This must be the time for me to find some information for some of you on the Young list. This article I found in a newspaper dated Aug. 7, 2002 by Ted Stillwell and he calls it Portraits of the Past. The captions says How James Peacock got rid of Jim Crow. It starts out saying Independence was wild in its early days, but it had never dealt with anyone as wild as Jim Crow Chiles. It goes on to say he came from a good family, but rode with Quantrill during the war and was never able to settle back to a respectable lifestyle. The article says he married Sarah Young, the daughter of Solomon Young. It also states they had a half blind son who most likely the only person in town that liked Jim Crow. It says he had the town in fear and rode a black stallion named John Morgan through the town shooting out window lights in the midst of night. Women would hide faces in shawls & Negroes feared for their lives, with just cause. It says the town marshal was afraid of him as he was deadly accurate even under the influence of whisky. The article goes on to tell about James Peacock running for marshal and promising to rid the town of Jim Crow if elected. Four people were shot at the town shoot out. 2 lived, James Peacock and his son, 2 died Jim Crow and his 8 yrs. old son. Peacock became a hero and was also elected marshal for 2 more terms and was elected mayor of Indep. in 1882. The story tells the preacher that taught Jim Crow his 10 commandments laid him to rest with his half blind boy in Buckner Cem. It was a very interesting piece and for those of us studying the Young name when you find a part to help a fellow genealogist you try to do so. This is a good half page of a story in a thing called The Examiner's extra. Judy Born with a twelve foot question, looking for a six inch answer.