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Silas Young 1815–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1815

Birth Location: Knox County, Kentucky

Death Date: 1893

Death Location: Whitley, Kentucky, United States

Father: John Young

Mother: Sally Brown

Spouse(s): Nancy Hill

Children(s): Thomas Young

Silas Young was born in 1815 in Knox County, Kentucky, the child of John J Young And Sally Brown. Silas Young married Nancy Hill, and had children including Thomas Jefferson Young. Silas Young passed away in 1893 in Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Silas Young was born in 1815 in Knox County, Kentucky, the child of John J Young And Sally Brown.
  • Silas Young married Nancy Hill, and had children including Thomas Jefferson Young.
  • Silas Young passed away in 1893 in Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Young
1785–1875
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Sally Brown
1787–1881
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
SB

Spouses(s)

Nancy Hill
1812–1870
Birth Location: Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
NH

Children(s)

Thomas Young
1852–1931
Birth Location: Whitley County, Kentucky
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Silas Young's Ancestors

Self
Silas Young
1815–1893
Birth Place: Knox County, Kentucky
Parents
John J Young
1785–1875
North Carolina, United States
Sally Brown
1787–1881
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin (Brown) Jr.
1770–1822
Pitt, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Mooring
1763–1860
Pitt, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Sr.
1732–1791
Ann Coburn
1735–1811
John Jr
1736–1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Francis Sr
1690–1750
Mary Foster
1704–1750
Capt.Benjamin Colburn
1720–1776
Margaret Burnette
1719–1791
John (DNA)
1695–1777

Silas Young's Descendants

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Silas Young (1815–1893) m. Nancy Hill (1812–1870)
  1. 1. Thomas (Jefferson) Young 1852–1931 m. Cinthia (Cynthia) Hamblin 1852–1922
    1. 1. Minerva (J) Young 1897–1932 m. James (Thomas) Hill 1888–1960
      1. 1. Lora Hill 1921–1997 m. George (Braxton) Sawyers 1921–1982
        1. 1. Walter (J.) Sawyers 1945–2015
        2. 2. George (Clifton) Sawyers 1949–2015
      2. 2. Randolph Hill 1929–1997
      3. 3. Ida Hill 1924–1924
      4. 4. Gilsia Hill 1923–1923
      5. 5. Marie Hill 1927–1928
      6. 6. Ernest Hill 1925–2010

Silas Young's Timeline

2 Records

1815
1815
Birth of Silas Young in Knox County, Kentucky
Knox County, Kentucky
1893
1893
Age 78
Death of Silas Young in Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Whitley, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1815
    Event Place: Knox County, Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1893
    Event Place: Whitley, Kentucky, United States
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