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189 Younkin- Younken- Youngkin- Youngken- Yonkin Soldiers of the Civil War

Beginning with the exhaustive work of the late Donna (Younkin) Logan, added to more recent efforts by the founder of this website, a comprehensive effort is underway to identify and publish the stories of each and every Younkin-Younken-Youngkin soldier and spouse who served in the Civil War.

Legend:

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Lost his life in the service from wound or disease (13 known)

Wounded (21 known)

Prisoner of war (8 known)

Soldier
Younkin Connection
Regiment(s)
Andrews, Albert

21st Pennsylvania Infantry
Andrews, Marcellus**
1st West Virginia Cavalry
Bahl, Perry William
Husband of Clara Byal - family of Col. Abraham P. and Sarah Annette (Younkin) Byal
16th Ohio Infantry 
Barnett, Jesse Lazear**
7th West Virginia Infantry
Bellinger, George N.**
Married Ann Alide "Lida" Dysslin - family of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sweitzer) Haupt
8th New York Heavy Artillery 
Beltz, Samuel G.
Married Louisa May
88th Pennsylvania Infantry
Birch, Samuel A.

16th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Boling, Sanford M.
Married Hester Anne Younkin - family of Henry Younkin
122nd Ohio Infantry
Bouscher, Henry* Son of John W. and Phoebe (Younkin) Bouscher/Boucher 81st Illinois Infantry
Bouscher, Isaiah* Son of John W. and Phoebe (Younkin) Bouscher/Boucher 81st Illinois Infantry
Brooks, George W.
Married Clara (Christner) Kooser - family of Catherine (Younkin) Christner
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Carruthers, Henry W.*
Son of George W. and Jemima (Evans) Carruthers - family of Septimus and Catherine (Haupt) Evans
9th Pennsylvania Infantry and 97th Pennsylvania Infantry  
Chapman, Frederic Lord  
Married Ella Catherine Haupt - family of John "Jacob" and Anna Margaretta (Wiall Snyder) Haupt
12th Unattended Company, Massachusetts Infantry 
Cremer, Richard

Married Rebecca J. Cremer - family of John C. Younkin
3rd Iowa Cavalry
Cremer, Theodore

Son of David P. and Elizabeth (Younkin) Cremer - family of John C. Younkin
1st Iowa Cavalry
Cunningham, George

Married Sarah King - family of Barbara (Younkin) King
5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Dean, William
37th Pennsylvania Infantry
Dorsey, Cornelius
Married Mary Younken
4th West Virginia Cavalry
Dumbauld, Frederick

142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Elder, Dr. James G. Married Susan King - family of Michael and Anna (McMillen) Weimer Jr 54th Pennsylvania Infantry
Enos, John

Married Martha “Jane” Phillippi - family of Mary Ann (Younkin) Phillippi
88th Pennsylvania Infantry
Enos, Perry
188th Pennsylvania Infantry
Esch, Edward Son of Sarah (Younkin) Esch 211th Pennsylvania Infantry
Esch, Rev. John Son of Sarah (Younkin) Esch 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Esch, Joseph Son of Sarah (Younkin) Esch  6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Esch, Levi  Son of Sarah (Younkin) Esch  67th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Finnegan, John

18th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Son of Hannah (Ansell) Miner & stepson of John Minerd
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of George and Catherine (Younkin) Firestone
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Fister, Daniel Married Elizabeth Youngkin - family of Charles Youngkin 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Fitzgibbon, John Married Susanna Youngkin - family of David and Susanna "Copp) Youngkin 17th Maine Volunteers
Forquer, LeRoy

Married Sabina Dull Rush - family of Sarah (Dull) Rush
4th West Virginia Cavalry
Gorsuch, Richard Mason
1st Potomac Home Brigade
Hall, John K.
107th Pennsylvania Infantry
Harmon, John  Married Catherine "Kate" Younkin  135th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Hartzell, Elias
1st West Virginia Infantry
Son of George and Mary (Younkin) Hartzell
17th West Virginia Infantry
Hartzell, John***

12th West Virginia Infantry
Son of George and Mary (Younkin) Hartzell
1st West Virginia Infantry
Haupt, Gen. Herman - "Lincoln's Railroad Man"
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Infantry -- Colonel and Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers 
Haupt, William L.*

