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151 According to Ethel McClain's Family Records:

John McClain was born in 1867. He worked for his parents until he was 21 years old (1889). He and a brother rented the farm home for 5 years. Then he bought a farm of 90 acres in Illinois, the same year he was married, 1894. He farmed here for 7 years. In 1901 he sold out and moved to Mooresville, Missouri. In 1902 he bought 200 acres and sold it the same year. About 1903 he moved to Grundy County. He went to Kansas and Oklahoma hunting for land but could find nothing as good as Grundy County, so he bought 135 acres in Grundy County. Later he purchased 98 more acres around Farmersvlle and Laredo. Here in Laredo he had a well improved farm of 23 acres. John's wife, Margaret Hornecker's, parents lived in Wichita. They were Ferdinand and Margaret Wagle Hornecker. John and his wife Margaret moved to Wichita about 1920. When John lived in Missouri, he became ill with pneumonia. Aunt Bell and Uncle Jim came to see him. They bought a farm in Clinton, Missouri, together. Aunt Bell married the hired hand, Albert Fred Birzendine. Family members remember her as an old maid.

Ethel's records also state that John was a carpenter and Episcopal.

 
McClain, John (I542)
 
152 According to Ethel McClain's Family Records:

John McClain was born in 1867. He worked for his parents until he was 21 years old (1889). He and a brother rented the farm home for 5 years. Then he bought a farm of 90 acres in Illinois, the same year he was married, 1894. He farmed here for 7 years. In 1901 he sold out and moved to Mooresville, Missouri. In 1902 he bought 200 acres and sold it the same year. About 1903 he moved to Grundy County. He went to Kansas and Oklahoma hunting for land but could find nothing as good as Grundy County, so he bought 135 acres in Grundy County. Later he purchased 98 more acres around Farmersvlle and Laredo. Here in Laredo he had a well improved farm of 23 acres. John's wife, Margaret Hornecker's, parents lived in Wichita. They were Ferdinand and Margaret Wagle Hornecker. John and his wife Margaret moved to Wichita about 1920. When John lived in Missouri, he became ill with pneumonia. Aunt Bell and Uncle Jim came to see him. They bought a farm in Clinton, Missouri, together. Aunt Bell married the hired hand, Albert Fred Birzendine. Family members remember her as an old maid.

Ethel's records also state that John was a carpenter and Episcopal.

 
McClain, John (I542)
 
153 According to History of Livingston County, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885, the first post office in Deerfield Township was established in 1837-38. The intention was to call it "Deerfield" but since there was an established post office by the same name in Lenawee County, Alfred Holmes, the first postmaster applied for the name "Deer Creek" and it was granted. He kept the post office in his blacksmith shop a little south of the west quarter post of section 17. In 1843 the office was transferred to John How who moved it to his house in section 6 where it remained for 17 years.

When Mr. How died in 1848 he was succeeded first by his son William until his own death in 1864 when it was transferred to his widow for a few months and then it was transferred again to a Darius Lewis who for "private reasons" kept it on his front stoop.

His successor was Alexander Bain, who kept it at his ashery. Bain was succeed by William Henderson in 1879 where the post office was kept in his store.

An ashery is a factory that converts hardwood ashes into lye, potash, or pearlash. Asheries were common in newly-settled areas of North America during the late 18th century and much of the 19th century, when excess wood was available as settlers cleared their land for farming.

Hardwood ashes contain abundant levels of potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide, the principle components of the products being produced.

Lye was produced by soaking ashes in hot water, filtering out the ashes, and repeating with fresh ashes as necessary to obtain the desired alkalinity in the resulting liquid. This liquid, commonly called lye could then be mixed with fats to produce soft soap, or it could be evaporated (often by boiling) to produce pot ash or black salts which still contained dark carbon impurities. The potash could then be baked in a kiln to further refine the substance into a pearly white material called pearl ash, pearl-ash or pearlash.

The lye and potash stages were commonly performed on site by the settlers themselves, and the asheries only performed the final step and most difficut step of converting the black salts to pearlash. The product was often shipped to Great Britain where it was used in the production of glass and ceramic wares. 
Bain, Alexander (I0185)
 
154 Age 65, lived in Shelby township. Death recorded in the County Asylum ledger book1, page 5. Located at the Tippecanoe County Historical Society Library. Baker, William G. (I952)
 
155 Age 69y 5m 6d. Widow. Father-Y. KIRBY b. VAmother-Rebecka SHEPPARD b. OH. Informant on her d. cert-D.V. FOGLE, Malta, OH. Kirby, Mary Elizabeth (I1198)
 
