Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Belle (Carter) Young, Johnson County, Missouri, Hazel Hill township >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Mrs. Belle (Carter) Young, widow of Elijah W. Young, the later promi- nent farmer and stockman of Hazel Hill township, is a member of a well known and highly respected pioneer family of Missouri. She was born in Cape Girardeau county, the daughter of HOward and Mary (Thompson) Alton Carter, the father, a native of Litchfield, Maine. Howard P. Carter came to Missouri in 1847 and settled in Cape Girardeau county, where he followed the profession of teaching. He was an attorney in Litchfield, Maine prior to coming West. Mary (Thompson) Alton Carter was the widow of John Alton and the mother of one child, a son, Amasa R. Alton, now of Pitman, Arkansas, previous to her marriage with Howard P. Carter. To Howard P. and Mary Carter were born two children: Howard P., Jr., of Pitman, Arkansas; and Mrs. Belle (Carter) Young, the subject of this review. The father died in 1861 and the mother in 1910. Both parents are interred in the cemetery in Cape Girardeau county. Mr. and Mrs. Carter were upright, noble minded, estimable citizens, a father and mother worthy of the highest praise and respect. Mrs. Belle (Carter) Young was a student of the Cape Girardeau Normal School. For six years prior to her marriage, she was engaged in teaching school. November 18, 1886, Elijah W. Young and Belle Carter were united in marriage and they went immediately after their marriage to "Edgewood Farm," the present home of Mrs. Young. Elijah W. Young was born in 1843 in White county, Illinois. When he was a child two years of age, his father, Elijah Young, Sr., moved with his wife and child from Illinois to Missouri and settled on a tract of land comprising 500 acres, of which a part is now known as "Edgewood Farm." The original farm was entered from the gov- ernment by Elijah Young, Sr., whose death occurred April 15, 1887 on this place. His wife had preceded him in death but one week, her death occurring April 8, 1887. Both parents were interred in Hobson cemetery. Elijah Young, Sr., was an inventor of note who invented the "Buncombe Wheat Drill." Elijah W. Young received his education in the public schools of Johnson county. From early manhood, he was engaged in the pursuits of farming, stock raising, and horticulture. Mr. Young was one of the very first to plant a commercial orchard in Johnson county. His orchard embraced eight acres of land and was exclusively an apple orchard, with which he made a marked success. As a stockman, Mr. Young was equally as successful as he was as a horticulturist. He raised registered jacks, fine mules, horses, cattle and hogs. At first, he kept Berkshire hogs, but later, he preferred the Duroc Jersey breed, of which he raised a large number. His death came in January, 1916 and burial was made in Hobson cemetery, where his parents were laid to rest. Elijah W. Young was industrious, capable, intellectual citizen, whose long life of more than the allotted three score years and ten, was an exemplary one. He had experienced all the privations and hardships of pioneer days, but he always spoke of them in a happy, jovial way. Mr. Young apparently believed that it is "the voice that ever singeth in the heart, that makes living worth the while," for he never made an ex- hibition of his cares and worries, always trying to keep that voice singing in his own heart and in the hearts of those about him. To Elijah W. and Belle (Carter) Young were born seven children: George Vest, corporal of Company G, 10th Infantry Regiment, National Army, U.S.A., who was in military training, in 1917, at Camp Benjamin Harri- son, Indianapolis, Indiana; Elijah R., who married Jessie Graham, the daughter of J. R. Graham, and to them hasw been born a daughter, Evelyn, and they reside on the home place where Elijah R. has charge of the farm work; James C., of Company I, 45th Infantry Regiment, who was in military training at Camp Benjmain Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana; Ruth, the wife of Elba Newton, residing on the J. E. Newton farm in Hazel Hill township; Kate L., a student in the Fayetteville High School, at home with her mother; Maggie M., a student in the Fayetteville High School, at home with her mother; and Nell E., at home. Mrs. Young is an ideal mother, an intelligent, cultured, refined lady, who may well be justly proud of her fine family of boys and girls. Mr. Young was married three times. While a resident of Illinois he married Pauline Robinson in 1858. She died June 25, 1878, leaving three children: Herbert C., ranchman near Perkins, Oklahoma; Hattie, wife of William Farner, Rialto, California; Mrs. Pauline Holland, Smoke Butte, Montana. In December, 1880, he married Margaret Pollock, who died December, 1885 leaving one son: Cleo O., Rialto, California, an inventor and plumber. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. 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