Abraham Young Cemetery

Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is at the Abraham Young Cemetery in Unionville, Indiana.  It is also known as the Young Cemetery.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.23264, Longitude: -86.42706

This is a small, family cemetery set back into the woods just off of Young Cemetery Road with only about 35 interments.  There is a new sign for the cemetery, though the day that we were there, June 06, 2015, it was still laying on the ground on a tarp.  There is a place to park next to the cemetery in the grass, but there is a power station there, so be careful not to block access.

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Our first stop is at the grave of Abraham Young.

Born: January 24, 1808, Wayne County, Kentucky
Died: February 14, 1850, Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana.

He was the son of David Young (1779-1873) and Christiana VanSycle Young (1784-1839).  They are both buried in the Peterson-Young Family Cemetery in Unionville, Indiana.  They came here from Wayne County, Kentucky about 1824.  

He had several siblings:
Elizabeth Young Johnston (1802-1892) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Joseph Young (1806-1848) - buried in Peterson-Young Family Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
David Young (1809-1871) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Young Richardson (1811-1863) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mahala Young Russ (1817-1837) - buried in Peterson-Young Family Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
John Franklin Young (1822-1875) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

He was married to Susannah Whisenand Young (1806-1893).  She is buried in Abraham Young Cemetery near him, though her headstone is a small fieldstone with her name etched into it.

They had several children together:
David A. Young (1829-1906) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Joseph Young (1831-1916) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
John Young (1833-1896) - buried in Macks Creek, Camden County, Missouri
Isaac Whisenand Young (1835-1873) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Ann Young Griffith (1837-1914) - buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Dallas County, Missouri.
Elizabeth Young Watson (1838-1931) - buried in Riverside Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska.

This cemetery is named after him.

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This is the grave for Guy Robert Martindale.

Born: November 4, 1913
Died: October 10, 1914

His headstone is small an unobtrusive, situated near the back corner of the cemetery.  It is odd because it doesn't seem to belong.










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This is the grave for Carl Moore.

Born: June 13, 1912
Died: May 5, 1913

This grave is next to the Martindale grave listed above.  These graves strike me as very odd because they don't seem to belong in this cemetery.  They must have been the infant children of friends of the family.









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Here is the grave of David Milford Young.

Born: October 10, 1869, Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana.
Died: October 25, 1869, Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana

He was the son of Joseph Young (1831-1916) and Nancy Jane Dobbs Young (1844-1926).  They are both buried near him in Abraham Young Cemetery.

He would have had several siblings:
Infant Child Young (?-1860) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Darius Marion Young (1863-1941) - buried in Floral Park Cemetery, Marion County, Indiana.
Ulysses Grant Young (1866-1939) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Schuyler Colfax Young (1869-1953) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Olie E. Young Moore (1874-1957) - buried in New South Park Cemetery, Morgan County, Indiana.

He was three years old when he died of the Croup.

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This is the grave of the Infant Child Young.

Born: unknown
Died: April 10, 1860

He was the son of Joseph Young (1831-1916) and Nancy Jane Dobbs Young (1844-1926).  They are both buried near him in Abraham Young Cemetery.

He would have had several siblings:
Darius Marion Young (1863-1941) - buried in Floral Park Cemetery, Marion County, Indiana.
Ulysses Grant Young (1866-1939) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Schuyler Colfax Young (1869-1953) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Olie E. Young Moore (1874-1957) - buried in New South Park Cemetery, Morgan County, Indiana.

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Here we have the grave of Isaac Newton Young.

Born: October 13, 1872, Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana
Died: May 15, 1899, Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana

He was the son of David A. Young (1829-1906) and Elizabeth McClung Young (1831-1916).  They are both buried in Abraham Young Cemetery.

He had several siblings:
Nancy Jane Fleener Young (1849-1922) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Amanda Young Fleener (1851-1888) - buried in Valhalla Memory Gardens, Monroe County, Indiana.
John A. Young (1853-1916) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Sarah Cathryn Young Bennington (1860-1925) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Retta A. Young Chitwood (1862-1951) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Cora Bell Young Lincicome (1869-1941) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

He was married to Della Elizabeth Griffith Lincicome (1870-1941).  She is buried in East Lawn Cemetery in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois next to her second husband.

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This is the grave of John A. Young.

Born: December 16, 1853
Died: November 20, 1916

He was the son of David A. Young (1829-1906) and Elizabeth McClung Young (1831-1916).  They are both buried in Abraham Young Cemetery.

He had several siblings:
Nancy Jane Fleener Young (1849-1922) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Amanda Young Fleener (1851-1888) - buried in Valhalla Memory Gardens, Monroe County, Indiana.
Sarah Cathryn Young Bennington (1860-1925) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Retta A. Young Chitwood (1862-1951) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Cora Bell Young Lincicome (1869-1941) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

He was married to Maggie E. Bennington Young (1853-1939).  She is buried with him in Abraham Young Cemetery.  Her name is carved under his.  There are the open gates of Heaven with a star carved above them on the headstone and a closed book at the top.  The closed book usually represents a full life.

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This is the grave of Joseph Young.

Born: November 25, 1831, Monroe County, Indiana.
Died: December 27, 1916, Monroe County, Indiana

He was the son of Abraham Young (1808-1850) and Susannah Whisenand Young (1806-1893).  They are both buried in Abraham Young Cemetery.

He had several siblings:
David A. Young (1829-1906) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
John Young (1833-1896) - buried in Macks Creek, Camden County, Missouri
Isaac Whisenand Young (1835-1873) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Ann Young Griffith (1837-1914) - buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Dallas County, Missouri.
Elizabeth Young Watson (1838-1931) - buried in Riverside Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska.

He was married to Nancy Jane Dobbs Young (1844-1926).  Her name is listed at the bottom of the headstone.

Infant Child Young (?-1860) - buried in Abraham Young Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Darius Marion Young (1863-1941) - buried in Floral Park Cemetery, Marion County, Indiana.
Ulysses Grant Young (1866-1939) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Schuyler Colfax Young (1869-1953) - buried in Little Union Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Olie E. Young Moore (1874-1957) - buried in New South Park Cemetery, Morgan County, Indiana.

There was a flag placed next to the grave the day that we were there but I have not yet found any reference to him having served in any conflict.

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I hope that you have enjoyed your walk through Abraham Young Cemetery.

Please let me know if you have any information about any of the graves listed here.

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