Martin V. Young

1840 - 1915  (75 years)

• Name	Martin V. Young
  Birth	13 May 1840	Erie County, Ohio, United States
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1860  [1]
  	Farm Laborer
  Occupation	1870  [1]
  	Carpenter
  Occupation	1880  [1]
  Burial	16 Feb 1915	Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States
  Death	13 Dec 1915	Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I15209	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Ira Young,   b. 1805, New York, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sophia Crippin,   b. 1810, New York, United States
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Lansing,   b. 1842, Ohio, United States
  Marriage	9 Aug 1862	Porter Family Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky, United States   [3]
  Children	1. Arthur J. Young,   b. Apr 1881, Indiana, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):Martin Young was born May 13, 1841, in Erie County, Ohio. He is one of ten children born to Ira and Sophia (Crippin) Young, both natives of New York. The elder Young was a fisherman on Lake Erie for thirty years. Maternally, Mr. Young is of English descent, and paternally from Holland. When Martin was about five years of age, They came to Porter County, settling on "Twenty-Mile" Prairie. A sister of our subject was about the first school teacher of that settlement, and Judge Field was among her pupils. When about twenty-one years of age, Mr. Young enlisted in the Seventy-third Indiana, serving nearly three years, and participating in the famous battles of Stone River, Nashville, and on Col. Straight's raid through Georgia. After he was discharged, returning to Chesterton, he engaged in the meat market business; he has built up the leading trade in this part of the county. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. Mr . Young is a Republican, but favors the financial theories of the National party. Mr. Young has one of the finest brick residences in the county, richly furnished, and with the luxuries of piano, organ, etc. He was married in 1862 to Mary J. Lansing, a native of Porter County. She is well educated, having been a teacher. They have one adopted child -Arthur. Source: "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical ," Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882 page 313, 314 Westchester Township Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing

  
  

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