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George Yonkin Jr. |
George Yonkin Jr. was born in (?), the son of George and Elizabeth (Bollinger) Yonkin Sr.
His birth information is not known, and the name of his wife may be lost to history.
He was the father of three -- Elizabeth Yonkin, Peter Yonkin and George Yonkin III.
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| Early view of Easton, PA |
They resided in Northampton County, PA, and later in Lycoming County, PA. They were members of the Dryland Church of Hecktown, where some of their children were baptized.
Sadly, George was deceased by 1853 when he and the children were named in a legal advertisement in the Sunbury (PA) American. His death may have occurred in the late 1840s, as his name does not appear in the 1850 federal census enumeration.
Many years later, in December 1983, William C. Youngkin wrote a paper called "The Youngkin Line" about George and their son Peter.
Nothing more is known.
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| Younkin Family News Bulletin article outlining this family Courtesy the late Donna (Younkin) Logan |
~ Son Peter Youngkin ~
Son Peter Youngkin (1789-1851) -- also spelled "Yonkin" and "Junkin" -- was born in about 1789.
At the age of about 18, on March 27, 1807, he was confirmed in the Dryland Church of Hecktown, Northampton County, PA.
On July 31, 1808, he was united in matrimony with Sarah Ginnard (Aug. 18, 1786-1868), daughter of John Ginnard of Northampton. Their wedding ceremony was conducted in the First Reformed Church of Easton, PA, today known as the United Church of Christ. A record of the marriage was published in the 1902 book Some of the First Settlers of "The Forks of the Delaware" and Their Descendants, authored by Rev. Dr. Henry Martyn Kieffer.
The brood of known children they bore together included Fagan "Lane" Youngkin, Simon Youngkin, Reuben Younkin, Peter Younken, Elizabeth Breinig, John Youngkin, William H. Youngkin, Isaac Youngkin, George Henry Youngkin and Henry Youngkin.
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| Peter and Sarah's graves, Easton Cemetery - courtesy Carol A. Hoff |
Peter is known to have served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He served for more than two months as a private in Capt. John Dornblaser's Company of the 71st Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by Col. Christian J. Hutter. His unit also has been known as the 1st Regiment Riflemen (Humphrey's), Pennsylvania.
Land records of Northampton County indicate that Peter purchased acreage in 1832 from Jacob Tansue and in 1833 from Jacob Kreidler.
As of 1840, the family dwelling-place was in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County. In later years he is said to have earned a living as a maker of high silk hats. But in 1850, federal census records show him, Sarah and son George in Easton, with Peter employed as a "furnaceman."
He died in Easton on June 3, 1851. His grave marker is barely legible and lies flat in the grass of Easton Cemetery.
Sarah survived her spouse by 17 years and remained in Easton. She learned that under a new law of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, dated March 30, 1866, she was entitled to a pension or annuity in recognition of her late husband's military service. So on Feb. 4, 1867, she filled out the paperwork. The application was witnessed by her son George. Her sons William and John provided an affidavit confirming that her claims were valid and that she was "destitute and pressed with poverty..." John signed his name in the old German handwriting.
Death swept her away the following year on Nov. 9, 1868.
Many years later, in December 1983, William C. Youngkin wrote a paper called "The Youngkin Line" about Peter and his father.
As of 2026, when this biography was written, the headcount of their offspring (at a minimum) was 34 grandchildren and 99 great-grandchildren. More will be added when discovered.
Son Fagan "Lane" Youngkin (1809-1863) -- sometimes known as "Phaon" -- was born in 1809. He wed Hannah "Anna" Schweitzer ( ? - ? ). Three known offspring of this union were twins John Youngkin and Charles Youngkin and daughter Elizabeth Ann Youngkin. The Youngkins dwelled in Forks Township, Northampton County, PA circa 1833, when their sons were born. He died on May 12, 1863. His remains lie in eternal repose in Easton Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
- Grandson John Youngkin (1833- ? ) was born on May 25, 1833 in Forks Township, Northampton County, PA, a twin with his brother Charles. He and his twin were christened on Dec. 13, 1833 in the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Easton, PA. Witnesses were Philip Sandt and Elisabeth. He was married to Hannah Ritter (Jan. 19, 1827-1922), daughter of Charles and Catherine (Snyder) Ritter of Newburg near Nazareth, Northampton County. The couple became the parents of John Peter Youngkin, Amanda Wilson, William H. Youngkin, Georgius Washington "George" Youngkin and Sarah Ruth Fell. John served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted on Feb. 8, 1864 and was mustered into the 41st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E. Then on May 31, 1864, he was transferred to the 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A or E. Official records also show him as a member of the 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A. Sadly, he was taken prisoner in or around Salisbury, NC and, stricken with diarrhea, died on Jan. 21, 1865 while in captivity. In the Army records his name also has been spelled "Yaukin." While his burial location is unknown, there is some evidence to suggest that he sleeps for the ages in an unmarked grave in Salisbury National Cemetery in Rowan County, NC. His family was led to believe that he had starved to death at Andersonville. The widowed Hannah applied for a military pension on April 10, 1865 as compensation for her loss. [Widow App. #88.985 - Cert. #53.699]. She must have struggled to feed and clothe her five children, and at some point in time all five were admitted to the Womelsdorf Soldier's Orphans School in Heidelberg, Berks County. Census records for 1870 show her and her sons William and John in her Easton household, while both daughters remained enrolled in an orphans' home. All five offspring are named in the 1877 book Pennsylvania Soldier's Orphan Schools, authored by James Laughery Paul. Hannah lived for a total of an extraordinary 58 years as a widow. She spent many of those years with her married daughter Sarah Fell in Brooklyn, NY. After Sarah's sudden death in 1919, Hannah moved back to Easton to share a residence with her daughter Amanda in Easton at the corner of Burke and Paxmosa. At her 93rd birthday, in 1920, the Brooklyn Times Union said she was "as hale and hearty as a person thirty years her junior enjoying good health would be... Mrs. Youngkin received many congratulatory letters and gifts from friends in Brooklyn." She suffered from acute heart decomposition and, after contracting bronchial pneumonia, died at the age of 95 on Dec. 3, 1922. The remains were lowered under the sod of Easton Cemetery. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call noted that she was survived by eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The Times Union called her an "old Brooklynite" and said that her "forefathers settled in Pennsylvania in 1641."
John and Hannah's sons named in the book Pennsylvania Soldier's Orphan Schools
Great-grandson William Henry Youngkin (1854-1900) was born on April 13, 1854. At the age 13, he was admitted to the soldier's orphans school in Womelsdorf, Berks County. PA. He considered his homeplace during these school years to be in Easton, PA. He was discharged on his 16th birthday on April 13, 1870. He is known to have lived with his widowed mother and bachelor brother John in Easton in 1880. When listed in the 1884 Easton City Directory, he was a cigar manufacturer dwelling at 33 North Seventh Street. In time he relocated to Kings County, NY and was engaged in building bathtubs, possibly working for his brother-in-law Robert M. Wilson, who owned the Bath Tub Factory of Rome, NY. Burdened with kidney failure known as "Bright's Disease," he was spirited away in death at the age of 47 on Jan. 27, 1900. The remains were interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Book naming the Youngkin orphansGreat-grandson Georgius Washington "George" Youngkin (1856-1899) was born on Jan. 6, 1856. He was christened in infancy in Newark, NJ. He was admitted to the soldier's orphans school at Womelsdorf, Berks County, PA on April 22, 1864. Then on Sept. 12, 1866, from Bridesburg, he was transferred to the school in Quakertown. In these young years, his home was considered to be in Nazareth, PA. On Aug. 31, 1868, he was transferred yet again to the school in Chester Springs, PA. He was released from Chester Springs on his 16th birthday occurring on Jan. 6, 1872, George eventually was joined in matrimony with Elizabeth A. Youngkin (Dec. 24, 1855-1936), originally from Easton and the daughter of German immigrants Joseph and Magadeline (Dithorn) Seiler. They appear to have made a residence in Brooklyn, NY, where he was active with the Catholic Benevolent Legion. One known daughter of the couple was Otilia F. Kohl (1877-1952). Sadly, at the age of 43, George died on Aug. 4, 1899. His remains were laid to eternal repose in St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery in Easton. Elizabeth endured as a widow for another 37 years, remaining in Easton, with her final address with her granddaughter M. Elizabeth Bachman at 3006 Freemansburg Street. At the age of 80, burdened with heart disease and a skin issue known as "lupus vulgaris," she died on Sept. 16, 1936. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery. Her obituary was printed in the Allentown Morning Call. Daughter Otilia (1877-1952) wed Oscar S. Kohn and dwelled in Easton.
Soldier's orphans school, Chester Springs, attended by George W. Youngkin
Courtesy Pennsylvania Soldier's Orphan Schools, 1877
Great-granddaughter Amanda C. Younkin (1857-1930) was born on Sept. 25, 1857. She was but a girl when her father died during the Civil War. On May 9, 1865, she and her sister Sarah were admitted to the Civil War Orphans Home in Heidelberg, Berks County, PA, headed by Rev. D.B. Albright and his wife Lydia. They remained there as of 1870 when the federal census enumeration was made, even though Amanda considered Easton as her permanent home. Amanda was discharged from the Home on her 16th birthday on Sept. 25, 1873. At the age of 17, she is known to have been received into the membership of St. Mark's United Church of Christ on April 3, 1874. Circa 1877, she wed Robert M. Wilson (Oct. 26, 1853-1901), son of Julia A. Hubbard. The newlyweds relocated to Brooklyn, NY, where in 1880 they were marked in the U.S. Census, with Robert earning a living as a watchmaker. They bore seven offspring, of whom these are known -- William Wilson (born 1878), Robert E. Wilson (1879), Grace E.M. Shimer (1886), Claude H.H. Wilson (1888) and Blanche A.H. Wilson (1890). Sons William and Robert did not survive childhood. In time they relocated to Rome, Oneida County, NY, where Robert engaged in manufacturing. At one time he owned Rome Sanitary Works and was considered one of the largest manufacturers in town. Circa 1899, he sold the Bath Tub Factory at Rome to a trust known as the Standard Sanitary and Manufacturing Company of Pennsylvania, and remained on the payroll but performed very little work. He went on to buy a sanitary manufacturing company in Boston with the intent to become busy again. He was widely considered "well known and highly esteemed in this vicinity," said the Syracuse Post-Standard. In about 1898, he purchased a cottage at Sylvan Beach from A.B. French, and for the next few summers they resided there, with him traveling from Rome "to spend a few days with them nearly every week." On the fateful day of Aug. 31, 1901, while visiting his family at the cottage. the 50-year-old Robert was cleaning and oiling a rusty revolver when it accidentally fired with the bullet penetrating his heart. His family and friends, seated on the veranda, heard the shot and rushed inside. He was falling to the floor when they arrived, with the gun barrel still smoking, and within three minutes was dead, without having spoken. "When Mrs. Wilson saw her husband lying prostrate upon the floor," said the Post-Standard, "Dying as she supposed, she went into hysterics and the family deemed it unwise to acquaint her with the fact that he is dead. The shock to Mrs. Wilson's nervous system was severe." The news was widely reported in Buffalo, Poughkeepsie and all throughout upstate New York, with his photo portrait appearing in the Rome Daily Sentinel. His remains were returned to Easton for interment. Some thought the shooting was suicide, but an inquest ruled it was accidental. Reported the Post-Standard, he "had always been an expert shot with the pistol and devoted considerable time to the sport. He had a target a which he was accustomed to shoot and had been target shooting a couple of days ago." It came to light that he carried "the largest life insurance of any man in Rome," between $100,000 and $250,000. The financially secure widow returned to Easton for good and held a membership in the First Reformed Church. In her final years she lived with her son Claude at 521 High Street in Easton. At the age of 73, suffering from hypertension and acute enlargement of the heart, she passed away on Dec. 6, 1930. Burial was in Easton Cemetery. Son-in-law Nathan G. Shimer of Easton was the informant for the official Pennsylvania certificate of death. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said she was "the last member of the family." Inscribed on their prominent grave marker is the text "The memory of the just is blessed." Son Claude, a World War I veteran, made his home after that with his sister Mrs. Nathan G. Shimer at 346 Bushkill Street, Allentown. On the fateful day of July 20, 1932, he shot himself in the head with a .32 calibre revolver, as reported in the Morning Call.
The Wilson grave, Easton Cemetery
Courtesy George CortelyouGreat-granddaughter Sarah Youngkin (1860-1919) was born on April 16, 1860. She was very young when her father died during the Civil War. On May 9, 1865, at the age of five, she and her sister Amanda were admitted to the Civil War Orphans Home in Heidelberg, Berks County, PA. The facility was headed by Rev. D.B. Albright and his wife Lydia and also has been known as the Bethany Orphans Home of Womelsdorf. The sisters remained there as of 1870 when the federal census enumeration was made, even though she considered Nazareth as her permanent homeplace. There is no record of her discharge from the Orphans Home. There are conflicting accounts regarding her married state. The Brooklyn Daily Times reported that her "first husband was John Ruth" and "John A. Fell, her second husband..." She was the mother of two sons, Clarence Ruth and Daniel Joseph Fell (1884-1933). Her address in later years was at 401 Clermont Avenue in Brooklyn. At the age of 59, on July 24, 1919, she died suddenly at home from acute indigestion. The remains were shipped from Brooklyn to Easton for burial. The Brooklyn Eagle and Easton newspaper ran obituaries.
John and Hannah's daughters listed in Pennsylvania Soldier's Orphan Schools Great-grandson John Peter Youngkin (1864-1903) was born on April 27, 1864 and was an infant at the time of his father's death at war. At the age of eight, on Sept. 17, 1872, he was admitted to the soldier's orphans school in Womelsdorf, Berks County. During his time in the school, his hometown was considered to be Easton, PA. John eventually married Minnie Wilhelmina Goeller (1866-1958), daughter of Catherine Goeller Richmiller. They became the parents of Amanda Catherine Gilmartin (born 1891), Frank Youngkin (1897), Sarah A. Youngkin (1899), Mary W. Youngkin (-1902-) and John Youngkin (who died young). Circa 1903, John dwelled in Brooklyn, NY at the address of 693 Sixth Avenue, with employment as an "oiler." Sadly, at the age of 39, John died in Brooklyn, NY on Sept. 19, 1903, from exhaustion caused by pulmonary tuberculosis. Minnie survived her husband by a remarkable 55 years. In the spring of 1921, she made news in the Brooklyn Citizen when identifying a 15-year-old delinquent who pick-pocketed her while walking in Surf Avenue on Coney Island. At the age of 92, she passed away on Sept. 5, 1958. Daughter Amanda Gilmartin (1891-1970) was the mother of Nora and Mildred. John, Minnie and Amanda rest under a single marked stone at Green-Wood Cemetery, Kings County, NY.
- Grandson Charles Youngkin (1833-1910) -- born "Carl" in the German tongue -- was born on May 25, 1833 in Forks Township, Northampton County, PA, a twin with his brother John. He and his twin were christened on Dec. 8 or 14, 1833 in the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Easton, PA. Witnesses included Philip and Susanna Brotzman. As a young man he stood 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with hazel eyes and black hair. On Sept. 3, 1854, he was united in matrimony with Malinda/Malvina Colbath (June 6, 1833-1895), daughter of George and Mary Colbath. Their wedding was conducted in Easton by the hand of Rev. Shaffed. Together, they bore a family of four -- Emma B. Louise Kieffer, Hannah Malinda Semple, Mary Frances Youngkin and William Lincoln Youngkin. Charles earned a living as a boatman. During the Civil War, he is believed to have joined the U.S. Navy and potentially to have served aboard the Arkansas and the Housatonic. (This all needs to be confirmed.) Their homes after the war were in Easton, Allentown and Scranton. Sadly, with her health failing, Malinda moved to Allentown circa 1892. There, after a stay of three years, she passed away on Feb. 2, 1895 in Allentown. Charles survived for another 15 years, living at 45 North Third Street in Easton. Suffering from chronic kidney disease, he died at the age of 76 on Feb. 27, 1910 in Scranton, PA. Interment of their remains was in Easton Cemetery. Their final resting places are unmarked.
Great-granddaughter Emma Belles Louise Youngkin (1855-1922) was born on July 15, 1855 in Easton. She was christened on June 5, 1861 in St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Easton. On May 5, 1874, she entered into marriage with Asa Everett Kiefer (Aug. 10, 1848-1937), son of Samuel and Sarah Kiefer of Martin's Creek, Northampton County. Their only known child was Marilla Kemmerer Springer. Asa was an alumnus of Freeland Seminary in Collegeville, a site later occupied by Ursinus College. The family settled in Scranton in about 1882 and never left. For 35 years, Asa was employed as an accountant and treasurer with Scranton Lace Company. He also served for two terms on the Common Council of the city. "While serving as a councilman," said the Scranton Times, "he fathered the ordinance making it mandatory for railroads to establish gates at grade crossings in the city. He also served as Lackawanna county auditor from 1896 to 1902." Then in about 1897, they moved to the Green Ridge section of Scranton, with an address of 1526 Capouse. They held memberships in the Green Ridge Presbyterian Church, with Emma active with its King's Daughters, Col. Hitchcock's Bible Class, Home and Foreign Missionary Societies and Ladies' Aid Society. Asa was a charter member of the Green Ridge lodge of the Odd Fellows. Sadly, burdened with diabetes and gallstones, the 66-year-old Emma died on May 24, 1922. Her remains were interred in Easton Cemetery. After three years alone, Asa married a second time in 1925 to Blanche Gertrude Swartz (1871-1932). was widowed for a second time at Blanche's demise in 1932. His final address was a 1932 move-in with his daughter in Philadelphia at 2435 South 21st. Having borne hardening of the arteries for a decade, the 89-year-old Asa suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away a few days later in Philadelphia on Feb. 2, 1937. A short notice of his death appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Daughter Marilla was wed to Ralph Spangler.
