Mary A. J. Beard and Thomas Newton Young
THOMAS NEWTON YOUNG, son of RACHEL BLAIR and THOMAS YOUNG, was born January 23, 1817 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia,456 and died May 24, 1889 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456 He is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456
He married MARY A. J. BEARD on February 18, 1841 in Wayne County, Indiana.1675 She was born April 12, 1816 in Virginia,456 and died October 13, 1887 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456 She is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456
Children of MARY A. J. BEARD and THOMAS NEWTON YOUNG:
- AUGUSTUS BLAIR YOUNG, b. June, 1842, Indiana; m. MARY HELEN MCDILL on December 27, 1870 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio2373; d. January 9, 1911, Sebastopol, Sonoma, California.1323, 11755
- EMILY ANN ELIZA YOUNG, b. June 14, 1844;9998 d. July 17, 1845.9998
- CHARLES W. YOUNG, b. 1846;456 d. August 30, 1897, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio;80, 456 bur. Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456
- GEORGE F. YOUNG, b. September 4, 1848, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana;4931 m. SARAH ELLETA JOHNSON on February 29, 1872 in Preble County, Ohio12; d. January 8, 1920, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.755
- PETER W. YOUNG, b. December 18, 1850, Indiana;619 m. MALLISSA A. WHITE on December 29, 1887 in Franklin County, Ohio2373; d. November 3, 1925, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.619
- MARY VIRGINIA YOUNG, b. February 4, 1853, Indiana;456, 619 d. December 18, 1927, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456, 619
- DORA B. YOUNG, b. August 2, 1855, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana;456, 619 d. June 2, 1928, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.456, 619
Obituaries
Richmond Telegram, May 30, 18996497
THOMAS N. YOUNG
An Old Citizen and Former Mayor of Richmond, Dies at Columbus, O.
Thomas N. Young, formerly one of the most widely and favorably known citizens of Richmond, died at his late residence at Columbus, O., at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, after an illness of several weeks, aged seventy-two years. His funeral occurred Sunday.
The subject of this notice was born in the vicinity of Staunton, Augusta county, Virginia, January 23, 1817, and when a boy of sixteen and the youngest child, came with his father and the elder children, three brothers and two sisters, to the farm now owned by his nephew, Cyrus Young, near New Paris, Ohio.
The year following, 1833, Thomas Young, the father, bought and moved to the farm now owned by the heirs of Peter Schindler, one mile west of Boston, in this county. Thomas N. had made the best of the Virginia school advantages of his time, and from such humble sources, had, at the time of coming West, become well equipped for teaching the elements of a practical English education. His knowledge of algebra, arithmetic and grammar, his accuracy in spelling, correct reading and pronunciation, and last, but not by no means least, his elegant penmanship, made him, at the age of eighteen, the choice of a neighboring school district for their teacher. He laid this work to his conscience, and for fifteen years, in the intervals of farm employment, as schools went in those days, his services were sought and bestowed in the various schools of this and Union county.
His fidelity to his trust, the rigidity but impartiality of his discipline, not only enriched the minds but made helpful impressions on the character of his pupils, cementing a friendship on their part and of their parents and friends, which endured warm and unfailing all through his life.
In 1841, the subject of our sketch was united in marriage with Mary, the eldest daughter of Peter Beard, who, with his family, had removed, in 1834, from Augusta county, Virginia, their place of nativity, to a farm he had purchased near that of Thomas Young.
In 1848, Thomas N. Young came with his family to Richmond, where he engaged in the grocery business, in which he continued most of the time until his removal from here to Columbus, some six years since, except a regular term of two years, during which he filled the office of Mayor, from May, 1867. In earlier years he had served with much credit as a member of the City Council, and later he was appointed School Trustee.
In politics he was always a Democrat, but never a partisan in any vindictive sense. Tenacious of his own principles, steadfast in his own convictions, he accorded to all opponents the widest liberty and never sought, by ridicule or leas offensive means, to reflect upon the sincerity and correctness of those holding contrary views in respect to either religion or politics.
He had been favored by nature with a strong and healthful body, which exposure and overwork in early manhood doubtless impaired, and bred disorders which preyed upon his health through after life.
The strength and fiber of his mind was notable, and retained to his last days. His sensitiveness bordered on weakness. Constant in his regard for all the rights of others, and the respect due them, any disregard of what he felt was reciprocally owing to him, caused him pain beyond his power to conceal.
In his own family he was the very soul of love and kindness; not only so, but to the great family of man his heart warmed, having "that touch of nature which makes the whole world akin."
In all the walks of life he was faithful and true. In the discharge of those public duties to which his fitness and the confidence of his fellow citizens called him, he was efficient, honest and successful.
And we place his name as not among the least honored of that company, now fast leaving us, with whom so much of the history and the pride of our city is blended.
His wife, who was a sister of Mrs. M. E. Bradbury, Mrs. John Fryar and Mrs. Judith, widow of Armstrong Grimes, died at Columbus, a year ago last October, and they are survived by all their children save one, who died in infancy many years ago. Those living are, A. B. Young, a prominent attorney, of Indianapolis; Charles, bookkeeper, and Peter, collector, for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, at Columbus; Jennie, who is in a wholesale millinery house there; Dora, who lived at home, and George, who resides here, in the employment of the Adam's Express Company.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| August 21, 1850307 | Wayne, Wayne, Indiana |
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| June 18, 1860306 | Wayne, Wayne, Indiana |
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| July 15, 1870305 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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| June 5, 1880659 | Richmond, Wayne, Indiana |
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