Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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YOUNG, JOHN   (1838-1904)   El Encinal
(Salinas Daily Index Jan 16, 1904)

Aged Painter Found Dead By the Railroad Track Near Seaside
  In Thursday evening’s Index the statement was made that the body of a man had been found 
that day by the railroad track at Seaside.
  At an inquest held yesterday it as found that the deceased was named John Young, that he 
was a painter by trade, a native of Ireland, and aged 65 years of age.
  He had been working on the new hotel at Monterey, but on Wednesday quit work and 
purchased a ticket for Salinas.  He then proceeded to fill up on Monterey booze and while on 
his spree misplaced his ticket.  Boarding the tram while in a drunken condition, he was put off 
at Seaside because he had neither money nor ticket.  It is not known whether it was the train 
he was ejected from or one from anther direction which struck him with fatal results.
  The deceased was a veteran of the Civil war and was buried with G.A.R. honors this morning.


(Monterey New Era 1/20/1904)
Veteran’s Tragic Death
  John Young, a veteran of the civil war, aged 65 years, was found dead on the railroad track near 
Seaside last Thursday morning.  Deceased, who had been in Monterey for about three weeks, left 
on Wednesday evening for Castroville, being at the time in an intoxicated condition.  When the 
conductor demanded his ticket, Young refused to produce it, and was put off the train.  The next 
morning his body was found beside the track.