Great-granddaughter Hannah Malinda Youngkin (1856-1936) was born four days after Christmas 1856 in Easton. On May 3, 1878, in Philadelphia, she was joined in wedlock with George Miller Semple (Oct. 13, 1856-1928), son of John and Mary (Miller) Semple of Easton, the father an immigrant from Scotland. At least five children of the pair were John S. Semple, Charles Youngkin Semple (born April 20, 1879), Karl K. Semple, George Semple (March 29, 1883-1936) and Mrs. Harry Jones. The pair made a residence in Easton in the mid-1890s-1922. George "was engaged in the oil business here with his father," noted the Allentown Morning Call. Hannah belonged to the Olive Presbyterian Church. George appears to have survived a stroke and was an invalid for many years. Then in late August or early September 1928, he fell and was injured and confined to his bed. Three weeks later, on Sept. 21, 1928, he passed away. An obituary in the Morning Call said that he was "a native and lifelong resident of Easton." As a widow, Hannah remained in their homeplace at 245 Bushkill Street, Easton. During those years, she "conducted a team room on N. 3rd St., near the Easton Y.M.C.A." She died in the residence at the age of 80 on Sept. 1, 1936. The Morning Call carried an obituary. As of 1936, son John was in New York City -- son Charles in Washington, DC and Ithaca, NY -- son Karl in Easton -- son George was married to Hannah, worked as an ice man and sadly died on July 7 of that year from cancer of the scrotum and rupture of the right femural artery -- and daughter Mary was married to Ralph Jones and dwelled in Pen Argyl, PA.
Great-granddaughter Mary Frances "Fannie" Youngkin (1858-1923) was born on Sept. 17, 1858 in Easton. She may not have married. As of 1895, she lived in Allentown, and in 1923 dwelled under the roof of her sister Hannah Semple at 245 Bushkill Street, Easton. Sadly, Mary Frances bore a "complication of ailments" during her last year-plus and surrendered to the angel of death in Easton on July 6, 1923. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said that she "resided in Nazareth for about five years and attended the Moravian church there. Last October aftere she became seriously ill, she went to Easton to reside with her sister."
Great-grandson William Lincoln Youngkin (1865- ? ) was born on June 30, 1865 in Easton. At the age of five months, on Nov. 25, 1865, he was christened in St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Easton. William relocated to Texas and was there in 1895. From there he fades away into the haze of mystery.
- Granddaughter Elizabeth Ann Youngkin ( ? - ? )
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| Upper section of Tannersville, home to Simon and Ann Youngkin |
Son Simon Youngken (1812-1874) was born on Nov. 7, 1812 or 1813 in Butztown, Northampton County, PA. When he was 11 months of age, on Oct. 3, 1813, he was baptized in the Dryland Reformed Church. Attending as witnesses were Peter and Maria Nauman. Simon tied the marital cord with Ann Bishop ( ? - ? ). The brood they bore together included Aaron Youngkin, Susanna Youngkin, Isabella "Sabilla" Price, Samuel Younkins, Lewis Youngkin and Uriah Youngkin. Simon and two of his sons are known to have joined the Union Army during the Civil War. Simon was assigned to the 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery, Company B. They grieved at the death of son Aaron in action at Reams Station in 1864. After the war, the family lived in Tannersville and Mountainhome, Monroe County, PA. The angel of death cleaved him away at the age of 61 years, eight months and 18 days on July 25, 1874 in Tannersville. A notice of his death was printed in the Argus. The remains were laid to rest under the sod of Tannersville Union Cemetery. Ann then applied for a military pension as compensation for her loss, but it was not awarded. [Widow App. #237.935] However, she was successful in securing a pension for the loss of her son. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1880, the 68-year-old Anna shared a home with her 34-year-old daughter Isabella Price in Pocono Township, Monroe County.
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| Ferocious fighting at Ream's Station, where Aaron Youngkin was killed Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War |
- Grandson Aaron Youngkin (1840-1864) was born in about 1840 or 1841 in Tannersville, Monroe County, PA. As an adult he stood 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with a dark complexion, brown hair and blue eyes. Circa 1860, at the age of 20, he dwelled on a farm in Clarks Green/Blakeley, Lackawanna County, where he had moved as an apprentice to shoemaker James Burt. Aaron joined the Union Army during the Civil War. He was assigned to the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company K, and was promoted to corporal on Nov. 1, 1863. When his term of service ended, he re-enlisted at Portsmouth on Dec. 21, 1863. Tragically, he was killed in action at Ream's Station, VA on June 29, 1864. During this battle, the Confederate Army under the command Maj. Gen. William Mahone and Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee defeated Union cavalry attempting to raid Confederate railroads south of Petersburg. His grieving mother came forward to petition for a military pension as compensation for her loss, and it was awarded. [Widow App. #274.807 - Cert. #214.559] More will be added here from his Civil War pension records in the National Archives.
- Granddaughter Susanna Younkins (1842-1925) was born in about 1839 or 1842 in Northampton County, PA. She tied the marital cord with George Washington Warner (March 14, 1836/1838-1897). Together, they produced a family of at least nine -- Joshua Warner, Harriet Warner, Charles Warner, Elwood Warner, Stephen Warner, Mary A. Cullather, Jennie Werkheiser, Nettie Elizabeth Warner and Harry Warner. Of the nine offspring, she outlived four. Despite his age-eligibility, there is no evidence to suggest that George served in the Civil War. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1870, the Warners made their dwelling-place on a farm in Jackson's Corners, Pocono Township, Monroe County. Then settling in Tannersville, Monroe County in the Poconos for the following decades, George turned his occupation to butchering. Sadly, at the age of 61 years, six months and 23 days, George died on March 14, 1897, about a month after the demise of his teenage daughter Nettie. Rev. W.H. Broug conducted the obsequies. The U.S. Census of 1900 shows the widowed Susanna and their son Harry sharing a dwelling. She was felled by a cerebral hemorrhage and died a day later in residence of her daughter Jennie Werkheiser at the age of 86 on Feb. 10, 1925. Funeral rites were conducted in the Werkheiser home followed by additional services in the Tannersville Lutheran Church. Burial of the remains was in the Reformed Cemetery of Tannersville, today known as the Grace United Church of Christ Cemetery, with the Allentown Morning Call publishing an obituary. Daughter Nettie also rests for all time in their family plot.
Great-grandson Joshua Warner (1861-1914) was born in about 1861. He grew up working on the family farm and then devoted his working life to hotel management. Joshua was joined in wedlock with Caroline (1869-1893). Sadly, Caroline died in 1893 at the age of about 24. The widowed Joshua lived in the Pocono Mountains. Having contracted tuberculosis of the lungs, he suffered for nine months until the end came, at the age of 53, on Nov. 10, 1914. Interment was in Tannersville Cemetery.
Great-granddaughter Harriet "Hattie" Warner (1865-1933) was born on Aug. 17, 1865 in Tannersville. She exchanged marital vows with George W. Keltz (Nov. 10, 1858-1925), son of German immigrant George Keltz. Their two known daughters were Jennie M. Barry (1890-1924) and Lizzie Butz (1893-1979). They lived in Pocono Township, Monroe County, where George generated income as a carpenter and day laborer. At the age of 66, suffering from kidney disease and congestion of the liver, he passed away at Pocono Summit on Jan. 20, 1925. The Scranton Times-Tribune published a lengthy obituary, saying that
Another chapter was written in a sad series of deaths in Monroe county, when, on Tuesday afternoon, George Keltz, of Tannersville, died at his home there aged sixty-six years. General debility was the cause of death. Mr. Keltz had long been a school director, was a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America and a prominent man in this section. His death makes the third in his immediate circle in the course of the past two months. His daughter, Mrs. Howard Barry, of Stroudsburg, was brought to the home of her parents very ill and died in a few days, and her husband, a well known Stroudsburg young man, died within a day of his wife. The Barrys had been taken ill almost at the same time, and, despite a brave struggle, both soon succumbed. It was necessary to take the young couple to the homes of their respective families toward the end.
Hattie somehow endured for another eight-plus years. For the last year of her life, she was stricken with sclerosis of her spine. She died less than a week after her 68th birthday, on Aug. 23, 1933. The body was lowered into the sacred soil of Tannersville Union Cemetery.
Great-grandson Charles Warner (1867-1925) was born on May 5, 1867. He made a home in Tannersville, Pocono Township. Charles in 1888 wed Clara Pysher (1871-1938). Together they bore eight known children -- Eva N. Warner (1889-1970), Herbert Warner (-1891-), Ada Detrick (1897-1984), Emily Anna Warner (1900-1908), Charles "Robert" Warner (1903-1963), H. Alberta Warner (-1905-), Paul Earl Warner (1906-1910) and Horace Clair Warner (1907-1993). The couple outlived four of their offspring. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1900-1900, Charles earned a living as a teamster, hauling for the lumber industry. Their homeplace in 1920 was along the state road from Tannersville to Scotrun. The angel of death cleaved him away suddenly on May 18, 1925, at the age of 58, while laboring for John Learn. Reported the Hazleton Plain Speaker, he "dropped dead while doing some work on the Tannersville school house." The Mount Carmel Daily News added that he had been "Stricken with heart failure as he conversed with a doctor... The doctor turned his head for a moment and was surprised to find, when he again faced the man to resume his conversation, that he had fallen to the ground. [The deceased was] one of the best known residents of Tannersville, near Tamaqua." Burial was in Tannersville. Clara outlived him by 13 years and passed away in 1938.
Great-grandson Elwood Warner (1860- ? ) was born in about 1860. Nothing more is known.
Great-grandson Stephen Warner (1870-1930) was born in 1870 in Tannersville, Monroe County. Stephen was united in the bonds of holy matrimony with Sarah Jane Kresge (1872-1951). Their brood of offspring included Mrs. Julius Gerncasy, Mrs. Harry Shollenberger, Mrs. George Cunningham, Mrs. Adam Kenner, Herbert Warner, Foster Warner and Dorothy Warner. The family He established a homeplace in Weatherly, PA, near Hazleton, Luzerne County, at the corner of Plain Street and Lauderburn Avenue. Grief cascaded over the family when, suffering at age 61 from lobar pneumonia, Stephen died in the state hospital on Oct. 9, 1930. Son Foster, of Weatherly, provided key details for the death certificate. An obituary was printed in the Mauch Chunk Times-News and the Hazleton Standard-Sentinel, the latter of which asked the Stroudsburg newspaper to reprint it. Funeral rites were conducted in the residence by Rev. Moyer of the local Salem Reformed Church. The remains were lowered under the sod of Union Cemetery.
Great-granddaughter Mary Ann Warner (1875-1914) was born on Oct. 12, 1875. In 1901, she tied the marital cord with Michael J. Cullather (Oct. 25, 1876-1934). Circa 1914, their home was located at 78 Burson in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County. Mary's lungs became infected with tuberculosis, and there was no cure. At the age of 38, she succumbed to the illness on April 5, 1914. Burial was in East Stroudsburg. The widowed Michael remained in East Stroudsburg and married again 1919 to Isabelle M. Coleman (1890-1971). He died there at the age of 57 on May 20, 1934.
Great-granddaughter Jennie Warner (1878-1946) was born on May 1, 1878 in Tannersville. She wed Harry E. Werkheiser (Jan. 25, 1876-1968), originally from Neola, Monroe County, and the son of Joshua and Sarah (Shick) Werkheiser. The pair resided in Tannersville, Monroe County, where Harry toiled as a carpenter and builder. They became the parents of three known sons -- Russell George Werkheiser (1898-1978), Charles M. Werkheiser (1900-1996) and Frederick Earl Werkheiser (1903-1984). Jennie was burdened over the years with hypertension and heart disease. The end came at age 68 with a heart attack that ended her life within 15 minutes, on Feb. 22, 1946. Her remains sleep for eternity in Laurelwood Cemetery in Stroudsburg. Harry survived her by 22 years. He gave of his time as an officer of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Tannersville, and as secretary of its Sunday School for half-a-century. He also served as secretary of the Patriotic Order Sons of America for many years. He also was an original member of the Pocono Township Volunteer Fire Company and was an auditor, assessor and school board director in the township schools. He died at the age of 92 on Feb. 21, 1968. The headcount of his survivors included 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral rites jointly were led by Rev. Charles Adami and Rev. William F. Wunder.
Great-granddaughter Nettie Elizabeth Warner (1883-1897) was born on Feb. 10, 1883. She did not reach adulthood Sadly, when she was 14 years of age, she died on July 22, 1897. Burial was in Grace United Church of Christ Cemetery in Tannersville. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. W.H. Broug.
Great-grandson Harry Warner (1889-1955) was born on Oct. 15, 1889 in Tannersville. He entered into marriage with Belinda ( ? - ? ). The Warners lived in Olyphant, PA in the mid-1920s, and in Scranton, Lackawanna County in the 1950s. Harry's occupation was as a truck driver for the state highway. Their final address was 1109 Ridgerow. For the last nearly four-and-a-half years of his life, he suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, an affliction which had caused the deaths of several older siblings. He spent most of that time in the Lackawanna County Tuberculosis Hospital in nearby Ransom. He was enveloped by death at the age of 65 on Feb. 8, 1955. The body was laid to rest in Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton.
- Granddaughter Isabella Youngkin (1844-1901) was born in about 1844 in Tannersville, Monroe County, PA. She wed Ambrose Price (April 14, 1844-1901). When the federal census enumeration was made in 1880, Isabella shared a residence with her widowed mother in Pocono Township, Monroe County, and the whereabouts of her husband were not disclosed. They became the parents of Jesse Price, born in 1882, and Harrison Price. Circa 1884-1901, the Prices lived in East Stroudsburg, PA. Ambrose was employed over the years as a conductor with the Lackawanna Railroad Company. Senseless tragedy ripped through the family in May 1901. While apparently eating fresh shad fish, both Ambrose and Isabella became violently ill with ptomaine poisoning. She "was seized with severe pain in the abdomen and with vomiting." While she fortunately recovered, Ambrose could not and succumbed on May 11, 1901, at the age of 57. Rev. W.H. Broug/Brong, pastor of the United Church of Christ, conducted the funeral rites. Adding to the heartache, Isabella followed her husband to the grave just four months later, on Sept. 18, 1901. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that "For awhile she suffered great and her death was expected. She continued to feel the effects of the poisoning, but was able to be about. She went out calling on a friend and upon her return home suffered a relapse and died." Rev. Broug/Brong again led the obsequies. Interment was in Tannersville.
Great-grandson Jesse Price (1882-1937) was born on July 24, 1882. He exchanged marital vows with Julia M. ( ? - ? ). They bore a daughter, Mrs. John S. Richter. Jesse was employed as a railroad conductor. The family made a homeplace in the 1930s at 188 Spring Street, East Stroudsburg. Suffering from an enlarged heart and blood clot at age 55, Jesse died on Nov. 15, 1937. Interment was in Stroudsburg, PA. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said that he was noted for "spending his entire life in Monroe County." At the time, daughter Mrs. Richter lived in Stroudsburg.
Great-grandson Harrison Morell Price (1890-1948) was born on March 14, 1890 in East Stroudsburg. He married Freda Katherine Eilenberger (1892-1960). The two known children borne of this union were Natalie Jeanne Bock (1914-1982) and John Ambrose Price (1928-1998). The pair resided in Philadelphia for years at the address of 4907 Broad Street. Harrison is known to have been employed as a railroad dining car steward. He was stricken with coronary heart disease and died at home at the age of 56 on July 7, 1948. On his death certificate, the widow was unable to furnish the name of her husband's mother. Their grave is in Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg.
- Grandson Samuel Younkins (1840-1922) -- also spelled "Yonken" -- was born on Aug. 27, 1840 or 1846 in Tannersville. He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mount (1852-1931), daughter of Maryetta Mount of New Jersey. The known children in this family were Ida J. Youngkins, George H. Younkins, Hattie Younken, Adelaide V. "Addie" Frantz, Howard Robert Youngken, Clinton Younkin, Annie G. Younkin and Hazel Sebring Tock. During the Civil War, Samuel joined the Union Army, enlisting in Easton on Aug. 15, 1861. His first commanding officer was Capt. Graeffe, and he was placed within the ranks of the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, and eventually was promoted to corporal. He was discharged after the end of the term of his service on Aug. 8, 1863, and then re-enlisted. He remained with the 47th Pennsylvania until discharge on Christmas Day 1865 after a second term of service of two years, two months and 16 days. The Youngkin homeplace for decades was in Pocono Township, Monroe County. He labored as a stone mason in 1870. The United States Census of 1880 shows that Simon's occupation was working in a peg factory, and that Lizzie's mother resided in their household that year. When a special census was made of Civil War veterans in 1890, he declared his dwelling as Swiftwater, Monroe County, and that he suffered from chronic diarrhea. Then in 1900, he lived by himself in a hotel in Bethlehem, employed as a porter. In October 1902, he is known to have been one of 100 veterans to attend the 30th annual reunion of the 47th Pennsylvania, held at Duck Farm Hotel. Reported the Allentown Leader, "While many of the veterans are still vigorous, many are beginning to get old, showing the effects of hard service in the Civil War. No regiment covered more territory than this famous Pennsylvania organization, which campaigned in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, in the Red River expedition, and ended gloriously with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia. By the time the war was over there were more than 2000 names on the roll of the 47th. Its reunions are held on Oct. 22, the anniversary of the battle of Pocotaligo." Toward the end, he was burdened with hardening of the arteries and gangrene. He died at the age of 81 on March 8, 1922. His funeral service was preached by Rev. J.M. Shellenberger, pastor of Grace Reformed Church of Tannersville. His remains sleep for the ages in Tannersville Union Cemetery.
Great-granddaughter Ida J. Youngkins (1864- ? ) was born in about 1864. She may have died young.
Great-grandson George H. Younkins (1866- ? ) was born in about 1866. He too may have died in childhood.
Daughter Hattie Younken (1869- ? ) was born in about 1869. At the age of 11, in 1880, she resided with her parents in Pocono Township, Monroe County, PA. Our knowledge of her life ends after that.
Great-granddaughter Adelaide V. "Addie" Youngken (1869-1935) was born on Jan. 29, 1869. In 1880, when she was 11 years of age, she lived with her family in Pocono Township, Monroe County, PA. On June 4, 1894, in Columbia City, NJ, she tied the marital cord with widower Jonas Frantz (June 8, 1863-1951), son of Joseph and Mary (Miller) Frantz. He had been married before to Agnes L. Abel (1868-1890) and brought two stepdaughters into the second family, Nettie M. Rinker (1884-1930) and Myrtle A. Bachman (1888-1968). Two known sons of their own whom they bore together were Clinton Carl Frantz Sr. (1896-1951) and Richard Morgan Frantz (July 7, 1903-1972). At least one of the sons was baptized in the United Methodist Church of Newton, Lackawanna County, PA. Jonas made a living as a laborer. Sadly, at the age of 66, Addie passed away on Dec. 6, 1935. Burial was in St. Paul's Reformed Cemetery in Swiftwater, Monroe County. Jonas survived his bride by 16 years and during that time lived in Scotrun, Monroe County. Burdened with heart disease, and then a heart attack, death spirited him away on Christmas Eve 1951.