156 Age at Death: 62 Sims, Lieut John Wesley (I1641)
 
157 Age at Death: 64 Alexander, Mary Valinda (I292185915367)
 
158 Age at Death: 69 Sims, John Wesley (I1631)
 
159 Age at Death: 70 Bates, James Joseph (I1213)
 
160 Age at Death: 73 Wood, Richard Gerald (I1240)
 
161 Age at Death: 76 Mattis, Victoria Elizabeth (I1021)
 
162 Age at Death: 81 Wolfe, Mary Gertrude (I2031)
 
163 Age at Death: 82 Hudson, Yvonne V (I1681)
 
164 Age at Death: 85 Welsh, James (I1526)
 
165 Age: 38 Sheppard, Jeremiah (I561)
 
166 Age: 60 Hamilton, Beatrice Mae (I1010)
 
167 Age: 67 Sheppard, Frederick Denny (I1199)
 
168 Age: 70 Wood, Frank Howell (I1239)
 
169 Age: 70, Age: 69 Sheppard, Arthur Rice (I773)
 
170 Age: 72 Moore, Alexander Sr (I292184017170)
 
171 Age: 72 Orick, Henry Harrison (I1659)
 
172 Age: 73, Age at Death: 73 Ostrander, Shirley Ann Ackerman (I1013)
 
173 Age: 74 Sheppard, Rebecca (I562)
 
174 Age: 74 Cole, Hannah (I1423)
 
175 Age: 78 Hudson, James Walter (I1678)
 
176 Age: 81 Doughty, Beatrice Elizabeth (I1210)
 
177 Age: 81 Welsh, Robert James (I1527)
 
178 Age: 82 Edwards, Glen Joseph (I1109)
 
179 Age: 83 Sheppard, George (I1442)
 
180 Age: 86 Burnett, David (I1104)
 
181 Age: 86 Ruxton, Elspeth (I1551)
 
182 Age: 88 Kirby, Mary Isabelle (I1209)
 
183 Age: 95 Sheppard, Harry Hamilton (I1201)
 
184 Ardelle Marie Pascua-Lay, 43, of Haiku, died May 8, 2008, at her residence under hospice care.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph???s Church, with a service over urn at 11 a.m. Ballard Family Mortuary is assisting with the arrangements.

Mrs. Pascua-Lay was born May 25, 1964, in Wailuku. She was a former flight attendant for Alaska Airlines.

She is survived by her husband, Ivan Lay; three sons, Justin P. Lay, Michael H. Lay and Aidan H. Pascua-Lay; her father, Arthur Pascua; her mother, Annette Pascua; a brother, Bruce French; a sister, Annmary Kenolio; her grandmother, Mary Brown and one granddaughter. 
Pascua-Lay, Ardelle Marie (I1932)
 
185 Biography/History

Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago, IL.Following graduation from the University of Illinois, in 1935, heenrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. There hebecame interested in the Navajo language and he was invited tocollaborate with John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution inthe translation of a series of primers for the Bureau of IndianAffairs. In 1939-40, he accompanied Harrington to Canada forcomparative fieldwork with four Athabaskan languages.

Subsequently, during the period 1940-1971, he was employed by theBureau of Indian Affairs, first as a Specialist in Indian Languages,and after 1950, in Navajo Tribal Relations. In 1971, he joined thestaff of the Modern Languages Department at the University of NewMexico where he taught classes in Navajo Linguistics and collaboratedwith Professor Bernard Spolsky in research conducted by the NavajoReading Study. It was during this period that a grant was receivedfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities to permit Young,jointly with his longtime Navajo colleague, William Morgan Sr., toembark on a major project designed for the compilation of an extensivebilingual Navajo-English/English-Navajo dictionary and grammar. It waspublished in 1980 under the title, The Navajo Language: A Grammar andColloquial Dictionary . This work was published again in 1987 inrevised form, and this was followed in 1992 by An Analytical Lexiconof Navajo, compiled with the assistance ofSally Midgette. Both workswere published by the University of New Mexico Press.

In 1968, Young wrote a history of the Navajo for publication in acommemorative edition of The Gallup Independent celebrating thecentennial of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 between the United StatesGovernment and the Navajo Tribe. During the 1950's,he compiled adetailed historical-statistical study entitled The Navajo Yearbook,which was published in annual editions and widely distributed toState, Federal, and Tribal officials. In 1989, Young wrote A PoliticalHistory of the Navajo Tribe, published by Navajo Community College(now Diné College). Finally, in 2000, the University of New MexicoPress published his treatise on the Navajo verb, under the title, TheNavajo Verb System .

In 1969, Young received an honorary doctorate from the University ofNew Mexico. He received the Department of the Interior's SuperiorService Award in 1972. In 1994, he received the New Mexico Endowmentfor the Humanities award for Excellence in the Humanities, and in1996, he and his colleague, William Morgan were honored by the NavajoTribe in a special session of the Navajo Nation Government.

