Elknah Harrison Young (1850 - 1940)

Born 14 Jan 1850 in South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Emily E. (Peacock) Young — married 29 Feb 1880 in Calhoun, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1940 at age 90 in Jersey County, Illinois, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Robert Willis [send private message]

Biography

Elkenah was born in 1850. He was the son of Philip Young and Elizabeth Beach.

Elknah Harrison Young , one of the oldest retired farmers of Jersey County died at eight fifty o'clock Sunday evening , July 21st, at his home nine miles northeast of Jerseyville, Death resulted from infirmities of old age. . Young was the son of the late Phillip and Elizabeth Beach Young, and was born in South Carolina, January 14,1850. At the time of his death ha had attained the advanced age of ninety years ,six months and seven days.

He passed away in 1940.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWHV-7W5 : 28 July 2019), Elknah Young, Kemper, Ruyle Township, Jersey, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-22, sheet 6A, line 21, family 101, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 817.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQL6-V26 : 9 March 2018), Elknah Harrison Young, 21 Jul 1940; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,832,001.

• Jerseyville paper death notice published

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/65667780/person/202411397199/facts : accessed 20 September 2022), profile for Elknah Young.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KVJ1-G2R