Great-grandson Howard Robert Youngken (1873-1953) was born on July 12, 1873 or 1878 in the Scotrun section of Monroe County. A bachelor at the age of 26, in 1900, he boarded with James and Susan Shupp in Lower Towamensing, Carbon County, and worked in carpentry. He exchanged vows of matrimony with Eva Catherine Widdoss (1877-1961). Their foursome of offspring were Lois Youngken (born 1907), Robert Samuel Youngken (March 21, 1909-1990), Hilah A. Gleason (1911) and Donald Howard Youngken (1913-1970), all born in Monroe County, PA. Howard supported the family over the years as a carpenter. They were members of the Tannersville Evangelical Reformed Church, and he belonged to the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America. Their homeplace was in Henryville in rural Pocono Summit, Monroe County. Howard endured hypertension and chronic arthritis for many years, and then in about 1949 suffered a series of mini strokes. After contracting influenza and bronchial pneumonia, he passed way in Pocono Township at the age of 79 on April 6, 1953. The body was laid to rest in St. Paul's Reformed Cemetery in Swiftwater, Monroe County.
Great-grandson Clinton Younkin (1877- ? ) was born in 1877. He spent his earliest years in Pocono Township, Monroe County. His fate is lost to history for now.
Great-granddaughter Annie B. Younkins (1878- ? ) was born in about 1878. Her paper trail has gone cold.
Great-granddaughter Hazel G. Youngkens (1895-1963) was born in 1895. She married James M. Sebring (1890-1928), son of William Sebring, and originally from Mount Pocono. They did not reproduce. On tragic day in late Nov. 1928, while in Newark, NJ, the 38-year-old James died from asphyxiation after breathing illuminating gas. His funeral was held at the home of Hazel's mother at Swiftwater, officiated by Rev. John D. Herr of the Swiftwater Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial was in St. Paul's Reformed Cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry Cress, Clinton N. Beehler, John Leam, Henry Smith, Charles H. Carter and Alvah Merwin, "warm friends of the deceased," noted the Scranton Republican. "He had a wide circle of friends and was respected by all who knew him." The widowed Hazel outlived her spouse by 35 years and wed again to Charles M. Tock ( ? - ? ). She held a membership in the First Church of Christ Scientist in Stroudsburg. Their longtime residence was in Swiftwater. Having been ill for four months, the angel of death cleaved her away at the age of 67 on April 3, 1963. An obituary was carried in the Allentown Morning Call and the Pocono Record. Her remains were lowered into the sleep of ages next to her first husband. Her pallbearers were Dayton Frantz, C.C. Frantz, Bradford Youngken, Arthur Youngken and Harold Miller.
- Grandson Lewis Youngkins (1848- ? ) -- sometimes spelled "Louis" and "Yonkins" -- was born on Feb. 13, 1848 or 1846 in Tannersville. A bachelor at the age of 22, in 1870, he boarded in the Stroudsburg hotel of John J. Kresge and generated income as a laborer. Lewis eventually tied the knot with Susan Melissa/Melvina Van Horn ( ? - ? ), daughter of Barney and Mary Van Horn. Together, they became the parents of Anna Jane "Jennie" Whispell, Barney "Seldon" Youngkins, Ethel May Dennis, Theresa Youngkins, Myrtle Melvina Cleveland and Lewis Clyde Youngkins. They made a homeplace in 1880 in Tobyhanna, Monroe County, with him toiling at a sawmill. He made news in the winter of 1886 when contributing to a "one dime" fund to benefit needy people in Ireland. Sadly, Susan passed away sometime before 1900. The U.S. Census of 1900 shows Lewis and the children living in the household of his in-laws in Dallas, Luzerne County. At that time, Lewis' occupation was "teamster." His fate after that is lost. Their family is spelled out in Francis M. Marvin's 1929 book, The Van Horn Family History.
Great-granddaughter Anna Jane "Jennie" Youngkins (1880-1962) was born on March 28, 1880 in Houserville, Centre County, PA. On Dec. 3, 1902, she was united in matrimony with Ervin Woolven Whispell (Dec. 15, 1875-1941), a native of Kunkle, Luzerne County, and the son of Joseph and Jane Whispell. One known son of their coupling was Seldon Ervin Whispell Sr. (1905-1969). They settled on a farm in Dallas, Luzerne County, PA and in time moved to rural Kunkle. There, he was employed as a state fire warden and for a dozen years was the towerman at the fire tower in Dallas. Jennie held a membership in the Kunkle Methodist Church. Afflicted with cancer of the sigmoid colon and rectum at the age of 65, he passed away on June 1, 1941. Rev. Ira Button, pastor of Sweet Valley Christian Church, led the rites, assisted by Rev. David Morgans of the family church. The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader ran an obituary. Pallbearers were Arthur Updyke, Corey Meiers, Harry Sweezy, Fred Honeywell, Olin Kunkle and James Race, with flowers carried by members of the Kunkle fire crew. In about 1952, she relocated to Succasunna, NJ and for a decade shared a home with her granddaughter Mrs. David Weaver. Sadly, at the age of 81, Jennie died in Dover (NJ) General Hospital on March 5, 1962. An obituary was printed in the Times Leader. Burial was in Beaumont Cemetery in Wyoming County. Son Seldon was married in May 1925 to Estelle F. Traver ( ? - ? ), also of Kunkle.
Great-grandson Barney "Seldon" Youngkins (1883-1935) was born on Feb. 27, 1883. He attended the Alderson Public School near Dallas, PA. He was married on Nov. 22, 1906 to Gertrude Rauch ( ? - ? ). A pair of offspring borne of this union were Gertrude Younkins and Lewis Younkins They resided at Harvey's Lake and in Kingston, Luzerne County, where he worked as a laborer. Their Kingston address was 325 Ridge Avenue, and they were members of the Kingston Methodist Episcopal Church.. Burdened with Graves Disease and heart degeneration, at the age of 52, he passed into the arms of the heavenly host on April 29, 1935. Interment of the remains was in Denison Cemetery. An obituary ran in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, saying he was "a well known and highly esteemed resident of the West Side..."
Great-granddaughter Ethel May Youngkins (1885-1928) was born on June 13, 1885 or 1889 at Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe County, PA. She was an alumna of Laketon High School and the Wyoming Seminary. Ethel went on to train as a nurse and was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre City Hospital, associated with the Visiting Nurses Association. In young womanhood, she lived in Kingston and Alderson, PA. On April 1, 1925, at the age in her late 30s, she wed 29-year-old Warren Woodward Dennis Jr. (June 20, 1895-1953) of Wilkes-Barre and the son of Warren Woodward and Catherine "Kate" (Andes) Dennis Sr. Officiating was Rev. Leon K. Willman, at the First Methodist Episcopal Church on North Franklin Street. The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader announced the happy news, saying that the "bride was beautifully gowned in white silk flat crepe with picture hat of crepe and tulle to match and carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses, sweet peas and lilies-of-the-valley." Warren was a veteran of World War I, having been assigned to the 312th Field Artillery, 79th Division. He was employed at the time of marriage as a chauffeur for attorney Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of Glen Alden Coal Company, and remained in this role for three decades. The newlyweds' longtime home was at 328 Wright Street in Kingston. Ethel was active in many organizations including the Kingston Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Ladies Auxiliary of the Dieu Le Vent Commandery of the Knights Templar, St. Barnabas Guild, First Methodist Episcopal Church and General Hospital Alumni Association In 1925, Ethel is known to have attended a nurse's reunion banquet of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, an event connected to the 30th anniversary of the hospital's chartering. On the fateful day of April 12, 1928, Ethel fractured her skull in a fall down a flight of steps into their cellar. She was taken to the local hospital, where she died the following day. Interment was in Hollenback Cemetery. The Times Leader obituary said that she was "prominently known throughout the west side" and that her "death comes as a sudden shock to the entire Kingston community... It is believed that Mrs. Dennis lay at the bottom of the steps about two hours before her husband came home and hear moans of his injured wife." Warren married again to Mabel A. Davis ( ? - ? ). As of 1934, his homeplace was at 280 East South Street, Wilkes-Barre. He later worked as a mining foreman and fan engineer at the Stanton Colliery. While at their home at Harveys Lake in Luzerne County. Warren suffered a massive heart attack and died within the hour on Feb. 18, 1953. Burial was in Edge Hill in Nanticoke, Luzerne County.
Great-granddaughter Theresa Youngkins (1887-1984) was born on Sept. 5, 1887. She attended the Alderson Public School near Dallas, PA in 1897. Evidence suggests that in about 1904, as a teenager, she may have given birth to a son, whom she named "Henry Youngkin." But this needs to be confirmed. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1910, she and her sister Myrtle boarded in the home of Clinton and Henrietta Brown in Scranton, with the sisters supporting themselves as kitchen girls in a restaurant. During World War I, she was engaged to marry Percy M. Vautier, an employee of the Anthracite Bridge Company of Scranton who dwelled in the local YMCA. Her fiance joined the U.S. Army during the war and trained at Camp Dix, NJ and was assigned to the 312th Engineers of Port Newark Term, NJ, and thence was sent to Brooklyn and finally to the quartermaster's corps at Camp Mills, NY. Cruel fate intervened when Percy contracted pneumonia and died at Camp Mills on Oct. 24, 1918. His obituary was made public in the Scranton Tribune. Theresa remained single for the balance of her life. She lived in the household of her married sister Myrtle Cleveland in 1920, working as a clerk in the Davis Steam Dye Works. In January 1921, she enrolled in the nurse's training school of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Circa 1929-1962, she continued to make a homeplace in Brooklyn. She is known to have been a patient in Brooklyn Hospital for several months in 1937 after injuries suffered in a bad fall. Her last home was in Ossining, Westchester County, NY. She was gathered away by the harvester of death in June 1984.
Great-granddaughter Myrtle Melvina Youngkins (1889- ? ) was born on Dec. 4, 1889. Circa 1897, she attended the Alderson Public School near Dallas, PA. When the U.S. Census count was taken in 1910, she and her sister Theresa boarded in the home of Clinton and Henrietta Brown in Scranton, with the sisters supporting themselves as kitchen girls in a restaurant. Myrtle resided in Scranton, PA in 1912, working for J.D. Williams & Bro. Co. On May 15, 1912, she was joined in wedlock with Samuel Tilden Cleveland Sr. (April or Sept. 16, 1891-1935), also a Scranton resident and the son of James E. and Ellen Cleveland. News of their marriage license appeared in the Scranton Times-Tribune. The pair exchanged their marital vows in the parlor of the home of George Cleveland, officiated by Rev. Dr. George Wood Anderson of the Elm Park Methodist Episcopal Church. In announcing the happy event, the Scranton Tribune reported that the bride "was neatly attired in a gown of white crepe de meteor. She wore a tulle veil and wreath of orange blossoms, and carried bride's roses." Their pair of offspring were Betty Jane Cleveland and Samuel Tilden Cleveland Jr. Samuel Sr. was employed for years with his brother by the Davis Steam Dye Works. Then in the summer of 1934, he broke away and formed the Dandie Cleaners and Dyers on Sanderson Avenue, which he operated. Samuel held memberships in the Peter Williamson Lodge of the Masons, Irem Temple, the Keystone Consistory of the Knights Templar and the Scranton Kiwanis Club. On the dark day of April 1, 1935, Samuel decided to end his life. He turned on all of the jets of gas on their cooking range and died of inhalation in their kitchen. The body was found by their son Samuel and moved to a bedroom before authorities could arrive. Rev. H.H. Crane, of the Elm Park Methodist Episcopal Church, presided over the funeral rites. Interment followed in Shady Lane Cemetery in Chinchilla, Lackawanna County. The Times-Tribune published a lengthy news story with the deceased's photo portrait. As a widow, Myrtle moved to Long Island, NY and was there in 1962.
Great-grandson Lewis Clyde Youngkins (1893- ? ) was born on March 19, 1893. He died young, without reproducing. Nothing more of his paper trail has been uncovered.
- Grandson Uriah Youngkin (1851-1923) was born on Jan. 13, 1851 in Mountainhome within the Pocono Mountains of Monroe County, PA. At the age of 19, in 1870, he boarded in the home of Anna Dietrich in Forks, Northampton County, PA and generated income as a brickyard laborer. He was united in matrimony with Sarah E. Newhart (Sept. 1860-1939) of Tannersville. Children of this coupling were Allen Younkin, Daisy Youngkin, Kathryn/Catherine Youngkin, Ernest Youngkin, Anna Hull, Bessie Heck, Chester Harrison Youngkin and twins who died in infancy. The Youngkins lived in Barrett Township, Monroe County in the 1870s and 1880s and in East Stroudsburg, PA in 1900-1923. Uriah made his living over the early years as a "saddler" and then by 1910 as a "liquor tester" of chemical baths in a tannery, used to process animal rawhides. By 1920, he worked as a laborer in a local hosiery mill. The couple's final address together was at 100 Prospect Street. Sadly, at the age of 72, and suffering from hardening of the arteries, he died in East Stroudsburg, PA on April 5, 1923. Sarah lived for another 16 years. She passed away in 1939. Their burial was in Prospect Cemetery, with the family name inscribed on their grave marker as "Younkin."
Great-grandson Allen Younkin (1876-1933) was born on July 20, 1876 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, PA. He and Elizabeth Melick (1878-1931) became man and wife. Their pair of sons were Allen Delmas Younkin (1909-1987) and Glenn Chester Younkin (1913- ? ). The Younkins relocated to Georgia in about 1918 and settled in Rome, Floyd County. Their home was on Lindale Road. Allen was employed as superintendent of Rome Tannery. Elizabeth made news in December 1928 when hurt with lacerations and internal injuries in an automobile accident in which her sons both were injured. The Atlanta Journal reported that the incident occurred at East Fifth Street and Second Avenue in Rome, "practically a head-on collision between cars... It is not known how exactly how the accident happened, as neither of the drivers seem to know." Sadly, Elizabeth died in 1931. As a widower, Allen ran for the Rome board of city commissioners in 1932 but was defeated. He suffered a heart attack and died in their home at the age of 58 on Dec. 4, 1933. His obituary was published in the Journal.
Great-granddaughter Daisy Youngkin (1878- ? ) was born in about 1878 in Barrett Township, Monroe County, PA. She died in childhood at about the age of seven or eight.
Great-granddaughter Catherine/Kathryn Younkin (1879-1932) was born on Dec. 5, 1879 in Barrett Township, Monroe County, PA. She never married and devoted her life to her work as a dressmaker. She made her dwelling-place in the 1930s at 233 East Brown Street, East Stroudsburg. After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, she surrendered to the angel of death on Dec. 2, 1932, just three days shy of her 54th birthday. She is buried with her parents in Prospect Cemetery.
Great-grandson Ernest Younkin (1881-1960) was born on Jan. 13 or 16, 1881 in Mountainhome, Barrett Township, Monroe County in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. In 1909, he tied the knot with E. Edith Burnell (Dec. 5, 1879-1946), a native of Ellenville, NY and the daughter of Henry W. and Louise Elizabeth (Michtle) Bunnell. They settled for good in East Stroudsburg, with a longtime address of 266 North Courtland Street. Their known children were Virginia Diehl (1909-1990), Helen Louise Younkin (1913- ? ) who married her first cousin Glenn Chester Younkin, Lester E. Younkin (1918-1982), Cora "Toots" Hatton (1920-1990) and Richard Younkin who died in infancy. Ernest was employed for 29 years by J.M. Wyckoff Milling Company. He retired in 1946. He went on to make a name for himself as a borough official and leader in the Masons lodge in East Stroudsburg. A newspaper once said he had been a member of East Stroudsburg Borough Council and a master and longtime lodge secretary for the J. Simpson Africa lodge of the Masons. In her own right, Edith belonged to the Monroe Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Sadly, Edith developed colon cancer which spread to other parts of her body. After two years of suffering, she died at the age of 66 on June 13, 1946. Ernest survived her by 14 years. He too was diagnosed with cancer, in his case at the junction where the sigmoid colon joins the rectum. At the age of 79, he died on March 28, 1960. Interment was in Prospect Cemetery in East Stroudsburg. He was survived by a baker's dozen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Great-granddaughter Anna Mae Younkin (1884-1978) was born in July 1884 in Barrett Township, Monroe County, PA. In 1903, she married Charles "Dudley" Hull (Nov. 18, 1885-1961). The Hulls established a homeplace in Wharton, Morris County, NJ and later by 1930 in Dover, NJ. Their only son was Bruce Dudley Hull (Aug. 4, 1917- ? ). During the World War I years, Dudley earned a living as a molder with Richard Boynton Company. By 1930, he was employed as a millwright by the United States government. Census records for 1940 show him working as a road construction laborer. Anna Mae "taught in the Hibernia and Dover schools and was also a tutor for handicapped children," reported the Morristown (NJ) Daily Record. Sadly, Dudley passed way on Aug. 10, 1961. Anna was enveloped by death at the age of 93 on March 7, 1978. She remains rest for all time in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery of Rockaway, NJ. Son Bruce was a checker in a powder works in Dover in 1940. He and his family lived in Denville, NJ in 1978.
Great-granddaughter Bessie E. Youngkin (1886-1956) was born on Sept. 24, 1886 in Tannersville, Barrett Township, Monroe County, PA. In young womanhood she was a school teacher in East Stroudsburg. She was united in wedlock with Charles Heck ( ? - ? ). Together they produced a trio of offspring -- Richard C. Heck, Allen N. Heck and Barbara Graybeal. The Hecks' address in the mid-1950s was on East Brown Street in East Stroudsburg. They also maintained a residence in Brant Beach, NJ. With her health in decline, from diabetes and a cerebral hemorrhage, plus a traumatic fracture of her kneecap in a fall, she was admitted to the State Hospital in Norristown. There, at the age of 69, she passed away on April 5, 1956. Rev. William F. Wunder officiated the funeral. Her remains were lowered under the sod of Prospect Cemetery in East Stroudsburg. An obituary in the Pocono Record said that she "lived in East Stroudsburg most of her life. She was a Methodist."