Robert Wendell Young, 94, a resident of Albuquerque since 1966, diedTuesday, February 20, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 67 years,Olga Maloni Young, and daughter, Linda Sue Young, both of Albuquerque.He had resided in the Southwest since 1935, mainly on the NavajoNation. He was a renowned linguist whose work focused primarily on theNavajo Language. A graduate of the University of Illinois (1935), hereceived an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of NewMexico in 1969. He is best known for his unabridged and scholarlyNavajo-English dictionaries, done in collaboration with Dr. WilliamMorgan, a native speaker of Navajo. Working with John Harrington ofthe Smithsonian Institute in the late 1930s, he and Morgan crafted theNavajo alphabet in use today. He edited and typeset extensivematerials written in Navajo, and championed quality Navajo bilingualeducation for seventy years. He also wrote and edited many otherbooks, articles and compendiums on Navajo history, government, andpolitics, and on Navajo grammar. Working for the Bureau of IndianAffairs, Dr. Young collaborated extensively with the Navajo TribalCouncil, the Navajo court system, and professional interpreters'groups. As an Area Tribal Operations Officer for the BIA from1962-1971, he was also responsible for liaison with 24 Pueblo andother tribal groups. He was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps duringWorld Was II, where he earned special merit as an Indian Interpreter,and where his fluency in Navajo was utilized in the testing andselection of Navajos trained as Code Talkers. Dr. Young was an adjunctProfessor of Linguistics at UNM, beginning in 1971, where he taughtclasses in the Navajo language and co-directed the Navajo ReadingStudy. In 1980 The Navajo Language: A Grammar and ColloquialDictionary was published and from 1980-1991 he compiled the AnalyticalLexicon of Navajo, published in 1991. In 2000 his The Navajo VerbSystem - - An Overview was published. Dr. Young received theDistinguished Service Award from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior in1969, an award for Excellence in the Humanities from the NM Endowmentfor the Humanities in 1994, and in 2006 the Kenneth L. Hale Award fromthe Linguistic Society of America for his outstanding linguisticscholarship in documenting the Navajo Language. He was a member ofseveral national linguistic and anthropological groups and was also amember of the Elks Club. Cremation has taken place and no formalfuneral services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requeststhat memorial contributions be made to the Robert W. Young ScholarshipFund at UNM, C/O UNM foundation, MSC07-4260, 1UNM, Albuquerque, NM87131. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333 
Young, Robert Wendell (I2620)
 
186 Biography/History <p></p> <p>Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago, IL.Following graduation from the University of Illinois, in 1935, heenrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. There hebecame interested in the Navajo language and he was invited tocollaborate with John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution inthe translation of a series of primers for the Bureau of IndianAffairs. In 1939-40, he accompanied Harrington to Canada forcomparative fieldwork with four Athabaskan languages. <p></p> <p>Subsequently, during the period 1940-1971, he was employed by theBureau of Indian Affairs, first as a Specialist in Indian Languages,and after 1950, in Navajo Tribal Relations. In 1971, he joined thestaff of the Modern Languages Department at the University of NewMexico where he taught classes in Navajo Linguistics and collaboratedwith Professor Bernard Spolsky in research conducted by the NavajoReading Study. It was during this period that a grant was receivedfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities to permit Young,jointly with his longtime Navajo colleague, William Morgan Sr., toembark on a major project designed for the compilation of an extensivebilingual Navajo-English/English-Navajo dictionary and grammar. It waspublished in 1980 under the title, The Navajo Language: A Grammar andColloquial Dictionary . This work was published again in 1987 inrevised form, and this was followed in 1992 by An Analytical Lexiconof Navajo, compiled with the assistance ofSally Midgette. Both workswere published by the University of New Mexico Press. <p></p> <p>In 1968, Young wrote a history of the Navajo for publication in acommemorative edition of The Gallup Independent celebrating thecentennial of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 between the United StatesGovernment and the Navajo Tribe. During the 1950's,he compiled adetailed historical-statistical study entitled The Navajo Yearbook,which was published in annual editions and widely distributedtoState, Federal, and Tribal officials. In 1989, Young wrote A PoliticalHistory of the Navajo Tribe, published by Navajo Community College(now Diné College). Finally, in 2000, the University of New MexicoPress published his treatise on the Navajo verb, under the title, TheNavajo Verb System . <p></p> <p>In 1969, Young received an honorary doctorate from the University ofNew Mexico. He receivedthe Department of the Interior's SuperiorService Award in 1972. In 1994, he received the New Mexico Endowmentfor the Humanities award for Excellence in the Humanities, and in1996, he and his colleague, William Morgan were honored by the NavajoTribe in a special session of the Navajo Nation Government. <p></p> <p>Robert Wendell Young, 94, a resident of Albuquerque since 1966, diedTuesday, February20, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 67 years,Olga Maloni Young, and daughter, Linda Sue Young, both of Albuquerque.He had resided in the Southwest since 1935, mainly on the NavajoNation. He was arenowned linguist whose work focused primarily on theNavajo Language. A graduate of the University of Illinois (1935), hereceived an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of NewMexico in1969. He is best known for his unabridged and scholarlyNavajo-English dictionaries, done in collaboration with Dr. WilliamMorgan, a native speaker of Navajo. Working with John Harrington ofthe Smithsonian Institute in the late 1930s, he and Morgan crafted theNavajo alphabet in use today. He edited and typeset extensivematerials written in Navajo, and championed quality Navajo bilingualeducation for seventy years. He also wrote and edited many otherbooks, articles and compendiums on Navajo history, government, andpolitics, and on Navajo grammar. Working for the Bureau of IndianAffairs, Dr. Young collaborated extensively with the Navajo TribalCouncil, the Navajo court system, and professional interpreters'groups. As an Area Tribal Operations Officer for the BIA from1962-1971, he was also responsible for liaison with 24 Pueblo andother tribal groups. He was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps duringWorld Was II, where he earned special merit as an Indian Interpreter,and where his fluency in Navajo was utilized in the testing andselection of Navajos trained as Code Talkers. Dr. Young was an adjunctProfessor of Linguistics at UNM, beginning in 1971, where he taughtclasses in the Navajo language and co-directed the Navajo ReadingStudy. In 1980 The Navajo Language: A Grammar and ColloquialDictionary was published and from 1980-1991 he compiled the AnalyticalLexicon of Navajo, published in1991. In 2000 his The Navajo VerbSystem - - An Overview was published. Dr. Young received theDistinguished Service Award from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior in1969, an award for Excellence in the Humanities from the NM Endowmentfor the Humanities in 1994, and in 2006 the Kenneth L. Hale Award fromthe Linguistic Society of America for his outstanding linguisticscholarship in documenting the NavajoLanguage. He was a member ofseveral national linguistic and anthropological groups and was also amember of the Elks Club. Cremation has taken place and no formalfuneral services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requeststhat memorial contributions be made to the Robert W. Young ScholarshipFund at UNM, C/O UNM foundation, MSC07-4260, 1UNM, Albuquerque, NM87131. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333
Biography/History

Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago, IL.Following graduation from the University of Illinois, in 1935, heenrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. There hebecame interested in the Navajo language and he was invited tocollaborate with John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution inthe translation of a series of primers for the Bureau of IndianAffairs. In 1939-40, he accompanied Harrington to Canada forcomparative fieldwork with four Athabaskan languages.

Subsequently, during the period 1940-1971, he was employed by theBureau of Indian Affairs, first as a Specialist in Indian Languages,and after 1950, in Navajo Tribal Relations. In 1971, he joined thestaff of the Modern Languages Department at the University of NewMexico where he taught classes in Navajo Linguistics and collaboratedwith Professor Bernard Spolsky in research conducted by the NavajoReading Study. It was during this period that a grant was receivedfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities to permit Young,jointly with his longtime Navajo colleague, William Morgan Sr., toembark on a major project designed for the compilation of an extensivebilingual Navajo-English/English-Navajo dictionary and grammar. It waspublished in 1980 under the title, The Navajo Language: A Grammar andColloquial Dictionary . This work was published again in 1987 inrevised form, and this was followed in 1992 by An Analytical Lexiconof Navajo, compiled with the assistance ofSally Midgette. Both workswere published by the University of New Mexico Press.

In 1968, Young wrote a history of the Navajo for publication in acommemorative edition of The Gallup Independent celebrating thecentennial of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 between the United StatesGovernment and the Navajo Tribe. During the 1950's,he compiled adetailed historical-statistical study entitled The Navajo Yearbook,which was published in annual editions and widely distributed toState, Federal, and Tribal officials. In 1989, Young wrote A PoliticalHistory of the Navajo Tribe, published by Navajo Community College(now Diné College). Finally, in 2000, the University of New MexicoPress published his treatise on the Navajo verb, under the title, TheNavajo Verb System .

In 1969, Young received an honorary doctorate from the University ofNew Mexico. He received the Department of the Interior's SuperiorService Award in 1972. In 1994, he received the New Mexico Endowmentfor the Humanities award for Excellence in the Humanities, and in1996, he and his colleague, William Morgan were honored by the NavajoTribe in a special session of the Navajo Nation Government.

Robert Wendell Young, 94, a resident of Albuquerque since 1966, diedTuesday, February 20, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 67 years,Olga Maloni Young, and daughter, Linda Sue Young, both of Albuquerque.He had resided in the Southwest since 1935, mainly on the NavajoNation. He was a renowned linguist whose work focused primarily on theNavajo Language. A graduate of the University of Illinois (1935), hereceived an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of NewMexico in 1969. He is best known for his unabridged and scholarlyNavajo-English dictionaries, done in collaboration with Dr. WilliamMorgan, a native speaker of Navajo. Working with John Harrington ofthe Smithsonian Institute in the late 1930s, he and Morgan crafted theNavajo alphabet in use today. He edited and typeset extensivematerials written in Navajo, and championed quality Navajo bilingualeducation for seventy years. He also wrote and edited many otherbooks, articles and compendiums on Navajo history, government, andpolitics, and on Navajo grammar. Working for the Bureau of IndianAffairs, Dr. Young collaborated extensively with the Navajo TribalCouncil, the Navajo court system, and professional interpreters'groups. As an Area Tribal Operations Officer for the BIA from1962-1971, he was also responsible for liaison with 24 Pueblo andother tribal groups. He was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps duringWorld Was II, where he earned special merit as an Indian Interpreter,and where his fluency in Navajo was utilized in the testing andselection of Navajos trained as Code Talkers. Dr. Young was an adjunctProfessor of Linguistics at UNM, beginning in 1971, where he taughtclasses in the Navajo language and co-directed the Navajo ReadingStudy. In 1980 The Navajo Language: A Grammar and ColloquialDictionary was published and from 1980-1991 he compiled the AnalyticalLexicon of Navajo, published in 1991. In 2000 his The Navajo VerbSystem - - An Overview was published. Dr. Young received theDistinguished Service Award from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior in1969, an award for Excellence in the Humanities from the NM Endowmentfor the Humanities in 1994, and in 2006 the Kenneth L. Hale Award fromthe Linguistic Society of America for his outstanding linguisticscholarship in documenting the Navajo Language. He was a member ofseveral national linguistic and anthropological groups and was also amember of the Elks Club. Cremation has taken place and no formalfuneral services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requeststhat memorial contributions be made to the Robert W. Young ScholarshipFund at UNM, C/O UNM foundation, MSC07-4260, 1UNM, Albuquerque, NM87131. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333 
Young, Robert Wendell (I292181395402)
 
187 Biography/History

Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago, IL.Following graduation from the University of Illinois, in 1935, heenrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. There hebecame interested in the Navajo language and he was invited tocollaborate with John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution inthe translation of a series of primers for the Bureau of IndianAffairs. In 1939-40, he accompanied Harrington to Canada forcomparative fieldwork with four Athabaskan languages.

Subsequently, during the period 1940-1971, he was employed by theBureau of Indian Affairs, first as a Specialist in Indian Languages,and after 1950, in Navajo Tribal Relations. In 1971, he joined thestaff of the Modern Languages Department at the University of NewMexico where he taught classes in Navajo Linguistics and collaboratedwith Professor Bernard Spolsky in research conducted by the NavajoReading Study. It was during this period that a grant was receivedfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities to permit Young,jointly with his longtime Navajo colleague, William Morgan Sr., toembark on a major project designed for the compilation of an extensivebilingual Navajo-English/English-Navajo dictionary and grammar. It waspublished in 1980 under the title, The Navajo Language: A Grammar andColloquial Dictionary . This work was published again in 1987 inrevised form, and this was followed in 1992 by An Analytical Lexiconof Navajo, compiled with the assistance ofSally Midgette. Both workswere published by the University of New Mexico Press.

In 1968, Young wrote a history of the Navajo for publication in acommemorative edition of The Gallup Independent celebrating thecentennial of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 between the United StatesGovernment and the Navajo Tribe. During the 1950's,he compiled adetailed historical-statistical study entitled The Navajo Yearbook,which was published in annual editions and widely distributedtoState, Federal, and Tribal officials. In 1989, Young wrote A PoliticalHistory of the Navajo Tribe, published by Navajo Community College(now Diné College). Finally, in 2000, the University of New MexicoPress published his treatise on the Navajo verb, under the title, TheNavajo Verb System .

In 1969, Young received an honorary doctorate from the University ofNew Mexico. He receivedthe Department of the Interior's SuperiorService Award in 1972. In 1994, he received the New Mexico Endowmentfor the Humanities award for Excellence in the Humanities, and in1996, he and his colleague, William Morgan were honored by the NavajoTribe in a special session of the Navajo Nation Government.

Robert Wendell Young, 94, a resident of Albuquerque since 1966, diedTuesday, February20, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 67 years,Olga Maloni Young, and daughter, Linda Sue Young, both of Albuquerque.He had resided in the Southwest since 1935, mainly on the NavajoNation. He was arenowned linguist whose work focused primarily on theNavajo Language. A graduate of the University of Illinois (1935), hereceived an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of NewMexico in1969. He is best known for his unabridged and scholarlyNavajo-English dictionaries, done in collaboration with Dr. WilliamMorgan, a native speaker of Navajo. Working with John Harrington ofthe Smithsonian Institute in the late 1930s, he and Morgan crafted theNavajo alphabet in use today. He edited and typeset extensivematerials written in Navajo, and championed quality Navajo bilingualeducation for seventy years. He also wrote and edited many otherbooks, articles and compendiums on Navajo history, government, andpolitics, and on Navajo grammar. Working for the Bureau of IndianAffairs, Dr. Young collaborated extensively with the Navajo TribalCouncil, the Navajo court system, and professional interpreters'groups. As an Area Tribal Operations Officer for the BIA from1962-1971, he was also responsible for liaison with 24 Pueblo andother tribal groups. He was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps duringWorld Was II, where he earned special merit as an Indian Interpreter,and where his fluency in Navajo was utilized in the testing andselection of Navajos trained as Code Talkers. Dr. Young was an adjunctProfessor of Linguistics at UNM, beginning in 1971, where he taughtclasses in the Navajo language and co-directed the Navajo ReadingStudy. In 1980 The Navajo Language: A Grammar and ColloquialDictionary was published and from 1980-1991 he compiled the AnalyticalLexicon of Navajo, published in1991. In 2000 his The Navajo VerbSystem - - An Overview was published. Dr. Young received theDistinguished Service Award from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior in1969, an award for Excellence in the Humanities from the NM Endowmentfor the Humanities in 1994, and in 2006 the Kenneth L. Hale Award fromthe Linguistic Society of America for his outstanding linguisticscholarship in documenting the NavajoLanguage. He was a member ofseveral national linguistic and anthropological groups and was also amember of the Elks Club. Cremation has taken place and no formalfuneral services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requeststhat memorial contributions be made to the Robert W. Young ScholarshipFund at UNM, C/O UNM foundation, MSC07-4260, 1UNM, Albuquerque, NM87131. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333 

