The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
Among Last Veterans of This Section

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Among Last Veterans Of This Section
Kingfield, May S-Milton Young OBJ
served his S0th birthday Sunday, April
18th at his home in Kingfeld village,
with best wishes from hosts of
friends. The remembrances includ-
ed about seventy-flve cards and book
let's, fruit, other gifts and birthday
cake. Many friends called extend
Ing fluctuations and greetings for
many happy returns of his natal day
anniversary. He has been quite i'll
with bronchitis for several weeks but
Is rapidly recovering and now able to
be about again.
Mr.. Young is descendant of pion-
eer stock of New England and King
| field has passed his life thus far in
this vicinity, Is q veteran of the Civil
War and has lived to see many
changes take place in the community.
He was born at North New Portland,
April 20, 1S43, the son of David
Young Jr., a native of New Portland
and Mary Ann Tufts Of Kingfield,
daughter of Timothy Tufts, a resident
OF the Tufts Pond District. In his
| fathers family were three boys: Au
gastus Young of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, who owns valuable farm in
Washington state; Columbus who died
about twelve years ago and Milton,
the subject Of this sketch. Educated
In the schools OF New Portland, Mr..
Young lived for over hall century
on the farm in New Portland in the
Parsons District, which he sold two
years ago to Edwin Record. His
| farm work was specializing In Or
chariing. He had Is acres of grated
apples and about 900 trees. He for
| merly raised lot OF sheep and stock
| and used to keep good horses.
| Mr.. Young saw active service in
| the Civil War for one year. He en-
listed September 1862 at the age of 10
for nine months In the 2Sth Maine
Regiment Infantry. Was ordered at
once to New York and drilled for six
| weeks; reported at Fortress Monroe
| and then to New Orleans. La, served
| under General Banks of the Gulf De-
| partment His colonel was Il. w.
Woodman of Wilton and the captain
| was Seth Hutchins of North Arson.
The company did guard duty at PEN
sacola, Florida, and at Warrington
Navy Yard, then went to New Orleans
and Donaldsonville on the West side
| of the Mississippi River rs miles above
| New Orleans and was at the seige of
| Port Hudson where 10000 Rebels
were heavily entrenched and were
surrounded by the Union troops and
boats and literally starved out, the
seige lasting four weeks. The SOL
| tliers had to sleep on the ground and
ate maggoty bread and meat. The
| Southerners were even worse OF nav
| ing only mule meat and popcorn for
| food and they would desert sometimes
| as many as hundred in night, sur
rendering to the troops. The final
surrender was July Z, three days after
the surrender of Vicksburg. Mr.
Young was discharged In 1863 and
sailed 1900 miles up the Mississippi
river then took the train to Augusta
and home. After returning from the
War in November 1856 he was marri-
ed to Elmira Dyer of New Portland
| OF this union there are two sons, Eu-
gene Young Of North Arson and Cor
ridoh L. Young Of Wollaston and Bos-
ton, Mass, OF the firm OF Young Il
Monroe distributors Of dyes and chem
icals for New England. Mrs. Young
died in 1904 and June Is. 1905 he
married Lillian Emery, daughter of
Otis Emery of New Portland.
| Mr.. Young was member of Isaac
A. Pennell Post, G. A. r. No. 81 OF
| North New Portland but most of the
| members are dead and the Post has
4 surrendered its charter and he now
belongs to the Seth Hutchins Post of
\ North Arson. He Is almost the last
| OF the Civil War veterans in this part
| OF the country. In Kingfield there
are besides him, Frank Gould and
! Chauhcey Phillips: in New Portland,
Samuel Jordan, Henry Carville and
Chas. w. Leeman Only three are
left out of the one hundred men in
his connpany:s Samuel Jordan, Will
| McKenney and Mr.. Young. In 1915
Mr.. and Mrs. Young attended the Ma
tional Eneampment of the G. A. r..
at Washington, ID. c., visiting Gettys-
burg, National Cemetery at Arlington,
the Capitol and White House, Mt. YER
Ion, Smithsonian Institute, Annap-
oils, Md, the big navy yard, in New
York at Grants Tomb, and other
places anti objects Of interest, trip
a two weeks.
The year of 1917 Mr.. Young was at
the National Encampment at Boston
for three or four deays.
In retrospect Mr.. Young states that
of the twenty-five families who lived
In 90 In New Portland between King
| field and East New Portland, only one
Albert Parsons, besides himself Is
now living.
Mr.. Young is a member of the Bap-
fist church having experienced reli-
gion about forty-fve years ago. He
has been church clerk and deacon of