I believe Samuel was born (1827) and died (1895) in Pendleton County, Kentucky. He was the son of Henry Young and Catherine "Kitty" Ellis (both born in 1806, and married in Pendleton County in 1826). Pendleton County is tobacco country; they were farmers. Samuel and Elizabeth had Edward Allen Young (1873), Elmon Tilden Young (1876), and Ivy Ann Young (1879) in Kentucky. Our ancestor, Edward, would eventually move to Missouri.
Samuel's middle name, Lockwood, according to E. E. Barton's Collection of interviews conducted in the 1930s, information provided by Ivy Young (his daughter), was for a Baptist preacher. They said that Samuel Lockwood Young went to California in the Gold Rush of 1849 and "staid there 25 years. He went overland with a wagon train. He married after his return to Kentucky," Ivy said.
I can't find Samuel Young in the 1850 or 1860 census.
In the 1870 census Samuel Young can be found living with his maternal grandfather, William Ellis, in Pendleton County, Kentucky. Samuel was 43 years old at the time. He married Elisabeth Ann Wellman, almost 20 years his younger, around 1872. Ivy, interviewed in the 1930s recalled, "Sam Young said he could have done better in marrying, but that he didn't have time to look around." He had a wry sense of humor, I guess.
According to Barton's collection, "the Samuel Young farm is on Licking river below Concord (KY) and owned (in 1944) by Ezra(?) Burris at present time." Elmon Young told Barton, "The Youngs came from Va. to Fal. (Falmouth). Samuel is a family name among the Youngs. The family of Youngs in Bracken Co. are prob. kin i.e., Gilbert, Oscar, and Frank. The latter m. a daughter of Dick Gosney." (I have not been able to determine any relationships between "our" Youngs and these other Youngs.)
Part of the problem is that prior to 1850, the census records do not show family members' names and relationships. I know that Samuel's parents were Henry Young (possibly "James Henry Young") and Catherine "Kitty" Ellis. See Pendleton County Deeds for descriptions of the lands that belonged to Samuel Young; presumably he inherited the land from his grandfather William Ellis, but records have not yet been searched to document this.
It's interesting because my great-uncle Don Young said that the Youngs originated in Pennsylvania. I hope to learn more, and to prove or disprove that theory.
