Elizabeth (Seeley) Young (1807 - 1900)

Born 29 Jul 1807 in Stubenville, Steuben, New York

Ancestors

Wife of James Ross Young — married 20 Jul 1828 in Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1900 at age 92 in Mount Pleasant, San Pete, Utah

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Elizabeth Jane Seeley married James Ross Young. They had 9 children, 5 of which died young.

Children: John Henry Young, Mary Young-Wilcox, Anna Young-Peck (died at age 18), Sarah Young-Peck-Mayhew, Elizabeth Young-Staker, Mehitable Young (died in childhood), Hannah Seeley Young-Moore, Martha Young (died in infancy), Ephraim Young (died in infancy).

Marriage

Some sources say Elizabeth married Elijah Mayhew, but this is NOT TRUE. She was the MOTHER of his wife Sarah Young. Elizabeth and her husband, James Ross Young, were married for 67 years. source: http://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Young/363772530000004064

Letter from Verlyn Westwood Bentley, March 7, 1991: "I wanted to answer one of your questions about Elizabeth Seeley Young and her second marriage. Grandma told me once that Elizabeth (Grandma's grandmother) wasn't satisfied, wanted someone higher in the church so she left Grandfather James Ross Young and that she didn't really do too much better for herself, because "all she got was a tithing clerk." I assume that Elijah Mayhew was the tithing clerk Grandma talked about. Anyway Grandma says in her book that her Grandpa Young lived with them when she was a child. She told me that he always lived with them, but sometime it became necessary for the Grandmother to be cared for also, but because the grandparents were separated, and the grandfather already living in the house, a small house was fixed up out in back for the Grandmother."

Burial

Burial:

Date: 31 Mar 1900

Place: Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141838

• http://www.seeley-society.net/bios-ly/bio-justusazelseely.html

• source: https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/9304487