Hume Field Young

Hume Young was born 28 Aug 1850 in Sequin, Guadalupe, TX. (1) His mother died on 12 Mar 1855 when he was four years old and his father remarried about 19 Nov 1856. As a young man, Hume attended a Jesuit school in San Antonio as a pre Med student, but did not graduate.(2) His sister Mildred and had married and his brother John Toomer was killed in the Civil War as was the fiancé of his sister Catherine. The other brothers had died so Hume returned to Seguin to his father's farm. He married Carrie Coorpender on 27 Jul 1875. (3) By 1892 his father was suffering from cancer and in 1893 went to Gonzales, Texas, possibly with one of his daughters. Apparently, Hume began to cultivate the homestead tract at this time, being unaware that his father had deeded the land to the children of his second wife. They accused Hume of "evicting" them and took the dispute to court. Hume lost and was forced to pay them $200 dollars to live on the land for the rest of 1893. Hume was 41. (2)
In 1896, Hume requested that lunacy charges be brought against his father. Joshua was declared to be insane and sent to the State Mental Hospital in San Antonio. (2) (4) Joshua died in 1897 and was interred in Geronimo Cemetery. Shortly before his death the old dispute between Hume and the daughter's of Joshua's second marriage was revived. Much to the dissatisfaction of the older Young children, the court decided in favor of the defendants. Hume then moved his family to Arizona probably feeling angry and defeated. (2)

Carrie kept a journal en route from Seguin to Solomonville. They "left the Clapson's at O'Daniel, Guadalupe co., Texas" on Sunday, October 15, 1899. This was the home of their daughter, Kittie, who had married James Clapson. The second night they spent at the home of Hume's sister, Eliza, who had married John Baskin. They lived just outside San Antonio.

Leaving their married daughter, Kittie, behind, they traveled with wagons and horses across Texas, through New Mexico and into Arizona. The last journal entry was Dec 5, 1899 in Solomonville. Their sons, Hume (Field), 21, and Hal, 18, must have gone on ahead. (Field, according to oral history, had a club foot as a result of a rattlesnake bite he got as a youngster.) The other children were, Anne (19), Kate (15), Lila (13), Nettie (8), John (6) and Carrie (2). Carrie's first cousin, Andrew Herron and his wife Ella La Grange, were already living in Solomonville, AZ and greeted them with open arms when they arrived. Here is a typed version of Carrie's Journal

In the 1900 census, Hume was listed as a farm laborer and they lived in a rented house. (5) All of the children except Kittie who was married and in Seguin were living with them, including the two "wayward boys." At some point Hume worked for Wells Fargo as a stage driver. Carrie worked as a seamstress after he lost his job. (2)

By 1910 they had separated. Oral history says at some point the two sons, Hal and John approached Hume in AZ and told him to leave Arizona. The divorce decree was signed 17 Oct 1911. (6) He then went back to Seguin, Texas and opened a saloon. He continued drinking and most of the children cut off ties to him. However Kitty did stay in touch. And when he died on 19 Aug 1932, his niece, Marion Dove Young Johnson, the daughter of his sister Mildred, gave the information for the death certificate so he must have also had contact with this family member. (1) His body was returned to Seguin, where he was buried.

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This photo was found in a box belonging to Carrie Coorpender Young with photos of Carrie and Nannie. He looks like other members of the Young family. He may be either Hume Young or his cousin, CharlesWilliam Young However, Charles William Young, "Uncle Billy" had divorced Nannie before 1921 so it is unlikely that Carrie would have kept a photo of her divorced brother-in-law. This photo is most likely a photo of Carrie's estranged husband.

(1) Death record gives us date of birth and date of death of Hume Young

(2) Joshua and the House He Built
Thesis Presented to the Graduate Council of Southwest Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts
by Betty J. Jones, V. A. August, 1970
Excerpts

pg. 49. Facts concerning the last thirty years of the personal life of Joshua Young are scant. -- His empire had dissolved, and as his children grew to maturity, he found himself virtually alone.
In April, 1876, the Colonel was again in court, this time on behalf of the children of his second marriage. He was claiming an inheritance for them through their mother of an estate in Mississippi. (Case #705, County Court) Later that same year, his son Edmis was killed in a fall from a horse. The grief imposed on his by this death permanently reduced his emotional stability and caused his great mental disturbance. (State of Texas v. J. W. Young, Case #1336, Guadalupe County Court, Office of the County Clerk, Seguin, Texas.)
On July 16, 1871, young was accused of killing a Mr. T. J. Smith. (Criminal Docket, Asa J. L. Sowell, Justice of the Peace of Guadalupe County, Case #75, Los Nogales Museum, Seguin, Texas. )

