Daniel McDuffie Yount

Daniel McDuffie Yount

Son of John Andress Yount, Daniel McDuffie was Conover's first
physician and would become one of the most prominent of Conover's citizens.

The Daniel McDuffie Yount Family of Conover

DR. DANIEL McDuffie YOUNT, FIRST PHYSICIAN
IN CONOVER - WAS AN OUTSTANDING MAN

Dr. Daniel McDuffie Yount was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, then a portion of Catawba County, on May 5, 1833, the fifth child of John and Elizabeth Little Yount. According to history of the family, there has been a John Yount in each succeeding generation since the first John Yount came from Alsace Lorraine, Western Germany, is to settle in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Daniel’s older brother was the John in his family. Daniel named his third son John to continue the tradition.

This ancestor (John Yundt) of Conover’s early physician, was the first member of the Yount family to settle in North Carolina, coming to this state in 1788. The pioneer was the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, the grandfather having been named George Yundt.

The boyhood days of “Mac” Yount were spent within three miles of the location of the town of Conover. It is said the mom was considered quite pretentious at one time, handsome hand carved mantles having been removed from it several years ago to grace a home in the city of Hickory.

In early boyhood the ambitious lad determined upon the medical profession for a career. After receiving several years’ study at Catawba College in Newton, North Carolina, he took up the study of medicine in Charleston, South Carolina, attending lectures there during the year 1860.

In the first year of the War Between the States, the young Doctor enlisted with the Confederate Army as First Lieutenant, F Company, 38th Regiment, North Carolina Troops. In April 1867 he was promoted to Captain, leading his command which was known as “The Wild Oats” through the Seven Days Battle. In the conflict a number of Lieutenants lost their lives and twenty-three Privates were killed and wounded.

In September 1862 Captain Yount was forced to retire from the service because of ill-health. He returned home, practicing his profession during the turbulent times of 1863. Regaining his health he was appointed assistant Surgeon in Catawba Battalion of the State Guard in 1864.

At the close of the war Dr. Yount was married to Eugenia Desdemonia Roseman, at the bride’s residence in Catawba County on September 16, 1865. The Reverend P.C. Henkle performed the ceremony and witnesses were Philip W. Carpenter and Camilla Eleanor Yount, George Lafayette Yount and John A. Yount. (Miss Roseman, who had been born on July 7, 1847 was eighteen years of age. The Doctor was 32 years old at the time of the wedding.)

The couple became the parents of four sons and six daughters. (Of the children of Dr. Daniel McDuffie Yount and Eugenia only one is living today, Miss Cora Yount at ninety years is presently living in a nursing home in Newton, North Carolina. (April 1970)

Robert Baxter Yount, the oldest son was a Page of the House of Representatives in the years 1880-1881 while his father was in the North died on April 2, 1881 at this home in Catawba County. Born September 12, 1866 he died at the age of 15 years.

The second child, Anna Elizabeth Yount (19 October 1860 to 28 October 1953) married Dr. Daniel Marion Moser, a first cousin. He was the first son of Catherine Roseman, Eugenia’s older sister. Daniel Marion had read medicine with his father-in-law and set up his practice in Claremont, North Carolina. Anna and Dr. Daniel Moser had seven sons and one daughter,14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren. She died at the age of 85.

Minnie Eugenia Yount lived less than three years. (Feb 3, 1871 to October 23, 1874.

Alice Catherine Yount (May 17, 1873 to March 23, 1949) died at the age of 76. She had married Reverend George Edward Long and they had nine children, six sons and three daughters. Their large family extends to 20 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren.

Dr. Eugene McDuffie Yount (November 25, 1875 to November 19, 1924) died of complications due to sinus infection at the age of 49 years. He had two sons by Miss Belle Guy. Son John Daniel lived to be only 13 years of age. Eugene McDuffie Yount Jr. has four children.