Great-grandson Chester Harrison Younkin (1889-1936) was born on April 6, 1889 in East Stroudsburg, Barrett Township, Monroe County, PA. He served in the U.S. Army including deployment to the Mexican border. Then during World War I, he was assigned to the 28th Division and in August 1917 commissioned a captain. He received his honorable discharge in May 1919. Chester was joined in matrimonial union in 1918 with New Jersey native Laura Augusta "Gussie" Bailey (1886-1951). The couple dwelled in East Stroudsburg and did not reproduce. After the war's end, he was proprietor of Mount Tom Filling Station & Restaurant. He also is known to have commanded Company G of the 109th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Chester also was a charter member and commander of the George Kemp post of the American Legion. Stricken with chronic kidney disease and acute heart problems, at the age of 47, he died in East Stroudsburg on July 5, 1936. Burial took place in the local Prospect Cemetery. Among those in his cortege were Col. R.M. Vail, Lt. Col. Stanley Coar, Lt. Harry Serfass and regimental staff, 200 uniformed guardsmen from East Stroudsburg and Scranton, and other interested veterans. His photograph portrait was published in the 1918 book, A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 111th Infantry United States.
Chester H. Younkin
Courtesy Michael Belis
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| Church Street in Tobyhanna, Monroe County |
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| Store and post office in Mountainhome, Monroe County |
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Reuben's grave - courtesy Tom Myers |
Grandson Gary Alfred Youngkin (1841-1908) was born on Aug. 4, 1841 in Bethlehem, Northampton County. He learned the shoemaking trade from his father. Gary's home in young manhood was in Butztown. On Nov. 14, 1863, he was married to Susan C. Gross (Jan. 22, 1843-1926), a native of Bethlehem and the daughter of Frederick and Levina (Lerch) Gross. They belonged to the German Reformed Congregation (Arndts Church) in Forks Township near Easton. They bore two known children, an infant girl and Stewart Frederic Youngkin. Sadly, the girl died on Oct. 5, 1864. The baby boy was christened in the family church on March 30, 1867. As of 1908, the family lived in Butztown. They belonged to the St. John's Reformed Congregation at Farmersville. After "a complication of diseases of about one year," said the Allentown Morning Call, he passed away on March 2, 1908. Susan's final years were spent in the residence of her sister Mrs. James W. Koehler in Bethlehem at the address of 640 High Street. Stricken with the grippe and chronic bronchitis, she developed acute yellow atrophy of her liver and at the age of 83 died on May 3, 1926. Mrs. Nicholas Schwab was the source of vital information for the death certificate. Obsequies were held in the family church, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. An obituary was published in the Morning Call. The following September, at the annual Lerch family reunion at Dorney Park, Allentown, she received a tribute as one of several relatives who had died during the past year.
Grave of Gary and Susan - courtesy Tom MyersGreat-grandson Stewart Frederic Youngkin (1867- ? ) was born on March 10, 1867. When he was just 20 days old, he was christened in the German Reformed Congregation (Arndts Church) in Forks Township. He is believed to have died young.
- Granddaughter Mianna Youngkin (1844-1920) was born on Oct. 28, 1844 in Butztown near Bethlehem, PA. She was baptized in infancy by Rev. Brobst, and at the age of 17, on Nov. 16, 1861, was confirmed as a member of St. John's Reformed Church of Farmersville by Rev. D.F. Brendle. She maintained a lifelong membership in that congregation. Mianna resided as a young woman in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County. On June 5, 1870, in nuptials held at the German Reformed Congregation (Arndts Church) in Forks Township, she wed William Henry Coleman (Jan. 8, 1842-1927), also of Bethlehem Township, and the son of Charles and Julia Coleman. A record of their marriage was kept in the church papers. The pair settled at near Farmersville, Northampton County. The children born to this union were Charles R. Coleman, Gary A. Coleman and Elsie Marsh Koehler. Said the Allentown Morning Call, "For about forty years he conducted the general store at Butztown now operated by his son Charles... and which the latter's grandfather established about 75 or 80 years ago. He retired from active life about eight years ago and was a member of St. John's Reformed church at Farmersville." At the age of 76, in Butztown, Mianna was cleaved away by the grim reaper on Dec. 4, 1920. The cause of death was pleurisy and a stroke of apoplexy. Funeral rites were held in the family home, with additional services conducted at the family church. Burial was in the cemetery next to the church. The Morning Call published an obituary. William lived as a widower for another six-plus years. His final homeplace was with his married son Charles, at the junction of William Penn Highway and the Butztown-Freemansburg Road. After contracting the grippe at age 85, he was confined to bed for about 10 days until carried away by the heavenly host on March 29, 1927. His Morning Call obituary said he was "the oldest and most respected resident of Butztown" and resided in Bethlehem Township "during his entire lifetime." Funeral rites were held in the hompelace and later at the family church, with interment in Farmersville Cemetery.
Great-grandson Charles R. Coleman (1874-1951) was born on March 16, 1874 in Bethlehem Township, PA. At the age of 13, he began working at his father's general store in Butztown. He tied the knot with Jennie Elizabeth Wagner (Jan. 26, 1876-1950), daughter of Martin D. and Mary (Koch) Wagner. They do not seem to have reproduced. The pair dwelled in Butztown for years, where he took over his father's store. He was employed for 55 years by the U.S. Postal Service, including succeeding his father as postmaster in Butztown and serving in that role from 1913 to 1944. He held memberships in the local lodges of the Masons, Odd Fellows and Red Men as well as St. John's Reformed Church, Farmersville. Upon his retirement, Jennie took over the postmaster's job. Their address in the early 1950s was at 212 Main Street in Butztown/Freemansburg. Sadly, Jennie succumbed to the spectre of death on Feb. 28, 1950. Charles outlived her by a year and suffered from heart artery hardening and swelling of his kidneys. He passed away in St. Luke's Hospital at Fountain Hill, Lehigh County on Oct. 7, 1951. The remains were lowered into rest in Farmersville Cemetery. His obituary appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Great-grandson Gary A. Coleman ( ? -1958) was born in Butztown, PA. He wed Ellen Brader ( ? - ? ). Their five offspring were Walter Coleman, Mrs. Maynard Gross, Helen Bowen, Mrs. Andrew Farrell and Mary Unangst. He was an employee of the Laros Textile Company for many years, eventually retiring from the firm. Death spirited him away in St. Luke's Hospital at the age of 79 on May 16, 1958. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said that he was survived by nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Great-granddaughter Elsie F. Coleman (1883-1958) was born on Aug. 12, 1883 in Butztown, PA. She first was united in matrimony in Nov. or Dec. 1909 with Nazareth bricklayer Fred Marsh (April 6, 1883-1929), son of Douglass and Ella (Bartholomew) Marsh of Saylorsburg, Monroe County, PA. Their nuptials were held in Bethlehem by Rev. H.J. Ehret and announced on the pages of the Allentown Morning Call. The couple did not reproduce. They made a homeplace in 1927 in Butztown, where he generated income as a laborer. Grief swept over the pair when Fred was diagnosed with cancer of the neck, jaw and tongue. He died at the age of 45 on March 10, 1929. Funeral services were held in the Farmersville Church with interment in the church cemetery. Then in 1930, she wed Nazareth resident George W. Koehler ( ? - ? ). The pair resided in Perkasie, PA. As a patient in Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, suffering from diabetes and a serious bacterial kidney infection, she was felled by a heart attack and died at the age of 74 on July 6, 1958. The Morning Call printed an obituary. She was survived by four nieces and one nephew. Burial was in Farmersville.
Daughter Elizabeth Youngkin (1808- ? ) was born on Dec. 2, 1808. She was christened on Jan. 29, 1809 in the Dryland Reformed Church in Hecktown, Northampton County, with Michael and Catharine Dech present as witnesses. Elizabeth exchanged marital vows with John Breinig (1814- ? ), also possibly spelled "Brininger," and an immigrant from Baden, Germany. One known son in this family was Lewis H. Breinig. When the United States Census enumeration was taken in 1860, the family homeplace was in West Easton, Northampton County, with John earning a living as a carpenter. That year, one-year-old John Hay lived under their roof. Death enveloped Elizabeth sometime before 1868. John's fate is unknown.
- Grandson Lewis H. Breinig (1848-1925) was born on June 20, 1848 in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County. He grew up in West Easton, Northampton County. On April 17, 1870, with William H. Younkin and others, he was admitted by confirmation to the First United Church of Christ. He tied the marital cord with Louisiana "Lucy" (Walter) Herger (Nov. 28, 1846-1915), daughter of Andrew and Hester (Snyder) Walter. Lucy brought a trio of stepdaughters to the second marriage -- Elizabeth M. Getter, Ida Bowman and Ann Lipps. Circa 1880, census records show the married Lewis at age 29 boarding with butcher Christian Bruch in Pen Argyle, Northampton County, working as a laborer. Then in 1907, when listed in the Allentown City Directory, they made a home at 717 North Fifth, and he earned income as a postal letter carrier. Census records for 1910 show Lewis laboring at a local iron foundry, and the pair providing a home for 10-year-old grandson John M. Landis and 55-year-old boarder Barnett Brown. Sadly, at the age of 69, Lucy contracted a deadly combination of lobar pneumonia and influenza and passed away two days before Christmas 1915. A brief obituary was printed in the Allentown Leader. Lewis survived for another decade and went to live with his widowed stepdaughter Elizabeth and family at 104 Main Street in Freemansburg. Suffering from hardening of the arteries and then the onset of bronchial pneumonia at the age of 76, he surrendered his spirit into the heavenly host on April 13, 1925. Signing his official Pennsylvania certificate of death was stepdaughter Elizabeth Getter of Freemansburg. A private funeral was held in the home. Interment of the remains was made in the local Trinity United Church of Christ Cemetery, originally known as the Union Cemetery. The Allentown Morning Call obituary said "He was a resident of Freemansburg for 45 years, and a member of the Red Men and Golden Eagles of Freemansburg."
Step-great-granddaughter Elizabeth M. Herger (1868-1929) was born on Jan. 5, 1865 or 1868. She married Erwin Getter (Oct. 3, 1864-1914). Two known offspring of the pair were Samuel Lewis Getter (1890-1939) and Mrs. Marvin L. Fritchman. Sadly, Elizabeth was widowed when Erwin died on April 24, 1914. "For many years," said the Allentown Morning Call, "since the death of her husband, she successfully conducted a business in [Freemansburg] adjoining her residence and through this enterprise and with her kindly consideration of others she made a host of friends... She was well and favorably known throughout this entire community." As of 1920, she and her son and family, and stepfather Lewis Breinig, shared a home in Freemansburg, Northampton County. She suffered from chronic heart degeneration and kidney problems. Death enveloped her on Nov. 24, 1929. Her obituary in the Morning Call said that "Although the period of illness which directly caused her demise was a matter of only eight weeks, she had never fully recovered from the effects of an accident five years ago this month when she was struck and critically injured by a trolley car in front of her home." Son Samuel married Lottie D. and together produced a daughter, Lucy Getter. He was a justice of the peace in Freemansburg circa 1929. Daughter (?) wed Marvin L. Fritchman and settled in Freemansburg.
Step-great-granddaughter Ida Herger ( ? -1943) was born in (?) in Beth, PA. She was the mother of J.M. Breining/Breinig. Ida married Warren Bowman. They dwelled in Bethlehem in 1925 and were members of the Christ Evangelical and Reformed Congregation. At the age of 75, she passed away in the "B. Parker" home in New Brunswick, NJ on April 5, 1943. Her pastor. Rev. Paul Strauch, presided over the funeral rites, with burial following in the adjoining church cemetery. The Allentown Morning Call ran an obituary. Circa 1943, son J.M. Breinig made his residence in Sewarne, NJ.
Step-great-granddaughter Ann Herger (1872-1952) was born in Sept. 1872. As a young woman, circa 1888, she moved to Shimersville, PA and went to work for the firm of Lipps & Sutton, proprietors of the Lehigh Valley Silk Mill of South Bethlehem. She caught the attention of the plant manager Emory John "E.J." Lipps (1861-1933). He sent her to the Moravian Female Seminary, covering the cost of her tuition. Once she finished her studies, the couple married. The groom was 11 years older than the bride. They became the parents of five -- Lloyd Herger Lipps (1890-1953), Merritt Dudley Lipps (1894-1939), Julia Josephine Lipps (1897-1985), Bayard D. Lipps and Lurline Halderman Trapp. Circa 1894, Emory lived in a newly built stone house in South Bethlehem. He and F. Ott are known in 1907 to have received a patent for a thread finishing machine. Then in 1925, their home was in Fountain Hill, PA, a year in which Emory was sued by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia. He held a membership in the Northampton Club among other organizations, while Ann was "well known in Bethlehem and Fountain Hill for her many activities in public welfare work," said the Allentown Morning Call. The Lippses spent their summers at Spring Lake, NJ, where Ann was active with the Spring Lake Woman's Club. The family grieved at Emory's passing at about age 76 on Feb. 18, 1933, while at the Spring Lake cottage. The Morning Call reported that he had been "ailing for more than a month with a heart condition." Rev. Fr. H.J. Pearson, of St. Uriel's Episcopal Church in Sea Girt, led the funeral rites, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery in Brielle, NJ. The Spring Lake Gazette noted that "Mr. Lipps was an old resident of this borough and his many friends will regret his passing." Ann lived for another 19 years and moved to Sea Girt at the address of 205 Boston Boulevard. She died on June 19, 1952. Her obituary was printed in the Asbury Park (NJ) Press. As of 1933, sons Lloyd and Bayard resided in New York, son Merritt in Pittsburgh, and daughters Julia (a designer) at home and Lurline and her husband George Haldman in London, England. Lloyd was manager of the central-western district for Flash-Stone Company and ended his days in 1953 in Cincinnati. Son Bayard was in Philadelphia in 1953. Son Merritt and his wife Ann lived in the Wilkinsburg section of Pittsburgh, with him employed as a roll turner in a steel mill, and he died there on Feb. 20, 1939. Daughter Julia moved to New York City while daughter Lurline and her second husband Alexander Trapp dwelled in Sea Girt, NJ.
Son Peter Younken Jr. (1815- ? ) was born on Feb. 16, 1815. At the age of about six weeks, he was baptized in the Dryland Reformed Church, with Fredrich and Elizabeth Frey attending as witnesses. Nothing more about him has been found.
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| The forks of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers in Easton |
Son John Youngkin (1816-1878) was born in about 1816. On July 28, 1844, at the age of about 28, he married Rebecca Unangst ( ? -1891), daughter of Valentine and Anna Margaretta Unangst. The wedding was conducted in the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Easton, PA. There were six children born to the pair -- William Henry Youngkin, Samuel Valentine Youngkin, Martin Youngkin, Sarah A. Youngkin, Amanda Margaret Youngkin and Rosetta Stites. All of the children were born in the vicinity of Easton. The federal census enumeration of 1850 lists the family in Lower Nazareth, Northampton County, with John earning a living as an ore digger. When the census again was made in 1860, the family had moved to West Easton, and John now working as a carpenter. He continued his carpentry occupation into 1870, a year in which his son William also was a carpenter and son Samuel a bricklayer. Sadly, at the age of 61, John surrendered to the spirit of death in Easton on Oct. 22, 1878. Burial of the remains was in Easton Cemetery, and a death notice appeared in the Argus. Rebecca outlived her husband by nearly three years. When listed in the 1884 Easton City Directory, her address was 697 Pearl. She passed away at the age of 70 in May 1891. No stone marks their graves. Research on this branch has been shared by Bill Unangst of Newport, RI.
- Grandson William Henry Youngkin (1844-1923) was born in Dec. 1844 in Easton, PA. On Sept. 25, 1870, when he was 26 years of age, he entered into the rite of matrimony with Anna S. Faulstich/Faulstick (June 1854-1944). The wedding was held in the German Reformed Church in Easton. The Youngkins together bore a family of six -- John Valentine Youngkin, Mary Rose "Mame" Stiles, George Christopher Youngkin, Joseph L. Youngkin, Frank D. Youngkin and Clara May Schwab. When the U.S. Census was made in 1870, the bachelor William lived at home and followed his father's trade as a carpenter. Reported the Allentown Morning Call, "For thirty-five years he manufactured cigar boxes on North Seventh street on the site now occupied by the wall paper store of his sons, J. Youngkin and Brothers. He was a member of the First Reformed church." William at the age of 79 died on Dec. 1, 1923 after suffering a stroke of paralysis. Said the Morning Call, "He had not been in the best of health for the last several years but nothing alarming was apparent in his condition on Thursday when he enjoyed his Thanksgiving dinner surrounded by the various members of his family. Going to bed at the usual hour on Thursday evening, Mr. Youngkin was found in bed this morning about eight o'clock, the victim of a paralytic stroke. He died a few minutes later." Anna endured for another 21 years and was spirited away in death in Easton on or about July 29, 1944, at the age of 90.
Great-grandson John Valentine Youngkin (1870-1936) was born on June 8, 1870 in Easton and spent his entire life in the community. He entered into marital union with Mary Catherine (Weaver) Beebe ( ? -1950), daughter of Hiram and Mary (Speer) Weaver. She brought four stepchildren into the family -- Florence Miller Bonstein, Mabel Kindig, Lottie Baker and Charles Beebe. The Youngkins bore two daughters of their own -- Kathleen Youngkin and Helen Wolslayer. They made a home at 675 Sassafras Street. John spent his 47-year working career in Easton as a wallpaper hanger. Their address in the 1920s was at 48 North Seventh Street. He was stricken in about 1932 with "pernicious anemia" -- an auto-immune condition which destroys stomach cells -- and suffered for four years. He was bedfast at the end for 13 weeks. Death blessedly spirited him away at the age of 65 on March 27, 1936. An obituary was printed in the Allentown Morning Call. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery. Mary Catherine outlived her spouse by 14 years and moved to Hay Street in Easton. She held a membership in the First Evangelical and Reformed Church. At the age of 78, she died in Betts Hospital on April 11, 1950. Her Morning Call obituary noted that she "had resided in Easton for 60 years."
Great-granddaughter Mary Rose "Mame" Youngkin (1873-1959) was born in Aug. 1873 in Easton. On April 22, 1896, at the age of 22, she wed William Henry Stiles (June 1, 1874-1957), a carpenter and car builder and finisher originally from South Easton, and the son of Bartholomew and Martha Stiles. Leading their exchange of vows was Rev. H.M. Kieffer of the Third Street Reformed Church, also known as the First United Church of Christ. The pair moved to Philadelphia and remained for decades. Two known sons were Wilbur Edgar Stiles (Sept. 9, 1896-1994) and George Stiles (1898-1961). Their longtime address was 2227 South Felton Street, and his employer during the World War I era was J.G. Brill Company. Mary was badly hurt in an automobile accident in July 1928, as a passenger of driver John D. Gosner, and sued for $7,500 in damages. The case was reported in the Delaware County Daily Times, saying she claimed that her "injuries are permanent" and that she was "sick, nervous and unable to follow [her] usual occupation." For 20 years, William suffered from heart and kidney disease as well as hardening of the arteries. Sadly, at the age of 83, he passed away on July 5, 1957. A death notice in the Philadelphia Inquirer invited "all organizations of which he was a member" to attend the funeral. Mary Rose survived him by two years amid suffering from arthritis and finally bronchial pneumonia. She died in the Franklin Nursing Home in Mortion, Delaware County, on May 16, 1959. The Inquirer also printed her death notice. They repose at each other's side in Philadelphia's Mount Moriah Cemetery. Son Wilbur tied the knot with Marian C. Schmidt circa 1925, was the father of Doris Mae Stiles, and died in Cape Coral, FL on Sept. 24, 1994. Son George married Alice (1900-1977) and died in Dec. 1961.