Son of Abraham and Rachel (Long) Haupt - family of John and Anna "Elizabeth" (Younken) Haupt)
115th Pennsylvania Infantry
Herlinger, Francis "Frank" Son of Frederick and Anna Mariah (Younkin) Herlinger 135th Pennsylvania Infantry and 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Herwick, Thomas Gordon
Married Ella Nevada “Ellen” Kooser - family of Catherine (Younkin) Christner
110th Pennsylvania Infantry
Howe, Zimri

Married Emily Ogle Younkin - family of Dr. Jonas Younkin
2nd Iowa Infantry
Husband, Elijah
Illinois Marine Regiment
Imel, James Frederick
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Imel, Samuel H.
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Imel, William F.*
8th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry
Johnson, Samuel
[?]
Kantner, Joseph H. Married Anna M. Younkin 149th Pennsylvania Infantry
Kellerman, James Lewis**
Married Mary Ann May
138th Pennsylvania Infantry
Kimball, Dr. Abner Daniel
Married Henrietta Sebastina Haupt - family of Abraham and Catherine Von (Billiard) Haupt
99th Indiana Infantry and 48th Indiana Infantry     
King, John P.
Married Amanda Whipkey - family of Joseph H. and Sarah (Younkin) Whipkey
[?]
Knable, Samuel

Married Catherine A. “Katie” Pyle - family of Charles Younkin
51st Indiana Infantry
Married Mary Smith - daughter of Eli and Mary "Polly" (Younkin) Smith
54th Pennsylvania Infantry
Kreger, Jacob**
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Landers, Col. Andrew Pike

Married Alice B. Haupt - family of John Henry "Sebastian" and Matilda (Brewster) Houpt
32nd Texas Cavalry 
Lindley, Cyrus***
140th Pennsylvania Infantry
Linville, James Allen

Married Lana Ann Youngken - family of Jonas and Elizabeth M. (Plummer) Youngken
123nd Indiana Infantry 
Liston, Henson Smith

6th West Virginia Cavalry and 3rd West Virginia Infantry
Lybarger, Jacob
63rd Illinois Infantry and 27th Illinois Infantry
Martin, Jacob Tucker**
Married Abigail Sarah Pringey - family of Margaret "Peggy" (Younkin) Pringey
7th West Virginia Infantry
Martin, James K.
3rd Potomac Home Brigade
Son of Leonard and Maria "Catherine" (Younkin) May
82nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Leonard and Maria "Catherine" (Younkin) May
138th Pennsylvania Infantry and 20th Veterans Reserve Corps
Son of Leonard and Maria "Catherine" (Younkin) May
67th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Leonard and Maria "Catherine" (Younkin) May
138th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Leonard and Maria "Catherine" (Younkin) May
138th Pennsylvania Infantry and 2nd Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland
McDowell, Maj. Alexander Keith Marshall
Married Nancy "Anna" Haupt - family of John Henry "Sebastian" and Matilda (Brewster) Haupt
43rd Alabama Infantry 
McDowell, Dr. Hervey
Married Louise Irvine McDowell - family of John Henry "Sebastian" and Matilda (Brewster) Haupt
2nd Kentucky Infantry (Hanson's) 
Son of Henry and Mary “Polly” (Younkin) Minerd
1st West Virginia Cavalry
Son of Henry and Mary “Polly” (Younkin) Minerd
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Married Candace Rush
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of John and Sarah (Ansell) Minerd
171st Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of John and Sarah (Ansell) Minerd
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Burket and Susan (Hartzell) Minard
33rd Virginia Infantry (Confederate) and 48th New York Infantry (Union)
Myers, Daniel Henry
15th Kansas State Militia
Myers, John Henry
54th Pennsylvania Infantry
Nesmith, Jordan M.
37th Pennsylvania Infantry
Nicklow, Freeman Married Ellen "Nellie" Firestone 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Overdorff, Michael A. Married Maria A. Esch 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Parish, James Harvey
Married Sarah Elizabeth Gross - family of Samuel and Rachel (Deitz) Younkin 
72nd Indiana Infantry
Parvin, Uriah H.
22nd Ohio Infantry and 114th Ohio Infantry
Paxton, Sgt. Charles***

Son of Bright Rupert and Emeline (Barton) Paxton - family of Abraham and Mary Magdalena (Haupt) Kreider
34th Pennsylvania Infantry and 5th Pennsylvania Reserve 
Paxton, Capt. Henry Bright "Harry"