John Daniel Yount (May 20, 1877 to April 20, 1954) died at the age of 77. Miss Eula Virginia Yount (Nov.1, 1882 to Oct. 18, 1955) lived to be 73. Neither of these married. John served as engineer on the Seaboard Railroad, was chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for a number of years of Northern Florida Div. 309. He made his home in Jacksonville, Florida. Miss Eula who graduated from the Concordia College schools in Conover, N.C. taught until her retirement in the Newton and Conover schools. Miss Cora Dale Yount who was born in August 29, 1880 also received a degree from Concordia College and taught for ten years. Later she took a business course in Statesville, N.C. and worked as Bookkeeper and Stenographer, first for the Film Exchanges in Charlotte, N.C. and later at the Ivey Mills Manufacturing Company in Hickory
Eula and Cora shared the old family home in Conover, caring for their mother Eugenia until her death. This old house burned on April 13, 1970 and the property was disposed of during that month.
Herbert Marsh Yount (Sept. 7, 1884 to May 27, 1962) lived to 78 years . He married Miss Stella Wagner of Statesville, North Carolina. The had one son and one daughter. The son had two children and the daughter has three.

Miriam Estelle Yount (March 1889 to January 1961) lived to be 72 years. She was married to William George Schultz. They had one daughter, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

During the Reconstruction days the young physician practiced medicine throughout Catawba and surrounding counties, and was a familiar figure as he went from bedside to bedside in houses made bare by the ravages of war, ministering to widows and fatherless children, with no thought of remuneration for his services. Among the few remaining today to tell of those heart breaking experiences, there are kin words and tender memories for the man who drove through mud and mire to alleviate their sufferings. He was only a “Country Doctor” of the highest type.

At that time Dr. and Mrs. Yount lived on a farm near what is now Lookout Dam. In November 1876 the citizens of the County elected Dr. Yount to the House of Representatives by a fifteen hundred majority, the largest majority given in any county in the State for that year. Serving as Representative for two years. Dr. Yount was again chosen a member of the House for 1880 and 1881. During this service he was influential in getting the West North Carolina Railroad routed by Newton, doing away with the junction point in Conover.

The family moved to Conover in 1884, principally to educate their children in Concordia College, which had been established several years previously.

In the latter years of Dr. Yount’s life, he spent much of his time in the Drug Store which he built on Main Street. He died at his home here on August 14, 1914. Mrs. Yount died on January 20, 1931.

As seen from his will, filed on 23 May 1903, Dr. Daniel Yount left a substantial property to his family.

COPY OF THE WILL OF DR. D. McDuffie YOUNT

North Carolina, Catawba County

I, Daniel McDuffie Yount of the County of Catawba and State of North Carolina do publish and declare this my last will and Testament:

First: That after all my just debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Eugenia Desdemonia Yount all the remainder of my estate both personal and real--the real estate as long as she may live and after her death to be equally divided among my children, deducting the amount that each has received by gifts or donations from said estate. The personal property my said wife, Eugenia Desdamonia Yount, may dispose of as she may desire for herself and the family. (my children who may

That out of the personal property my son Herbert H. Yount and daughter Miriam Estelle shall have a sufficient amount of money to complete their education.
The real estate I now own lies in Catawba County, N.C. in Cline’s Township, on the waters of the Catawba River. One farm known as the Jefferson Cline tract, contention one hundred and twenty-five acres, more or less---adjoining the lands of Barbara Deal, Gerard Bolick, James Miller, Sylvannias Hollar and others: and another known as the Daniel Roseman tract---adjoining Henry Fulbright, James Huitt, Peter Miller, Walter Jones (Colonel), Henry Abernathy (Colonel) and others; containing two hundred acres, more or less

Also another farm known as the Jones Cline bottoms—lying on Lyles Creek, adjoining Jonas Cline homestead, Evan Ganth, David Isenhower, and Virginia Shipp, containing 23 acres of land.
Also another tract lying in Hickory Township, Catawba County, North Carolina, known as the Widow Ann Boliek tract, adjoining Laban Cline, John Gilbert, Jones Hawn, and Daniel Miller, containing twenty-seven and one-half acres, more or less.