Great-grandson George Christopher Youngkin (1874-1958) was born on Nov. 28, 1874 in Easton. He was baptized in his infancy in the German Reformed Church on Easton's Third Street on April 15, 1875. He tied the marital cord with Katie C. (Jan. 1877- ? ). One known son was Capt. Carl K. Youngkin (Nov. 1899- ? ). George became an insurance agent and was employed from 1914 to 1939 by Prudential Insurance Company of America. He was a member of the Easton lodge of the Masons, and in the late 1940s was a member of the Easton Housing Authority, appointed by Pennsylvania Gov. James H. Duff. Their address was 1517 Spring Garden Street in Wilson Borough near Allentown. George made news in Jan. 1946 when suing his former daughter-in-law Ruth (Apgar) Youngkin, seeking custody of her 14-year-old son Gordon, alleging that she had poisoned the teen's mind against his father, away in military service following a divorce. Upon retirement, the couple moved to Miami, where they previously had spent many winters. Their Florida address was 141 Northeast 76th Street. George died at the age of 83 on April 15, 1958. At the time of his death, said the Allentown Morning Call, his son Carl was a U.S. Navy physician stationed in Hawaii. An obituary also appeared in the Miami Herald.
Great-grandson Joseph L. Youngkin (1876-1949) was born on Sept. 20, 1876 in Easton. At the age of just under two months, on Nov. 13, 1876, he received the rite of Christian baptism in the local German Reformed Church. He exchanged vows of marriage with Sadie Anglemeyer (Oct. 12, 1876-1940). They did not reproduce. For 45 years, he and his brother Frank were operators of a wallpaper-hanging business that their father had founded. The couple held a membership in the First Evangelical and Reformed Church. Sadly, Sadie passed away in Easton on Nov. 9, 1940. Joseph outlived her by a little over eight years. He died in Feb. 1949 in Easton from the effects of a brief illness. The pair are believed to sleep for the ages in the Anglemeyer lot in Easton Cemetery.
Great-grandson Frank D. Youngkin (1879-1967) was born in Nov. 1879 in Easton. He made his dwelling-place at 697 Pearl Street in his hometown. Frank earned a living with his father and brothers in a wallpaper-hanging business. Sadly, at the age of 87, Frank died in St. Luke's Hospital on Oct. 6, 1967. A short obituary was published in the Allentown Morning Call.
Great-granddaughter Clara May Youngkin (1888-1977) was born in May 1888 in Easton, PA. On Aug. 10, 1903, she married Benjamin Yonells Schwab (June 12, 1883-1946), son of Phillip and Anna (Yonells) Schwab of Easton. The wedding ceremony was held in New York City, by Rev. Robert Bagnell of the Metropolitan Temple, and announced on the pages of the Allentown Morning Call. Together they became the parents of Dudley Y. Schwab (1905-1963). They maintained a homeplace at 624 Canal Street, Easton. Benjamin supported the family as a piano salesman and musician, and led the orchestra during moving pictures at the Strand Theatre. By 1917, the pair were separated, with her living at 697 Pearl Street and him at 314 Berwick. The 1920 federal census shows him under the roof of his mother in Easton. He is thought to have married again to Annie ( ? - ? ). During the World War II years, Benjamin and his wife lived together at 624 West Canal Street. Sadly, Benjamin was stricken by a heart attack and died in Easton at the age of 63 on July 30, 1946. Burial was in Easton Cemetery. Clara never remarried. She remained at the Pearl Street address and endured the death of son Dudley in 1963. Poor health caused her to be admitted to Gracedale. She died at the age of 95 on New Year's Eve 1977, with a notice of her passing appearing in the Morning Call. Their son Dudley remained in Easton and was a 7th Ward alderman for years while operating an insurance brokerage.
- Grandson Samuel Valentine Youngkin (1846-1927) was born in late 1846 in Easton, PA. He was christened two days after Christmas 1846 in the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Easton. When he was 22 years of age, in 1870, the bachelor Samuel resided with his parents and earned a living as a bricklayer. He wed Emma Malinda Heller (1850-1876). She brought a stepdaughter into the match, Rosa H. Sandt. During their brief lives together in Easton, they produced a pair of offspring, Anna Sabina Youngkin and Herbert Adam Youngkin. They were overcome with grief at Emma's death at the age of 23 on July 20, 1876. The Argus newspaper printed a notice of her demise. Samuel continued on for another half a century and married again to Wilhelmina Elizabeth "Minnie" Hornbogen/Hornboggen (Feb. 1860-1939), daughter of Julius and Elizabeth Hornbogen of Plainfield Township. The second union resulted in six more offspring -- Amanda M. Seibert, Edward Youngkin, Harry V. Youngkin, Carrie Youngkin, Robert Youngkin and Raymond Youngkin. She also helped raise a granddaughter, Catherine W. Youngkin. He died in Easton at the age of 80 on Aug. 5, in 1927. The Allentown Morning Call said the cause was paralysis, that he "was stricken ill three weeks ago," and that he "was a bricklayer and plasterer for many years, retiring about three years ago... He was a member of the First Reformed Church." His remains sleep for all time in Easton Heights Cemetery. Wilhelmina endured for another dozen years. After a two-week illness, she died at the age of 79 on Dec. 28, 1939. An obituary in the Morning Call said she "had lived in Easton 68 years. She was a member of the First Evangelical and Reformed church." Her pastor, Rev. George A. Creitz, led the funeral obsequies.
Step-great-granddaughter Rosa H. Youngkin (1872-1952) was born on Nov. 4, 1872 in Easton. She tied the marital cord with Daniel F. Sandt (Jan. 1, 1870-1924). The Sandts were the parents of three daughters -- Louella Sandt, Mrs. David R. Shriver and Helen S. Nickey. Sadly, Daniel died on Jan. 14, 1924. No death certificate or obituary has been found. Rosa lived on for nearly three decades. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton. Her last place of residence was in Bethlehem, Northampton County, at 60 East Broad Street. While visiting her married daughter Mrs. David R. Shriver in Wilson Borough, she was felled by a heart attack and died at the age of 79 on April 6, 1952. Interment of the remains was in Easton Cemetery. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call noted that the headcount of her survivors was five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as her half-sister, Amanda Seibert of Easton. Burial was in Easton Cemetery.
Great-granddaughter Anna Sabina Youngkin (1874- ? ) was born on Feb. 15, 1874 in Easton. She was baptized within a few weeks in the local Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Great-grandson Herbert Adam Youngkin (1875- ? ) was born on Nov. 9, 1875. At the age of a month and a few days, he was christened in Easton's Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on Dec. 12, 1875. Nothing more about his life has been uncovered.
Great-granddaughter Amanda M. Youngkin (1877-1956) was born on Dec. 17, 1877 in Easton. When she was about 28 years of age, in 1906, she entered into marriage with Thomas Seibert (1881-1929), son of John and Emma (Shillinger) Seibert. Two sons of this coupling were Carl Edward Younkin Seibert (1907-1921) and Thomas "Kenneth" Seibert. The family dwelling was 322 West Berwick Street in Easton. Thomas "was a well known gardener and landscape artist on the South Side," reported the Allentown Morning Call.He also was employed for many years as a machinist at the Ingersoll-Rand plant in West Easton. The Seiberts were members of the First Reformed Church. The family was plunged into shock and grief when the 47-year-old Thomas died on March 2, 1929, in otherwise apparent good health, after suffering "an attack of acute indigestion," said the Morning Call. An examining physician ruled the cause of death as acute myocarditis and alcoholism. As a widow, Amanda remained in Easton and moved to her son's home at 476 West Wilkes Barre Street. Her health declined over the span of her final three years. Burdened with hardening of the arteries, she was admitted to Gracedale in Upper Nazareth Township, where she spent her final four months. She died there at the age of 78 on Aug. 26, 1956. Walter Schlegel of Nazareth was the informant for the official death certificate. Her remains were lowered into the sleep of the ages in Easton Heights Cemetery. The Morning Call ran an obituary.
Great-grandson Edward Youngkin (1879-1950) was born in Feb. 1879 in Easton. He was a lifelong bachelor and dwelled in Easton at 219 South Third Street. He supported himself over time as a laborer in the building contractor industry. For the last year of his life he was ill with no apparent hope for recovery. On the dark day of April 27, 1950, Edward used a 12 gauge shotgun to shoot himself in the abdomen. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that he "was found dead... with a bullet wound in his body. A shotgun with a string attached to the trigger was found near the body. Easton Police said after investigation the would was self-inflicted."
Great-grandson Harry Valentine Youngkin (1880-1967) was born on Dec. 8, 1880 or 1881 in Easton, or in Ritchley, MD, or possibly in Virginia, as he may have been led to believe. He was twice-wed. On Aug. 28, 1906, he first tied the knot with 21-year-old Ellen J. Bartholomew (1885-1962), daughter of Percival and Hannah Mariah Bartholomew of Emaus, PA. Rev. J.P. Bachman presided. When registering for the military draft during World War I, he disclosed that he was a driver for the City of Easton. His second bride was Bertha Ann (Martin) Pittenger (1885-1971). She appears to have brought three stepchildren into the second union, James E. Pittenger (1906-1980), Annette Ostroff (1914-2003) and Virginia Ehrie ( ? - ? ). The pair went on to bear a son of their own, Harry Youngkin (1923-2018). For decades, they resided in Easton, with a final address of 715 Spring Garden Street. He generated income over the years with Taylor-Wharton Company of Palmer Township. Later, he was employed by Lafayette College as a custodian. Suffering from an aneurysm of the abdomen, Harry was admitted to Easton Hospital. The harvester of death cleaved him away on April 15, 1967. Providing vital information for the death certificate was Virginia Ehrie of Easton. The remains were placed in the Northampton Memorial Shrine. An obituary appeared in the Allentown Morning Call.
Great-granddaughter Carrie Youngkin (1883- ? ) was born in about 1883. Nothing more is known.
Great-grandson Robert Youngkin (1887-1946) was born on Feb. 23, 1887 in Easton. Robert wed Sadie Catherine Hager (Nov. 23, 1882-1914), daughter of Richard and Catherine (Boas) Hager. Their address was 678 Bushkill in Easton. The only child they bore together was Katherine Wilhelmina Steckel (Sept. 2, 1911-1992). Robert earned a living for many years as a wallpaper-hanger. Fear gripped the family in about 1913 when Sadie was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She suffered for about 14 months but no recovery was to be. At the age of 31, she surrendered to the angel of death on Oct. 12, 1914. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery. Walter H. Ashton of Easton was the informant for the death certificate. No news obituary has been found. Robert lived on for another three decades, and his motherless daughter went to live with his parents. At the end he shared a home with his sister Amanda. Just a few weeks before his 59th birthday, he collapsed at a jobsite and passed away on Feb. 4, 1946. Said the Allentown Morning Call, he "died suddenly yesterday while he was at work on the top floor of a residence at 107 N. 2nd St., Easton. Men painting the interior of the residence found Youngkin after he collapsed and called the Easton hospital ambulance. However, Youngkin died before the arrival of the ambulance." The county coroner ruled that a heart attack was the cause of death. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery. Daughter Katherine wed George Steckel and died in Havre, MT on Dec. 11, 1992.
Great-grandson Raymond Youngkin (1891-1948) was born in July 1891 in Easton. He was the father of seven -- Raymond Youngkin Jr., Robert Youngkin, Wayne Younkin, Richard Youngkin, Mrs. Ellison Beers, Mrs. Paul Flores and Elizabeth Youngkin. Their dwelling-place was at 316 Lehigh Street in Easton. Raymond made a living as an employee of the Easton bureau of highways. Burdened with illness, he retired in about 1946. He died at home at the age of 58 on March 16, 1948. An obituary appeared in the Allentown Morning Call.
- Grandson Martin Youngkin (1849-1858) was born in about 1849 in Easton, PA. Sadly, he did not survive childhood. At the age of nine years, seven months and 23 days, he died in Easton on Nov. 21, 1858.
- Granddaughter Sarah A. Youngkin (1853-1854) was born in about 1853 in Easton, PA. She died as a one-year-old on Oct. 20, 1854.
- Granddaughter Amanda Margaret Youngkin (1856-1858) was born on Nov. 16, 1856 in Easton. She was baptized in the German Reformed Church on Easton's Third Street on April 8, 1857. She too was not destined for a long life. At the age of two years, one month and eight days, she passed into the arms of the angelic host on Nov. 24, 1858.
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| Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan in Phillipsburg, 1908 |
- Granddaughter Rosetta Youngkin (1859-1899?) was born on May 18, 1859 in Easton. She received the rite of baptism at age two months on July 29, 1859 in the German Reformed Church on Third Street in town. Then at the age of 20, on Good Friday in 1880, she was confirmed as a member of St. Mark's United Church of Christ. On March 22, 1884, across the Delaware River in Phillipsburg, NJ, Rosetta was brought together in wedlock with Sandford/Sanford D. Stites (Nov. 1859-1918). Two known children were William Sanford Stites and Ella Patterson. The marriage appears to have ended by 1894, when "Mrs. Rose Stites" was listed in the Easton City Directory with an address of 35 North Seventh Street. Sadly, Rosetta reputedly passed away in Easton on Oct. 4, 1899. Former husband Sanford wed a second time to Sarah Finn (1868- ? ) and died in Stony Point, NY on June 7, 1918.
Great-grandson William Sanford Stites (1885- ? ) was born on May 14, 1885. He was baptized in the First United Church of Christ in Easton on June 7, 1886, by the hand of Rev. H.M. Kieffer. Evidence suggests that the baby died later in the year, on Sept. 15, 1886. This needs to be conformed.
Great-granddaughter Ella May Stites (1888-1960) was born on May 3, 1888 in Easton. She was the mother of Donald Stites. She entered into marriage with World War I veteran Leroy Patterson Sr. ( ? - ? ). They bore two other children in this family -- Leroy Patterson Jr. ( ? -1931) and Elizabeth "Betty" Mauro. Leroy had moved to Easton in about 1926. During the war, said the Allentown Morning Call, he "was gassed while serving with the Second Division in France... He was a native of Galveston, Texas [and] had served seven years in the United States regular army." As of 1931, their address was 235 Valley Avenue in Easton, and in 1936 was 490 West Wilkes-Barre Street. Leroy was admitted to Easton Hospital for medical treatment in 1936. There, at the age of 47, he died on April 13, 1936. Ella May lived on for another 24 years. At the end of her life, she dwelled with her son at 227 Stewart Street in Easton. Burdened with hardening of the arteries and heart disease, she was stricken with a brain bleed and died on May 13, 1960. Burial was in South Easton Cemetery. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said she was survived by seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Son William H. Youngkin (1819-1897) was born on Aug. 27, 1819 in Hecktown, Northampton County. He was thrice-wed. His first two wives were Sarah Kirkendall (Feb. 15, 1825-1864) and Susanna (Feb. 1, 1825-1885). The seven known offspring he fathered were Caroline Youngkin, Charles W. Youngkin, Sarah E. Youngkin, Edward Youngkin, William Youngkin, Mary Ann Davis and Lenora Pentz. Grief cascaded over the family when daughter Sarah died at age three in Sept. 1860, with burial in Easton Cemetery. Sadly, wife Sarah died on March 17/18, 1864, with interment in Easton Cemetery. Wife Susanna passed on Dec. 16, 1885. William may be the same man listed in myriad Easton city directories over the years, as a carpenter (1855), farm implements dealer (1860) and butcher. His homeplace in the early 1890s was in Easton. His final bride is believed to have been Elizabeth (Dec. 18, 1839-1915). At the age of 78, he died in Easton on July 29, 1897, with interment in Easton Heights Cemetery. The Allentown Leader noted that he was "an old and well known resident of Easton" and had suffered "an illness of over three years from a complication of diseases." Another obituary said he "was a resident of Easton forty years." His grave marker in Easton Cemetery lies flat in the grass. Widow Elizabeth endured for another 18 years. Death spirited her away at the age of 75, in Easton, on May 15, 1915.
- Granddaughter Caroline Youngkin (-1849-) was born on March 30, 1849 in Easton. She only lived to the age of about nine months and died the day after Christmas 1849.
Grandson Charles W. Youngkin (1850-1929) was born on Nov. 23, 1850 in Easton, PA. On Feb. 18, 1873, he entered into marriage with Amanda E. Keller ( ? - ? ). The ceremony was held in the parsonage of St. John's Lutheran Church. Two known children of the couple were Susan C. Hunt (born 1874) and John K. Youngkin. Sadly, the son died in Easton at age one year, 10 months and 23 days on Oct. 2, 1877, with a notice of the death appearing in the Argus. He earned a living laboring as a butcher in 1880 and later as a carpenter. Then on March 16, 1899, he married a second time with Clara B. Grumer ( ? - ? ), by the hand of Rev. A.H. Snyder. A third bride appears to have been Emma M. Cole (Aug. 6, 1867-1953), daughter of Charles and Sarah (Bunden) Cole. Their dwelling-place in the 1920s was on Hackett Avenue in rural Easton. Burdened with senility and heart and kidney disease, Charles passed away in Palmer Township, Northampton County on June 24, 1929. Interment was in Easton Cemetery. Emma outlived Charles by 24 years. She held a membership in the First Methodist Church of Easton, gave of her time with its activities and was active with the Ladies Aid Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Stone Church. Her last residence was with her sister Minnie Fuls in Stone Church in the community of her birth, rural upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. She was afflicted with hardening of the arteries, and then suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 85. The angel of death harvested her away on June 5, 1953. Sister Minnie was the informant for the official Pennsylvania certificate of death. She sleeps at Charles' side in Easton Cemetery. An obituary was printed in the Allentown Morning Call.
