George Washington Young
George Washington Young was born on June 2, 1844, in Miami County, Ohio, to George Young and Matilda Reddick. His father was a farmer who owned $1,000 of real estate and $450 of personal property in 1860. Young grew up and attended school in Jackson, Ohio.
He enlisted in the Union army on September 30, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company E of the 48th Ohio Infantry on December 7. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, the siege of Vicksburg, and the Jackson expedition. He mustered out in Natchez, Mississippi, on November 23, 1864.
Young returned to Ohio after the war, and he married Temperance Deriah Merchant on February 17, 1870. They had two children: Frank, born around 1880; and William, born around 1881. They moved to Bedord, Iowa, around 1875, and Young worked as a carpenter. He died there on July 30, 1914.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (729) | Young, George Washington | 1844-06-02 | 1914-07-30 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4612) [writer] ~ George W. Young to James E. Sowry, 24 September 1869
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (227) [enlisted] [E] ~ 48th Ohio Infantry
Groups - Records: 1
- (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
SOURCES
1860, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998, available from Ancestry.com.
