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Silas Young 1822–1905 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 1822

Birth Location: Rockingham, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1905

Death Location: Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States

Father: David Young

Mother: Phebe Donohoe

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Children(s): John Young

Silas Young was born in 1822 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, the child of David Young And Phebe R Donohoe. Silas Young had children including John Wesley Young. Silas Young passed away in 1905 in Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Silas Young was born in 1822 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, the child of David Young And Phebe R Donohoe.
  • Silas Young had children including John Wesley Young.
  • Silas Young passed away in 1905 in Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.

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Silas Young's Ancestors

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Silas Young
1822–1905
Birth Place: Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Parents
David Young
1796–1879
Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md
Phebe (R) Donohoe
1797–1888
"Retirement", Loudoun County, Virginia
Grandparents
Mary ("Catherine") Schafer
1768–1825
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
Ludwig Young
1765–1820
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
John (Varner) Donohoe
1761–1821
Evergreen Mills, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
Sarah (Chilton) Roszel
1775–1853
Loudoun, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
John Shafer
1739–1783
Lodowick (Jung)
1731–1795
Mary Simmons
1738–1819
Cornelius Donaho
1725–1779
Stephen Roszell
1740–1792
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Silas Young's Descendants

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Silas Young (May 1822–1905)
  1. 1. John (Wesley) Young 1848–1911
    1. 1. Annie (Gertude) Young 1893–1937
      1. 1. Okie (L) Graham 1915–1981 m. Thelma (E) Newsome 1922–1992
        1. 1. Eunice (M.) Lewis 1942–2013 m. Robert (Lee) Lewis 1938–2017

Silas Young's Timeline

2 Records

1822
May 1822
Birth of Silas Young in Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Rockingham, Virginia, United States
1905
1905
Age 83
Death of Silas Young in Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 1822
    Event Place: Rockingham, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1905
    Event Place: Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States

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