Sylvester Matthew Young and Martha Jane Scott

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Husband Sylvester Matthew Young ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1832 - West Liberty, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Matthew Young (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Joanna Coovertt (      -      ) 1

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Wife Martha Jane Scott ^{3 4}

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           Born: 9 Aug 1833 3
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         Father: John Scott (cal 1805-1874) 4
         Mother: Margaret Barnes (Abt 1810-1836) 3 4

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Children

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1 M Beriah U. Young ⁵

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            AKA: Buriah U. Young 3
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2 F Margaret J. Young ³

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3 M William M. Young ³

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4 F Edith E. Young ³

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         Spouse: Prof. A. B. Morton (      -      ) 5

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5 M Sylvester W. Young ³

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6 M John S. Young ³

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7 M Lewis M. Young ⁵

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            AKA: Louis Young 3
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8 M Harvey Young ³

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            AKA: Harry Young 5
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General Notes: Husband - Sylvester Matthew Young

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He had very little chance to attend school when he was a boy, for it was four miles to the school-house, and when he became old enough to go that far he was needed at home on the farm, clearing and improving the land. When he arrived at manhood he studied and educated himself, supplementing his district school education, and at the age of twenty-two years came to New Castle and clerked eight years for Coffin & Phillips in their grocery store. In 1862 in company with T. B. Bitner, under the firm name of Young & Bitner, he bought out the grocery of George V. Boyles, located near where Brown & Hamilton had their store in later years. He continued in such lines until his health showed signs of failing, because of the confining nature of his work, and he was obliged to seek rest and a change of employment. He then represented a Philadelphia wholesale house as its traveling agent for quite a length of time. He next started in business alone where R. Knox was later located, and remained there until 1894, when he moved into the Woods Block. In 1875, his son, Beriah U., became associated with him, under the firm name of S. M. Young & Co., and for many years in connection with a general grocery business they did a large business in dealing in produce, shipping apples, potatoes and other garden and farm produce to Boston and Philadelphia; they were also the largest wool dealers in the county. In 1890, Mr. Young's son, John, bought out his brother Beriah U., and the firm as then constituted easily took the lead in their special line of commercial activity. In 1897, Mr. Young, because of business depression, retired from business, making an assignment of his interests to his sons, B. U. Young & Co.
He was an uncompromising Republican, and served several years in the city council. As to his church membership, he was a prominent figure in the Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Royal Ternplars, Protected Home Circle, and of the I. O. O. F., and held offices in all of these societies.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 399.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 727.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 492.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 790.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 403.