Notes:
Data researcher is Doug Mumma.
When I first attempted to identify the children of William Young and Eliza Mumma Young, I incorrectly added in a boy by the name of Sanford Young who was living in the Butler County Ohio area. Further research showed that Sanford Young was not their child and he was removed, but some other people copied my information. Their children were correctly identified from several sources, namely:
1) The Will of John Mumma, Eliza's father, John identifies two heirs of Eliza Young, his daughter who was deceased. The children named were Mary and John Young. It was written in 1849 not long before John Mumma's death.
2) William Young was appointed the guardian of Mary and John Young.
3) The biography of John Mumma Young (see below) in which he identifies himself and sister Mary as the only children of Eliza Mumma and William Young. The biography did not identify the children who died as infants.
4) From the "Burial Records - Middletown Pioneer Cemetery 1827-1987", Volume 1. Eliza Mumma Young and 3 of her children are buied in the same plot in the Middletown Pioneer Cemetery.
Middletown Pioneer Cemetery Burial Records:
YOUNG
Amelia Ann, age 4 mo. 29 da - d. 31 Aug 1835, dau of William & Eliza.
Eliza, age 37 yr. - d. 4 Feb 1848, wife of William
Infant girl, age 2 day - d. 30 Mar 1838, dau of William & Eliza
William Henry age 14 mo. 5 day - d. 20 Nov 1844, son of William & Eliza
The approximate birth year for the eldest child, Mary R. Young, is determined from the 1850 Census. Both Mary R. and her brother, John, appear to be living in York County, PA with an unidentified relative. Their father, William Young, is not found in the 1850 census.
1850 Census, PA, York Co., Hanover Twp., dwelling 34
Peggy Billmire, 49, female $1800 real estate, b. PA
Louisa Bittinger, 18, female, b. PA
Mary Young, 10, female, b. OH
John Young, 5, male, b. OH
History of Lycoming County (PA)....page 733
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John Mumma Young.-Prominent in business and financial circles in Williamsport, and interested from time to time in many important enterprises, John Mumma Young was born at Middletown, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1845, the son of William and Eliza (Mumma) Young.
The Young family is of German descent, David Young having emigrated to this country during the early days. He settled in Pennsylvania.
William Young was born at Hanover, Pa., in 1803 and died there in 1889. He spent most of his life in the general mercantile business at Middletown, Ohio. His wife, who was born in York County, Pa., died Feb. 4, 1848. Their children were: Mary R. was the wife of William A. Schreyer of Milton, Pa., where she died in 1876, and John Mumma, the subject of this sketch.
After completing his early education at Middletown, Ohio, and Hanover, Pa., John M. Young attended Gettysburg (Pa.) College, being a member of the class of 1865. He later attended the Harvard Law School, and subsequently practiced law at Topeka, Km., and York, Pa. After coming to Williamsport, Mr. Young engaged in manufacturing. He was one of the organizers and general manager of the Williamsport Iron & Nail Company, which was founded in 1883; president of the Williamsport Rail Company; president and treasurer of Sweet's Steel Company; and director of the First National Bank, of Williamsport.
During the Civil War Mr. Young enlisted in 18,61 with the Pennsylvania Border Guard at Hanover, Pa. His second enlistment was in 1863 with the Twenty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The following year he reenlisted and served as a member of Capt. E. B. Sanno's Company, Cavalry, attached to the First Virginia Cavalry.
On Aug. 25, 1868, Mr. Young married Miss Carrie VanPatten, a native of Washington, D. C., the daughter of Charles H. and Amelia Caroline (Harper) VanPatten, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. Mrs. Young, who died Dec. 2, 1923, was graduated from Gettysburg Female Seminary in 1866. She was a direct descendant of Charles Frederick VanPatten, one of the founders of the city of Schenectady, N. Y., and was also related to Carl Hansen Toll, a member from New York to the Colonial Congress, in which he served for 13 years. Through her mother she belonged to the family of Harpers who traced their ancestry back to 965. She was also a descendant of John Harper, who came from England to the United States with William Penn in the ship "Welcome" and settled at Frankford, now a part of Philadelphia. C. H. VanPatten died in 1885, and his wife died in 1865. To John Mumma and Carrie (VanPatten) Young were born eight children, as follows: 1. William, justice in the Children's Court, New York City. 2. Edwin P., an attorney, Towanda, Pa. 3. John P., now engaged in scientific pursuits at Ithaca, N. Y. 4. Mary, resides at home, Williamsport. 5. Charles, V. P., professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 6. George H., engineer, Binghamton, N. Y. 7. Carrie V. P., secretary in the Y. W. C. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 8. Ruth Young Allen, the wife of Carl G. Allen, Williamsport.
Mr. Young Is a Republican and is identified with the Masonic Lodge, Grand Army of the Republic, Ross Club, and the Historical Society of Lycoming County. His wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church and was an active worker in the Y. W. C. A.