Son of Bright Rupert and Emeline (Barton) Paxton - family of Abraham and Mary Magdalena (Haupt) Kreider
34th Pennsylvania Infantry and 5th Pennsylvania Reserve 
Paxton, John Barton
Son of Bright Rupert and Emeline (Barton) Paxton - family of Abraham and Mary Magdalena (Haupt) Kreider
34th Pennsylvania Infantry and 5th Pennsylvania Reserve 
Phillippi, Herman

171st Pennsylvania Infantry
Phillippi, Jacob
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Porterfield, Robert Shannon
82nd Ohio Infantry
Powell, Lewis

Married Christina Howenstein - family of Lucinda (Dull) Hauenstine
78th Ohio Infantry
Pringey, Frederick*
3rd Potomac Home Brigade Infantry
Pringey, Herman

3rd West Virginia Infantry
Pringey, John E.
14th West Virginia Cavalry
Randall, Seneca R.

Married Carrie Myers - family of Rachel (Younkin) Myers
100th Illinois Infantry
Rose, Andrew Jackson**
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Rose, Charles
171st Pennsylvania Infantry
Ross, Joseph R.
Married Minerva Hartzell - family of Jonas Hartzell
17th West Virginia Infantry
Rowan, Samuel K.
6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Rush, Alexander
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Rush, Jacob J.
Married Sarah Dull
1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry
Rush, John K.
168th Pennsylvania Infantry
Sanner, Alexander**
62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Aaron Schrock and stepson of Mary "Polly" (Younkin) Schrock
133rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Aaron Schrock and stepson of Mary "Polly" (Younkin) Schrock
133rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Aaron Schrock and stepson of Mary "Polly" (Younkin) Schrock
Ramsey's Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry and 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Senior, Henry George
Married Mary H. Clayton - Family of Benjamin Cook and Christiana (Yonkin) Clayton
144th Illinois Infantry 
Shoemaker, Edward
Son of John and Catherine (Younkin) Shoemaker - family of John C. Younkin
22nd Iowa Infantry
Shoemaker, Oscar**
Son of John and Catherine (Younkin) Shoemaker - family of John C. Younkin
22nd Iowa Infantry
Showman, Alexander**
54th Pennsylvania Infantry
Showman, Harrison
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Sims, Thomas
Married Elizabeth Tener - family of Samuel Younkin
24th Iowa Infantry
Spangler, Franklin D.
Married Caroline "Carrie" Schrock - family of Daniel and Mahala (Younkin) Schrock
54th Pennsylvania Infantry
Stroh, William
Married Jeanette Holden - family of David and Mary Ann (Yonkin) Holden
2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Swarner, Henry
1st Battery, Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Sweitzer, Jesse
29th Pennsylvania Infantry
Tansey, William Parker
Married Margaret Younkin - family of Rudolph "Ralph" Younkin
24th Iowa Infantry, Company D
Tipton, Noah
61st Pennsylvania Infantry
Tressler, Samuel

Married Catherine “Katy” Younkin - family of George Washington "Wash" Younkin
99th Pennsylvania Infantry
Trimpey, John S.
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Van Pelt, Charles Abraham
175th Ohio Infantry and 189th Ohio Infantry 
Warrick, John Married Sarah A. Youngkin - family of Charles Youngkin 205th Pennsylvania Infantry
Watson, Calvin G.