Easton Cemetery - courtesy George CortelyouGreat-granddaughter Susan C. Youngkin (1874-1958) was born in 1874 in Easton. She married John H. Hunt ( ? - ? ). Two offspring of this coupling were John Hunt and Mrs. Frank W. Miller. Her final years were spent at her son's residence at 1220 Washington Street, Easton, where she was confined for the last four of those years. She died at the age of 84 on July 7, 1958. An obituary appeared in the Allentown Morning Call, which said she "was one of the oldest members of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church, Easton, and had been active in church work for many years."
Grandson Edward Youngkin (1852-1931) was born on Nov. 23, 1852 or 1853 in Easton. On March 18, 1876, he wed Cecilia "Celia" Nicholas (1858-1937), daughter of Joseph and Margaret Nicholas. They exchanged their vows in the parsonage of St. John's Lutheran Church. Together they bore a trio of sons -- George Washington Youngkin, Herbert Edward Youngkin and Chester Garfield Youngkin. A family manuscript authored by William Chester Youngkin of Lacey's Spring, AL, says that "Edward was a carpenter of repute. He served as a superintendent at the construction of the following locations: 1) Custom Houses of Norfolk, VA; 2) St. George Hotel in Brooklyn, N.Y.; 3) Factory at Sioux City, IA; 4) Houses and silk mill at Union Hills, N.J.; 5.) Silk Mills at North 13th St.; 6) Simon's home, North 3rd St., Easton; 7) Lucy St., Homes, Easton; and others. He was maintenance engineer for R.H. Simon Silk Mills, Easton." Their last address together was at 32 11th Street, Easton. Suffering from hardening of the arteries, he surrendered to the angel of death in Easton on Oct. 30, 1931, just a few weeks before his 79th birthday. His funeral was conducted by Rev. Dr. Allan S. Meck, pastor of the Trinity First Reformed Church.
Easton Cemetery - Carol A. HoffGreat-grandson George Washington Youngkin (1876-1953) was born on Oct. 16, 1876 in Easton. On March 10, 1898, or May 10, 1899, he married Moetta Butz Morrison ( ? - ? ). Rev. Stem of St. Mark's Reformed Church performed the nuptials. Their brood of offspring included Hazel Celia Walter, Grace Morrison Diefenderfer, George Washington Youngkin Jr., Evelyn Ruth Ward, Charles Oliver Youngkin and Harry Trauger Youngkin. The family was plunged into grief when son Charles lost his life in World War II service in the Philippines in 1942. George died in Oct. 1953.
Great-grandson Herbert Edward Youngkin (1879-1964) was born on March 4, 1879. Said a family manuscript, "It appears that early in his teenage years he acquired an aptitude for mechanics. He took home courses with the International Business School of Scranton, Pa. [and] served an apprenticeship in his trade. Before he was thirty, he had become a well qualified machinist -- in fact, he was a master mechanic. In a period of fifteen years he worked at Bethlehem Steel Co., Ingersoll-Rand Co. of Phillipsburg, and Cannister Co. Ingersoll Rand manufactured rock drills, pumps and compressors. Said Lehigh Valley Live, it was "the town's biggest employer and the biggest taxpayer. It wasn't unusual for multiple generations of a family to work there." For Tippett and Wood Co. of also of Phillipsburg, he traveled in the capacity of an engineer in charge of repairs of stationery engines. Later he worked at the Edison Cement Mill, New Village, N.J. as superintendent of the machine shop, where all mechanical equipment (including locomotives) was made to operate the plant." He is said to have been a friend of Thomas Edison who in turn introduced him to Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. Herbert was twice-wed. His first bride, on June 28, 1902, was Lillie May Garr (Sept. 4, 1874-1936). They became the parents of Elizabeth Beach McConnell, Edward Herbert Youngkin, Lillian Youngkin, William "Chester" Youngkin Sr. and Dr. James Franklin Youngkin. Sadness covered the family when daughter Lillian died at age three. In 1931, they made a home with his father at 206 11th Street, Easton. Sadly, Lillie died on May 19, 1936. His second spouse was Lula A. Shields ( ? -1958). The Allentown Morning Call said that he "operated a garage in the 1100 block of Spruce Street, Easton. Later he was in charge of automobile maintenance for the City of Easton. He was last employed as a machinist at Binney & Smith Inc." He retired in 1944. They held a membership in Olivet Presbyterian Church, Easton. Herbert died in Easton at the age of 85 on New Year's Day 1964. He was survived by seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He and Lillie sleep for the ages in Easton Heights Cemetery. Daughter Elizabeth wed Stephen Beach and James McConnell. Son William Chester marrid Mae Harding in Elkton, MD on May 5, 1934. Son James Franklin tied the knot in Texas with Betty Lohman. This family is spelled out even further in the article "The Youngkin Line," authored by William C. Youngkin and published in the Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 1990 edition of the Younkin Family News Bulletin.
Herbert E. Youngkin's employer, Ingersoll Rand in Phillipsburg Great-grandson Chester Garfield Youngkin (1880-1951) was born on Sept. 3, 1880 in Easton. He married Amanda Miller ( ? - ? ) and/or Nellie (Miller) Kitchen (Jan. 17, 1894- ? ), daughter of Andrew J. and Mary (Nagel) Miller. Divorced from her first husband, Nellie brought a stepdaughter into the family, Mary Kitchen. The couple went on to bear a daughter of their own, Cecilia Youngkin (1920- ? ). Death spirited him away in Easton in 1951. They are listed in the book Scholl, Sholl, Shull Genealogy.
- Grandson William Youngkin (1855-1928) was born on Jan. 28, 1855. He tied the knot with Rosa C. "Rosie" Keiper (Jan. 26, 1853-1924), daughter of Lewis and Susan (Hester/Herster) Keiper. They did not reproduce. The couple made a homeplace at 703 Northampton Street in Easton. Rosie at the age of 71 was burdened with senility and, after being felled by cerebral apoplexy, was swept away by the angel of death on Aug. 1924. He suffered from diabetes over a lengthy period of time. Sadly, he surrendered to the legion of death on Dec. 8, 1928. Burial is next to his mother/stepmother Elizabeth Youngkin in Easton Cemetery. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said that his only survivors were his brothers Charles and Edward, both of Easton.
- Granddaughter Mary Ann Youngkin (1842-1897) was born on Nov. 8, 1842 in Easton. When she was 23 years of age, on Dec. 22, 1865, she was joined in wedlock with Civil War veteran Luther Hibbard Davis (May 18, 1834-1922), a native of Warren County, PA, and the son of Greeley and Lucy Davis. Their wedding ceremony was conducted in Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Easton. During the war, Luther had served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A. Known offspring of this marriage were William Youngkin Davis, Marcus "Mark" Davis, Sadie L. Davis, John Dow Davis, Arthur Benjamin Davis, Teresa J. Robertson and Ephraim I. Davis. At the birth of their eldest son William in 1868, they dwelled in or near Tionesta, Forest County, PA. Then in the years between the births of their children Sadie and John, 1877-1879, the Davises relocated to Illinois. Their homeplace in 1879 was Coldbrook Township, Warren County and then Galesburg. Luther was awarded a soldier's pension on April 14, 1881 as compensation for his wartime ailments. [Invalid App. #419.329 - Cert. #422.793] Sadness swept over the family at Mary Ann's death in Galesburg on Nov. 11, 1897. Luther survived her by a quarter of a century. The federal census enumeration of 1900 shows him in Galesburg, working as a janitor and heading a household of six children, ranging in age from 27 to 13. He moved to Buffalo, NY and was there in 1913, likely sharing a home with his son Arthur. By 1920, he had moved into the dwelling-place of married daughter Sadie Corbin in Moline, Rock Island County, IL. He passed away on June 20, 1922. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery.
Great-grandson William Youngkin Davis (1868-1951) was born on Oct. 15, 1868 in Tionesta, Forest County, PA. He relocated to Illinois in his youth with his parents. Circa 1897, in Monmouth, IL, he tied the marital cord with Ellen H. Linrothe (1876-1947). Together they bore a family of four -- Ruth L. Davis, Martha M. Johnson, Harold L. Davis and Arthur J. Davis. They dwelled in Galesburg and were members of the Calvary Pentecostal Church, and he belonged to the Vesper lodge of the Masons for 40 years. Their address was 144 South West Street, with him employed for 43 years by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Sadly, Ellen died in Galesburg on April 10, 1947. For the last six months of his life, William endured hardening of the arteries. At the age of 82, William passed away in Knox County, IL in Sept. 1951. Funeral rites were led by his pastor, Rev. George W. Clark. Interment of the remains was in the local Linwood Cemetery.
Great-grandson Marcus "Mark" Davis (1872-1913) was born in Sept. 1872. He does not appear to have married or reproduced. At the age of 27, in 1900, he lived with his widowed father in the Galesburg area. He "spent most of his life as a sign painter," said the Galesburg Register-Mail, and was a "well known resident of this city." He was a "member of the painters' union and was recognized as one of the best in his work." Sadly, at the age of 41, death spirited him away on June 14, 1913. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery.
Great-granddaughter Sadie L. Davis (1877-1932) was born in Oct. 1877. On March 4, 1904, the 26-year-old Sadie entered into marriage with Henry B. Corbin (1868- ? ). They were nine years apart in age and exchanged their vows in Pekin, Tazewell County, IL. The couple made a home in 1913 in Galesburg and in 1920 in Moline, Rock Island County, IL, with Henry employed as secretary for the local branch of the YMCA. That year, Sadie's widowed father was in their household.
Great-grandson John Dow Davis (1879-1926) was born on Oct. 2, 1879 in Warren County, IL. In 1900, at age 20, he generated income as a baggage man in Galesburg. On Aug. 5, 1903, in Monmouth, Warren County, he married Ida May Anderson (1881-1966), daughter of Nelson and Nellie (Munson) Anderson of Tampico, IL. The Galesburg Register-Mail said she had "lived most of her life in Galesburg with the exception of eight years in Aurora." Their five known children were Gordon A. Davis, John D. Davis, Mildred Nellie Westfall (1908-1961), Mrs. Don Stewart/Stuart and Mrs. Russell Kelly/Kelley. They remained in town for good. He surrendered to the spirit of death on Sept. 16, 1926. Ida may survived him by four decades, with a last address with her daughter Mildred at 1431 Clay Street. Her memberships included the McCollom Chapel, Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Maccabees Lodge. Sadly, she endured the death of daughter Mildred in 1961. Ida May died in Galesburg's St. Mary's Hospital on Sept. 16, 1966. Interment was in Linwood Cemetery.
Great-grandson Arthur Benjamin Davis (1882-1948) was born on Aug. 2, 1881 or 1882 in Galesburg, IL and grew up on the family farm. By 1909, he relocated back to his parents' native Pennsylvania, making a home in Franklin. Arthur's occupation in young manhood was as a boilermaker. Two days before Christmas 1909, the 27-year-old was united in wedlock with 20-year-old Martha Mae "Mattie" Hefferman ( ? -1917) also of Franklin. They exchanged their vows in Titusville, PA. Their four known offspring were Veda Elizabeth Billingsley (April 14, 1911- ? ), Dorothy May Borger, Martha J. Johnson and Arthur D. Davis. The family was plunged into grief at Martha's untimely death in 1917, of a cause not yet known. Circa 1918, the widowed Arthur had relocated to Buffalo, NY, where he worked as a boilermaker for Ollman's Boiler. His home in 1942 was in Oil City, Venango County, PA. As a widower, he dwelled in the Antler Hotel in Oil City and for the last three years of his life earned a living as a laborer with Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. He held a membership in the Oil City lodge of the Moose. Suffering from congestive heart failure and hypertension, he was admitted to Oil City Hospital and died at the age of 65 on March 28, 1948. Millford Billingsley, of Titusville, PA, was the informant for the official Pennsylvania certificate of death. Funeral rites were conducted by Rev. Addison E. Pero, of the Titusville Baptist Church. The remains were interred at Deckard's Run Cemetery, Venango County. An obituary appeared in the Franklin (PA) News-Herald, and a brief notice of his death was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Great-granddaughter Teresa J. Davis (1883-1959) was born in July 1883. When she was 28 years of age, on July 20, 1910, she was joined in matrimony with Verne Alvice Robertson (March 12, 1882- ? ). The wedding ceremony was held in Kane County, IL. The pair settled in Chicago and were there in 1913-1959. As of 1918, when Verne registered for the military draft during World War I, they lived at 2549 North Clark Street, and he was a salesman for Todd Protectograph Company. Her address in the late 1950s was 4950 North Ashland Avenue in the Windy City. Sadly, at the age of 75, she passed away on May 27, 1959. The Galesburg Register-Mail published an obituary. Rev. Don Jones presided over the funeral rites, with burial under the sod of Linwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included Arthur Davis, Harold Davis, John Davis and Lawrence Westfall.
Great-grandson Ephraim I. Davis (1886-1975) was born on Sept. 2, 1886 in Galesburg. He moved to Idaho and in 1913-1951 made a home in Boise. He married Sadie Ann "Bondie" Alm (1895-1985). Their only daughter was Shirley Webster. Ephraim was a longtime barber in Boise. He held a membership in Woodmen of the World. In later years they moved to Enumclaw, King County, WA, where their married daughter was residing. For the last two years of their lives together, the couple lived at Bethesda Manor Nursing Home. Ephraim died on July 23, 1975. His remains were laid to rest in Evergreen Memorial Park in Enumclaw. He was survived by three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, with an obituary appearing in the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and Boise Idaho Statesman. Their daughter Shirley (1917-1975) married William Webster and together they became the parents of William Davis Webster, Kip Daniel Webster and Patricia Fugere.
- Granddaughter Lenora Youngkin (1843-1917) was born on Oct. 4, 1843. When she was about age 22, on Aug. 9, 1865, wed Marion Armstrong Pentz (Feb. 19, 1845-1907), a resident of Baltimore. Together, they produced a trio of children -- Edith Pentz, William H. Pentz and John Fleming Pentz. Marion operated a meat market in Easton for many years and then a stand at the Circle Market. Grief cascaded over the family at Marion's death on Dec. 16, 1907 at the age of 62. Lenora survived for nearly another decade. She passed away in 1917. Their remains sleep in eternal repose in Easton Cemetery.
Great-grandson John Fleming Pentz (1869-1935) was born in 1869 in Easton. Said the Allentown Morning Call, "He was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and after being employed in local drug stores for a number of years, went to Trenton, where he had been engaged in the drug business for about 35 years. He was a member or the Mercer County Retail Druggists' association and Ashlar Lodge, No. 76, F. and A. M., of Trenton." He married Viola ( ? - ? ). Two children in the family were F. Orville Pentz and Mrs. John Pritchard. Their residence circa 1935 was at 1606 South Broad Street. Sadly, he died at home on Jan. 3, 1935. Interment was in Trenton's Riverview Cemetery.
Forest Lawn Cemetery's Wee Kirk o' the Heather chapel, where William Pentz's funeral was held, and its stained glass rendition of da Vinci's "Last Supper" painting.
Great-grandson William H. Pentz (1872-1951) was born on Aug. 1, 1872. He relocated to Allegheny on the north side of Pittsburgh by 1907 and remained in the Steel City as of 1919. By 1935, he had migrated to Southern California and planted himself in Los Angeles. He remained there for good, working as a meat wholesaler. William was joined in wedlock with Nellie Irene (1875-1959). Two known daughters were Dorothy E. Benson (1897-1972) and Ethel M. Pentz (1899-1944). At the age of 78, William died in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 1951. Funeral services were held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, with interment following in the park mausoleum. A death notice appearing in the Los Angeles Times said that among his survivors was a granddaughter Dorothy Benson Effler and gret-grandson Robert E. Effler.
Great-granddaughter Edith Virginia Pentz (1880-1919) born on May 12, 1880 in Easton. She was unmarried in 1907. On Sept. 23, 1908, at the First United Evangelical Church of Lebanon, PA, she tied the knot with Rev. Claude Randall Allenbach (1879-1943). In announcing the happy event, the Lebanon Daily News said that "The prospective bride and groom are well known in Lebanon, having frequently visited here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Morgal, and others. They will reside at West Milton, where Rev. Mr. Allenbach is pastor of the Lutheran church." The couple did not reproduce. Claude appears to have been transferred by 1914 to a congregation in Clearfield, PA. He also served as secretary of the Allegheny Synod. Then on Dec. 1, 1917, he was installed as pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Bedford, Bedford County. Presiding over that ceremony was Synod President Rev. Dr. F.R. Wagner of St. James Lutheran Church of Huntingdon, PA. During their two remaining years together in Bedford, Edith taught in the church's Sunday School. Suffering from gallbladder blockage and jaundice, she was stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 39 with death resulting on Dec. 11, 1919. Rev. Greiss led the funeral rites at the church parsonage. Her remains were transported to Allentown to rest in Fairview Cemetery. An obituary in the Bedford Gazette remarked that "Mrs. Allenbach was well liked in this community."
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| Easton, PA, where the Isaac Youngkin family dwelled |
Son Isaac Youngkin (1827-1893) was born on March 13, 1827 in Bushkill Township. He learned the cabinet-making trade from Moravian craftsmen at Bethlehem, PA. Isaac wed Anna "Elizabeth" Stuber ( ? - ? ). Their known family of children included Ellen Youngkin, Anna Matilda Randall, Mary Lynch Killen, Albert Youngkin, Hannah/Anna "Elizabeth" Heckman and Elmer E. Youngkin. The federal census enumeration of 1860 shows the family in West Easton, Northampton County, with the census-taker spelling their surname "Yunkin." Isaac labored as a carpenter at that time. During the Civil War, on Nov. 2, 1861, he first joined the 59th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company H, also known as the 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry. Just two months later, on Jan. 8, 1862, he became part of the 113th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company, also known as the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was placed within Company D. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 16, 1865. On Oct. 17, 1877, he was awarded a military pension as compensation for his wartime sufferings. [Invalid App. #243.543 - Cert. #269.264] In 1880, the family was in South Easton, with Isaac and his son earning wages as laborers. That year, seven-year-old granddaughter Mary Lynch was under their roof. Sadly, at the age of 66, Isaac passed away in Easton, PA on May 28, 1893. Now widowed, Anna applied for and was granted her late husband's pension. [Widow App. #581.156 - Cert. #413.131] Their granddaughter, Mildred (Randall) Dudman Kiehl of Darrington, WA, published a letter about the Youngkin genealogy in the March 15, 1940 edition of the Younkin Family News Bulletin.
- Granddaughter Ellen Youngkin (1849- ? ) was born in about 1849. Her name does not appear with her family in the federal census enumeration of 1860, when she would have been about 11 years of age.
