Newberry County ScArchives News.....REUNION OF THE YOUNG FAMILY : ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace [Teal] Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net August 18, 2006, 12:40 pm "The Herald & Advertiser" : Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, August 13, 1909 REUNION OF THE YOUNG FAMILY On Saturday, July 31st, we met at the home of our sister Mrs. T.H. Mattox and had our annual family reunion. Mrs. Mattox now owns our father Joe Young's old home. There were present on this occasion every living descendant except two, Mrs. Bessie Lambert, daughter of J.W. Young and Harry Lee, youngest son of our sister Mrs. Mary Lee, now deceased. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Young and daughters Jessie, Mabel and Ruth Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Young and children, Cora, Willie, Mary, Clara, Ethel, Jennie, Joe Robert, Sidney and James Lee Mr. and Mrs. J. Thompson Young and children, Nancy, Rose, Sadie and Joe Roland Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Mattox and children, Bessie, Irene, Mary Jean, Martha, Hannah, Young and Wiley Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Johnson Mrs. Mary Lee's children, Wideman and Joe Will Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Houston and their baby Mary Elizabeth, the latter being the only grandchild The visitors were: Mrs. Kate McKillip of Homeland, Fla. Mrs. Ira Mattox and son of Quincy, Fla. Miss Ruth Lester of Hope, Ark. Mrs. Tom McRitchie and children of Newnan Master Wm. Askew of Newnan Mr. Grier of Due West, S.C. Prof. J.G. Pressly's family Mrs. T.T. Mattox of White Oak The day was one of unalloyed pleasure to everyone present. Several asked us to give a brief history of our father's family as far back as we could find any record and I will give a few of these points here: Our father's grandfather Jas. Young was born in County Down, Ireland on Aug. 15, 1750 and his wife, Mary Thompson was born in the same county on Feb. 15, 1753. They were married in Ireland on Sept. 7, 1773. They emigrated to America in 1774 and settled in Newberry county, S.C. near th town now known as Prosperity. They had eight daughters and four sons. Jas. Young died Sept. 17, 1802 and his wife died Nov. 14, 1834. This worthy couple were the ancestors of many of the families of White Oak community, among them the Youngs, Carmicals, Bowers, Russels, Coles, Browns and Walthalls. Abram, eldest son of Jas. and Mary Thompson Young, was our grandfather and the only one of this large family of which we will write. He was born in Newberry, S.C. on Aug. 9, 1780. He married Mary Ann Carmical, daughter of Patrick Carmical and Elizabeth Thompson, Jan. 20, 1802. They had eleven sons and one daughter, our father being the youngest child. They moved to Coweta county in 1838 and settled on the lands now owned by their grandchildren, J.W. Young, Mrs. T.H. Mattox and Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Johnson, Mrs. Mattox owning the old home place. Our father, Jos. Young, was 19 years of age when he moved with his father to Georgia. Two of his brothers, Abram Jr. and James had already moved here and he and his sister Elizabeth (afterwards Aunt Betsy Bowers) came with their father Abram Young Sr. Our grandfather died shortly after coming to Georgia but our grandmother lived many years in the old home with our father, and both lived and died in the home where they first settled. Our father (Jos. Young) was born July 6, 1819; married Elizabeth Speer on June 27, 1850 and died June 28, 1899. The Young family are of Scotch-Irish descent as are most of those from the north counties of Ireland. Some writer has said "If an Irishman is a Presbyterian when he lands in America, he is Scotch-Irish; if he is a Catholic, he is pure Irish." Written by Cora Johnson ---- WELCOME News Mr. Young Mattox of the Sixth district and Miss Ruth Lester of Hope, Arkansas are visiting relatives in our community. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb