* Young Cemetery *

Decatur County TN


The Young Family Cemetery is in the woods southeast of the intersection of the Decaturville Bypass (TN 69) and Middleburg Road (TN 202). The cemetery was established in 1869 about 30 yards east of the older Lowry Cemetery (destroyed in 2003) which had been used in the 1820-1840 period.

David Donahue recorded both cemeteries on November 22, 1992. Margarett Alexander recorded both cemeteries March 23, 1976. Her record of the two cemeteries appear under the name Houston Cemetery in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records published by the Captain Daniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 279-280.

NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS / NOTES
GRIFFIN, Allie B. 01 Dec 1872 17 Oct 1921 W.L. Griffin  
HOUSTON, Elnora Jane 17 Nov 1859 06 Dec 1916 J.P. Houston  
HOUSTON, J.P. 27 Jan 1856 30 Dec 1929 Elnora Jane  
ROBERTS, Anna M. 27 Sep 1882 20 Jul 1950 James Losson Roberts  
ROBERTS, Elnora Frances 15 Jan 1907 12 Apr 1924    
ROBERTS, James Losson 04 Apr 1867 13 Sep 1951 Anna M.  
YOUNG, F.C. 11 Nov 1866 18 Jun 1892    
YOUNG, Geroge M. 11 May 1869 19 May 1869   Robert and Penelopa Young
YOUNG, Penelopa 06 Aug 1832 23 Dec 1909 Robert Young  
YOUNG, Reuben Thurston 27y 21d 09 Oct 1889   Robert & Penelopa Young
YOUNG, Robert 08 Feb 1820 09 Dec 1878 Penelopa  

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