Absalom blev gift med Matilda Shepherd den 21 apr. 1836 i Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA. Matilda blev født den 9 jun. 1820 i Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA; døde i jun. 1892 i Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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John Floyd Young, desiring to know for himself the true character of the leaders of the LDS church, set out at the age of 21 with the famous Johnston's Army, being hired as a teamster. He obtained a furlough and was baptized in Holliday, Salt Lake City, by Bishop David P. Rainey (also given name as A. P. Ramey) on August 18, 1858. He returned to Virginia and married Nancy Emeline Pritchett.

While in the army, he worked in a munitions works as a private in the Confederate Army, but this was not by choice. Due to being near the dividing line of the North and South, the Youngs had to fight for the South. He was in Company K, 60th Regiment of Virginia and the last Muster Roll shows him as a prisoner at Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864. The Union Prisoner of War records shows his capture on that date and his release on June 22, 1864 at Point Loukout, Maryland, taking the oath of allegiance to the U.S. John Floyd Young took his family in a government supply train, working as a teamster, and crossed the plains. They arrived in Salt Lake City, taking 115 days, and for a short time lived in Cottonwood. Brigham Young then called him to help colonize in the Sanpete county at Fairview, Utah.

John Floyd Young 1836 - 1881

The Young family came from near Edinburgh Scotland. John was born the 10 February 1836. He received all the education possible and taught school. During the Civil War he was in service in the munitions plant of the Confederate Army. He was not a rebel by choice, but being just south of the dividing line had to be with the Confederates. They lived on the North fork of the Holston River, Rich Valley, Smyth County, Virginia. John Floyd married Nancy Emmeline Pritchett 2 Nov 1859 in Smyth County, Virginia. John Floyd joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1858. Nancy joined in 1861. They immigrated to Utah after their 3rd child was born. He went west to Utah with Johnson’s army as a teamster in 1857. This gave him an opportunity to observe the Mormons in close contact, and he was fully converted and baptized by A. P Ramey in 1858 near Salem Utah. The Youngs had a lot of property in and on the advice of John Floyd’s father; they prepared to migrate to Utah. Before they crossed the lines to Ohio, the bushwhackers deprived them of their teams and wagons and also their equipment and they were forced to walk over the mountain until they hired an old mountaineer to take them on their way. They arrived on the Ohio River in the winter. John Floyd worked for Buckhorn Tanning Co. In the spring of 1865 they took a boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, arriving at Wyoming Boat landing in Nebraska. From this point they hired a teamster and they went with a company of 60 wagons with 6 yolk of oxen to the wagon. The Indians made two attempts at raiding the wagon train. They circled the corral but never attacked. Huge herds of buffalo were often seen. They arrived in Salt Lake City 113 days from Missouri in the fall of 1867. They lived first in Halliday. Brigham Young called him to help colonize in the Sanpete County at Fairview.

John Floyd Young was a very hard worker. The old stone home is still standing in Fairview, UT. John Floyd was well-respected and taught school, freighted and farmed. They had 16 children. Nancy died 11 Jul 1884 in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah. He married Francis Marion Keeth 18 June 1885 in Logan. Four sons were born to them, only one survived to adulthood. John Floyd Young died 20 January 1891 leaving 2 small sons and a pregnant wife. His last son, Francis Marion, was born 14 Feb 1891 - 25 days after John Floyd’s death.”

John Floyd Young Birth: Feb. 10, 1836 Chatham Hill, Smyth County, Virginia, USA Death: Jan. 20, 1891 Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah, USA 1st son of Matilda Shepherd & Absalom McDonald Young. John Floyd married Nancy Emmeline Pritchett 2 Nov 1859 in Smyth County, Virginia. John Floyd joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855. Nancy joined in 1861. They emigrated to Utah after their 3rd child was born. They had 16 children. Nancy died 11 Jul 1884 in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah.

Francis Marion Keeth (daughter of Cyntha Bain & Nerias Keeth) moved to Utah with her family in 1884. John Floyd married Francis Marion Keeth 18 Jun 1885 in Logan. Four sons were born to them. Only one survived to adulthood. Oscar Nerias born 23 Mar 1886 Wilford Woodruff born 19 Apr 1887 ("adopted" Francis's deceased son, Wilbrum, 11 Oct 1888) Lewis Park born 17 Jun 1889 Wilford Woodruff died 17 Nov 1889 (2 1/2 years old) John Floyd Young died 20 Jan 1891 leaving 2 small sons and a pregnant wife. His last son, Francis Marion, was born 14 Feb 1891 - 25 days after John Floyd's death. Lewis Park died 4 Sep 1891 Oscar Nerias died 28 Dec 1891

John Floyd Young lived 54 years 11 months 10 days.

Spouses: Nancy Emeline Pritchett Young (1843 - 1884) Francis Marion Keeth Benson (1853 - 1928)

Children: Heber Franklin Young (1866 - ____)* Hanes Floyd Young (1869 - 1869)* Joseph William Young (1870 - 1903)* John Floyd Young (1870 - 1880)* James Mitchell Young (1882 - 1883)* Oscar Nerias Young (1886 - 1891)* Wilford Woodruff Young (1887 - 1889)* Lewis Park Young (1889 - 1891)* Francis Marion Young (1891 - 1959)*

Burial: Fairview City (Upper) Cemetery Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah, USA

John blev gift med Nancy Emeline Pritchett den 10 jul. 1856 i Patrick, Virginia, USA. Nancy blev født den 1 jul. 1842 i Chatham Hill, Smyth, Virginia, USA; døde den 11 jul. 1884 i Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

John blev gift med Francis Marion Keith den 18 jun. 1885 i Logan, Cache, Utah, USA. Francis blev født den 29 maj 1853 i Choctaw, Mississippi, USA; døde den 19 nov. 1928 i American Fork, Utah, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]