U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Young, Stillman (1843-1926) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 605 STILLMAN YOUNG is the first born and the only child living of Lyman P. and Elizabeth (Taylor) Young. His birth is fixed at January 16, 1843. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the Union army and served therein until the close of the war, and about a year later, July 31, 1866, he was united in marriage to Luverna Martin, daughter of F. H. and Amy (Low) Martin. To this union have been born nine sons and three daughters, as follows: Amy E., born May 22, 1867; Amos, born August 27, 1868; Lyman W., born July 7, 1869; Hillery B., born July 7, 1869; Edwin C., born December 26, 1870; Sheridan, born March 19, 1872; Melvin R., born March 3, 1874; Ida Lucinda E-, born March 24, 1876; Sanford W., born March 18, 1878; Sophia P., born September 8, 1880; William L., born July 22, 1883; Stillman Ellis, born January 11, 1887. Also Bertha Reed, who was adopted by Stillman Young, as his daughter, at the term of the Circuit Court of Upshur County, born December 28, 1887, and has all rights under her adoption, which any other of the children have. Of his children, three are dead, viz: Amos, died September 11, 1868; Lyman, W., died May 29, 1870; Sheridan, died March 19, 1872. Of his children, seven are married, viz: Hillery B., to Alice M. Nixon, and to them has been given one child, living; Amy E-, to J. L. Helmick, September 27, 1882, and to them has been given seven living children; Edwin C., to Mahala C. William, April 23, 1891, and to them are given six living children; Melvin R., to Emma R. Lee, June 22, 1892, one dead and five living children: Ida L., to Sidney E. Phillips, October 2, 1895, seven living children; Sanford W., to Ada F. Ashworth, May 20, 1897, four living children; William L., to Emma E. Kelley, July 29, 1900, one dead and two living children. The subject of this sketch has been prominent in church and politics, and therefore has held the following positions: Inspector of elections, one year; constable, two years; justice of the peace, 22 years; and member of the House of Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature, six years; has been an ordained local deacon in the M. E. Church twenty-five years, was on the Frenchton Circuit three years, and on the Buckhannon Circuit one year. He now resides at Gaines. Is a merchant and postmaster there. Gaines is a small village on the waters of the Little Kanawha River, of fifty inhabitants, one general and one millinery store, one saddle and one blacksmith shop. His mother is still living. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #14910 FULL-NAME: Stillman Young BIRTH-DATE: January 16, 1843 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 20, 1926 (at age 83y-8m-9d) DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired Merchant FATHER: Lyman Young (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: ____ Taylor (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis / Senility INFORMANT: S. E. Phillips (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Salem Cemetery, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------