"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 ~


Silvanus Young, Will

Silvanus Young was born Saturday, April 23, 1735 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, and was the son of Robert Young II and Elizabeth Pepper. He was the great-grandfather of Daniel H. Otis and the grandfather of Elizabeth M. (Young) Otis.

Silvanus died Wednesday, May 27, 1807 at almost 72 years-old in Maromas, Middletown, CT.