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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO
HISTORY & GENEALOGY
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BIOGRAPHIES
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JAMES
ALBERT YOUNG is not a native Buckeye, but was caught
young and has made as good a citizen as though born in the
great State of Ohio. He is a native of Mifflin County,
Pa., and was born June 7, 1844. His parents came to
Ohio when he was but eighteen months old and located at Mt.
Leigh, the nursery of many distinguished citizens. He
has three sisters and one brother. His father was born
in 1806. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at
Mt. Keigh and died in 1873. His mother died in Seaman
in 1893. He received a common school education and
labored on his father's farm until July 14, 1863, when he
enlisted in Company G, 129th O. V. I. He was at the
capture of Cumberland Gap. Sept. 9, 1863. He was
in the army of Gen. Burnside in the Longstreet
campaign in East Tennessee in the Fall of 1863, and marched,
starved, fed graybacks and fought with the rest of them.
He was in the noted encounter at Black Fox Ferry on Clinch
River, Dec. 2, 1863. He was mustered out Mar. 8, 1864.
He concluded to try military life again, and on Aug. 31,
1864, enlisted in Company H, 173d O.V.I., and served until
June 26, 1865. He was always ready for duty and
rations and the Government had no more faithful soldier.
After the war, he came back to the farm on which he was
reared, and which he now owns, the Jonah Steen farm.
He married Dorcas Glasgow, daughter of Andrew
Glasgow, June 20, 1873, and has a son Frank, a
bright young merchant and Deputy Postmaster at Seaman, Ohio.
His wife died Feb. 23, 1874. From 1873 to 1878, our
subject traveled for D. H. Baldwin & Co., of
Cincinnati, O., in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. While
traveling, he became acquainted with Miss Sallie Plauch,
of Elizaville, Fleming County, Ky., and as James always
had winning ways, he married her Jan. 24, 1878. They
have two bright intelligent boys, Lucien Baldwin
and Clarence Plauch, aged fifteen and twelve.
Mr. Young farmed from 1878 to 1888, when he moved
to Seaman and built a hotel and livery stable, both of which
he has conducted ever since. He has been a trustee of
his township and was appointed Postmaster at Seaman in 1897.
He is a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church
at Mt. Leigh. He worked hard all week, and when
Sunday comes he is always an attendant at the services, and
has led the choir since 1865. He owns and manages,
with profit, two other farms than the one already mentioned
- the Aaron Steen farm and the Joseph Rothrock
farm.
Surrounded by an interesting family, prospered and
prosperous with the esteem and respect of all his neighbors,
Mr. Young out to be contented and happy, and we believe
he is a most valuable citizen here.
He is energetic and enterprising and has made his
business a success, and his good wife has largely
contributed to the latter.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900 - Page 905) |
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