If my wife Eugenia D. Yount so desire she may sell this tract (Widow Ann Bolick tract) and may apply the proceeds thereof to her won use and behalf.

I also will and bequeath all my property real and personal in the town of Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina to my beloved wife. The real estate as long as she may live and after her death to be equally divided among my children except the house and lot on which we now live which shall be as a residence for these who remain unmarried with her and at their death shall be equally divided among the heirs of my estate, including in the above a part of a lot I purchased of J.P. Spencer, adjoining Prof. H.B. Hemmeter, Prof. C.A. Weiss, P.P. Spencer, and Robert Simmons and others and the Drug Store and lot on main Street in the Town of Conover, North Carolina.

I also will and bequeath all my personal property consisting of horses, cattle, hogs and provisions of all kinds I may have at the time of my death, with money on hand, note accounts, household and kitchen furniture, wagons, buggies, piano and other personal property whatsoever to my beloved wife, Eugenia Desdsmonia Yount.

It is also my desire and will that Emiline Shares shall be taken care of and supported by my estate as long as she remains with and continues to aid and assist the family as she has been doing; but if she leaves the family, then her support shall cease, and my estate shall not be responsible for her further support. If the said Emiline Shares survives my wife, then either of my children that she may desire to live with may take her and draw from the estate twenty five dollars a year as long as she may live for her support.
I hereby constitute and empower my wife, Eugenia Desdamonia Yount, my executrix to execute and carry out this my last will and Testament.

Whereunto I set my hand and affix my seal this 23rd day of May, 1903.

Atty. S.J Jordan
Atty. P.W. Carpenter

THE STORY OF DR. DANIEL McDuffie YOUNT
As told by his daughter Anna Elizabeth Yount Moser, 1948 in her small diary.

Dr. D.H. Yount was born May the 5th 1832. He was baptized in the Lutheran church and joined the same later on. He was left fatherless at the early age of nine, educated in a subscription school and later in Newton College. His education was halted by the Civil War. He was Lieutenant in the army. After the War ceased the young man resumed his medical course and became one of North Carolina’s best physicians. His patients would say, when Dr. Mack would enter the door we would feel better already. He had a cheerful disposition and caused his patients to rally.

The northern soldiers took his fine house and gave him a poor scrawny colt to come home on. They had few buggies and carriages then so he had him a two wheeled sulky to practice in. They had muddy roads in rainy and frosty times, but he was not daunted by hardships. He learned that by being in the War. When called to see a patient at night he would go regardless. Often he would go on a horse with his saddle bags thrown across the saddle and a large shawl thrown over him. In severe winter weather. One cold night he was called to go across the Island Ford on the Catawba river and it was too dark to see well, and he drove on a rock which caused his sulky to turn over and threw him out in the middle of the river. H managed to get his horse and sulky right and was at last homeward bound.

Do you not think he earned his pay? But many were too poor to pay and he didn’t press them. He had 10.00 dollars on his books and a large roll of mortgages he never collected. I hope he is enjoying his great reward and rest.

One of the most illustrious and respected citizens of Conover, North Carolina was Daniel Little McDuffie Yount. A physician, Confederate soldier, community leader and committed Christian, he left an indelible mark on the community of Conover, North Carolina. He was the fifth child of the noted pioneer, John Andress Yount. One of nine siblings he excelled in all the qualities society considers important. Of John Yount's children, three were girls and six were boys. All six of the men went off to war and served the Confederacy. Four of them were officers. The youngest, Patrick Alonzo died at Gettysburg. The remaining Yount men survived the war and were outstanding members of their community Peter and Daniel were both physicians, John and Joshua were merchants and George was a postmaster.
In tracing the subject of this study, Dr. Daniel L (thought to stand for "Little," his mother's maiden name) McDuffie Yount, this attempt is made to document his life during his eighty-one years on earth.
The starting point is through the US Federal census records, considered by genealogists to be a "primary record," one of the more accurate historical documents. He first appears in the 1850 Catawba County census in his mother's household, his father having deceased six years previous:

