Does anyone have anything on a John (middle initial L or T)(census taker had really bad handwriting) Younger, born about 1875 in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. Mothers name Elizabeth A. Burden. Father is supposedly Charles Henry Younger Jr., he claimed and raised all three boys as his. He was in prison in Moundsville for murdering his first wife from 1868 until January 1882. He married Elizabeth 1 week after his release (she was wife three, my great grand parent, as was Charles). Mike was born in December 1873 and Judson on 07 March 1876. Family oral history says that Elizabeth worked at the prison and prison records show that Charles worked in the "wagon shop" as a carpenter and at times had "trusty" status. So I guess it is possible that Charles did in fact father the three boys and this explains the marriage a week after his release. Charles was also suspected in the disappearance of his second wife, but you know what they say, "No body, no crime". :') He is found on the 1880 Marshall County WVa census at the age of 5, with his mother Elizabeth and two siblings. An older brother Micheal Oliver Younger and an younger brother Judson Louis Younger (my grandfather). As there are no surviving copies of the 1890 census, I have been unable to find him at age 15. I have not been able to find him ANYWHERE in the 1900 census or later census's. I have not found any death record ANYWHERE of him. What little oral family history we have of him, indicates that at the age of 15 or 16, one day he saddled up a horse and headed WEST. He has/was never been heard from again. 1880 census lists his race as Mulatto (same as his brothers, mother and her parents). She and her parents moved to West Virginia from South Carolina in 1850. Oral history says they were slaves or descendants thereof who "bought" their freedom and moved north. In January of 1994, I tracked down a man in Nevada named Dave Goince, one of his relatives (a Minnie Gonce) had married a John Younger born around 1875 from the EAST. They married shortly after meeting, had a child soon after, then divorced. The Gonce family has no further idea of where he went or what happened to him. Family rumor states that he was "darker" than his borthers Mike and Judson, who passed as white all their lives and are listed as white on all census records from 1900 and later. His mother Elizabeth and her nine siblings all also listed as white on 1900 census and later, all married persons listed as white. Any help you can give or suggest will be appreciated. Last but not least, give thanks that you ain't related to my branch of the Younger's, but for the grace of God you could be as screwed up as we are...... CY