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Descendants of William Younger

Generation No. 7

11. THOMAS W.⁷ YOUNGER (THOMAS JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, ALEXANDER⁴, THOMAS³, ALEXANDER², WILLIAM¹) (Source: Ancestry.com / TN Census / AR Census / TN Marriages.) was born 1791 in Chatham County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1862 in Tomahawk Township, Searcy County, Arkansas. He married (1) RACHEL (?) HENDRICKS February 10, 1811 in Wilkes County. He married (2) ELLENDORE (ELLEN) LONDON 1830 in Maury County, Tennessee, daughter of JOHN LONDON. She was born Bet. 1804 - 1805 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina, and died 1880 in Marion County, Arkansas.

Notes for THOMAS W. YOUNGER:
Nickname: "Tomahawk Thomas" (given to him by researchers)

Information obtained from "Boone County Historian" - Vol. XII - No. 1 - 1989:

"They lived in TN and KY and migrated from TN to the Tomahawk Community of Searcy County, Arkansas, in 1854. It is not known when this Thomas left Chatham County, NC, but possibly with a wagon train of several Younger families including father Thomas Sr. about 1813, and settled in Williamson and Maury Counties. At sometime, he resided in KY, where some of his children were born and then in Knox County, TN. At the time he came into Arkansas, another group of Youngers left Williamson and Maury Counties and settled at Stockton in Cedar County, MO. Mother Mary Nall Younger died at 96 and is buried at Stockton, MO.

"Son Thomas (Tomahawk Thomas, as he is called by Younger researchers) on arriving in northwest Arkansas, camped first on the prairie near the old Sharpensteen place (Big Pond, Boone County, Marshall Prairie near Western Grove? Magness Place?) before settling tin Tomahawk Community near St. Joe, AR in Searcy County.

"Thomas built and operated water mills and several mills in the Tomahawk area are attributed to him. He was also a Christian preacher and "abolishonist" lecturer. Near the outbreak of the Civil War, he died leaving his widow and several children. Her home was destroyed by raiders claiming to be Confederates and Confederate sympathizers because she was allegedly harboring a Union sympathizer, "an old man named Baker."

"Four sons of Thomas and Ellen, John London, Alexander, Willis Parks, and Thomas joined the Union army.

"Some of this family is buried in Osborne Cemetery, others are in Pea Ridge Cemetery near Bruno in Marion County and Anderson Flat Cemetery, also in Marion County, and it is thought, also in Stone Cemetery in Searcy County.

"Tomahawk Thomas' family is found in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1840 and Hickman County, Tennessee in 1850, and in Searcy County, Arkansas, in 1860. (Karen's note: They are listed in Giles Co. TN 1850 census. See note below.)

"Thomas and son Alexander and Spencer Adams were members of the Peace Society according to the testimony of Peter Tyler (pgs. 94-96 Arkansas Historical Quarterly).

"Known descendants to the seventh generation from "Tomahawk" Thomas still reside in Arkansas, with many of them still in Boone, Marion, Carroll and Searcy Counties. Others are scattered over the country from east to west and north to south."

Note:      Information received from an internet source indicates that James Younger was the son of Thomas Younger, born 1791 and "unknown" Hendricks -- and was Alexander Younger's older half brother.

Note:      Thomas & Ellen are in the Giles Co. TN 1850 census. You can get this info from USGenWeb, Giles Co. TN Genealogy Census page 345. It lists Thomas & Ellen with five of their children. The three younger children are listed in the home of James Younger on page 345. Those children being Jane, John L., and Clark. Perhaps at the time there was a family illness and James and Margaret were keeping the children for Thomas and Ellen.

Note:       On Ancestry.com, Thomas is referred to as Thomas (Tomahawk) Younger -- probably because he lived in Tomahawk Township, Searcy County, Arkansas.

Note:       Notes from Hollis Stanford show Thomas' birthplace as Chatham, North Carolina.

Note:      Shown on the 1820 Franklin County TN Census.

More About THOMAS W. YOUNGER:
Census: 1860, Tomahawk, Searcy County, Arkansas, with wife Ellen (56), Hannah (18), John (15), and Newton C. (11).

Marriage Notes for THOMAS YOUNGER and RACHEL HENDRICKS:
Note: Not sure if this is the correct information. A Thomas Younger married a Rachel Hendricks at this time and place according to a "Vital Records Index - North America" cd - a collection of microfilmed marriage records made by the LDS church.

More About THOMAS YOUNGER and RACHEL HENDRICKS:
Marriage: February 10, 1811, Wilkes County

Notes for ELLENDORE (ELLEN) LONDON:
Note: According to notes by Hollis Stanford, Elender (Ellen) was born in Hopkins, Kentucky.

More About THOMAS YOUNGER and ELLENDORE LONDON:
Marriage: 1830, Maury County, Tennessee

Children of THOMAS YOUNGER and RACHEL HENDRICKS are:

15.	i.	JAMES⁸ YOUNGER, b. 1810, Georgia; d. 1905, Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas.
16.	ii.	NANCY YOUNGER, b. 1812, Tennessee.
	iii.	REBECCA YOUNGER, b. 1817; m. FRANKLIN PARKS.

Notes for REBECCA YOUNGER:
Note: Census information given to me by Hollis Stanford - 1850 Lawrence County TN census, page 925, family 711.
If Rebecca was 28 in 1850, then her birth year would be 1821 or 1822 (depending on the month of the census and the month
of her birth).