187/187 Elizabeth Yount 46, F, /$1500
Lafayette " 17 M Farmer b. Catawba
McDuffee " 16 M Farmer b. Catawba
Camilia " 12 F b. Catawba
Joshua " 10 M b. Catawba
Patrick " 7 M b. Catawba
In 1860, he is found in his mother's household:
997/981 Elizabeth Yount 57 F Farmer 5000/9000 b. NC
D. M. 27 M Doctor 3000/700 b. NC
J. A. 22 M Farmer 1600/500 b. NC
P. A. 17 M 1800/800 b. NC

DANIEL McDuffie YOUNT, CONFEDERATE SOLDIER

Like his other brothers, he enlisted in the service of his country. His record in the War Between the States is as follows: YOUNT, DANIEL McD., Captain, Company F, 38th Regiment, NC Troops - Born in Catawba County* where he resided as a physician prior to enlisting in Catawba County at age 28. Elected 1st Lieutenant on October 31, 1861. Elected Captain on April 18, 1862. Present or accounted for until he resigned on or about September 8, 1862, by reason of "pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis)" and "piles." Resignation accepted on September 18, 1862.

1. Dr. Daniel L. McDuffie YOUNT MD was born on 5 May 1833 in Lincoln (Catawba) County, North Carolina.
He next appears in the census in the Catawba County census of 1870.

106/102 Yount, D. McDuffie 37 M W Physician 2500/1000 b. NC
Eugenia C. 21 F W KH
Robert B. 3 M W
Anna E. 1 F W
Shores, Emeline 24 F W

And in 1880 he is listed as:
45/46 Yount, D. C. W M 47, Physician
Eugenia D. F 32 Wife
Robt. D. M 13 Son
Hannah E. F 11 Dau
Alice C. F 7 Dau
Eugene M.D. M 4 Son
John D.L. M 2 Son

And in the Catawba County census of 1900, he appears:

183/183 Yount, McDuffie May 1833 (67) NC physician m34 head
Eugenia D. Jul 1847 (52) 10 ch 8 wife
Eugene Nov 1875 (24) medical student son
John D. --- 1876 (23) carpenter son
Cora D. Aug 1880 (19) school dau
Eula V. Nov 1882 (17) " dau
Herbert M. Sep 1884 (15) " son
Miriam E. Mar 1889 (11) " dau
Shore, Mary E. Oct 1845 (54) domestic servant

DANIEL McDuffie YOUNT - FIRST PHYSICIAN AT CONOVER WAS AN OUTSTANDING MAN - OBITUARY

Dr. Daniel McDuffie Yount was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, then a portion of Catawba county, on May 5, 1833, the fifth child of John and Elizabeth Little Yount. According to history of the family, there has been a John Yount in each succeeding generation since the first John Yount came from Alsace Lorraine, Western Germany, to settle in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Daniel's older brother was the John in his family. Daniel named his third son John to continue the tradition.
This ancestor (John Yount) of Conover's early physician, was the first member of the Yount family to settle in North Carolina, coming to this state in 1788. The pioneer was the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, the grandfather having been named George Yundt.

The boyhood days of "Mac" Yount were spent within three miles of the location of the town of Conover. It is said the home was considered quite pretentious at one time, handsome hand carved mantles having been removed from it several years ago to grace a home in the city of Hickory.

In early boyhood the ambitious lad determined upon the medical profession for a career. After receiving several years' study at Catawba college in Newton, North Carolina, he took up the study of medicine in Charleston, South Carolina, attending lectures there during the year 1860.

In the first year of the War Between the States, the young Doctor enlisted with the Confederate Army as First Lieutenant, F Company, 38th Regiment, North Carolina Troops . In April 1862 he was promoted to Captain, leading his command which was known as "The Wild Cats" through the Seven Days Battle. In the conflict a number of Lieutenants lost their lives and twenty-three Privates were killed and wounded.

In September 1862 Captain Yount was forced to retire from the service because of ill-health. He returned home, practicing his profession during the turbulent times of 1863. Regaining his health he was appointed assistant Surgeon in Catawba Battalion of the State Guard in 1864.

