Person:Littleton Younger (1)

Clay County, Missouri, 1840 census:^[8]

Younger, Littleton (agriculture = 2)

Males:

under 5 = 2

20-29 = 1

Females:

under 5 = 1

5-9 = 1

30-39 = 1

Clay County, Missouri, 1850 census:^[5]

Younger, L. W.[sic] 37 yrs Farmer (real estate = $2,000) b. Kentucky

      Eliza 39 yrs b. Kentucky

      Judy 16 yrs b. Missouri

      Joshua 14 yrs b. Missouri

      Sidney 12 yrs b. Missouri

      Charles 9 yrs b. Missouri

      Mildred 8 yrs b. Missouri

      Nero 7 yrs b. Missouri

      Amos 6 yrs b. Missouri

      Eliza 2 yrs b. Missouri

Linn County, Oregon, 1860 census:^[6]

Younger, Litleton 47 yrs Sportsman (real estate = $3,000; personal estate = $3,000) b. Kentucky

      Eliza 47 yrs b. Kentucky

      Mildred 19 yrs b. Missouri

      Nero 17 yrs b. Missouri

      Amos 15 yrs b. Missouri

      Eliza 11 yrs b. Missouri

      Sarah 9 yrs b. Missouri

Linn County, Oregon, 1870 census:^[7]

Younger, Littleton 58 yrs Farmer (real estate = $3,000; personal estate = $1,485) b. Kentucky

      Eliza 59 yrs Keeps house b. Kentucky

      Amos 25 yrs Farmer b. Missouri

      Sarah 16 yrs Keeps house b. Oregon

Umatilla County, Oregon, 1880 census:^[10]

Miner, Ellis 48 yrs Butcher b. Pennsylvania (parents, b. New Jersey/Pennsylvania)

[+ wife, 8 children, son/law, step-grandson, & one boarder]

Younger, Littleton [no relationship listed] 60 yrs (wid.) Dealer in Horses b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Genealogy.com.

   Littleton Purcell Younger a son of Charles Lee and Sarah Sullivan Purcell. Littleton traveled with his family to Oregon in 1853 and took a donation land claim near Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. After his wife, Elizabeth Sampson died, he lived for a time in eastern Oregon but was back in the Willamette Valley in Lafayette at the time of his death. He is buried in the Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery. Younger Family Genealogy Forum

2. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Find a Grave

3.   Albert Lea Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota)
   1881-1882.

   4 August 1881:
   
   THE YOUNGER BROTHERS
   
   Uncle of Desperadoes Calls Upon Gov. Pillsbury to Solicit Their Pardon or a Remission of Part of Their Sentence -- The Governor Frankly and Firmly Refuses the Request
   
   There appeared in Governor Pillsbury’s room yesterday afternoon, a tall, thin, elderly man whom, at a glance you would have classified as one of the southerners of the middle class under the old regime. He bears a hateful name to the ears of Minnesotians, but is himself, to all appearance inoffensive, open-hearted, and well meaning. His name is Littleton Younger and he is own brother to Henry W. Younger, father of the three men, Coleman, James, and Robert, now in Stillwater penitentiary and sentenced to stay there during the rest of their natural lives. Littleton, uncle to the prisoners, is a veritable pioneer, and formerly living in Jackson County, Missouri, the encroachments of civilization so disturbed him that he sought in far off Oregon the seclusion his soul coveted. Age advanced apace, however, there, as in the Mississippi valley, and desirous of seeing his relatives once more ore he died, he came lately to Missouri on a tour of kinship visitation.
   
   There his sympathies were re-established in behalf of his nephews, and obtaining letters from J.H. Woodson, C.D. Lucas, B.F. Van Horn, and other prominent Kansas City gentlemen, as to the high standing of the Younger family in Missouri before and during the war, he determined to come to Minnesota, and endeavor to procure a remission of his kinsmen’s sentence. He laid great stress upon the fact set forth in nearly all of the letters, that H.W. Younger, father of the prisoners, was killed during the war on account of his outspoken Unionism and that their father’s death, and the manner of it, had much to do with the subsequent crimes of the sons. First he visited the men in prison and yesterday, as stated, he had an audience with Governor Pillsbury.
   