- Granddaughter Mary C. Youngkin (1851- ? ) was born on June 24, 1851 in Easton. On Christmas Eve 1871, at the age of 20, Mary first wed William H. Lynch (Oct. 27, 1847-1892), son of William H. and Mary Lynch. The nuptials were made in the parsonage of St. John's Lutheran Church of town. One known daughter of this couple was Mary Lynch, born in about 1873. Sadly, William reputedly died at the age of 44 on April 18, 1892. His remains were laid to rest in Easton Heights Cemetery. As a widow, Mary lived in Easton in 1893-1894, at 441 Washington, and generated income as a dressmaker. On March 10, 1894, she exchanged marital vows with immigrant John J. Killen (Oct. 31, 1858- ? ), a native of Scotland. Rev. J.W. Mayore officiated. At the time of marriage, Mary believed her age to be 38, and John was a widower, employed as an iron dresser and lived in Glendon, Northampton County. Evidence suggests that she succumbed to the spectre of death in Easton in 1907, but this is not confirmed.
Great-granddaughter Mary Lynch (1873- ? ) was born in about 1873. At the age of seven, in 1880, she lived with her grandparents Isaac and Anna Elizabeth Youngkin in South Easton.
- Granddaughter Anna Matilda "Tillie" Youngkin (1867-1951) was born in about 1867. On July 19, 1887, at age 20, she tied the knot with 22-year-old Welsh immigrant Daniel Jones Randall (Oct. 24, 1865-1931), the son of Alfred and Hannah Randall. Rev. W.H. Marshall presided. They became the parents of Paul J. Randall, H. David Randall, Elizabeth Rashevich, Grace Holmes, Mildred Dudman Kiehl and Annabelle Haynes. Daniel had come to the United States in infancy and grew up in South Easton. Circa 1907, they lived at 110 Glendon Heights in Glendon near Easton, with Daniel employed as assistant superintendent of insurance. Said the Allentown Morning Call, "On April 1, 1913, he moved to Bethlehem, establishing a bakery at the corner of East Fourth and Polk streets, where he continued the business until 1923, when he retired. He was an active business member of the South Side Business Association, serving as a director of the organization for a period of twelve years, a member of the Gwalia Welsh society, Woodmen of the World, 555, Omaha, Nebraska, and of the Christian Science church." They held a membership in the First Church of Christ Scientist. Daniel's health failed in late April 1931 and he was confined to bed for the final two weeks of his life. Death enveloped him on May 8, 1931. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery. As a widow, Anna Matilda maintained her homeplace at 404 East Fourth Street. Later in life, circa 1946, she moved to Malverne, NY and into the household of her son Paul. There, she passed away on April 11, 1951. Her obituary in the Morning Call spelled her maiden name "Junkin."
Great-grandson Paul Thomas Randall (1899-1965) was born on Dec. 7, 1899 in Easton, Northampton County. He tied the marital cord with Lillian Meixell ( ? - ? ). The pair bore a trio of sons -- Neal Y. Randall, Jack P. Randall and Daniel R. Randall. Over the years, he was a school teacher. The family made a home in Lynnbrook, Long Island, NY as of 1931. They later moved to Malverne, Nassau County, NY, where for 33 years he headed the chemistry department of Malverne High School. He retired in June 1964. Their address was 45 Utterby Road. At the age of 65, he was gathered away by the harvester of death on April 13, 1965 in Malverne. His remains were shipped to his birthplace for interment in Easton Heights Cemetery. His obituary was published in Newsday, which said he was survived by five grandchildren.
Great-grandson Herbert "David" Randall (1897-1974) was born on Dec. 10, 1897. He was baptized as an infant by Rev. A.W. Brownmiller in the Christ United Methodist Church of Easton. In his young manhood, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Moravian College. He also advanced his studies at Columbia University, Pennsylvania State University, Carnegie Mellon University and Lehigh University. David wed Meta Sturm ( ? - ? ), daughter of William K. and Annie (Farley) Sturm of Clinton Township, NJ. The only children of the couple were William D. Randall and Lois Broadwick. David taught on the social studies faculty for years at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. Said the Allentown Morning Call, "He also was dean of the Bethlehem Conservatory of Music, where he taught violin and viola for 50 years. Randall helped engineer and build violins from 1917 to 1960 and, for the next 10 years, built them unassisted in his home. He retired from teaching history and social studies at Liberty High in 1963." They were members of the United Church of Christ in Bethlehem, with him teaching its Sunday School for half-a-century. They remained in Bethlehem to the end, with a final address of 3203 Center Street. Sadly, at the age of 76, he passed away in Muhlenberg Medical Center on New Year's Day 1974. The Allentown Morning Call ran an obituary saying that his survivors included five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The widowed Meta relocated to Pittsburgh, where their married daughter and son-in-law Lois and Rev. Arthur Broadwick were living. She died in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh at the age of 90 on Aug. 30, 1989. Their son William ( ? -1967), a graduate of Moravian College and Lehigh University, chaired the history department at Allentown's Parkland High School in Allentown. Son-in-law Rev. Arthur served as pastor of the Center United Presbyterian Church in New Castle, PA before moving by 1969 to McKees Rocks Union Presbyterian Church and thence in 1975 to Providence Presbyterian Church in Robinson Township. In 1977, Arthur founded the Robinson Township Christian School, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church in America. Lois and Arthur's son Art was principal of this school in 2012.
Great-granddaughter Elizabeth Randall (1901-1985) was born four days before Christmas 1901 in Easton. On June 26, 1926, she wed Serbian immigrant Stephen Rashevich (1891-1973). The couple migrated to Gary, IN. Two offspring among their brood were Stephanie Anderson (1929-2013) and Stephen Rashevich Jr. (1943-1991). They made their dwelling-place in Gary for decades. Elizabeth was a longtime teacher for Gary School Corporation. Grief blanketed the family at Stephen Sr.'s death in Gary on July 27, 1973. Elizabeth outlived him by a dozen years and in 1980 relocated to South Bend. At the age of 83, Elizabeth passed away in South Bend's Greensprings Manors Nursing Home on Nov. 17, 1985. Her remains were lowered under the sod of Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville, IN, with an obituary published in the South Bend Tribune. Son Stephen Jr. married Lori L. White and made a career as an agent, unit manager sales adviser and agency manager for Farm Bureau Insurance. Daughter Stephanie wed (?) Anderson and was in Moline, IL in 1985.
Little Church Around the Corner, New York, where the Holmeses were wed Great-granddaughter Grace D. Randall (1907-1994) was born on April 7, 1907 in Easton, Northampton County. Dr. William A. Seibert assisted in the birth. With a talent for music as a vocalist and pianist, she attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1929 with a degree in musical education. As a single woman, she resided in 1931 in Pennington, NJ. She went on to work as a supervisor of vocal music education for the Dover (DE) Public School District. The day after Christmas 1932, at the age of 25, she married Robert S. Holmes ( ? -1961), son of Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Holmes. They exchanged their vows in the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City. The happy event was announced with the bride's portrait in the Wilmington Evening Journal. Two children resulting from this marriage were David R. Holmes and Rebecca Holmes-Graff. Robert was a 1923 graduate of Swarthmore College, received a master's degree in 1927 from the University of Pennsylvania, and obtained a doctorate in 1932 from Princeton University. At the time of marriage, he was employed as secretary to the New York State Public Service Commission. The newlyweds resided early in the marriage in Washington, DC, where Robert secured a law degree in 1940 from George Washington University. He went on to a position as an economist with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Grace is known to have sung publicly at Constitution Hall in the national's capital in a performance for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Over the years, Robert maintained a membership in the Swarthmore Quaker Meeting. He at some point in time was on the faculty at Oberlin (OH) College. They moved in 1952 to Ithaca, NY, where he taught for several years on the faculty of Cornell University's graduate school of business and public administration. On the sad day of June 5, 1961, while en route home from Oberlin College accompanied by Grace and their daughter and friends, he suffered a heart attack died suddenly in Cleveland. His obituary appeared in the Ithaca Journal, and his remains were cremated. A memorial service was held in the Anabel Taylor Chapel at Cornell. As a widow, said the Ithaca (NY) Journal, Grace "travelled and lived abroad in Europe, particularly Italy, and in Mexico. Her final residence was in Arlington, VA. She died in Arlington on Aug. 4, 1994. Son David, a Korean War veteran, married Marian deChazeau and lived in Arlington, VA in 1994. Daughter Rebecca, who has been married to Edward A. Herzog and (?) Graff, has dwelled in Roseburg, OR.
Great-granddaughter Mildred Randall (1891-1961) was born on Dec. 12, 1891 in Plainfield, Union County, NJ. Her birth year also has been given as 1895. As a youth, she received the rite of baptism in the Christ United Methodist Church of Easton, by the hand of Rev. A.W. Brownmiller. She first tied the marital cord on Nov. 7, 1917 with Charles W. Dudman (Feb. 1, 1886-1941), originally from North Dakota, resident of South Bethlehem at the time of marriage and the son of John and Mary A. Dudman. Rev. D.B. Clarke, of the First Reformed Church, presided over the nuptials. News of their marriage license was made public in the Allentown Morning Call and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The newlyweds relocated by 1920 to the Pacific Northwest and and made a homeplace with Charles' parents in Seattle. The arrangement did not work out over the long term, and by 1927 the couple returned to West Easton, with him earning a living as a bread baker and her as a sales lady in a department store, and their address 917 Ridge. Their marriage dissolved in divorce. Mildred's second spouse, circa 1934, was Clyde Kiehl ( ? - ? ) of Darrington near Seattle. News of their marriage license was printed in the Bellingham (WA) Herald and the Everett (WA) Daily Herald. She did not reproduce with either husband. The Kiehls dwelled in Darrington for good. Clyde earned a living in 1940 as a steam engine operator for a shingle mill and in 1950 as a mechanic for an automobile rental business. Interested in her Youngkin genealogy, she subscribed to the Younkin Family News Bulletin and sent a letter to the editor which was published in the March 15, 1940 edition. In her letter, she wrote:
Mildred's 1940 letter
Younkin Family News BulletinWe are also related in some way to Dr. George Junkin, founder of Lafayette College at Easton, Pa. In fact, it was he who named my mother when she was born. This is about all that we know of our family history. Grandmother always said we had lots of money coming from coal land in Pennsylvania, supposedly from a John Junkin, who surveyed roads for the government in the early days and received land grants in payment on which rich coal deposits were discovered. We always have thought that he was a brother of Peter Junkin and either a batchelor or widower as he told great-grandma, Sarah Junkin, that she would never want for money after he was gone. Peter Junkin made high silk hats at Easton, Pa., for years and Isaac, my grandfather, was a cabinet maker. He learned his trade with the Moravians at Bethlehem, Pa., where he met my grandmother. We have been told that Sarah Ginnard came from a family of lumber folks in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania. My father spent a great deal of his time trying to find out something of the history of Peter Junkin, but with little or no success."
In fact, Rev. Junkin was of Irish ancestry, not German, so was not a relative as supposed. Sadly, at the age of 71, Mildred passed away in her home on Dec. 14, 1961. An obituary was published in her old hometown newspaper, the Allentown Morning Call. Former husband Charles returned to Seattle and married a second time in 1940 to Thella Olsen ( ? - ? ). He was employed by Fess Oil Burner Company as an oil burner electrician. Suffering from hypertension, he was felled by a cerebral hemorrhage. Death carried him away in Seattle at the age of 54 on Jan. 31, 1941.
Great-granddaughter Annabelle "Anabel" Randall (1904-1996) was born on July 22, 1904 in Glendon, Northampton County, PA. She exchanged vows of marriage with Mervin L. Haines (March 19, 1901-1959), the son of Thomas and Estella (Newton) Haines and originally from Conneaut, OH. Two known sons were Thomas Mervin Haines (1931- ? ) and Fredric Randall Haines (1937- ? ). They moved cross-state and established a residence in Ellwood City, Lawrence County, PA, staying put over the 1924-1959 span of time. Mervin established his working career as an estimator for the Wayne Lumber Company located at the corner of Third Street and Lawrence Avenue. He started with the firm in 1917 and worked his way up to be lumber yard manager. He served on the board of the Industrial Corporation and was a member of the Rotary Club of Ellwood City, and they belonged to the local First Church of Christ, Scientist. Anabel was a longtime school teacher in the Ellwood City School District, with assignments at Ewing Park School and as a physical education instructor at Hartman Elementary. The couple's final address was 60 Pittsburgh Circle. On the fateful morning of June 14, 1959, Mervin was stricken by a massive heart attack at home and was dead within the hour. The remains were placed into the slumber of eternity in the Slippery Rock Mausoleum. An obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Annabelle continued teaching until retirement. She then migrated to Michigan, first making a homeplace in Birmingham and then in about 1981 moved to Traverse City, where her son Fredric was residing. She passed away there at the age of 92 on Sept. 11, 1996. The Ellwood City Ledger ran an obituary. Son Thomas was in Corpus Christi, TX in 1959 and Fredericksburg, TX in 1996. Son Fredric wed Joy Mary Taylor in 1959 and in the mid-1990s dwelled in Traverse City, MI.
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| Bird's eye view of Easton and the Lehigh River bridges |
- Granddaughter Anna "Elizabeth" Youngkin (1858-1923) was born on July 24, 1858. She was united in matrimony with George W. Heckman ( ? - ? ). The foursome of sons resulting from this coupling were Harry F. Heckman, George Heckman, Albert Heckman and Charles Heckman. Their address in the 1920s was 134 South 11th Street, Easton. In late March 1923, Elizabeth contracted lobar pneumonia. She was unable to rally over the following week or so, and at the age of 64 died on April 3, 1923. Sue Heckman of Easton signed the official Pennsylvania certificate of death. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery. The Allentown Morning Call said in an obituary that her first name was "Hannah" and that the "Deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Youngkin of Easton."
Great-grandson Harry F. Heckman (1880-1957) was born on March 1, 1880 in Chestnut Hill, PA. During the Philippine Insurrection, he served in the U.S. Army from 1899 to 1901, assigned to the 28th Volunteer Infantry. As such, he was considered a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He married Lillian Rebecca Remaly (1881-1950), daughter of Jacob and Madelina (Gogel) Remaly, and originally from Hanover Township near Allentown. One son of this union was Homer W. Heckman. They put down roots in Bethlehem, PA as of 1923, and in 1950 their residence was at 1801 Craig Avenue. Harry was a longtime railroader. He held memberships in the Rosemont Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Easton Aerie of the Eagles and the Lincoln Singing Society. Lillian was spirited away into the hereafter on the second day of the new year in 1950. The Allentown Morning Call printed an obituary. As a widower, Harry's address was at 316 West Broad in the city. He suffered from kidney problems and, after contracting bronchial pneumonia, death enveloped him in St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill on June 4, 1957. His remains were laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery, Bethlehem. Their son Homer was in Hellertown, PA in 1950.
Great-grandson George E. Heckman (1885-1965) was born on July 2 1885 in Easton. He tied the knot with Agnes ( ? - ? ). The family made its homeplace in Easton, with an address in the 1960s of 131 North 13th Street. George generated income as a laborer and carpenter, working for Madesco Tackleblock Company in Palmer Township. He retired in about 1955. Burdened with pulmonary fibrosis and hardening of the heart arteries, he died at the age of 79 on Jan. 14, 1965 in the Gracedale section of Nazareth, PA. Burial was in Easton Heights Cemetery, with the Allentown Morning Call publishing an obituary, saying he "was a lifetime resident of Easton."
Great-grandson Albert Lewis Heckman Sr. (1881-1970) was born on Jan. 14, 1881 in Fullertown, Lehigh County. He was twice-wed. His first bride was Hester "Hettie" Laird (Aug. 29, 1881-1920), daughter of Annie E. Laird and stepdaughter of Albert Runyon. Together they bore a son, Harry R. Heckman (1907-1978). Their dwelling-place in 1920 was in Easton. Grief shattered the family when Hester developed myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord leading to nerve damage and paralysis. She was relieved of her sufferings with her death at the age of 38 on May 19, 1920. An obituary in the Allentown Morning Call said the cause was "a complication of diseases" and that she "had been an invalid for the past ten years." He entered into the rite of marriage with his second spouse, Emma (Goode) Ketchledge (1897-1959). She brought two stepsons into the second family -- Edward G. Ketchledge (July 13, 1918-1990) and Earl E. Ketchledge (1919-1977). They bore six more children of their own -- Albert Lewis Heckman Jr. (1923-1999), James D. Heckman, Bertha S. Seip (1924-1987), Mildred Scott (1925-2012), Lillian Ayers ( ? - ? ) and Frederick Heckman (1934-2015). Albert Sr. earned a living as a truck driver for Hummel Lumber Company. He finally retired in about 1953. Their place of residence was at 1075 Bushkill Drive in Easton. Albert was rendered a widower for a second time at Emma's passing on May 11, 1959, in Easton Hospital, at the age of 62. He lived for another 11 years, with a final address in Easton of 203 South 17th Street. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer and hardening of the arteries. At the age of 89, he surrendered to the angel of death in the Gracedale community of Nazareth, PA on Nov. 13, 1970. Burial was next to both wives in South Easton Cemetery. A brief notice of his passing was printed in the Morning Call.
Great-grandson Charles W. Heckman (1891-1977) was born in about 1891. He wed Cora E. Stocker ( ? -1965), originally from Phillipsburg, NJ and the daughter of William and Lizzie Stocker. The pair together produced a pair of children -- Grace Matton and Russell C. Heckman. They made a dwelling-place for decades in Bethlehem, PA, where George made a living as a carpenter. The couple belonged to Bethlehem's Grace Lutheran Church. Sadly, at the age of 74, Cora passed away in St. Luke's Hospital. As a widower, George continued to live in their longtime residence at 436 East North Street in town. He died at the age of 86 on July 24, 1977. An obituary was printed in the Allentown Morning Call.
- Grandson Elmer E. Youngkin (1864-1939) was born in Aug. 1864 in Easton. He wed Minnie V. Lingerman (May 1868- ? ). Three children in the brood were Russell A. Youngkin, Ada Youngkin, Albert L. Youngkin and Mary E. LaMotte. The Youngkins in about 1890 moved to Elizabeth, NJ. He earned a living in 1900 as a conductor on the Central Railroad of New Jersey and later as a foreman in a works in town. Then in about 1923, following retirement, he returned to Pennsylvania, establishing a homeplace at 817 Eaton Avenue, Bethlehem. He died at home on Oct. 23, 1939, with an obituary printed in the Allentown Morning Call. Rev. Harry C. Culver led the obsequies.