At the close of the war Dr. Yount was married to Eugenia Desdemonia Roseman, at the bride's residence in Catawba County on September 14, 1865. The Reverend P.C. Henkle performed the ceremony and witnesses were Philip W. Carpenter and Camilla Eleanor Yount, George Lafayette Yount and John A. Yount. (Miss Roseman, who had been born on July 7, 1847 was eighteen years of age. The Doctor was 32 years old at the time of the wedding,)

The couple became the parents of four sons and six daughters. (Of the children of Dr. Daniel McDuffie Yount and Eugenia only one is living today. Miss Cora Yount-at ninety years is presently living in a nursing home in Newton, North Carolina. (April 1970)
Robert Baxter Yount, the oldest son was a Page of the House of Representatives in the years 1880-1881 while his father was in the North Carolina Legislature. He became sick in Raleigh with pneumonia and died on April 2, 1881 at this home in Catawba County. Born September 12, 1866 he died at the age of 15 years.

The second child, Anna Elizabeth Yount (19 October 1868 to 28 October 1953) married Dr. Daniel Marion Moser, a first cousin. He was the first son of Catherine Roseman, Eugenia's older sister. Daniel Marion had read medicine with his father-in-law and set up his practice in Claremont, North Carolina. Anna and Dr. Daniel Moser had seven sons and one daughter, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She died at the age of 85.
Minnie Eugenia Yount lived less than three years. (Feb. 3, 1871 to Oct. 23, 1874)
Alice Catherine Yount (May 17, 1873 to March 23, 1949) died at the age of 76. She had married Reverend George Edward Long and they had nine children, six sons and three daughters. Their large family extends to 20 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

Dr. Eugene McDuffie Yount (November 25, 1875 to November 19, 1924) died of complications due to sinus infection at the age of 49 years. He had two sons by Miss Belle Guy. Son John Daniel lived to be only 13 years of age. Eugene McDuffie Yount, Jr. has four children.

John Daniel Yount (May 20 1877 to April 20, 1954) died at the age of 77. Miss Eula Virginia Yount (November 1, 1882 to October 18, 1955) lived to be 73 . Neither of these married. John served as engineer on the Seaboard Railroad, was chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for a number of years of Northern Florida Div. 309. He made his home in Jacksonville, Florida. Miss Eula who graduated from the Concordia College in Conover, N.C. taught until her retirement in the Newton and Conover schools. Miss Cora Dale Yount who was born in August 29, 1880 also received a degree from Concordia College and taught for ten years. Later she took a business course in Statesville, N.C. and worked as a Bookkeeper and stenographer, first for the Film Exchanges in Charlotte, N.C. and later at the Ivey Mills Manufacturing Company in Hickory.

Eula and Cora shared the old family home in Conover, caring for their mother Eugenia until her death. This old house burned on April 13, 1970 and the property was disposed of during that month.

Herbert Marsh Yount (September 7, 1884 to May 27, 1962) lived to 78 years. He married Miss Stella Wagner of Statesville, North Carolina. They had one son and one daughter. The son had two children and the daughter has three.

Miriam Estelle Yount (March 1889 to January 1961) lived to be 72. She was married to William George Schultz. They had one daughter, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

During the Reconstruction days the young physician practiced medicine throughout Catawba and surrounding counties, and was a familiar figure as he went from bedside to bedside in homes made bare by the ravages of war, ministering to widows and fatherless children, with no thought of remuneration for his services. Among the few remaining today to tell of these heart breaking experiences, there are kind words and tender memories for the man who drove through mud and mire to alleviate their sufferings. He was only a "Country Doctor" of the highest type. At that time Dr. and Mrs. Yount lived on a farm near what is now the Lookout Dam. In November 1876 the citizens of the County elected Dr. Yount to the House of Representatives by a fifteen hundred majority, the largest majority given in any county in the State for that year. Serving as Representative for two years, Dr. Yount was again chosen a member of the House for 1880 and 1881.d During this service he was influential in getting the West North Carolina Railroad routed by Newton, doing away with the junction point in Conover.

