. address in Culver. Daughter Mary, 38, and son Harold 35, were there with her, both still employed as clerks for Culver Military Academy.
Seven years later, the children laid their mother Zadie to rest after her death on 23 Aug 1947 at age 78.
I found six children for Samuel and Mary, but they may have been others. The six that I found were Kenzadie “Zadie” Dell (18 Sep 1868 – 23 Aug 1947, m. John Everett Young); James Ebenezer (11 Apr 1870 – 26 Apr 1931, m. Cora A. Starr); Esther M. (ca. 1873 – bef. 1941); Peter Radabaugh (2 Feb 1875 – 7 May 1955, m. Daisy Kline); John Nicholas (7 May 1878 – 6 Jan 1930, m. Ida Maria Young); and Samuel O. (Nov 1879 – 18 Sep 1941).
The 1870 Census got a snapshot of the family living in Wayne Twp., Jay Co., Indiana. Samuel Sturgeon, 27, was earning a living as a farmer. Mary, 24, was tending to the household and the care of their two young children—Kenzadie, 1, and 1-month-old James.
After Peter’s birth in 1875, Samuel, Mary and the four children pulled up stakes and moved to Kansas.
They acquired land in Rainbow, Kansas by early 1877. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 9 Feb 1877 p. 3) “Emma J. Hamlin and husband to Sam’l N. Sturgeon 40 acres in Fall River. $200.” (Fri 18 May 1877 p. 3) “S.N. Sturgeon, the gentleman from Indiana who bought eighty acres of land on Rainbow, has seeded every foot of cultivated soil on the place and gone to work in earnest. He seems to be a man of industry, and we doubt not will soon transform his farm into one of the best in that locality.”
It seems land went back and forth for a bit. (The Fredonia Tribune – Thu 3 Oct 1878 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon and Mrs. Hendry have traded farms. –S.N. Sturgeon’s father, of Jay county, Ind., is out visiting him.” (Thu 10 Oct 1878 p. 3) “Elizabeth Hendry to Samuel N. Sturgeon 240 acres in Fall River; $1600. Sam’l N. Sturgeon and wife to Elizabeth Hendry, 80 acres in Fall River; $1600.”
And friends were lured to Kansas. (Wilson County Citizen – Fri 28 Mar 1879 p. 3) “—One of S.N. Sturgeon’s old friends has arrived from Indiana, bought land and will stay.”
Samuel quickly integrated himself into the community. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – 11 Apr 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—A Sunday school has been organized at Green Valley. S.N. Sturgeon is superintendent.
If Samuel had lived in a big city, I’m pretty sure this next item wouldn’t have made the local newspaper. (Wilson County Citizen – 16 May 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS.—S.N. Sturgeon has moved his house a few rods up the hill and put up a large dinner bell.”
In November of 1879, there was another addition to the Sturgeon family. (Wilson County Citizen – 8 Aug 1879) “RAINBOW ITEMS. S.N. Sturgeon is happy. Its’ a boy.” The “boy” in question was son Samuel Jr.
Soon after Samuel’s birth, the family lost wife and mother Mary Sturgeon, I think in December of 1879 (and may have been laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wilson County.) The family appeared without her on the 1880 Census, living in Fall River, Wilson Co., Kansas. Samuel Sturgeon, 37, was again noted as a farmer. The “lady of the house” was 68-year-old Esther Sturgeon, Samuel’s mother. She would have had her hands full looking after her six grandchildren—Kenzadie, 11, Ebenezer (aka James), 9, Esther, 7, Peter, 5, John 3, and 1-year-old Samuel.
After losing his helpmate and companion, Kansas no longer held the same attraction for Samuel. (Wilson County Citizen, Fredonia, Kansas – Fri 8 Oct 1880 p. 3) “Rainbow Items. –S.N. Sturgeon says he feels much relieved since he released the mortgage on his farm.” And it didn’t help matters when Zadie’s grandmother Esther died later that year, leaving Samuel with no family to take care of the six children. (Nov 1880) “—Old Mrs. Sturgeon died quite suddenly and was sent back to Indiana for burial.”
Samuel and the children would also head to Jay Co., Indiana. (Wilson County Citizen – Nov 188) “—Samuel Sturgeon has sold his farm to N. Miller, and will move back to Jay co., Indiana.” (10 Dec 1880 p. 3) “Samuel N. Sturgeon to Nathaniel Miller, 240 acres in Duck Creek; $2,000.” (Fri 26 Nov 1880 p. 3) “—S.N. Sturgeon of Rainbow, started back to his former home in Indiana, this week.”
Back in Jay County, Samuel quickly remarried, wedding Elizabeth S. Robbins (nee Dabler) on 11 Jan 1881 in Jay County. It was also a second marriage for Elizabeth. She had previously married Jonathan Robbins and they had had two children together.
If the 1890 Census had not been destroyed, we might have had a chance to catch Zadie at home with her father, step-mother and siblings. Zadie's father Samuel died four days before Christmas on 21 Dec 1890, aged 47.
On 11 Nov 1891, Zadie” married John Everett Young in Jay Co., Indiana. John was the son of German immigrants Jacob Young and Mary M. Retter. John and Zadie had five children together—Lester Paul (21 Mar 1893 – 8 Feb 1962, m. Vera E. Zechiel); Herman Hershel (26 Jul 1895 – 11 Aug 1976, m. Lela Fern); Mary G. (14 Nov 1901 – 2 Nov 1993); Harold S. (6 Apr 1905 – 25 Apr 1988, m. Madelyn Smith); and a stillborn son (b./d. 14 Dec 1911).
The 1900 Census found the family in Stanton, Colfax, Nebraska. John Young, 31, was a minister, so the family moved around a lot. Zadie, 31, reported that she had had two children. There with their parents were Lester, 7, and 4-year-old Herman.
By the time the 1910 Census came around, the family was living at 1002 N. Meridian St. in Portland, Jay Co., Indiana, likely the church’s parsonage. John Young, 41, was noted as a gospel minister. Zadie, 41, reported that she had had four children, all of them still living. Indeed, there with their parents were Lester, 17, Herman, 14, Mary 8, and 5-year-old Harold. The following year, Zadie gave birth to a son in mid-December. Sadly, he never took a breath.
The family would move again before the next census enumeration in 1920. That move landed them in Culver, Union Twp., Marshall Co., Indiana. John Young, 51, had retired from the ministry and was working as a laborer in an arsenal. Zadie, 51, was keeping house. Still at home with them were Herman, 24 and working in an armory, Mary, 18, and Harold, 14.
By the time the 1930 Census came around, the Young family was living in a residence located at 425 S. Main St. in Culver. John Young, 61, was operating a grocery. Zadie, 61, was keeping house. Two of the children were still living at home—Mary, 28, and Harold, 25, both doing clerical work for Culver Military Academy.
Just three months before the 1940 Census takers began their rounds, the family lost husband and father John Young, who died on 11 Feb 1940, claimed by pneumonia after a bout with the flu. Zadie, widowed, 71, appeared without her helpmate and companion on the 1940 Census, still living at their S. Main St. address in Culver. Daughter Mary, 38, and son Harold 35, were there with her, both still employed as clerks for Culver Military Academy.
Seven years later, the children laid their mother Zadie to rest after her death on 23 Aug 1947 at age 78.
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