   The governor read the letter through carefully, listened to what the old man had to say, and then told him with frankness, which was the best method under the circumstances, that he had nothing of encouragement to offer; that on no account would he, for one minute, consider the propriety of pardoning the prisoners or remitting any of the sentence imposed upon them. The governor became really eloquent as he talked and remembered the circumstances of the crime. "Your age and manifest feeling," said he, "move my pity, but when I think of poor Heywood the cashier, refusing with a heroism that has no parallel to forsake his trust, and when I remember how your nephews shot him down in the coldest blood, indignation takes the place of pity, and instead of feeling that they have been punished sufficiently, I am more and more inclined to feel that death would have been a juster and more righteous penalty." The old uncle freely acknowledged that he could blame no one for entertaining such feelings, and thanking the governor for the kindness extended to him, he sadly bade him adieu and left the building.
   
   * * *
   
   3 August 1882:
   
   ANOTHER YOUNGER PETITION
   
   Maj. Littleton P. Younger, of Oregon, with perseverance worthy of a better cause, has, in the continuance of his labors to secure the pardon of the notorious younger Brothers, pals to the James boys and participants in the Northfield Bank robbery -- now in prison at Stillwater -- secured the signatures of between 3,000 and 4,000 Missourians to a petition for their pardon. The petitioners are residents of Jackson, Platte, Clay, and adjoining counties in Missouri and their petition is addressed to "Our fellow citizens, the people and governor of Minnesota."
   
   The petition is for the pardon of the "boys" and says: "We have not a word to say in excuse of their crime; it can but have the unqualified condemnation of all good citizens. But we would respectfully suggest that the object of the punishment is not vengeance, but the reformation of the offenders and to better others. The purpose of Maj. Littleton Younger, if he can by lawful and proper means effect their release, is to take them with him to his home in Oregon, and there make of them good and peaceable citizens, which he gives us assurance he can and will do, and we believe him and honor him for the persevering effort he is making to this end."
   
   The efforts of Major Younger and his thousands of petitioners will prove utterly futile, as Gov. Hubbard, when questioned, said he had given the Major no encouragement and should not.
   
   * * *
   
   It should be noted that Littleton Purcell Younger came to Missouri and Minnesota on a mission of mercy. In the process, he found new love. His first wife, Elizabeth Sampson, died some time before 1880. During Littleton's sojourn seeking the pardon and release of his nephews, he met and married Florence M. Thompson.

4.   True West Magazine
   "Trails Grown Dim", Apr 1869.

   Query about Vaughan's Wagon Train:
   
   I have been trying to get information on a wagon train coming to Oregon in 1847 from St. Joseph, Missouri. William Tyler Vaughan was my husband's great-grandfather and was the wagonmaster of this wagon train. With Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Vaughan came their nine children: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Floyd Gouvenor, Nancy, George Washington, John Quincy, William Tyler, Lafayette, and Amanda N. Vaughan. There were three more children born after they arrived in Oregon -- Sarah E. and Alcebadice being two of them. Alcebadice was my husband's grandfather and lived at Coburg and Walterville, Oregon, until his death in 1931. Some of the other families in this wagon train were the Dishers; Robert and Elizabeth Allen and two daughters, Rosemary and Pamelia, who was married to Michael Crane; and an uncle of Mrs. Allen, Dan Morrow. Also Cyrus and Henrietta Ransom, the Babcocks with a parcel of small children, the Macys, the Spoors, the Stephenses, and the Morgums, with their families, a young man by the name of Billy Lynch, a man known as Littleton Younger, and many more whose names I do not have.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Clay, Missouri, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 312A, dwelling/family 158/158.
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Linn, Oregon, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 336, dwelling/family 511/466.
7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Linn, Oregon, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 503B, dwelling/family 10/10.
8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 Clay, Missouri, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 6.
9. ↑ United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.

   Younger, Littleton
   
   7 Sep 1838: 40 A., Clay County, S8 T50N R32W.
   
   7 Sep 1838: 24.78 A., Clay & Jackson Counties, S22 T50N R33W.

10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Umatilla, Oregon, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 113, p. 79D, dwelling/family 183/215.