Young, Robert Wendell (I854)
 
188 Biography/History

Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago, IL.Following graduation from the University of Illinois, in 1935, heenrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. There hebecame interested in the Navajo language and he was invited tocollaborate with John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution inthe translation of a series of primers for the Bureau of IndianAffairs. In 1939-40, he accompanied Harrington to Canada forcomparative fieldwork with four Athabaskan languages.

Subsequently, during the period 1940-1971, he was employed by theBureau of Indian Affairs, first as a Specialist in Indian Languages,and after 1950, in Navajo Tribal Relations. In 1971, he joined thestaff of the Modern Languages Department at the University of NewMexico where he taught classes in Navajo Linguistics and collaboratedwith Professor Bernard Spolsky in research conducted by the NavajoReading Study. It was during this period that a grant was receivedfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities to permit Young,jointly with his longtime Navajo colleague, William Morgan Sr., toembark on a major project designed for the compilation of an extensivebilingual Navajo-English/English-Navajo dictionary and grammar. It waspublished in 1980 under the title, The Navajo Language: A Grammar andColloquial Dictionary . This work was published again in 1987 inrevised form, and this was followed in 1992 by An Analytical Lexiconof Navajo, compiled with the assistance ofSally Midgette. Both workswere published by the University of New Mexico Press.

In 1968, Young wrote a history of the Navajo for publication in acommemorative edition of The Gallup Independent celebrating thecentennial of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 between the United StatesGovernment and the Navajo Tribe. During the 1950's,he compiled adetailed historical-statistical study entitled The Navajo Yearbook,which was published in annual editions and widely distributed toState, Federal, and Tribal officials. In 1989, Young wrote A PoliticalHistory of the Navajo Tribe, published by Navajo Community College(now Diné College). Finally, in 2000, the University of New MexicoPress published his treatise on the Navajo verb, under the title, TheNavajo Verb System .

In 1969, Young received an honorary doctorate from the University ofNew Mexico. He received the Department of the Interior's SuperiorService Award in 1972. In 1994, he received the New Mexico Endowmentfor the Humanities award for Excellence in the Humanities, and in1996, he and his colleague, William Morgan were honored by the NavajoTribe in a special session of the Navajo Nation Government.

Robert Wendell Young, 94, a resident of Albuquerque since 1966, diedTuesday, February 20, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 67 years,Olga Maloni Young, and daughter, Linda Sue Young, both of Albuquerque.He had resided in the Southwest since 1935, mainly on the NavajoNation. He was a renowned linguist whose work focused primarily on theNavajo Language. A graduate of the University of Illinois (1935), hereceived an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of NewMexico in 1969. He is best known for his unabridged and scholarlyNavajo-English dictionaries, done in collaboration with Dr. WilliamMorgan, a native speaker of Navajo. Working with John Harrington ofthe Smithsonian Institute in the late 1930s, he and Morgan crafted theNavajo alphabet in use today. He edited and typeset extensivematerials written in Navajo, and championed quality Navajo bilingualeducation for seventy years. He also wrote and edited many otherbooks, articles and compendiums on Navajo history, government, andpolitics, and on Navajo grammar. Working for the Bureau of IndianAffairs, Dr. Young collaborated extensively with the Navajo TribalCouncil, the Navajo court system, and professional interpreters'groups. As an Area Tribal Operations Officer for the BIA from1962-1971, he was also responsible for liaison with 24 Pueblo andother tribal groups. He was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps duringWorld Was II, where he earned special merit as an Indian Interpreter,and where his fluency in Navajo was utilized in the testing andselection of Navajos trained as Code Talkers. Dr. Young was an adjunctProfessor of Linguistics at UNM, beginning in 1971, where he taughtclasses in the Navajo language and co-directed the Navajo ReadingStudy. In 1980 The Navajo Language: A Grammar and ColloquialDictionary was published and from 1980-1991 he compiled the AnalyticalLexicon of Navajo, published in 1991. In 2000 his The Navajo VerbSystem - - An Overview was published. Dr. Young received theDistinguished Service Award from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior in1969, an award for Excellence in the Humanities from the NM Endowmentfor the Humanities in 1994, and in 2006 the Kenneth L. Hale Award fromthe Linguistic Society of America for his outstanding linguisticscholarship in documenting the Navajo Language. He was a member ofseveral national linguistic and anthropological groups and was also amember of the Elks Club. Cremation has taken place and no formalfuneral services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requeststhat memorial contributions be made to the Robert W. Young ScholarshipFund at UNM, C/O UNM foundation, MSC07-4260, 1UNM, Albuquerque, NM87131. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333 