More About REBECCA YOUNGER:
Census: 1850, Lawrence Co. TN census - Rebecca is listed with her half-brother Alexander (21), Lucinda (20), Margaret A. (1), Rebecca Parks (28), Ruth A. Parks (6), William Parks (4)

iv.

DAVID B. YOUNGER, b. 1821; m. CATHERINE MELTON.

Children of THOMAS YOUNGER and ELLENDORE LONDON are:

17.	v.	WILLIAM ALEXANDER⁸ YOUNGER, b. January 1828, Caroline, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. January 1, 1906, Bruno, Marion County, Arkansas.
18.	vi.	WILLIS PARKS YOUNGER, b. Bet. 1832 - 1833, Hopkins, Kentucky; d. 1876.
19.	vii.	MARY A. YOUNGER, b. October 20, 1835, Hopkins County, Kentucky; d. January 25, 1914, Searcy County, Arkansas.
20.	viii.	NANCY YOUNGER, b. Abt. 1837, Hopkins County, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1870.
21.	ix.	THOMAS J. YOUNGER, b. October 1839, Hopkins, Kentucky.
22.	x.	HANNAH YOUNGER, b. December 13, 1841, Hopkins, Kentucky; d. August 2, 1906, Marion County, Arkansas.
	xi.	LUCY YOUNGER, b. 1843, Kentucky.
23.	xii.	JOHN LONDON YOUNGER, b. October 15, 1845, Greene County, Kentucky; d. April 10, 1910, Clear Creek, Searcy County, Arkansas.
24.	xiii.	NEWTON CLARK YOUNGER, b. 1848, Giles County, Tennessee; d. 1910, Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma.

12. MARY⁷ YOUNGER (THOMAS JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, ALEXANDER⁴, THOMAS³, ALEXANDER², WILLIAM¹) was born March 11, 1792 in Chatham County, North Carolina, and died August 1878 in Hooper, Utah. She married JOHN MAYBERRY June 18, 1817 in Chatham, North Carolina.

More About JOHN MAYBERRY and MARY YOUNGER:
Marriage: June 18, 1817, Chatham, North Carolina

Children of MARY YOUNGER and JOHN MAYBERRY are:

	i.		MARTHA⁸ MAYBERRY.
	ii.		MARY JANE MAYBERRY, b. November 7, 1819.
	iii.		GABRIEL MAYBERRY, b. September 1821.
	iv.		JOSEPH MAYBERRY, b. September 4, 1823.
	v.		DAVID MAYBERRY, b. October 8, 1825.
	vi.		THOMAS HENRY MAYBERRY, b. January 7, 1830, Maury County, Tennessee; d. March 30, 1903, Wayne County, Utah.

13. JAMES NEWTON⁷ YOUNGER (THOMAS JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, ALEXANDER⁴, THOMAS³, ALEXANDER², WILLIAM¹) was born April 2, 1796 in Chatham County, North Carolina, and died March 5, 1878 in Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri. He married RACHEL MURPHY February 2, 1823 in St. Francois County, Missouri. She was born 1805.

Notes for JAMES NEWTON YOUNGER:
Note: Hollis Stanford shows date of death as September, 9, 1858.

More About JAMES NEWTON YOUNGER:
Census: 1820, Franklin County, Tennessee

More About RACHEL MURPHY:
Census: 1860, Cedar County, Missouri - Rachel living as widow with the 4 youngest children.

More About JAMES YOUNGER and RACHEL MURPHY:
Marriage: February 2, 1823, St. Francois County, Missouri

Children of JAMES YOUNGER and RACHEL MURPHY are:

25.	i.	JOHN WESLEY⁸ YOUNGER, b. January 15, 1824, Maury County, Tennessee; d. January 18, 1899, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
	ii.	DAVID T. YOUNGER, b. January 21, 1826, Maury County, Tennessee; d. 1847.
	iii.	LOUISIANA LUCY ANN YOUNGER, b. April 22, 1828, Maury County, Tennessee; d. February 10, 1861, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri.
	iv.	SARAH B. YOUNGER, b. July 19, 1830, Maury County, Tennessee; d. March 22, 1890, Cedar County, Missouri.
	v.	RACHEL MURPHY YOUNGER, b. November 28, 1832, Maury County, Tennessee; d. August 12, 1916, Cedar County, Missouri.
	vi.	LOUISA YOUNGER, b. April 16, 1835, Williamson County, Tennessee; d. January 8, 1932, Arlington, California; m. RUBEN A. FORD.
26.	vii.	WILLIAM ALEXANDER YOUNGER, b. December 3, 1837; d. January 23, 1927.
	viii.	ELIZABETH PAULINE YOUNGER, b. April 22, 1840, Williamson County, Tennessee; d. August 4, 1907, Cedar County, Missouri.
	ix.	NANCY JANE YOUNGER, b. December 12, 1842; d. 1858; m. THOMAS ROBERTS.
	x.	RICHARD CHARLES YOUNGER, b. May 8, 1846, Williamson County, Tennessee; d. February 16, 1915, Cedar County, Missouri; m. CHARITY DAVIS SPENCER, September 20, 1866; b. 1852.

More About RICHARD YOUNGER and CHARITY SPENCER:
Marriage: September 20, 1866

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