Henry Washington Younger (1810 - 1862)

Born 22 Feb 1810 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bursheba Leighton (Fristoe) Younger — married about 1830 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1862 at age 52 in Westport, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Henry was born in 1810. He was the son of Charles Younger and Sarah Purcell. He passed away in 1862.

Col. Henry Washington Younger was one of Missouri's largest land owners and owned a livery and dry goods store in Harrisonville, he also owned a federal mail contract in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. He was a Union Colonel who was killed by Captain Irvin Walley of the 5th Missouri State Militia Calvary in Westport, Missouri on the 20th of July 1862.

Name: Henry Washington Younger. Given Name: Henry Washington.

Born 22 FEB 1810.

Died 20 JUL 1862.

Buried Orient Cemetery.

Occupation: unknown. Missouri Legislature. Farmer Horse Breeder, Owned Livery & Blacksmith Shop. Mayor Harrisonville. Shawnee Mission Legislature.

Col.

Note: {geni:about_me} http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiHenry_Washington_Younger.

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Henry Washington Younger ( February 22, 1810 - July 20, 1862 ) was a businessman and father to the Younger outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob. He was the father of fourteen children. He was the son of Colonel Charles Lee Younger and Sarah Sullivan Purcell and married Bersheba Leighton Fristoe in about 1830.

Henry and Bersheba Younger's Children.

Laura Helen Younger (born 1 January 1832).

Frances Isabelle Younger (born March 1833).

Martha Ann (Annie) Younger (born 9 January 1835).

Charles Richard (Dick) Younger (born about 1838, died 17 August 1860).

Mary Josephine Younger (born about 1840).

Caroline (Duck) Younger (born about 1842).

Thomas Coleman (Cole) Younger (born 15 January 1844).

Sarah Ann (Sally) Younger (born 2 September 1846).

James Hardin (Jim) Younger (born 15 January 1848).

Alphae Younger (born about 1850, died about 1852).

John Harrison Younger (born about 1851).

Emily J. Younger (born about 1852).

Robert Ewing (Bob) Younger (born 29 October 1853).

Henrietta (Retta) Younger (born 9 January 1857).

Family Life and Death.

The family moved to Harrisonville in 1857, and in 1859 Henry was assigned as second mayor of the city.

He was often looted and lost a lot of money. This angered his son Cole who thought he should make a stand. On July 20, 1862 Henry was traveling to Kansas City on a business trip while carrying $1,500 on his person. About one mile south of Westport he was shot three times in the back and killed. It was discovered the killing was politically motivated and not a robbery.

The body was returned to the Youngers who, afraid Union servicemen would dig it up, buried him in an unknown grave.

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Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 May 2019), memorial page for Col Henry Washington Younger (22 Feb 1810–20 Jul 1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6384301, citing Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Tanya~88 (contributor 48405932) .

Acknowledgments

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• Christopher Shupert