Matthew Young and Joanna Coovertt

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Husband Matthew Young ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Slippery Rock Twp, Lawrence Co, PA
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         Father: Matthew Young, Sr. (      -      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Wilkinson (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Joanna Coovertt ¹

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            AKA: Joanna Couvert 2
           Born:  - Butler Co, PA
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         Father: Col. John Coovertt (      -      ) 3
         Mother: [Unk] Bennett (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Sylvester Matthew Young ^{1 2 4 5}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1832 - West Liberty, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: Bef 1914 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA
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         Spouse: Martha Jane Scott (1833-      ) 4 5

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2 F Caroline Young ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1914 - Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: James Vogand (      -      ) 2

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3 F Matilda Young ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1914 - Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: William McKee (      -      ) 2

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4 F Amanda Young ^{2 3}

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           Died: when twenty-six years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Sarah Jane Young ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1914 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: James Johnson (      -      ) 2

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6 F Samantha Young ^{3 6 7}

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           Born: 17 Feb 1843 - Mercer Co, PA 6
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           Died: Aft 1914
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         Spouse: George J. McCandless (1838-1898) 6 7
           Marr: 30 Sep 1862 6

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7 M Marcus C. Young ^{2 3}

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           Died: Aft 1914
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8 M William H. Young ^{2 3}

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Young

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He was born on the family homestead, which was then in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, but later became a part of Lawrence County, and learned the harness-maker's, the shoemaker's, and the tanner's trades. He bought a farm in Slippery Rock township, and at first building a log-cabin, as soon as he was able he erected a fine set of frame buildings and a tannery, and carried on tanning, harness-, saddle-, and shoemaking. He died in his forty-eighth year from an acute attack of cholera morbus.

Although a Whig, he had strong anti-slavery sympathies, and actively identified himself with the Abolitionists, doing valuable service as an agent of the Underground Railroad in rescuing many black slaves from bondage and from the lash. In his religious views he was a Presbyterian.

He learned the trade of tanning and became the owner of a tannery in Wolf Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. In addition he had a farm of seventy-five acres, which he cultivated. He died there at the early age of thirty-seven years. He was a Democrat in political matters, and a member of the Covenanters Church. [GPHBC, 727]

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General Notes: Wife - Joanna Coovertt

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She passed away in her eighty-second year.

After the death of her husband, she resided on the farm in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, until one year prior to her death at the age of seventy-eight years, when she lived with her daughter Samantha, in Butler County, having never remarried. She was a member of the Covenanters Church. [GPHBC, 727]

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 399.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 727.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 400.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 492.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 790.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 726.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 408.