Young Family Reunion, 1911

Steuben Republican
Angola, Indiana
August 16, 1911, page 6

Found this mention of the Young family reunion at Newspapers.com from 1911. This was the 10th annual reunion of the family.  I recognize many of the names, but there are quite a few that I need to research to see how they fit into the family.

YOUNG REUNION

The tenth annual meeting of the Young families was held at the pleasant home of George Straw at Clearlake, Indiana, August 10, 1911.  All nature seemed to aid in the pleasure of the visits, bathing, boating and other sports for the young, and the cheerful greetings of the older ones filled up the forenoon, and in the afternoon business, speeches, etc.  There were six deaths and eight births during last year.  The next reunion will be held at Carey, Ohio, about the 15th of August, 1912.

The following persons gave interesting talks: L.I.C. Young, Rev. Phillip Lemasters, Miles Mulholand, Rev. G.W. Staley, Chauncey Young, Mary J. Young, S.D. Young, L.W. Lemasters, Sarah Staley and J.W. Young.  There were fifty-one who came from a distance: Mrs. Jennie Brown, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. Blanche Foster and daughter, of Unity, Maine; S.D. Young and wife, Rev. G.W. Staley and wife, J.W. Young, wife and son. Grant Shaley, wife and daughter, Mrs. Dill and daughter and Bessie Murphy of Anna, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. G. Young and daughter, of Belle Center, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Miles Mulholland and daughter, Mrs. E. Brashears and Mrs. Essie Rangers, of Carey, Ohio; W.F. Huber and wife, V.D. Huber, wife and daughter and son, of Green Springs, Ohio; Mrs. Delilah Young, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cole and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Hutchins, of Fremont, Ohio; Rev. Phillip Lemasters of Spencerville, Ohio; Mrs. Edith Meinholtz and daughter, of Oklahoma; L.W. Lemasters of Jay county, Indiana; Geo. Ralston and family, (by auto) from Sherwood, Michigan.  There were 103 enjoyed a very satisfying dinner of all good things to tickle the pallet, also ice cream and cake at time of dispersing.

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Of those listed in this announcement, the L.W. Lemasters listed is my paternal 2nd-great grandfather, Luman Walker Lemasters Jr. (1842-1931), son of Rev. Luman Walker and Nancy (Young) Lemasters.  The Rev. Phillip Lemasters (1836-1915)  listed is his brother.  The Edith Meinholtz of Oklahoma is Edith Mabel (LeMasters) Meinholtz (1879-1949), daughter of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (Chew) LeMasters.  The daughter mentioned would be Mary Wilhelmina Meinholtz (1911-1935), who had just been born in February of 1911, one of the births mentioned during the year.

The L.I.C. Young who gave a talk was Lewis I. Charles Young (1837-   ) who later wrote a genealogy of the Young family.  He was the son of Charles and Nancy (Scothorn) Young.

The Miles Mulholland who gave a talk was the son of Hugh and Mary (Young) Mulholland.  This Mary Young was the daughter of Phillip and Nancy Ann (McLane) Young.

The members of the Staley family are not yet in my database, but may be descendants of Catherine Young and John Staley.  Catherine (1813-1898) was the daughter of Phillip and Nancy Ann (McLane) Young.

I have a lot more research to do on this rather extensive family, but it was nice to find mention of the attendees at this family reunion.

On This Day : August 16

1693 - John MOULTON married Sarah CONANT.  Sarah was the daughter of Exercise CONANT and Sarah ANDREWS.  They were my 7x-great grandparents.

1693 - Henry REYNOLDS born in Chichester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Henry was the son of Henry REYNOLDS and Prudence CLAYTON.

1717 - Sarah WAITE died.  Sarah was the daughter of Samuel PIERCE and Lydia BACON.

1728 - Peter FESSENDEN born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  Peter was the son of William FESSENDEN and Martha BROWN.

1730 - Sarah HADLEY born.  Sarah was the daughter of Joshua HADLEY and Mary ROWLAND.

1764 - Elizabeth Ann MILLS married Edward BOND in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Elizabeth was the daughter of John MILLS and Sarah BEALS.

1828 - Beverly CHEW died in Louisiana.  Beverly was the son of Beverly CHEW and Maria Theoda DUER.

1845 - Zachariah TAYLOR died.  Zachariah was the son of Zachary TAYLOR and Esther BLACKBURN.

1849 - Seth SMITH died in South Solon, Madison County, Ohio.  Seth was the son of Jacob SMITH and Patience BALLINGER.

1856 - Lavina Jane BALES born.  Lavina was the daughter of John Blackburn BALES and Hester Ann MARVEL.

1858 - Mary REYNOLDS died.  Mary was the daughter of Joseph HADLEY and Mary CASHAT.

1861 - Lorenzo Dow FISHER died.  Lorenzo was the son of Lewis W. FISHER and Rebecca MARSHALL.

1869 - Stephen C. DAVIS died.  Stephen was the son of Nathan DAVIS and Ann GIFFORD.

