BIOS: Daniel YOUNKIN, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 280

Daniel YOUNKIN.

Daniel Younkin, a representative citizen of Rockwood, was born April 1, 1857, in 
Upper Turkeyfoot township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania.  His parents were John 
M. and Laura (Miner) Younkin, whose children were: Mary, Catherine, deceased; 
William S., Jacob, Millie, Charles, Josiah, Daniel, Josephine, and David, 
deceased.  John M. Younkin (father) was born in Lower Turkeyfoot township, 
Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was a farmer by occupation, and his remains were 
interred at Kingswood, Somerset county.  His ancestors were natives of Germany. 
At the age of fourteen years, after completing a common school education, Daniel 
Younkin secured employment with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and continued the 
same for a period of two years.  He then removed to Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland 
county, where for fourteen years he was engaged in making boats, and then 
returned to Somerset county, locating in Rockwood.  The first year he worked for 
a Mr. Wolf, and since then has been employed as laborer on the tracks of the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.  He is a Republican in politics.
In 1878 Mr. Younkin married Elmira Zimmerman, born in New Salem, Ohio, December 
19, 1853, and their children are as follows: Catherine, deceased; Gertrude 
married John Weaver; Mary E., deceased; John W. E., Malzena, Lulu Malinda, 
deceased; George M. Mrs. Younkin is a daughter of William and Mary (Yates) 
Zimmerman, whose children were: John E., Amanda, Elmira (Mrs. Daniel Younkin), 
Jennie, Emma, Anna, Catherine, Barbara, Sadie, William, deceased; and Mary E., 
deceased. William Zimmerman, a descendant of a German ancestry, was born in 
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and throughout his active career gave his time and 
attention to farming.  Mr. Younkin and his family are highly respected in the 
community in which they reside.