Young, Robert Wendell (I854)
 
189 Birth information may be included for those residents born primarily between 1900 and 1990. The original sources are not available. Source (S413)
 
190 Birth: May 26, 1927
Cambridge
Henry County
Illinois, USA
Death: Dec. 8, 2008
Kingfisher
Kingfisher County
Oklahoma, USA

Dorothy Jean Glass Mahaffey, 81, of Kingfisher, OK, formerly of Cambridge and Geneseo passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, OK. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, December 12th at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, 225 East Park St. Geneseo. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Rev. John Davis will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.
Dorothy Jean Glass was born May 26, 1927 in Cambridge, IL, the daughter of William and Belle Young Glass, Jr. She attended school in Cambridge and married Ronald Howard Mahaffey Sr. on May 26, 1944 in Cambridge. She retired in 1973 from Bishop's Cafeteria in Davenport, IA. Dorothy moved to San Diego, CA where she worked at numerous jobs and then retired from the Canteen at the VA Hospital in La Jolla, CA in 1996. Because of ill health, she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in El Reno, OK. As her health worsened, Dorothy went to live at Cimarron Nursing Center. She loved traveling to visit family and her family always received compliments on her being such a sweet lady. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Lanny Pierce, El Reno, OK; a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Elizabeth Mahaffey, Jr., Dumfries, VA; four granddaughters; one grandson; four great-granddaughters; nine great-grandsons; numerous nieces and nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Mrs. Phyllis Petitt, Mrs. Hazel Parker, and Mrs. Pearl Bell; and one brother, Howard Glass. 
Glass, Dorothy (I0761)
 
191 Birth: May 26, 1927 <p>Cambridge</p> <p>Henry County</p> <p>Illinois, USA</p> <p>Death: Dec. 8, 2008</p> <p>Kingfisher</p> <p>Kingfisher County</p> <p>Oklahoma, USA</p> <p></p> <p>Dorothy Jean Glass Mahaffey, 81, of Kingfisher, OK, formerly of Cambridge and Geneseo passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, OK. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday,December 12th at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, 225 East Park St. Geneseo. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Rev. John Davis will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association. <p>Dorothy Jean Glass was born May 26, 1927 in Cambridge, IL, the daughter of William and Belle Young Glass, Jr. She attended school in Cambridge and married Ronald Howard Mahaffey Sr. on May 26, 1944 in Cambridge. She retired in 1973 from Bishop's Cafeteria in Davenport, IA. Dorothy moved to San Diego, CA where she worked at numerous jobs and then retired from the Canteen at the VA Hospital in La Jolla, CA in 1996. Because of ill health, she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in El Reno, OK. As her health worsened, Dorothy went to live at Cimarron Nursing Center. She loved traveling to visit family and her family always received compliments on her being such a sweet lady. She was a beloved mother, grandmother,and great-grandmother. <p>Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Lanny Pierce, El Reno, OK; a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Elizabeth Mahaffey, Jr., Dumfries, VA; four granddaughters; one grandson; four great-granddaughters; nine great-grandsons; numerous nieces and nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Mrs. Phyllis Petitt, Mrs. Hazel Parker, and Mrs. Pearl Bell; and one brother, Howard Glass.
Birth: May 26, 1927
Cambridge
Henry County
Illinois, USA
Death: Dec. 8, 2008
Kingfisher
Kingfisher County
Oklahoma, USA

Dorothy Jean Glass Mahaffey, 81, of Kingfisher, OK, formerly of Cambridge and Geneseo passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, OK. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, December 12th at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, 225 East Park St. Geneseo. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Rev. John Davis will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.
Dorothy Jean Glass was born May 26, 1927 in Cambridge, IL, the daughter of William and Belle Young Glass, Jr. She attended school in Cambridge and married Ronald Howard Mahaffey Sr. on May 26, 1944 in Cambridge. She retired in 1973 from Bishop's Cafeteria in Davenport, IA. Dorothy moved to San Diego, CA where she worked at numerous jobs and then retired from the Canteen at the VA Hospital in La Jolla, CA in 1996. Because of ill health, she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in El Reno, OK. As her health worsened, Dorothy went to live at Cimarron Nursing Center. She loved traveling to visit family and her family always received compliments on her being such a sweet lady. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Lanny Pierce, El Reno, OK; a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Elizabeth Mahaffey, Jr., Dumfries, VA; four granddaughters; one grandson; four great-granddaughters; nine great-grandsons; numerous nieces and nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Mrs. Phyllis Petitt, Mrs. Hazel Parker, and Mrs. Pearl Bell; and one brother, Howard Glass. 
Glass, Dorothy Jean (I292181394828)
 