1877 - Eliza Margaret KING married James H. DWIGGINS.  Eliza was the daughter of Daniel KING and Elizabeth SHAW.

1890 - Pirl Andrew WOODS born.  Pirl was the son of William Richard WOODS and Elizabeth Jane HILL.

1898 - Catherine STALEY died.  Catherine was the daughter of Phillip YOUNG and Nancy Ann McLANE.

1905 - Myrtle Annie BURCHFIEL married Frank Marion MOORE.  Myrtle was the daughter of Robert Burrell BURCHFIEL and Julia Bell BRUNER.

1912 - Margaret Louise WILDT born in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Margaret was the daughter of Walter WILDT and Augusta Elizabeth BURGDORF.

1944 - L.C. CUMMINGS died in France.  L.C. was the son of John Spencer CUMMINGS and Gincy Arminda BRUMLEY.

1978 - Eula BRYAN died in Richmond, Missouri.  Eula was the daughter of James Wesley SWAFFORD and Emma SMITH.

On This Day : April 13

1572 - Rose KERRICH born in Saxsted, Suffolk, England.  Rose was the daughter of William KERRICH and Margery ________.  Rose was my 10x great-grandmother.


1645 - Thomas BACON born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.  Thomas was the son of Daniel BACON and Mary READE.


1706 - Deborah CRANDALL married George STILLMAN.  Deborah was the daughter of Rev. Joseph CRANDALL and Deborah BURDICK.


1723 - John LEWIS born.  John was the son of John LEWIS and Anna CLARKE.


1741 - Deborah STILLMAN married Benjamin TANNER.   Deborah was the daughter of George STILLMAN and Deborah CRANDALL.


1792 - Bela PIERCE born.  Bela was the daughter of Seth PIERCE and Bethiah FIELD.


1793 - Randall MAXSON married Mary SAUNDERS.  Randall was the son of Joshua MAXSON and Anna SLACK.


1797 - Solomon BEALS married Catherine HARROLD.  Solomon was the son of Isaac BEALS and Hannah JONES.


1804 - Reuben MOULTON born.  Reuben was the son of John MOULTON and Avis HURLBUT.


1820 - Anna Maria STICKEL died in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvnaia.  Anna was my 6x great-grandmother.


1834 - James McCOOL married Sally DAUGHERTY in Warrick County, Indiana.  James was the son of Benjamin McCOOL.


1848 - Elizabeth BOND died in Wayne County, Indiana.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas BEALS and Sarah ANTRIM.


1848 - James Alexander CROCKETT born.  James was the son of Joseph CROCKETT and Elizabeth JAMES.


1883 - Diana STALEY died.   Diana was the daughter of Adam YOUNG and Sarah CRUM.

Rev. Philip Lemasters (1836-1915)

Last night I took one of those detours in my online searching and began looking for census records at Ancestry.com for my paternal 2nd-great granduncle, Philip LEMASTERS.  Philip was the son of Rev. Luman Walker and Nancy (YOUNG) LEMASTERS.


Philip was the oldest son of the family and was a Methodist minister.  Surprisingly, I discovered I didn't have much information about him in my database.  The last post I had written regarding Philip was his 1900 census record when he was in Allen County, Ohio.


The USGenweb Project posted a biography of Philip that was transcribed from History of Allen County, and Representative Citizens, edited by Charles C. Miller, published by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, Illinois, 1906:

