CHARLES S. YOUNGER

 

     Charles S. Younger, blacksmith, and proprietor of a general repair shop in Stockton, Mo., was born in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1837, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Church) Younger, who were born in North Carolina in 1798 and 1813, respectively. They were taken to Tennessee by their parents when young, and were married in Williamson County.  In October 1853 they removed to Missouri and located near Stockton, where they became the owners of a tract of land, on which they died in 1878, and 1873, respectively.  Mr. Younger’s brothers, Samuel and James, were soldiers in the War of 1812, and were at the battle of New Orleans under Jackson.  Samuel died of disease, and James died in Cedar County.  This branch of the Younger family was first represented in the United States by two brothers, who came from Scotland, and settled in Virginia and North Carolina, Thomas Younger, the grandfather of our subject, being a descendant of the North Carolina pioneer.  Polly Nauls was the grandmother’s maiden name. Sarah (Church) Younger was a daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Culbertson) Church, and became the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom are living:  Elizabeth, wife of William Pankey; William T., Henry N., James M., Margaret, wife of Jordan Pankey; Charles S., Robert A.; Martha, wife of John A. Haynes; and Onie E., wife of Sylvester Terrill.  Charles S. Younger has resided on farms in Cedar County since sixteen years of age, making his home with his parents until twenty-two years of age, and since fifteen years old has also worked at the blacksmith’s trade.  In 1862 he enlisted in the Enrolled Militia, Company A, and in 1864 joined Mitchell’s regiment.  In 1865 he and G. R. Corbin erected a blacksmith shop in Stockton, and remained associated in business for twenty-one years, or until 1887, when they dissolved partnership, since which time Mr. Younger has been in business by himself, being the oldest blacksmith in Stockton.  Previous to the war he was a Whig, and cast his first presidential vote for Bell and Everett, but after the war became a Democrat, and is now a Prohibitionist.  He has filled the chairs in the Blue Lodge and Chapter of the Masonic order.  August 12, 1869, he wedded Miss Amanda J. Montgomery, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Montgomery, who were born in Sevier County and Roane County, Tenn., in 1811 and 1812, and died in Cedar and Greene Counties, Mo., in 1886 and 1888, respectively.  Mr. Younger has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since he was twenty-four years of age, and his wife since ten or twelve years of age.

From the History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889, p. 791-792

 

Death of C. S. Younger.

     Chas. S. Younger, born in Tennessee July 28, 1837. Died at El Dorado Springs, Mr., April 18, 1919 aged nearly 83 years.

     Mr. Younger came to Cedar county Nov. 8, 1853, and for nearly 66 years made it his home. He married in his young manhood, Miss Amanda Montgomery. For many years she was a helpless invalid and his devotion and tenderness toward her was known and highly commanded as a demonstration of the fine traits of character which he possessed. After living happily and devotedly together for many years, she passed on to the land where there are no invalids. After a few years he was married to Mrs. Laura Martin of Jerico Springs, a lady who held the highest esteem of all who knew her.  She ministered to his comfort through his declining years and is now left to mourn his passing. No children were ever given him, but he was "Uncle Charlie" to a great host of young friends. To be given such an affectionate title shows again his lovable qualities.

     He was associated in the blacksmithing business for many years with G. R. Corbin, who preceded him to the land of eternities by a number of years. He gained a competence and the later years of his life was spent in the enjoyment of ease and plenty.

     For long years he was a christian, actively engaged in the works of the church. He was a member of Stockton M. E. Church. He was a beloved member of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Stockton Lodge No. 283 and had been set apart to High Priesthood in grand convention at St. Louis May 5, 1881, and was High Priest of Royal Art Golden Arch Chapter No. 70. To both organizations he was ever loyal and when life was over, the church where he had labored and lived so long, lovingly received his body and honored him with a religious service conducted by the pastor D. B. Jones, while his fraternal brethren waited respectfully to do him honor. Taking final charge of the body they conveyed it to its last resting place in Lindley Prairie Cemetery where giving it the beautiful ritualistic service of that order. An escort of Knight Templars from Bolivar were in attendance and to add to the beauty and impressiveness of the services, a bird in a near tree sang continually during its progress, as if it had been sent on a mission to comfort and cheer by a promise of a resurrection from that grave.

     He leaves besides his wife, three sisters, Margurite Pankey, Ona Terrel and Martha Haynes, one brother J. M. Younger.

     A long life and well spent. He sought to leave the world better than he found it, therefore actively engaged in every effort possible to him toward the upbuilding of all things high and honorable. Peace to his ashes and may those who mourn be comforted. --Stockton Journal.

The Jerico Springs Optic, Jerico Springs, Missouri; Friday 2 May 1919 page 2.

 

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