Family Background
Harry Yount's ancestors, Hans George Jundt and Anna Marie Jundt, arrived in Philadelphia in 1731, immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine. One of their sons, Andrew Yount, followed in 1751, and later moved to Randolph County, North Carolina. Andrew was a Quaker, as were his children, including John Yount, Harry's paternal grandfather. Harry's parents were David Yount (1795–1881) and Catherine Shell Yount. With a number of other Quaker family members, they emigrated from North Carolina to Missouri in the 1830s.
Harry's uncle, George C. Yount, was a trapper and explorer who moved on from Missouri to Santa Fe and then to California. In the 1830s, he became the first citizen of the United States to settle in California's Napa Valley, then Mexican territory. The town of Yountville, California is named after him. Two of Harry's older brothers, Caleb and John Yount, also moved to the Napa Valley years later.
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