Rev. Philip Lemasters

Rev. Philip Lemasters, one of Spencerville's most
venerated citizens, whose ministerial life covered a most interesting
period of the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ohio, is as
well and widely known as any clergyman of that religious body.  He is a
native of Ohio, born June 10, 1836, in Shelby County, near Fort
Jefferson, and is a son of Luman W. and Nancy (Young) Lemasters.  
      The Lemasters family is of French extraction.  The father of our
subject died in 1888. The mother was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and
at her death, in 1904, was in her 92nd year.  Their nine children all
survive and are as follows:  Philip, of Spencerville; Mrs. Rachel
Cunningham, of Salamonia, Indiana; Mrs. Catherine Wehrley, of Portland,
Indiana; L. W., of Salamonia, Indiana; Jacob, of Nebraska; Mrs. Phoebe
Wilson of Fort Recovery, Ohio; Mrs Mary Petrie, of Salamonia Indiana;
Mrs. Martha Loofborrow, of Ord, Nebraska; and John of St. Paul,
Nebraska.
        Philip Lemasters attended the public schools of Shelby County
and later enjoyed academic and collegiate training at Liber College, in
Indiana.   He taught school in Butler and other counties in Ohio, in the
meantime preparing himself, by special study, for entrance into the
Methodist Episcopal Conference of Central Ohio.  This had been his
ambition almost from the age of 16 years, when he joined the church, and
the desire to devote the energies of his body and the powers of his mind
to spreading the Gospel grew with his growth and increased with
unfolding opportunity.  In 1870 he was ordained a deacon by Bishop
Clark, and in 1872, an elder, by Bishop Harris. 
          The first charge to which the young minister was sent was that
of Columbus Grove, and his subsequent charges, in order of incumbency,
were: Spencerville, Salina, St. Johns, West Cairo Mount Victory, Quincy,
Ansonia, Huntsville, Bettsvlle, Weston, Mendon and the back to
Spencerville among old friends and esteemed members of his former
congregation.  He located at this point in 1891, and after a service of
three years preached one year at Allentown.  In 1895 he was placed on
the supernumerary list, after almost a quarter of a century of faithful
and consistent work in the ministry.  In the early days his charge,
included a number of preaching appointments, miles apart, sometimes as
many as eight, and every day of the week would be filled, with three
services every Sunday.  This entailed much riding, often over rough
country and the acceptance of hospitality in many different homes.  He
preached his last sermon at Spencerville on November 12, 1905, in the
absence of the regular pastor, with much of his old-time fire and
conviction. 
        At the close of his second year in the ministry, on September 1,
1870, Mr. Lemasters was married by Presiding Elder Roberts to Elizabeth
Hover, who was born at Lima, Ohio, in 1846.  At the age of 17 she joined
the church of which she has been a faithful member ever since.  Her
parents were Cyrus and Martha (Post) Hover, the former of whom is
deceased, his death taking place March 8, 1896, at the age of 74 years
and three days.  He was the second of four brothers who located in the
vicinity of Lima, coming in 1833 from Trumbull County, Ohio.  On August
4, 1847, Cyrus Hover married Martha Post, who still survives and lives
with her daughter, Mrs. Hitchcock, at Lima.  Her parents were C. C. and
Elizabeth (Bryant) Post, a well-known family of this section.  Mrs.
Hover is the oldest surviving member of this branch of the Post family.
She was born in Knox County, Ohio, August 7, 1827.   The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Hover were: Elizabeth, wife of our subject; Mary, wife of R. H.
Gamble, of Lima; C. A., who is in the loan and real estate business at
Lima; Kate, wife of D. H. Crites, of Elida; B. G., of Lima; Minnie, wife
of James Cochrun; Florence, wife of F. W. Newell, of Hammond, Indiana;
and Martha (Mrs. Hitchcock), of Lima.  Mr. and Mrs. James Cochrun reside
in the old Hover home in Spencerville.       
         Mr. and Mrs. Lemasters have but one child, a daughter, Bessie,
who in 1903 was married to A. E. Henry.  They have one daughter, Nellie
Elizabeth, born January 4, 1906.   Mr. and Mrs. Henry reside in the
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Lemasters of Spencerville.

Noting that the biography stated that Philip taught school before becoming a minister, I decided to see what I could find on Ancestry.com.  Realizing that I didn't have record of him in the 1860 census (the earliest when he would be on his own), I began my search there.


I was able to locate Phillip living in the Henry STALEY household in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio.  He was listed as Philip Lamasters, age 24, teaching common school, born in Ohio with a personal estate valued at $ 400.

I'm not yet sure what the relationship between this Henry STALEY and the John STALEY who married Catherine YOUNG (daughter of Phillip & Nancy Ann (McLANE) YOUNG), who was Phillip's aunt.

Today in my database : Phillip Young (b. October 11, 1787)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 4th great-grandfather, Phillip Young.

Phillip was born October 11, 1787 in Berkeley Co., VA (now WVA), the son of Charles and Catherine Elizabeth (Kint) Young. Phillip married ca. 1806 to Nancy Ann McLane, daughter of Jacob McLane. Nancy was born ca. 1790 Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA (now WVA) and died May 1825. Phillip married secondly on July 30, 1826 in Pickaway Co., OH to Keziah Curtis. Keziah was born April 11, 1808 in Pickaway Co., OH and died February 16, 1891 in Shelby Co., OH. Phillip died May 29, 1850 in Shelby Co., OH.

Phillip was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children of Phillip and Nancy Ann (McLane) Young :
i. George Young m. Eleanor Wagner
ii. Jacob Young m. Sarah Naylor
iii. Mary Young m. Hugh Mulholland
iv. Phillip Young m. Lucinda Palmer
v. William Young
vi. Elizabeth Young m. Thomas Ragan
vii. Nancy Young m. Luman Walker Lemasters
viii. Catherine Young m. John Staley
ix. Susannah Young m. William R. Reed
x. Adam Young m. Mary Noland
xi. Stephen M. Young m. Mary Woodruff

Children of Philip and Keziah (Curtis) Young :
i. David Young
ii. Sarah Ann Young m. James Haney
iii. William Robinson Young
iv. Peter Miller Young m. Martha Ann Porter
v. Melissa Jane Young m. Alfred Ailes
vi. Silas Dunbar Young m. Mary Jane Munch
vii. Washington Carter Young
viii. Angeline Hedge Young
ix. Esther Miller Young m. William J. Betz
x. Levi Young

I descend from Phillip and Nancy Ann (McLane) Young as follows :

Phillip Young and Nancy Ann McLane
Nancy Young m. Luman Walker Lemasters
Luman Walker LeMasters and Mary Keziah Chew
Luman Cooper LeMasters and Barbara Isabelle Wehrly (my great-grandparents)