"One of the striking indications of civilization and refinement among a people is the tenderness and care manifested by them towards their dead." ~ from Board of Trustees of the Antietam National Cemetery, 1869 ~


Robert C. Young, Will

Robert C. Young was born April 7, 1836 in Middletown, CT. He was the son of Enoch C. Young and Esther Clark, the nephew of Elizabeth Young Otis, and the first cousin of Daniel H. Otis. 

Robert died on Thursday, June 15, 1905, at age 69 in Middletown, CT. 

Here is a copy of Robert's will with a link to click on a larger version to download if the reader wishes. 

The horribly indecipherable script is not Robert's hand, as the same script is found on several other individual's wills in the collection. Shame on the person who hired this individual to keep written records of public documents! Their writing is barely legible! 

(download link coming soon!)