192 Birth: May 26, 1927

Cambridge

Henry County

Illinois, USA

Death: Dec. 8, 2008

Kingfisher

Kingfisher County

Oklahoma, USA

Dorothy Jean Glass Mahaffey, 81, of Kingfisher, OK, formerly of Cambridge and Geneseo passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, OK. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday,December 12th at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, 225 East Park St. Geneseo. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Rev. John Davis will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.

Dorothy Jean Glass was born May 26, 1927 in Cambridge, IL, the daughter of William and Belle Young Glass, Jr. She attended school in Cambridge and married Ronald Howard Mahaffey Sr. on May 26, 1944 in Cambridge. She retired in 1973 from Bishop's Cafeteria in Davenport, IA. Dorothy moved to San Diego, CA where she worked at numerous jobs and then retired from the Canteen at the VA Hospital in La Jolla, CA in 1996. Because of ill health, she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in El Reno, OK. As her health worsened, Dorothy went to live at Cimarron Nursing Center. She loved traveling to visit family and her family always received compliments on her being such a sweet lady. She was a beloved mother, grandmother,and great-grandmother.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Lanny Pierce, El Reno, OK; a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Elizabeth Mahaffey, Jr., Dumfries, VA; four granddaughters; one grandson; four great-granddaughters; nine great-grandsons; numerous nieces and nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Mrs. Phyllis Petitt, Mrs. Hazel Parker, and Mrs. Pearl Bell; and one brother, Howard Glass. 

Glass, Dorothy Jean (I269)
 
193 Birth: May 26, 1927

Cambridge

Henry County

Illinois, USA

Death: Dec. 8, 2008

Kingfisher

Kingfisher County

Oklahoma, USA

Dorothy Jean Glass Mahaffey, 81, of Kingfisher, OK, formerly of Cambridge and Geneseo passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, OK. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, December 12th at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, 225 East Park St. Geneseo. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Rev. John Davis will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.

Dorothy Jean Glass was born May 26, 1927 in Cambridge, IL, the daughter of William and Belle Young Glass, Jr. She attended school in Cambridge and married Ronald Howard Mahaffey Sr. on May 26, 1944 in Cambridge. She retired in 1973 from Bishop's Cafeteria in Davenport, IA. Dorothy moved to San Diego, CA where she worked at numerous jobs and then retired from the Canteen at the VA Hospital in La Jolla, CA in 1996. Because of ill health, she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in El Reno, OK. As her health worsened, Dorothy went to live at Cimarron Nursing Center. She loved traveling to visit family and her family always received compliments on her being such a sweet lady. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Lanny Pierce, El Reno, OK; a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Elizabeth Mahaffey, Jr., Dumfries, VA; four granddaughters; one grandson; four great-granddaughters; nine great-grandsons; numerous nieces and nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Mrs. Phyllis Petitt, Mrs. Hazel Parker, and Mrs. Pearl Bell; and one brother, Howard Glass. 

Glass, Dorothy Jean (I269)
 
194 birthplace from dau. Betsey's 1880 censusFull text of "The Coit family; or, The descendants of John Coit, who appears among the settlers of Salem, Mass., in 1638, at Gloucester in 1644, and at New London, Conn., in 1650" Young, Charles (I292181395380)
 
195 Brainerd Cemetery Sheppard, Charles (Charley) E (I1191)
 
196 Brian Lay, 76, of Yuma and formerly of Kewanee, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, following an extended illness.
He has donated his body to science and therefore there will be no services. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice. 
Lay, Brian Keith (I292181394992)
 
197 BROCKWAY, Phillip S. - Age 75, of Fenton, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Genesys Health Park. Phillip was born June 23, 1928 in Detroit the son of Phillip and Leah (Bain) Brockway. He married Catherine C. Frewen on February 23, 1963 in Fenton and she preceded him in death. Phillip was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by many nieces and nephews

Burial:
Great Lakes National Cemetery
Holly
Oakland County
Michigan, USA
Plot: SECTION 1 SITE 712 
Brockway, Phillp S. (I0311)
 
198 Buffalo Prairie Cemetery, Mercer Co., Illinois Holmes, Glenn Elvin (I2129)
 
199 Burial Plot is Section B Plot S grave 17 Lewis, Columbus Delno (I1386)
 
200 Burial:
Pleasant Plains Township Cemetery
Baldwin
Lake County
Michigan, USA 
Wallace, Ida (I2480)
 

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