Martha Ellen Young Truman

Martha Ellen Young Truman was the mother of U.S. president Harry Truman.

Martha Ellen Young was born in Jackson County, Missouri, on November 25, 1852, to Solomon Young, a successful farmer who also had a business running Conestoga wagon trains along the Overland Trail, and his wife Harriet Louisa Gregg. Members of the family were southern sympathizers in the U. S. Civil War and several relatives served in the Confederate Army. In later life, Martha told of how a band of Unionsupporting Jayhawkers destroyed her familys farm one day in 1861, then came again in 1863 when the family was forced to evacuate by General Orderand required to move to Platte County, Missouri until after the war. This harsh treatment left Martha with a lifelong resentment for the winning Union side in the war. She was wellknown for her Confederate sympathies

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