John Taylor Young

As printed in 1881

JOHN TAYLOR YOUNG.

Although the gentleman whose name heads this page has been dead for nearly twenty-seven years, the part that he so well performed in the early settlement and improvement of the county, justly claims a place in her history. John Taylor Young was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, January 12, 1800, and lived in his native state until he was about twenty-seven years of age, when he resolved to seek a home in Missouri, at that time comparatively a new state. He first came to Independence, in Jackson county, and remained there for about a year, when he removed to the Ray county bottom, and entering a small body of land, improved it and established his home, for a short time, upon it, In 1829, he removed about eight miles north of Richmond to a tract of about eleven hundred and sixty acres of land which he had acquired by entry and purchase. Here, after greatly improving his farm, Mr. Young continued to reside until the time of his death. He was married on the loth day of May, 1828, to Miss Louisa, daughter of John Sneed, Esq., of Clay county. Eight children were born to them, but only four are now living: Sebron, Ambrose, Eliza, wife of H. C. Kell, and Warren, who lives with his family on the old homestead. Mr. Young was, for a number of years prior to his death, a consistent and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died on the 7th of August, 1851, loved and honored by his children, and respected by his neighbors and friends.

As printed in History of Ray County, Mo. (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.