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| 8. | Richard YOUNGER was born on 26 Jan 1846 in Bullett Co., KY, (Rolling Fork Valley) (son of Jr. Henry YOUNGER and Mary DEATS); died on 14 Jun 1925 in Holdridge, NE; was buried in Stamford Cemetery plot 258; Stamford, NE. Notes:
According to Dona Wilson Johnson, Sally, Richard's stepmother who raised him, left him the family farm when she died in 1900. In 1904, he sold the farm and moved the family to Nebraska. Stella remembered that when Richard moved the family ,he sold all of her grandmother's beautiful Haviland China among other things. Stella always refered to the farm as her grandmother's plantation. She said they had slaves who stayed with them even after they were freed in 1865.
Richard married Nancy Ann STRAUGHAN on 16 Feb 1871. Nancy (daughter of Moses STRAUGHAN and Catharine Elizabeth WISEHART) was born on 2 Aug 1852 in Jefferson Co., KY; died on 10 Sep 1937 in Martinez, CA; was buried in Stamford Cemetery plot 258; Stamford, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Nancy Ann STRAUGHAN was born on 2 Aug 1852 in Jefferson Co., KY (daughter of Moses STRAUGHAN and Catharine Elizabeth WISEHART); died on 10 Sep 1937 in Martinez, CA; was buried in Stamford Cemetery plot 258; Stamford, NE. Notes:
She lived with her daughter Ora (Younger) Johnson in Martinez, CA after her husband Richard died.
Dona Wilson Johnson remembers her grandmother Stella pronouncing Nancy's maiden name as "Strong". I remember their marriage record from Kentucky actually had her name recorded as "Strong".
Her body was cremated in Berkeley according to her death certificate. Funeral Director, Brunscher & Connolly, Martinez, CA
Children:
- Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) YOUNGER was born on 16 Feb 1872.
- Kitty Ann (Kate) YOUNGER was born on 16 Oct 1873.
- Sarah Lillian (Lillie) YOUNGER was born on 2 Feb 1876; died on 13 Apr 1951; was buried in Stamford, NE.
- Jamima May (May) YOUNGER was born on 6 Aug 1878.
- Nancy Lee (Lee) YOUNGER was born on 24 Aug 1879.
- John Coleman YOUNGER was born on 23 Sep 1881; died in 1915; was buried in Stamford, NE.
- Stella Cleveland YOUNGER was born on 12 Sep 1883; died on 19 Nov 1974 in Ft. Collings, Colorado; was buried in Highland Cemetery,Wellington, CO; grave 7,lot 10, block 23,.
- Stanford Straughn YOUNGER was born on 24 Apr 1886; died on 22 Dec 1961 in Vallejo, CA.
- Ora YOUNGER was born on 7 May 1889; died on 30 May 1947 in Lovelock, NV; was buried in Berkeley, CA.
- 4. Richard Ewel (Dick) YOUNGER was born on 27 Apr 1892; died in Oct 1952 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Harry Clive YOUNGER was born on 7 Sep 1894 in Nelson county, KY; died on 3 Oct 1981 in Pasadena Mausoleum, Pasadena, CA.
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