Martin V. Young
1840 - 1915 (75 years)-
Name Martin V. Young Birth 13 May 1840 Erie County, Ohio, United States Gender Male Occupation 1860 Farm Laborer - Age at this event:19-20
Age at this event:19-20
Occupation 1870 Carpenter - Age at this event:29-30
Age at this event:29-30
Occupation 1880 - Age at this event:39-40
Age at this event:39-40
Burial 16 Feb 1915 Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States Death 13 Dec 1915 Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States - Age:75
Person ID I15211 McKelleb Last Modified 24 May 2019
Father Ira Young, b. 1805, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown Mother Sophia Crippin, b. 1810, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F5543 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Jane Lansing, b. 1842, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 9 Aug 1862 Porter Family Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky, United States MARR: _UID 56ffcf7629fcb1e5b5b118cf5eb05e42
MARR: RIN MH:F F 855
Children 1. Arthur J. Young, b. Apr 1881, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F4577 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Aug 2022
- Age at this event:19-20
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Event Map Birth - 13 May 1840 - Erie County, Ohio, United States Burial - 16 Feb 1915 - Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States Death - 13 Dec 1915 - Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States = Link to Google Earth
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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