The family moved to Conover in 1884, principally to educate their children in Concordia College, which had been established several years previously.

In the latter years of Dr. Yount's life, he spent much of his time in the Drug Store which he built on Main Street. He died at his home here on August 14, 1914. Mrs. Yount died on January 20, 1931.

The Yount home in Conover with Hubert & John Yount hitching up team.
At the time, the home was located behind present-day Bowman's Drug Store.

THE STORY OF DR. DANIEL McDuffie YOUNT

Anna Elizabeth Yount Moser, the eldest daughter
of Dr. Yount wrote a eulogy to her father.

Dr. D.M. Yount was born May 5th 1832. He was baptized in the Lutheran church and joined the same later on. He was left fatherless at the early age of nine, enrolled in a subscription school and later Newton College. His education was halted by the Civil War. He was a Lieutenant in the army. After the War ceased the young man resumed his medical course and became one of North Carolina's best physicians. His patients would say: when Dr. Mack would enter the door we would feel better already. He had a cheerful disposition and caused his patients to rally.

The Northern soldiers took his fine horse and gave him a poor scrawny colt to come home on. They had few buggies and carriages then so he had him a two-wheeled sulky to practice in. They had muddy roads in rainy and frosty times, but he was not daunted by the hardships. He learned that by being in the War. There were no bridges across the rivers and creeks, but when called to see a patient at night he would go regardless. Often he would go on a horse with his saddle bags thrown across the saddle and a large shawl thrown over him in sever winter weather. One cold night he was called to go across the Island Ford on the Catawba river and it was too dark to see well, and he drove on a rock which caused the sulky to turn over and throw him out in the middle of the river. He managed to get his horse and sulky right and was at last homeward bound.

Do you not think he earned his pay? But many were too poor to pay and he didn't press them. He had 10.00 dollars on his books and a large roll of mortgages he never collected. I hope he is enjoying his great reward and rest.

This company, known as the "Sulphur Wild Cats" and the "Catawba Wild Cats," was raised in Catawba County and was enlisted there on October 31, 1861. It was received into state service at Newton the same date and was ordered to Raleigh on November 22. The company departed for Raleigh on November 28 and arrived there the next day. It moved to Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on December 2 and was mustered into state service at Camp Mangum on December 31. When the regiment was organized, this company was assigned to it as Company F. After joining the regiment the company functioned as a part of the regiment, and its history for the war period is reported as a part of the regimental history.

[As told by his daughter, Anna Elizabeth Yount Moser, 1948, in her small diary.]

Dr. Yount with wife Eugenia behind the wheel.

Additional notes include the following:
The will of Dr. Yount included a provision for the upkeep of an Evelyn Shores. Exactly who she may have been is currently shrouded in mystery but the census records may provide a clue. The 1900 Catawba County census shows Evelyn as a "domestic servant." She may have been living in the Yount household in 1880 but was definitely there in 1870 where she is listed as a 24-year old female with no designation as to her position.

In order to discover her identity, the census was searched for all Shores surnames.
We find the following in the 1850 Catawba County Census:
15 Jul 1850, Catawba County, pg. 265 [229 hand-written]
24/24 Shores, Joseph 36 M (M), Farmer, b. Wilkes Co.
Shores, Sarah 35 F, b. Catawba
Shores, Rosanah 7 F
Shores, Catherine 13 F
Shores, Emeline 4 F

There is little doubt that this is our Evelyn. By 1860, more details on the Shores family develop.
1 Oct 1860, Catawba County, Newton Twp. pg. 474 [955 hand-written]
1149/1133 Joseph Shores 50 M (M) day laborer 50/75 b. NC
Sarah Shores 45 F b. NC
Rosannah Shores 14 F (M) b.NC
Julia Shores 12 F (M) b. NC