Great-grandson Russell A. Youngkin (1886-1942) was born on July 25, 1886 in Easton, PA. He joined the U.S. Army in young manhood, training at Camp Humphreys. On Jan. 5, 1918, in a Reformed church in Harrisburg, he wed Florence Taylor ( ? - ? ). Rev. Alfred N. Sayres officiated the nuptials, which were announced on the pages of the Newport (PA) News. They bore two children, among them Elmer L. Youngkin. Shortly after marriage, Russell was assigned to the 78th Division of the Army during World War I. Eventually he became employed as a signalman by the Pennsylvania Railroad. They made a home in 1939 in Lewistown, PA, at 23 Ridge Avenue. Battling lobar pneumonia at the age of 53, death enveloped him in a local hospital on March 21, 1942. The Sunbury (PA) Daily Item said he was survived by his wife, one son, one brother and one sister.
Great-granddaughter Ada Youngkin (1888- ? ) was born in Aug. 1888. She has disappeared into the misty haze of the past.
Great-grandson Albert Lewis Youngkin (1890-1963) was born on April 17, 1891 in Elizabeth, Union County, NJ. He was a veteran of World War I. He stood 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighed 138 lbs. and is known to have sported gunshot wounds in the left leg and a scar on the head. Albert exchanged marital vows with Amanda (1892- ? ). They resided in Long Branch, NJ. Census records for 1930 show him working as a painter. He made news in the Asbury Park Press in July 1935 when beaten and robbed by a young hitchhiker he had picked up. Circa 1940, he was unemployed, while Amanda supported them through her employment as an operator in a coat factory. The pair made a move to West Long Branch in about 1948 and remained for good. His address in the early 1960s was 10 Victor Avenue. Sadly, at the age of 71, he passed away in Monmouth Medical Center on April 3, 1963. An obituary appeared in the Long Branch Daily Record. He was survived by nieces Dorothy Sheedy and Rose Mary Kothe.
Great-granddaughter Mary Elizabeth Youngkin (1895-1959) was born in Nov. 1895 in Elizabeth, NJ. She wed Russell M. LaMotte (July 4, 1894-1983). The couple did not reproduce. They established a homeplace in her hometown followed by a move in about 1949 to Red Bank and Shrewsbury, NJ. The pair's last address together was at 86 Manor Drive in Red Bank. Sadly, she died in Riverview Hospital on July 11, 1959. An obituary appeared in the Asbury Park Press. Russell survived his bride by 24 years. He passed away in July 1983. Interment was under the sod of Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, NJ.
- Grandson Albert L. Youngkin (1853-1909) is believed to have been born on Feb. 23, 1853. On Dec. 3, 1874, he married fellow Easton resident Jennie Hildebrand ( ? -1886). News of the happy event was published in the Argus. Sadly, Jennie died at the age of 30, on Aug. 26, 1886, possibly following childbirth with their daughter Amy. An obituary said she was laid to rest in Hay's Cemetery. Adding to the heartache, daughter Amy died in South Easton at the age of two months on Sept. 21, 1886. After two years alone, Albert wed again on Feb. 23, 1888 to Wilhelmina Hoerner ( ? - ? ). They exchanged their vows across the Delaware River from Easton in Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ. Albert is known to have dwelled in Bangor, Northampton County in 1893. He passed away on Feb. 21, 1909. No death certificate or news obituary have been found.
Son George Henry Youngkin (1830-1893) was born on June 4, 1830 in Bushkill Township, Northampton County. He may originally have spelled the name "Junkin" but later changed it to "Youngkin." Peter exchanged marital vows with Rosanna Laros (1834-1910). Their trio of known offspring were Peter Francis Youngkin, Amanda Youngkin and Selinda/Celinda Darrohn Shea. Over the decades George earned a living laboring as a bricklayer and mason. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1860, George and Rosanna and family lived in Bushkill and received their postal mail in Easton. By 1870, census records show them having relocated to Easton's West Ward. Boarding in their home in 1870 was 23-year-old dressmaker Mariah Laufer. The Youngkins held a membership in the First United Church of Christ, but at some point Rosanna was dismissed from the rolls so that she could join the Lutheran Church on 11th Street. When the Easton City Directory was published in 1873, their residence was listed as "College Hill." The census of 1880 lists him in two households -- first with his wife and daughter Salinda in Plainfield, Northampton County -- and the other as married but living as a boarder with 50-year-old Elizabeth Mapp in Easton. He succumbed to the spectre of death in Easton at the age of 62 on Dec. 3, 1893.
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| Madison Square in Phillipsburg, NJ |
- Grandson Peter Francis Youngkin (1856- ? ) -- also known as "Philip" -- was born in about 1856. He tied the knot with Mary Jane "Jennie" Meighan (1858-1935), daughter of Patrick Meighan. Five offspring of their union were Herbert H. Youngkin, Harry V. Youngkin, Grace B. Fitzsimons, James Raymond Youngkin and Phillip Frederick Youngkin. The Youngkins established their homeplace across the Delaware River from Easton in Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ. They may have made a brief move to Galveston, TX, where their son Herbert was born in 1876. Their marriage was troubled, and he moved out in the spring of 1877 and after that dwelled in Texas. About a year later, in May 1878, he returned to Phillipsburg with the intention of taking son Herbert with him back to the Lone Star State. Reported the Vineland (NJ) Evening Journal, he "attempted to kill his wife" and that "Patrick Mehan, the father of the woman, wrenched a knife from Youngken as he was about to stab her and had him committed to the Warren county jail. His name was spelled "Youngden" in some related news accounts. The Carbon (PA) Advocate went into even more detail:
The quietness of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Sunday night about eleven o'clock was disturbed by the cries of murder emanating from the residence of Patrick Mehan, a very respectable citizen residing in the First ward. The facts are as follows: About two years ago his daughter, Mary Jane, a bright and handsome young lady of eighteen summers, was married to a young man named Peter Youngken. Shortly after their marriage a child was born to them, and the husband abandoned his family, leaving his young wife to earn her own livelihood. Her father took her home and provided for herself and child. The husband went to Howe, Texas, which place he was compelled to leave last fall for having shot and killed a man in a drunken fight. Sunday evening he called at the residence of his wife and asked to have a talk with her. He had been seated but a few moments when he informed his wife that he had come to take possession of the child. She refused to give up the young one, when he drew a large knife and throwing his wife upon the floor, was in the act of plunging it into her breast when her father seized the villain's arm and wrenched the knife from his grasp. During the melee Mr. Mehan was severely cut about the hands. Youngken was arrested and locked up. On Monday morning his wife made complaint against the brute, and in default of bail, he was committed to the jail of Warren county for trial.
He also may be the same Peter Youngkin who made news in July 1887 when involved in passing counterfeit money to a neighbor, Mrs. Norman Frantz. When the woman was arrested, she implicated Peter. Said the Philadelphia Inquirer, "An officer attempted to arrest Youngkin, but the latter had a fast mustang ready saddled, and jumping on it, rifle in hand, escaped." The Wilmington (DE) Daily Republican explored the incident in more depth, saying:
Phillipsburg, N.J., July 10 -- Last night Officer Nixon secured a buggy and drove to the house of Peter Younkin, living north of this place. In the front of the house stood a saddled horse. Younkin put his head out of the door, saw the officer's blue coat and badge, sprang into the saddle and was off at full speed, having started when Nixon was within twenty feet of him. "Stop, or I'll shoot!" cried the officer, but Younkin did not stop, neither did the officer shoot, for, fortunately for Younkin, his pistol was at home. When the people inquired as to the cause of the attempted arrest, it was stated that Mrs. Norman Frantz, the woman arrested for passing counterfeit money, had confessed that Younkin had supplied her with it. He has been at the business some time, so the officers say. He made the spurious coin himself. It has been noticed by neighbors that a number of women have been going to Younkin's house for some weeks past. This accounts for the counterfeits which have been circulated the past two or three weeks.
It's possible that he was deceased by 1896, when his widow Jennie was listed in the Philadelphia City Directory, residing at 1316 Patton. Census records for 1910 show her in the Philadelphia residence of her married son Harry. She eventually moved to New York City, where in 1920 she shared a Manhattan dwelling with her married daughter Grace Fitzsimons on West 60th Street. New York death records suggest that she died in Manhattan on Nov. 3, 1935.
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| American Locomotive plant, Dunkirk, NY, Herbert Youngkin's workplace |
- Granddaughter Amanda Youngkin (1858- ? ) was born in about 1858. Sadly, at the age of about 12, she died in 1870.
Great-grandson Herbert H. Youngkin (1876-1943) was born on April 20, 1876 in Galveston, TX. He grew up in Phillipsburg, NJ and in young adulthood made a home in Philadelphia. Herbert was united in matrimony with Myrtle E. ( ? -1949). The pair did not reproduce. In about 1914, they relocated to Dunkirk, NY and stayed for good. In Dunkirk, Herbert labored as a coremaker and molder for the American Locomotive Company's Brooks plant. He belonged to the International Molders Union, and he and Myrtle held a membership in St. Mary's Church. They also were involved in the early years with the Progressive Workers of the First Spiritualist Church in Dunkirk. Herbert and Myrtle in October 1924 are known to have gone on a long driving trip to Florida to camp and hunt, and on the eve of their departure, their friends at the First Church held a supper in their honor. He had a bent for music, and performed vocally over the years and played in the Woodcliffe Orchestra in town. Their address in the early 1940s was 101 Ruggles Street. Sadly, Herbert was cleaved away by the grim reaper on Jan. 4, 1943. An obituary appeared in the Dunkirk Evening Observer. Interment of the remains was in Sheridan Cemetery. The widowed Myrtle kept up an active social life at her home at 43 East Third Street. In July 1948, she hosted an ice cream social on her lawn for the Lake City Review of the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees, an organization providing life insurance and financial benefits exclusively to women members. She was enveloped by death in the state hospital at Helmuth, NY on May 19, 1949. An obituary in the Evening Observer said she was a "native of Pennsylvania, she was 64 years old and had lived in Dunkirk for many years. she was employed at the Van Raalte mill here. There are no close survivors." Her obituary spelled her married name "Younkin."
Great-grandson Harry V. Youngkin (1878-1912) was born on Christmas Eve 1878. He grew up in Phillipsburg. Harry sported black hair and hazel eyes and weighed 160 lbs. In 1903, at the age of 24, Harry married Theresa M. Mella (or "Smith) (April 18, 1878-1958), daughter of Joseph Mella. Their wedding took place in Philadelphia. Together they bore a trio of known children -- Harry Youngkin, Clara Youngkin and Andrew Joseph Yungken (June 2, 1910- ? ). Their dwelling-place was at 3531 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia. Harry earned a living as a coremaker at a Philadelphia foundry. The couple provide a home in 1910 for Harry's widowed mother and 20-year-old cousin Frank Gorman. Stricken with epilepsy, with resulting convulsions, he died at the age of 32 on Sept. 9, 1912. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery following a high mass at St. James Church. The Philadelphia Inquirer printed a death notice. Theresa made her home in 1924 on Myrtlewood Street near Thompson. While out on a shopping trip on the fateful day of Aug. 4, 1924, she returned home to find that her son Harry had hung himself. The Inquirer reported that the 21-year-old was "hanging by a rope from a gas bracket in the kitchen of their home. Mrs. Youngkin cut the body down and ran into the street screaming. Neighbors took the body to the Lankenau Hospital in a passing automobile. He had been dead five hours, according to physicians. His mother said her son had been brooding over continued ill health." She supported herself through working in a horse factory. In later years she dwelled at 720 Hoffnagh Street. With her health in decline, due to senility, hypertension and hardening of the arteries, she was admitted to reside in the LuRana Nursing Home. She died there at the age of 80 on Nov. 10, 1958. Her solemn requiem mass was held at St. Ludwig's Church, with her remains laid to rest in Holy Redeemer Cemetery. A short obituary appeared in the Inquirer.
Great-granddaughter Grace B. Youngkin (1880- ? ) was born in 1880. She was joined in wedlock with Arthur B. Fitzsimmons (1882- ? ). Evidence suggests that Arthur resided at 90 Sedgwick Avenue, Yonkers, NY, and served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. The couple made their home in New York City in 1920-1943. In 1920-1925, federal and state census records show that Grace's mother was living under their roof. Arthur made a living as a telegraph operator in 1920 and as a salesman in 1925. The U.S. Census of 1930 shows that Arthur was still married but had moved back into his mother's residence, and that he continued his trade as a telegraph operator, now working for a brokerage firm. Grace was among several lodgers in 1935-1940 in the home of Matthew Crabb in the city. Grace's homeplace in 1943, when she was named in her brother Herbert's news obituary, remained in New York City. Evidence suggests that in 1943, Arthur was employed in the Big Apple by the Associated Press. He is thought to have married Mary ( ? - ? ) and may have died in Teaneck, NJ in Dec. 1959, with burial in Brooklyn. Nothing more about Grace is known.
Great-grandson James Raymond Youngkin (-1883-) was born on or about March 1, 1883 in Phillipsburg. He only lived to the age of five months and 25 days. The angel of death cleaved him away on Aug.25, 1883. A notice of his death was printed in the Argus.
Great-grandson Philip Frederick Youngkin (1884-1956) was born on Aug. 22, 1884 in Phillipsburg, NJ. He wed Elizabeth Porter ( ? - ? ). They made a home for years in Philadelphia at 8402 Chelwynde Avenue. He was a longtime carpenter. At the age of 71, suffering from lung and kidney cancer, Philip was admitted to Philadelphia General Hospital, where he surrendered to the angelic host on March 19, 1956. Interment of the remains was in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Delaware County.
- Granddaughter Selinda/Celinda Youngkin (1860-1929) -- also spelled "Salinda" -- was born in Jan. 1860. The United States Census of 1880 shows her at age 20, residing in her parents' household and working as a dressmaker. The rest of her life is a bit confusing. Circa 1881, she appears to have wed Benjamin "Franklin" Darrohn (Jan. 18, 1852-1912), alternatively spelled "Darohn" -- "De Rone" -- and "Darron." He was the son of Jesse Darrohn. The couple initially resided in Bushkill Township and bore four offspring, of whom three are known -- Mamie Souders, Laura E. Darrohn (born 1895) and Albert Darrohn/Young (born 1884 or 1894). Grief overcame the family when their month-old daughter Laura died on Dec. 29, 1895, with a short death notice appearing in the Allentown Leader. The Darrohns were listed in the 1894 Easton City Directory, at 122 McCartney, with her occupation shown as "dressmaker." The federal census enumeration of South Bethlehem in 1900 shows the Darrohns sharing a residence with Celinda's widowed mother, with Benjamin working as a laborer and their 18-year-old daughter Mamie as a weaver in a silk mill. The Darrohns' marriage dissolved in divorce. Celinda in 1906 entered into marriage with James Shea ( ? - ? ), the son of Irish immigrants. The 1910 U.S. Census entry for the couple shows that they had relocated to Brooklyn, NY, with James employed as a pump man for an oil company. Their address in 1929 was 687 Monroe Street. James continued to earn a living as a oil pump man in 1920, a year in which they housed six boarders. Stricken with breast cancer which spread, she passed away in Brooklyn on Sept. 2, 1929. The remains were shipped to Easton Heights for burial. Former husband Frank moved to Allentown and thence to Bethlehem, PA where in 1910 he was a hired man and boarded with Samuel A. Paff. Suffering from edema of the lungs, kidney disease, cirrhosis of the liver and heart problems, he died on Nov. 1, 1912, with burial also in Easton Heights.
Great-granddaughter Mamie V. Darrohn (1882-1949) was born on Feb. 21, 1881 or in Jan. 1882 in Bushkill Township or in Ridgely, MD. She went to school through the eighth grade. When she was age 18, she lived in Cuyahoga County, OH and earned income as a silk weaver. She was joined in wedlock on Sept. 19, 1900 with 25-year-old electrician Edward F. Souders (Dec. 21, 1877-1940), originally from Rigelsville, NJ and the son of William D. and Elizabeth (Price) Souders. The couple bore one daughter, Evelyn P. Risser. They were in Palmerton, PA in 1905 at the birth of their daughter and in time made their dwelling in Bethlehem, Northampton County in 1910-1920. Edward's occupation in 1910 was as a stationery engineer, an operator of equipment, and in 1920 was as a laborer in the general building industry. They provided a home for Edward's teenage niece Evelyn Souder in 1920 and 1930. During the 1935-1940 period, they relocated to Stroudsburg, Monroe County. Edward became an invalid in his final years, burdened with chronic hypertension, heart disease and acute cardiac failure. Death mercifully spirited him away on April 15, 1940. As a widow, Mamie lived in Neola, Monroe County. Stricken with hardening of the arteries and hemiplegia, she died in Stroudsburg General Hospital at the age of 67 on Oct. 23, 1949. Burial was in Easton Heights. An obituary was printed in the Allentown Morning Call. On her death certificate, her father's surname was spelled "Darron." Daughter Evelyn Souders (1905- ? ) worked in the silk industry as a young woman and, on April 19, 1930, was joined in wedlock with insurance salesman William A. Risser (1901- ? ), son of Morris and Margaret Risser.
Great-grandson Albert Darrohn (1884- ? ) -- also spelled "DeRone" -- was born in 1884 or 1894 and appears to have used the name "Young" in adulthood, possibly as a shortened version of his mother's maiden name. As of 1910, in Brooklyn, NY, he was a bachelor and lived with his mother and stepfather and worked as a supply house clerk. On Aug. 18, 1919, he is thought to have married Alice McSorley (1896-1973?). The pair were a dozen years apart in age. In 1920, the Youngs shared a home with his mother and stepfather in Brooklyn, with him earning a living as a ship builder. Their three offspring are believed to have been Dorothy Flanagan, Raymond Young and Albert Young Jr. The federal census enumerations of 1940 and 1950 show the family remaining in Brooklyn. Albert's occupation over that timespan was working as an electrician in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Albert was named in his sister Mamie's obituary in 1949 and at the time lived on Long Island. Sadly, Albert was deceased by 1973. Dorothy is known to have made her last home in Uniondale, Long Island. She died there on March 28, 1973. Her mass of the resurrection was sung at St. Martha's Church, followed by burial of the remains in St. John's Cemetery. An obituary was published in the Nassau edition of Newsday. All of this needs to be confirmed.
Son Henry Youngkin ( ? - ? ) may originally have spelled the name "Junkin" but later changed it to "Youngkin." Circa 1893, his home was in Belfast, Northampton County. He died at the age of 94, year unknown.
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