Casper Younger, a native of Bavaria, was born in 1790 and migrated with his parents, settling in Lehigh County. He served as an officer in the war of 1812. He was a carpenter by trade and followed his vocation very successfully both in Philadelphia and in the Lehigh Valley. He married Catherine Fink of Upper Saucon, and had children: Elizabeth, Elias; Edward; Louisa (Mrs. Samuel Eberts), and William. He died in 1869, in his 79th year.