Joseph Lindsley YOUNGS

Birth:
5 Mar 1804
Hanover, Morris, New Jersey
Death:
18 Nov 1877
Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
Burial:
Oak Grove Cem., Lafayette, Missouri
Marriage:
2 Apr 1828
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Sources:
Youngs/Mock Paper
Youngs Family Book
1850 Census, District 46, Lafayette County, Missouri, (FHL#443611)
Public Member Trees @Ancestry.com
NewFamilySearch.org, February 2011
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Blacksmith & Carriage Maker
NOTE:
    Joseph Lindsley was a blacksmith and carriage maker in Newark until 1837 when he moved to St. Louis. In 1840 he moved to Higginsville and became a stock raiser and farmer. In '49 he caught "gold fever" and with son, Edgar went to California with an ox-team and made the journey in 5 months. They returned in '51. He was an outspoken friend of freedom, and had to leave Missouri, in1854 removed to Topeka, Kansas. In 1871 he sold his farm in Higginsville but took it back in 1875 and returned there to live.
Lydia ROGERS
Birth:
23 Nov 1803
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Death:
17 Dec 1861
Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
Burial:
Oak Grove Cem., Lafayette, Missouri
Children
Marriage
1
Edgar Lindsley YOUNGS
Birth:
29 Dec 1828
Troy, Rensselaer, New York
Death:
20 Dec 1910
Higginsville, Johnson, Missouri
Mary MOCK 
Marr:
4 Dec 1851
Lafayette, Missouri 
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Gold Hunter & Farmer
NOTES:
    1. Edgar had gone to California during the gold rush, returning in 1851 to Higginsville, Missouri.
    2. He was a successful stock raiser and farmer near Higginsville, Missouri.
    3. Was 8 years old when his family moved to Missouri.
2
Isabella Berry YOUNGS
Birth:
22 May 1830
Albany, Albany, New York
Death:
18 Apr 1890
3
Mary YOUNGS
Birth:
4 Nov 1831
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Death:
10 Sep 1832
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
 
Marr:
 
4
Eliza YOUNGS
Birth:
4 Aug 1833
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Death:
10 Sep 1839
St. Louis, Missouri
 
Marr:
 
5
Joseph Lindsley YOUNGS
Birth:
4 Dec 1835
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Death:
20 May 1929
Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri
Lavinah STAHL 
Marr:
5 Mar 1865
Higginsville, Lafayette, Misso 
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Farmer
6
William G. YOUNGS
Birth:
8 Oct 1837
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Death:
12 Aug 1838
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
 
Marr:
 
7
William G. YOUNGS
Birth:
23 Mar 1840
St. Louis, Missouri
Death:
9 Oct 1841
St. Louis, Missouri
 
Marr:
 
8
Grover A. YOUNGS
Birth:
20 Aug 1842
Higgnisville, Lafayette, Missouri
Death:
26 Jun 1896
Excelisior Springs, Clay, Missouri
Ella Lenora GREER 
Marr:
20 Jun 1871
Higginsville, Lafayette, Misso 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Lt. Grover A. YOUNGS
OCCUPATION:
    Farmer; Merchant
BURIAL:
    Lot 5&6, Block J, Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
NOTES:
    1. In 1861 at age 19 he enlisted in 5th Kansas Cavalry and served 3 yrs, mustered out as a 2nd Lt.
    2. Farmed for 10 years
    3. Became a merchant at Aullvill, MO for 4 yrs and then sold real estate in Higginsville, MO and acquired a large fortune.
    4. Was a Freemason, Odd Fellow and a Democrat.
    5. In 1889 when Southern sympathizers decided to build a Confederate home for veterans of the Civil War, they purchased the Grover Youngs farm located about one mile north of Higginsville. They raised $18,000 to purchase the farm.
    6. Mr. Youngs, a Union sympathizer, gave $5,000 to help establish the home in Higginsville.
    7. The actions of the carpetbaggers and other Northern actions made him sympathetic for the South. After the last Confederate soldier died in 1950, the grounds were divided. Part of the land is now the Confederate Memorial State Historical Site and part is now the Higginsville Habilitation Center, a division of the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
9
Della A. YOUNGS
Birth:
11 Mar 1845
Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri
Death:
5 Oct 1916
St. Louis, Missouri
Peter CREAMER 
Marr:
1870
Higginsville, Lafayette, Misso 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Della or Delia YOUNGS
10
David Rogers YOUNGS
Birth:
20 Feb 1847
Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri
Death:
27 Feb 1898
Esther Ann WARD 
Marr:
24 Mar 1873
Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas 
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Farmer & Stockman
FCID:12058:67
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Joseph Lindsley Youngs - Lydia Rogers

Joseph Lindsley Youngs was born at Hanover, Morris, New Jersey 5 Mar 1804. His parents were Grover Youngs and Mary Burnette.

He married Lydia Rogers 2 Apr 1828 at Newark, Essex, New Jersey . Lydia Rogers was born at Newark, Essex, New Jersey 23 Nov 1803 daughter of David Rogers and Abigail Nesbit .

They were the parents of 10 children:
Edgar Lindsley Youngs born 29 Dec 1828.
Isabella Berry Youngs born 22 May 1830.
Mary Youngs born 4 Nov 1831.
Eliza Youngs born 4 Aug 1833.
Joseph Lindsley Youngs born 4 Dec 1835.
William G. Youngs born 8 Oct 1837.
William G. Youngs born 23 Mar 1840.
Grover A. Youngs born 20 Aug 1842.
Della A. Youngs born 11 Mar 1845.
David Rogers Youngs born 20 Feb 1847.

Joseph Lindsley Youngs died 18 Nov 1877 at Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas .

Lydia Rogers died 17 Dec 1861 at Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas .