Richard YOUNG
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Birth: 24 October 1792 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: 15 July 1860 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: Epiphany Episcopal Church Cemetery, Forestville, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Headstone Text: RICHARD YOUNG 1792-1860 / MATILDA B. YOUNG 1792-1874 / ELIZA W. YOUNG 1820-1880 / ABRAHAM YOUNG 1824-1832 / MARY Y. HOYLE 1829-1879 / CHARLES R. YOUNG 1831-1852 / ELIZA C. BROOKS 1883-1884 / MARY L. DUVAL 1915-1915 / REINTERMENT 1955
Parents: Notley Rozier YOUNG and Mary YOUNG (m. CARROLL)
Parents' Children:
- Eleanor YOUNG
- Richard YOUNG
Spouse: Matilda Magruder BERRY
Marriage: 24 October 1815 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Children:
- Lucy Ann Marian BEVANS (m. YOUNG)
- Sophronia MAGRUDER (m. YOUNG)
- Tracenia LATIMER (m. YOUNG)
- Eliza Walker YOUNG
- Brooke William HARRISON (m. YOUNG)
- Abraham YOUNG
- Elizabeth Truman Beall McCORMICK (m. YOUNG)
- Mary Truman HOYLE (m. YOUNG)
- Charles Richard YOUNG
Employment: Richard worked in the U.S. Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms for 30 years.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Richard is 1 of 8 family members on a single headstone. They were originally interred in the Young Family Cemetery at Oakland Manor in Spaulding, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Because the Manor was sold and about to be developed, their remains were moved to Epiphany in 1955. The family members moved include: Richard and Matilda; their children -- Eliza, Abraham, Mary, Charles; their granddaughter -- Eliza; their great granddaughter -- Mary.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#24362729), FamilySearch website (#KDST-WFX), GenealogyBank website, Early Colonial Settlers website (#I14132), and family records.
Documents Include: Alexandria Gazette -- obituary; Baltimore Sun -- obituary; Daily National Intelligencer-- death article, obituary, Will notice; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Stones and Bones.
Abbreviation Key:
m. = maiden name
