History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, MO
Cedar County Biography Section

     Dr. William H. H. Younger. Prominent among the leading 
physicians and surgeons of El Dorado Spring stands the name 
of the above-mentioned gentleman, who was born in Orange 
County, N. C., in 1815, being the son of Rev. Robert A. and 
Edith (Horn) Younger, natives of Baltimore, Md., and Orange 
County, N. C., respectively.  They were married in the last 
named county, and in 1831 removed to Boone County, Mo., where 
they were among the earliest settlers. There Mrs. Younger died,
and Mr. Younger afterward married Mrs. Wallace, of Chariton 
County and in that county spent the balance of his life. He 
died in 1867 or 1868.  He was a Methodist minister of 
considerable ability, was also a life-long teacher, and was 
in the War of 1812, with Gen. Harrison.  His father, Capt. 
Henry Younger, was a Scotchman, and was captain of the Navy 
Yard at Baltimore, Md., for many years.  He died in Orange 
County, N. C.  Dr. William Younger, the second of eight 
children, five sons and three daughters, received his education
in the common schools until eighteen years of age, when he 
entered the State University at Columbia, remained there about
two years, and then took up the study of medicine at Columbia 
under the State Medical Board.  He has practiced in different 
parts of Missouri for over fifty-four years, and is one of the
noted physicians of that State.  In 1838 he removed to 
Springfield, where he continued his practice until 1865, after
which he removed to St. Louis, and there remained until 1866, 
when he returned to Southwestern Missouri.  He settled in 
Lawrence County, where he remained until 1882, and then moved 
to El Dorado Springs.  In 1840 he married Miss Julia Ann 
Hoshaw, daughter of Jacob M. and Jane Hoshaw, natives of 
Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively.  Mr. and Mrs. Hoshaw 
moved to Lawrence County, Mo., in 1839, and ther Mr. Hoshaw 
died.  Mrs. Younger died February 10, 1885.  She was a 
consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 
many years.  August 25, 1885, the Doctor married Mrs. Sarah 
Lewis, daughter of Basil Lucas, and a native of Highland 
County, Ohio. The Doctor has reared several children but all 
are now deceased.  He was a member of the Methodist Church 
from fourteen years of age until his return to Southwestern 
Missouri, when he became a Cumberland Presbyterian, but since 
his residence in El Dorado he has again become a Methodist, 
and for many years has been an active Sunday-school worker.  
Mrs. Younger has been a member of the Methodist Church nearly 
all her life.  Previous to the war Dr. Younger was a Democrat,
but since then he has affiliated with the Republican party.  
He is a genial, social gentleman, a successful physician, and 
still has considerable and remunerative practice.  

History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties,
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889--Pages 790, 791
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