OLD YOUNG CEMETERY 

Here is a description of the photos that we took at the Old Young Cemetery. And what it says on the tombstones.

FIELD TO CEM.-	This photo is taken at the edge of the field, you are looking north and the back of the photo is the wooded area where the Old Young Cemetery is located.

WOODED AREA-	This photo lets you know what the wooded area looks like.

CEM. BOUNDARY-		This photo where Wanda is standing with her arm out to 
her sides is where the boundary of the Cemetery, on the east side. As you can see it is hidden in the trees and brushes. In the background you can see the fence that is around the Potter Lots.

POTTER LOTS 1 thru 5 -	These photos show the fence around the Potter Lots. The 
big stone in the center has Moses and Mary on the front and Thomas and Martha on the back. It is not quite centered in the lots. (On the other side of the big stone and to you're right.) You will find the stones of Abraham and Lucinda Womach, they are along the backside of the fence, as you look at the photo, (they are close to the man in overalls. 
Photo: POTTER LOTS 1)

INSIDE POT. LOTS-		This photo is looking north; the small stone in the left hand corner is of Abraham Womach. We (David and I, and Austin and LaVerne) feel that this big stone was put there after Mary died; also the fence was place there after the stone was set. The rod poles are set in concrete.  As there is not a gate to the Potter Lots. LaVerne feels that some of the children must of put the fence there. No one around here knows who put it there.

MOSES MARY-

			POTTER
MOSES POTTER
APR. 1, 1825		FEB. 13, 1902
MARY J.        His Wife
FEB. 20, 1835		FEB. 2, 1913

 THOMAS MARTHA-

(On the back of the stone of Moses Potter)

       THOMAS
OCT. 15, 1850	JAN. 7, 1904
        MARTHA
AUG. 19, 1860	OCT. 23, 1898

We were able to find some of the footstones. None of these had any dates. All of these stones were facing west and they were along the east side of the fence.

Moses-
MOTHER-	 this one was buried under 6 inches of dirt 
Thomas-

We were not able to find a Footstone for MARTHA POTTER there is an impression in 
the ground (between Francis M. Potter and Lucinda Womach tombstones) this is maybe where she is buried.

FRANCIS M. POTTER- 	This stone was located in the South West corner of the 
Potter lots. It was also buried under 2-3 inches of dirt. This stone was white and had a little Dove above his name in a circle.

	FRANCIS M. POTTER
	       DIED
	APRIL 24, 1863
	       AGED
	9 mo's & 10 d's

Our little dove has gone to rest.

F. M. P. FT. STONE-		This stone has the letters facing the headstone, and is on the south fence. It is also south of the big stone (that is Moses's). This stone is white.

ABRAM. WOMACH-	We found this stone is the northwest corner of the lots. 
There were no footstones that we could find. Above Abraham's name it reads;

HERE RESTS IN GOD

	ABRAHAM WOMACH			
          BORN						        	    
      DEC. 10, 1802				     	
           DIED						 
       MAY 20, 1860				     

LUCINDA WOMACH-	Austin Potter told us that this stone was broken by a tree 
limb. (Austin and his family live just a few miles from this Cemetery).

	LUCINDA WOMACH
		BORN
	JAN. 28, 1808
		DIED
	SEPT. 22, 1873
	
The inscription on the bottom of Lucinda's tombstone reads.
      A LOVING WIFE, A MOTHER DEAR, A FAITHFUL FRIEND LIES WITHIN



	On the outside of the rod iron fence you will find the other tombstones, some of these are broken and have possibility moved a little from the original sites. If you look around you will find some large red stones that kind of marks where the headstones belong. Please use the map as placements of the tombstones. Most of these stones face the east and the foot markers face the headstone. Some of the stones we couldn't read what the poems were.

DUKE YOUNG-

	REV. DUKE YOUNG
		DIED
	 OCT. 31, 1857
	AGED  63 Y. 11 M.

SARAH YOUNG-

	 SARAH
      WIFE OF
    REV. DUKE YOUNG
	  DIED
    JULY 6, 1857
   AGED 63 Y. 8 M.

LULU CARSON-

	LULU YOUNG CARSON
		   DIED
          APR. 27, 1888
		  AGED
	    20 YRS. 1 MO
	        20 DS

CYRUS YOUNG-

		CYRUS
		SON OF
	   W. J. & MARTHA
		YOUNG 
		 DIED
       MAR. 28, 1879
AGED          23 Y'S & 4 D'S

Wm. MARTHA YOUNG 1-
Wm. MARTHA YOUNG 2-

	YOUNG
	Wm. J
B. DEC. 7, 1816
D. JAN. 22, 1908

	MARTHA
B. APR.30, 1830
D. JAN. 2, 1907

ETTA YOUNG-

	ETTA YOUNG
	    BORN
	APR. 15, 1873
	    DIED
	APR. 30, 1891
	   AGED
	18 YRS. 15 D'S

LITTLE JESSE 1-

	This is what is written on the side of the stone of Little Jesse, it faces west.

	LITTLE JESSE
	    DIED
	JULY 26, 1881
	    AGED
	4 MO'S  24 D'S

This a little grace
but oh have care,
For world wide
hopes are buried there.
There much of light
much of joy, 
Is buried with
our darling boy.

LITTLE JESSE 2-

	This side of the stone faces north.

	CHILDREN OF        W. & A. YOUNG

LITTLE JESSE 3-

	This side of the stone faces west and is on the backside of Little Jesse. We could not read the poem on this stone.

       MABEL
     	  DIED
      JULY 26, 1889
	 AGED
   1 YR  2MOS.  28 D'S

MORRIS-

	This stone is located just outside of the Potter Lots. On the side that is facing east it just has the Morris name. The side opposite of the Morris name is blank.

PARKER MORRIS-

	His information is found facing north and on the right side of the stone.
	
	PARKER MORRIS
		BORN
	 DEC. 11, 1810
		DIED
	 MAR. 7, 1895

LOUISA MORRIS-

	Her information is found facing south and opposite of Parkers' information.

	LOUISA ANN MORRIS
		BORN
	   JUNE 12, 1813
		DIED
	   AUG. 9, 1857

We hope that this will help you in knowing what we found and what is written on the tombstones.

Wanda and David Saile
Topeka, Kansas
November 23, 2001





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