Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-05-29
FAMILY HAS REUNION
Youngbloods Have a Truly
Remarkable Record
in Life


70 years, were here Tuesday en-.
route home from Smallett where
they had been to visit their bro.
ther. who is &c years old. An.
other brother, aged "a, was not
at this family gathering, which is
the 10Th annual Youngblood fam
lily reunion but the first to be
held at Smallett.
There were IA children in the
Youngblood family-6 boys, all
living, and 6 girls, all dead.
Their father was DR.. T. B.
Youngblood, who was born in
Tennessee in 1914, and died in
1879. The family lived for a
while in Alabama, then in Miss
isslppi,an Arkansas, where they
resided at the outbreak of the
Civil War. The elder Youngblood
organized Co. K, 1st Arkansas
Cavalry, of which he was made
captain, and made his way
through the Confederate lines
and fought for the Union. Two
of the boys also served in the
Union army. The family later
located in Missouri.
The members of the family are
William, j. p, G. NJ, John A.,
II. b., j, NJ, G. G. and H. G.
The reunion was held at the
home of II. b. Youngblood, aged
&c, who owns near Smallett a
25O acre stock farm, well impro.
we'd, and one of the best farms in
Douglas county. H. G. was the
only absent brother. The com
bined weight of the boys is near.
ly a ton, and on their reunion
they consumed, among other
things, two hams, goat, six
chickens, 100 pounds of -four
and the milk and cream fcom a
herd of 13 cows. All have been
or are now successful business
men and they certainly believe
in enjoying life. They are all
Republicans-they claim they
always voted the ticket straight,
never told lie, and have never
been in Jail, AS one of the boys
remarked, when one of the fam
lily acquires too much wealth, the
bunch go and visit and stay long
enough to eat an amount of his
worldly goods sufficient to re.
duce him their own level of
wealth-they have that much
practical Socialism.
William, aged 10, lives at Mari
onvilIe. For about 20 years he
was blacksmith and for17 years
grocer.
j. p, aged IS, resides in
Springfield at 755 Prospect. For
many years he was farmer, la
ter conducting a grocery in
Springfield.
C.M aged n, lives on Route 3
Springfield. He was black
smith and wagon maker for q
years and a general merchant
for 80 years. He now farms and
: deals in stock.
John A., aged SO, also lives ir
Springfield, at S5l Benton. He
began life as a farmer. For 1:
years he was surveyor of Greene
county and served one term il
, the Missouri Legislature. He is
lawyer by profession, but ha:
been blind 10 years. They say
, he is the only fisherman in thu
crowd and manages to land sew
eral good catches. He was thu
: author of the poem, Missouri
. incorporated in the records o
the last session of the Legislature
I and written in the interests o
pensions for the blind. He ha!
also composed poem giving
history of the Youngblood famil.
II. b., aged 66, is a farmer an
stockman at Smallett, where h
has lived 90 years.
j. NJ, aged 63, lives at Ana
darko, Okla. he was for sewers
years a merchant at Republi
and later at Anadarko. He no,
sells Fords and pianos and look
after his 700 acre farm near Ant
darko. Oil prospects, with dev'
'E lopment near at hand, may ye
make him a millionaire.
G.G., aged 81, owns the tel,
., phone system at Ripley, Okla