Young Family
Mrs. Susan Young, widow of John Young (and daughter of Lewis and Mary Keith, whose maiden name was Saultzman, daughter of Anthony Saultzman), was born on the banks of the Susquehanna River. Her father, Lewis Keith, was killed by the Indians in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania. Mr. & Mrs. Young were married August 8th., 1819 in Bedford Co., Pa., on the banks of the Juniata River, and emigrated to Ohio in November, 1822, and settled on Honey Creek, two miles south of Bellville, where the old lady still lives. Mr. Young having died November 23d., 1867, aged 71 years. They had six children -- three boys and three girls. Two sons and one daughter are living. They came from Hopewell Twp., Huntington Co., Pa. Mrs. Young was born August 25th., 1797. Mr. & Mrs. Young were raised Lutherans, but never joined the church. Mr. Young was a Whig, then a Republican. When they moved they came through Ashland (then Uniontown), and there was but one frame house in it, and it was not finished. There were, however, several cabins and two still houses. They stayed all night at Markley's below town, went to Mansfield the next day, and the landlady died that night of fever. Mr. Young, being exposed to it, took it, and laid nine weeks in his new cabin home. There were but few houses in Mansfield, and but three in Bellville -- Mr. Bell's, Enoch Ogle's and, perhaps, Jackson's. She says that when they came out that Christly Rowland and the Flukes came along, but stopped near Ashland. She also says that when they left Mansfield they went down the Rocky Fork to Jerry Smart's, then to Newville, then to Bellville, and had to cut their way through the woods. Her health is good and her memory bright for one so far advanced in life. The writer saw her a few days ago (December, 1883), and she is still in good health. -- Dr. Riddle.
From The Mansfield Herald, December 27, 1883