pg 51-53 At some time during that year, (1893) Colonel Young left his home and took up residence for an unknown period of time in Gonzales, Texas, possibly with one of his daughters. Apparently, Hume began to cultivate the homestead tract at this time, being unaware that his father had deeded the land to the children of his second wife, Mary. They accused Hume of evicting them and took the dispute to court. The Court decided in favor of the plaintiffs, and Hume was forced to recognize them as landlords, and pay them two hundred dollars to live on the land for the rest of 1893. (Guadalupe District Court Minutes, J. 177)

In 1896 , Hume Young requested that lunacy charges be brought against is father. In the Inquisition of Lunacy, three people who knew him well presented their evidence that Joshua Young was of unsound mind. His son did not know whether the insanity was inherited or not. He testified that he felt his father should be restrained for his own good, Hume was responsible for the old colonel, who was said to run off and wander about. He told the court that his father had been demented ever since he had lost a son in 1875. (Case #1336, County Court) ---- On June 4, 1896, Colonel Joshua Young was declared by the judgment to be insane, and was ordered to be sent to the State Mental Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. (Case #1336, Guadalupe County Court) That same month, Kitty Young requested and was granted guardianship of the person and estate of her father. (Application for guardianship, Estate of J. W. Young, a person of unsound mind, Case #1339, Guadalupe County Court, Office of the County Clerk, Seguin, Texas.)--- Nevertheless, there is reason to believe that he was never admitted to the state hospital.

pg 54 Shortly before the death of Colonel Young, his nine children, who were to be his surviving heirs, revived and magnified the dispute that was begun in 1893 between Hume and the daughter of Young's second marriage. By this time it had evolved into a disagreement between the two families of children and was again in court. The plaintiffs in the case were Eliza Baskin, Mildred Done, Kitty Young, Hume Young, and Joshua Young, Jr., or, more specifically, the children of the colonel's first marriage. The defendants were Mollie Wolf, Georgia Campbell, Jane Jones, and Nettie Willet, the children of his second marriage. The plaintiffs claimed that, as legal heirs, they were joint owners in their father's last 182 1/2 acres of land. The defendants had secured a contract and deed from Colonel young on March 10, 1893, in which he conveyed the land to them for one dollar and love and affection. --- The plaintiffs claimed that deeds were wholly without consideration and that their father had occupied the premises openly, and notoriously claimed it as his property. They stated that he denied he ever intended to convey the land to the defendants or anyone. As early as 1892 their father was a person of weak and unsound mind and incapable of making a contract affecting his property. They insisted the defendants did not pay their father anything and refused to contribute to his support or to give him shelter. (Cause #3354, District Court) --- The colonel passed away while the suit was in progress, and the court decided that settlement of this case could not be made until his will had been probated (Cause #3354, District Court) Apparently there was no will, as there is no record of probate. Much to the dissatisfaction of the older Young children, the court decided in favor of the defendants. (Deed Record, 12, 212.)

pg 60 As a young man, Hume attended a Jesuit school in San Antonio as a pre Med student. He did not complete these studies but returned to Seguin to farm instead. (Genealogical findings of Lola H Jacques, Arlington, Virginia)

pg. 61 Before the death of Colonel Young, Hume and his family moved to Solomonville, Arizona, where he became interested in the carriage business. (Cause #3354, District Court) Carried supported herself and the children by running a boardinghouse. She later moved to Phoenix, where she lived until her death in 1937. Hume apparently returned to the Seguin area where he died in 1933.

(3) Marriage record

(4) Joshua W. Young declared incompetent

Application for guardianship, Estate of J. W. Young, a person of unsound mind, Case #1339, Guadalupe County Court, Office of the County Clerk, Seguin, Texas.
father unfit

(5) 1900 census Hume Young

(6) Divorce of Hume Young and Carrie Coorpender
Judgment Dockets of the 5th District Court, Greenlee County, AZ fhl film # 2166849 image 896