Married Martha “Ellen” Youngkin - family of John Harrison Youngkin
48th Illinois Infantry
Weller, William Henry      
Married Erin Haupt - family of John Henry "Sebastian" and Matilda (Brewer) Houpt 
Capt. Landis' Co., Missouri Light Artillery and Capt. Lowe's Co., Missouri Artillery (Jackson Battery) 
Whipkey, Martin***
81st Illinois Infantry
Wigle, William Henry Harrison
Married Mary Catherine Younkin - family of Isaac Younkin
89th Indiana Infantry
Wiltrout, Adam A. Son of James and Ellen "Nellie" (Younkin) Wiltrout 14th Wilsconsin Infantry
Wiltrout, Samuel Denton Son of James and Ellen "Nellie" (Younkin) Wiltrout 11th Wisconsin Infantry
Wright, Lyman Married Samantha Jane Weimer - family of Michael and Anna (McMillen) Weimer Jr. 1st Iowa Infantry, 35th Iowa Infantry, 15th Veteran Reserve Corps
Son of Dr. Jonas and Martha (Pringey) Younkin
5th Iowa Cavalry
Younkin, Aaron
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Son of Dr. Jonas and Martha (Pringey) Younkin
124th Illinois Infantry
Son of Henry F. and Mary (King) Younkin
11th Kansas Cavalry
Son of Jacob J. and Dorcas (Hartzell) Younkin
171st Pennsylvania Infantry
Younkin, Benjamin Franklin
72nd Indiana Infantry 
Younkin, Charles
Son of Phsan (sp?) and Anna (Schweitzer) Younkin
U.S. Navy, Arkansas and Housatonic
Younkin, Charles
[?]
6th U.S. Cavalry
Younkin, Charles F.
[?]
21st Kansas Infantry
Younkin, Christopher**
20th Indiana Infantry
Son of Charles L. and Nancy (Henry) Younken
1st West Virginia Cavalry
Younkin, Elijah B.
[?] - Married Caroline Lambert
207th Pennsylvania Infantry
Younkin, Foster H.
1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry
Youngkin, Frank
[?]
[?]
Son of Charles and Jane (Johnson) Younkin
6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Son of Jacob and Sarah “Salome” (Weimer) Younkin Jr.
52nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of George and Nancy (Johnson) Younkin
97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Henry F. and Mary (King) Younkin
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Younkin, Henry W.
126th Ohio Infantry
Youngkin, Isaac
May have married Anna E. Stuber
12th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Younkins, Jacob
[?] - presumed son of Jacob and Elizabeth Younkins
78th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of John M. and Laura (Minerd) Younkin
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Charles L. and Nancy (Henry) Younken
140th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Henry F. and Mary (King) Younkin
Kansas State Militia
Youngkin, Jerome Wilson
21st Ohio Infantry
Youngkin, Joel R.
Capt. Evans Company, Illinois Cavalry
Youngkin, John Cyrus Killian
115th Illinois Infantry 
Younkin, John F.
13th Indiana Cavalry
Younkin, John F. (1)
[?]
[?]
Younkin, John F. (2)
[?]
[?]
Younkin, John Franklin
24th Iowa Infantry, Company D
Son of Yankee John and Nancy (Hartzell) Younkin
29th Pennsylvania Infantry
Younkin, John H.
[?]
[?]
Younkin, John W.
[?]
[?]
Son of Jacob “of John” and Eleanor (Chambers) Younkin
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
Youngkin, John
Connected with Hannah Ritter (?)
[?]
Younkin, John Deitz
135th Indiana Infantry
Younkin, John F.
13th Indiana Cavalry 
Younkin, John (a.k.a. Jonkins)
Connected with Helena "Lena" Fuchs (?)
[?]
Younkins, Lewis*
Son of William & Mary (Spiker) Younkins
4th West Virginia Infantry
Younkin, Michael**
20th Indiana Infantry
Younkins, Michael
Married Elcy Bowser
78th Pennsylvania Infantry
Son of Henry F. and Mary (King) Younkin
11th Kansas Cavalry
Younkin, Norman D.*
16th Iowa Infantry
Son of Aaron and Mary “Polly” (George) Younkin
153rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Younkin, Ross F.
30th Indiana Infantry
Younkin, S.W.
[?]
7th Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate)
Son of George and Nancy (Johnson) Younkin
12th West Virginia Infantry
Younkin, Samuel
Connected with Lizzie [?]
[?]
Son of Henry F. and Mary (King) Younkin
116th Pennsylvania Infantry
Younkin, Simon
Married Anna Bishop
2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Younkin, Singleton “Sink”**
89th Indiana Infantry
Son of Aaron and Mary “Polly” (George) Younkin
6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Younkin, Walter B.
[?]
14th U.S. Infantry
Son of Dr. Jonas and Martha (Pringey) Younkin
112th Illinois Infantry
Younkin, William C.
[?] - Married Elizabeth Adams
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Son of Charles L. and Nancy (Henry) Younken
4th West Virginia Cavalry
Younkins, William*
[?]
53rd Ohio Infantry
Younkin, William
Married Harriet A. Smith
36th Ohio Infantry
 

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With appreciation to late Donna (Younkin) Logan for her exhaustive paper archaeology work at the National Archives to identify soldiers whose last names were some form of "Younkin" -- and to the late Digby Baltzell for planting the seeds of inspiration for this type of study.