Note that Joseph and several of the children are designate as mulatto (M) but Emeline is always identified as white (W) whenever race is indicated. After the war, Joseph is in tight financial condition as indicated by his personal ($50) and real property worth ($75). By 1880 he has a grown daughter bedridden with tuberculosis:
19 June 1880, Catawba County, Newton Twp. pg. 506
376 378 Shores, Joseph W M 65 Farmer
Shores, Sarah F 66 Wife
Shores, Roseanna F 35 Dau Bedridden Scrofula (TB)
Shores, Julia F 28 Dau
Shores, William M 7 Son
Shores, Tate M 4 Son

If, in fact, Joseph Shores was of mixed race, the 1880 census identifies all members of the family as white. No further information has been found on him or his family members, except possibly the following:
Julia Shores, described a a black female, is a servant in the following household:
4 June 1880 Federal census, Catawba County-Hickory Twp. (pg. 14, SD 3, ED 41)
120/137 Cobb, C. D. Megs W M 28 Tobacco Mfgr
Kate W F 19 Wife Eng Eng Scotland
Shores, Julia B F 20 Servant

A Julia Shores, age 22, married Julius H. Williams, age 21, 20 Oct 1887, Catawba County, by P.F. Smith, J.P.; Witnesses were: W.A. Boyte, E.D. Yount, J. Murphy.
This Julia Shores appears in the 1900 Catawba County census:
Williams, Julia Oct 1853 (46) NC farm wid head 237
Charlie Aug 1887 (12) farm labor son
John Jul 1889 (10) " "

Beyond this, nothing indicates who Evelyn was or the fate of her family. Whether she was the daughter of Joseph and the sister of Julia, we may never know.

THE FAMILY OF DR. DANIEL McDuffie YOUNT

Dr. Daniel L. McDuffie YOUNT MD and Eugenia Desdemona ROSEMAN were married on 14 Sep 1865 in Catawba County, North Carolina.,, by P. C. Henkel, Min. Eugenia Desdemona ROSEMAN (daughter of Daniel ROSEMAN and Anna "Annie" Hafer HOKE) was born on 7 Jul 1847 in North Carolina.,,,,, She died on 20 Jan 1931 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina. They had the following ten children:

i. Robert Baxter YOUNT was born on 12 Sep 1866 in Catawba County. He died on 2 Apr 1881 in Catawba County and was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, N. of Conover, North Carolina.

ii. Anna Elizabeth YOUNT, born on 19 Oct 1868, Catawba County. She married Dr. Daniel Marion MOSER , MD, on 27 Jul 1887, Catawba County and died on 28 Sep 1953, Catawba County, North Carolina.

iii. Minnie Eugenia YOUNT was born on 3 Feb 1871 in Catawba County and died on 23 Oct 1874 in Catawba County. She was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery. She never married.

iv. Alice Catherine YOUNT, born on 17 May 1873, Conover and married George Edward LONG, on 27 Dec 1891. She died on 23 Mar 1949, Catawba County.

v. Eugene McDuffie YOUNT, born between Nov 1875 and 1876, North Carolina. She married Belle Barron GUY, on 15 May 1911 and died on 19 Nov 1924, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.

vi. Herbert Marsh YOUNT, born on 7 Sep 1884, Conover. He married Stella Mary WAGNER, on 19 Apr 1927, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina; died on 27 May 1962, Catawba County and was buried in the Conover City Cemetery.

vii. John Daniel Luther YOUNT was born on 20 May 1877 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina and died on 21 Apr 1954 in Jacksonville, Duval, FL. He was buried in Conover City Cemetery. He attended School: Concordia College and was employed with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Jacksonville, Florida. He never married.

viii. Cora Dale YOUNT was born on 29 Aug 1880 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina and died in 1971 in Conover. Cora attended Concordia College and became a teacher, bookkeeper and stenographer. She enjoyed her hobby of geanealogy. Cora never married.

ix. Eula Virginia YOUNT was born on 1 Nov 1882 in Conover and died there on 18 Oct 1954. Like her sister, Cora, whom she lived with, Eula attended Concordia College. She also became a teacher and never married.

x. Miriam Estelle YOUNT, born on 14 Mar 1889, Conover and married William George SCHULTZ, on 17 Jun 1915, Conover. She died on 6 Jan 1961.

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