Merlin Young

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Merlin Young Born 17 Nov 1767 in Virginia Died 15 Sep 1841 in Medon, Madison County, Tennessee. Buried in VANTRESE YOUNG CEMETERY, Medon, Madison County, Tennessee.
In Merlins will, recorded in Madison County, TN pg 468 he names Milton Young as his son and William Tandy Young as his grandson. In the Young Family Cemetery near Medon, Madison, TN. a small cemetery enclosed by an iron fence and graves well marked can be found. Here the graves of Merlin Young, wife Tabitha Witcher, Son: Sherriff Benj Franklin Young (father of Louisa Young and Frank Young), Benjamin's wife Nancy Comer Young, their son Mastin Comer Young and his wife Pheribe Ann Stephens Young. Directions to cemetery: South of Medon approx 1 mile to Swink Road, turn left. Go 1/2 mile down Swink Road to sharp right turn. At this turn there is small dirt road that turns left. Go less than 1/4 mile down dirt road bearing right at any fork. Cemetery is in woods on right side of field clearing with fence around it. On Jan 12, 2002 I visited the gravesite and found headstones for Merlin which had been broken off but leaning up against fence and a foot stone in place, Tabithas head stone was missing. The base was in place and a footstone was found with letter T Y on it. Benjamin F. Young Sr. and wife Nancy Youngs stone was present and in good shape except for an ornament that had been on top had broken off and was laying on ground. Terry D, M.D. and Peribe Young stones were all in place. Merlin was the son of William Young of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, who was a Sgt. in the Virginia Militia under Col. Logan; his wife Tabitha was the daughter of William Witcher of England, who served in the Virginia Militia, and became Brevet Colonel.

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Family/Spouse: Tabitha Witcher. Tabitha (daughter of Daniel P. Witcher and Susannah Key Dalton) was born on 15 May 1773 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia; died in 1821 in Mendon, Madison Co, Tennessee; was buried in Vantrese Young Cem, Mendon, Madison Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nancy Comer. Nancy died in Mendon, Madison Co, Tennessee; was buried in Vantrese Young Cem, Mendon, Madison Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rachel Archibald Semmes Meroney. Rachel was born in 1794; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pherible Ann Stephens. Pherible died in Mendon, Madison Co, Tennessee; was buried in Vantrese Young Cem, Mendon, Madison Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Charles Lynch Barnard about 1860. Charles (son of Rev. Shubel P. Barnard and Sarah Clark Adams) was born in 1824; died in 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ARKANSAS GAZETTE: 1942 PAUL BARNARD FOLLOWS IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS Washington (AP) Paul L. Barnard, Little Rock lawyer, coming to Washington as secretary to Representative-elect Brooks Hays (D., Ark) follows in the footsteps of his father. R.E. Barnard who died in 1913 more than 50 years ago served as secretary to Col. Casey Young, of Memphis, when Young was a congressman from Tennessee.
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Robert married Cora Minnette Erion about 1898. Cora was born in 1841; died in 1943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ray Edgar Barnard. Born 5 Dec 1884 in Louisiana. Died 22 Oct 1960 in Memphis, Tennessee. Buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee His wife, Allie Haughton Barnard died 10 Sep 1969 is is buried beside him.
From Who's Who: Ray Edgar Barnard, certified public accountant, 527 Lundee St., Memphis. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 5, 1884, the son of Robert E. and Cora May Erion Barnard and is of English and German extraction. He attended Memphis and Shelby County High Schools; and attended Macon and Andrews Business College and has completed special correspondence courses. He received the Certified Public Accountant Certificate (Tenn) in 1925. On July 2, 1905, he was married to Allie Haughton of Spring Creek, Tennessee, and to this union have been born three children, namely: Mary Virginia (Mrs. R.B. Jones of Geneva, Switzerland), Kathleen Louise (Mrs. Richard Gorman of Miami, FL) and Carolyn (Mrs. R.J. Benson of Asheville, NC). He was an officer and chief accountant with Galloway Coal Company, Memphis, prior to 1918. During World War I, he was Chief Auditor of the U.S. Fuel Administration in Washington, D.C. He has been active in public accounting from 1919 to 1944, and has had his own practice as Certified Public Accountant 1945 to date. He has served as a director of Odd Fellows Hall and Library Association, Memphis, and as a Trustee of Chickasaw Lodge No. 8, I.O.O.F., Memphis for the past twenty years. He is a member of Angerona Lodge 168, Blue Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons. He has served as Past Grand Patriarch, I.O.O. F., Jurisdiction of Tennessee, Encampment Branch. He is a member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certifed Public Accountants and National Association of Accountants. He is a Democrat. He is an Ordained Deacon for Life (Baptist Church-presently inactive) and is a present member of Bellevue Baptist Church of Memphis.

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Died:
Obituary: Little Rock attorney Paul L. Barnard , 68, 5200 "H" died Saturday in a Little Rock hospital. Barnard was a former legislative assistant to Sen. Brooks Hays, a member of the Pulaski County Democratic Committee, the Pulaski County Tuberulosis Association and the board of deacons and board of trustees of the Second Baptist Church. Funeral will be at 1pm Monday at the Second Baptist Church by Rev. Dr. Dale Cowling. Active pallbearers will be Frank Wills, B.T. Jacson, Lyle Hayden, Sam Harris, Omar Hill and Harry Gladden. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Brooks Hays Bible Class, deacons of the church, members of the Pulaski County Bar Association, Bill Hood and Wayne Foster. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park by Griffin-Leggett. A native of Memphis, Barnard was the son of the late Robert Edgar Barnard and Cora Minnette Erion Barnard. The well known Little Rock attorney attended Memphis public schools and graduated from night law school at Little Rock in 1922. While attending law school, Barnard was secretary to Mayor Ben D. Brickhouse and served in that position for two years after his graduation. In 1924 he set up his law practice which continued for over 25 years with the exception of the years 1943-1945 when he was an assistant to Congressman Hays. For a time, Barnard was a law partner of Judge Harper E. Harb, now deceased, until the judge retired. On occasion, Barnard acted as special judge for Harb when the jurist was unable to hold court. Barnard later formed a partnership with his first cousin Linwood L. Brickhouse, now deceased. Barnard's legal practice was confined largely to probate work of which he was considered an authority.
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Paul married Mattie Florida Elliott on 8 Nov 1922 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co, Arkansas. Mattie (daughter of Emmett Poe Elliott and Harriett Narcissus Jones) was born on 2 Jul 1902; died on 28 Dec 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL: EARL BARNARD MADE INSPECTOR OF POLICE
Earl R. Barnard of Memphis, brother of Paul L. Barnard, secretary to Mayor Ben D. Brickhouse, has been appointed Inspector of Police at Memphis. For a year prior to promotion Mr. Barnard was lieutenant of the Memphis detective force. He was at one time connected with the Missouri Pacific special service department at Little Rock, and he is well known here as well as by practically all peace officers of this state. In his present position Inspector Barnard is subordinate only to the chief of police and police commissioner and is in direct charge of the entire uniformed police force, consisting of about 250 men.

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Leila Mae Barnard Born 21 Oct 1888. Died - unknown date. Leila married James Hahn from El Paso Texas and together they traveled the country performing what was known at the time as Vaudville Acts. They had no children.

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