Individual Details

George served in the Civil War. Company M, 8th MO Cavalry from 1 Sep 1863 to 1 Dec 1863; then in Company D of the 68th Cavalry from 14 Aug 1864 until 15 Nov 1864.
Another note states that on 3 May 1863, George Young enlisted in the Union Army, Company M, 8th Provisional Regt. He joined as a substitute for G. M. B. Young.

The Madison Co marriage record, 27 Feb 1865 has George "W." Young married Mrs. Susan R. Claud [Susan Reed Cloud]

1870 Census:
George Young, age 40, b. MO, works on farm
Susan, age 25, b. MO
John Wesly, age 2
Joseph Sullivan, age 20, works on farm

George Young married (2nd) Mrs. Mary Ellen [Gregory] King, on 19 Jul 1877. He had two children by her - J. W. & Lilly.


George shot and killed Andy Pippin with a shotgun, at a dance in Leatherwood, MO. Andy knocked him down in a fist fight. George was 60 years old and not charged.

[Andy was in fact a 1st cousin once removed to my husband's grandfather, James Frank Pippin. Here is the story from the Pippin point of view.]
From Pippin Pathways; the Life and Desendants of Joseph Pippin from Edgecombe Co NC to Jackson Co TN. By Wilda Allen Luttrell, Emily L. Person Pippin and James Roberts "Jim" Pippin, Tennessee Valley Puclishing, Knoxville, TN, 1998, p.260
Andrew "Andy" Pippin was born Dec 1869 in the Pippin Community, Putnam Co, TN. He died 20 Oct 1899, in Jewett, Madison Co MO and is buried in the Brewington Cemetery, in Saco, Twelvemile Twp, Madison Co MO. Andy worked in the lumber industry in Argentina for several years. He died of a shotgun wound delivered by George Young on 19 Oct 1899. He was shot at the home of his brother, William Bradford Pippin, located on Leatherwood Creek, who was hosting a welcome home party for him. Testimony before the coroner, 22 Oct 1899, is recorded in the Madison Co MO Court Records. News article containing Coroner's Inquest in Democrat News, Fredericktown, MO, 28 Oct 1899. Andy did not marry.

In Caddo Parish, Louisiana on 26 Feb 1912, Mrs. Mary E. Young, aged 65, filed for George Young's Civil War Pension. She was a resident of Shreveport. She stated Geo. Harrison Young enlisted in 1863 or 1864 as a private in Company M of the 8th Regt, Missouri Provisional Volunteers. He died on 28 Feb 1900. She married as Mary Ellen Gregory on the 2 Jul 1877 by Rev. Barney Browington in Brunott, MO. She had been married to Aleck King but he died in 1875. Mr. Young had been married to Susan Reed who died 2 May 1877. She had no children under 16. Her husband had not received a pension.

George is buried Liberty Polk Cemetery, Arcadia, Iron Co, MO. He has a military stone for his service in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Birth	1839	Madison County, Missouri
Marriage	27 Feb 1865	Madison County, Missouri - Susan R. Reed
Marriage	19 Jul 1877	Madison County, Missouri - Mary Ellen Gregory
Death	28 Feb 1900	Jewett, Madison County, Missouri

Spouse	Susan R. Reed (1845 - 1877)
Child	John Wesley Young (1868 - 1929)
Child	Julia Young (1870 - )
Child	William H. Young (1873 - )
Child	George E. Young (1874 - )
Child	Charles Marion Young (1875 - )

Spouse	Mary Ellen Gregory ( - )
Child	James W. Young ( - )
Child	Lily Young ( - )

Father	George Washington Young ( - )
Mother	Sarah McClard ( - )
Sibling	Joshua McClard Young (1842 - 1920)