Husband Torrence F. Young 1 2 3
Born: 9 Apr 1840 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3
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Father: Rev. Dr. Loyal Young, D.D. (1806-1890/1891) 1 2 4 5
Mother: Margaret P. Johnston ( -1887) 1 3 6
Marriage: 12 Sep 1867 3
Wife Anna Henry 3
Born: - Philadelphia, PA
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Died: 12 Nov 1910 3
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Father: James Henry ( - ) 3
Mother: Rachel [Unk] ( - ) 3
Children
1 F Maude Mary Young 2 3
Born: 28 Jan 1876 3
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Spouse: Robert Burney ( - ) 3
Marr: 26 Feb 1907 3
General Notes: Husband - Torrence F. Young
He was educated in the public school, and in early life was a farmer. He enlisted in Company D, 100th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry ("Old Roundheads"), and served two years, and was with his regiment at the battles of Spottsylvania Court House, North Ann River, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Fort Stedman, and the evacuation of Petersburg. He was wounded in the shoulder by a sharpshooter's bullet in front of Petersburg and compelled to remain in the hospital one month. He received honorable discharge at the close of the war and returned to Pennsylvania. He located at Petroleum Center and worked in the oil field for others until 1870, then moved to Richland township, near Richland, Clarion County, secured leases, and began operating for his own account. In 1892 he moved to Foxburg, where he erected a residence on the hill, which he then occupied with his family. He was a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He enjoyed the friendship of his old army comrades, and was affiliated with them in the Grand Army of the Republic. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church.
In the county of his nativity, he was reared and educated, and, on first starting out in life for himself, engaged in farming. At the time of the beginning of the Civil war he was located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and in January, 1864, he enlisted at Kittanning for three years or during the war. After being mustered in at Pittsburgh, his regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Ninth Army Corps, and he was first stationed in front of Petersburg, where he received a wound in the shoulder, which confined him in the hospital at City Point for two weeks. He participated in the battle of the Wilderness, and all the engagements in which his command took part until after Lee's surrender; was in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C.; and was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in June, 1865. Returning to Armstrong County, he spent some time there, and was later employed in the oil refinery at Petroleum Center, for three years. In 1877 he came to Richland township, Clarion County, where he was first engaged in pumping, and in 1893 he purchased six wells on the Martin farm (later the Fox estate).