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Born 1827, Fayette county
From Past and present of Knox County, Ohio (1912)
CHARLES A. YOUNG.
Charles A. Young was born on May 10, 1827, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Hubbell and Rachael (Shipley) Young. This family came to Knox county, Ohio, about 1833, and located on a farm one mile northeast of the farm thereon the family lived so long at a later day. They became well known and influential in that remote pioneer period and were among the county’s substantial citizens.
Charles A. Young grew up on the home farm and when but a boy he knew the meaning of hard work, for in developing a farm from the primeval forests in those times the labor of all the family was required. His father settled in the woods and started life here in. a log cabin which he erected, then cleared and developed the land into a good farm and finally had a comfortable home. The subject received such education as those early times afforded. Later he attended Sloan’s Academy at Mt. Vernon. He was married on (5° )
December 28, 1858, to Angeline Armstrong, daughter of Eliphalet and Tacy (Irwin) Armstrong, a prominent old family of Mt. Vernon. To this union one son was born, Frank E. Young, who succeeds the father in the management of the estate.
Charles A. Young after his marriage began housekeeping on a part of the home farm, and there he lived for about seven years, when he purchased a farm one and one-half miles east of Mt. Vernon in Monroe township, his first purchase being one hundred and seventy acres. Here he prospered through good management, close application and honest dealings with his fellow men, and later added to his holding until he became the owner of four hundred and fifty acres of fine land, which he placed under excellent improvements and a high state of cultivation. Here he carried on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale for many years and became one of the substantial and most progressive farmers in this part of the county. Although he kept live stock of all kinds, he made a specialty raising sheep, keeping large flocks of good wool producers.
Politically, Mr. Young was a Democrat and he was always active in public matters. He served two terms as county commissioner and was a most efficient and conscientious public servant. His support could always be depended upon in the furtherance of any movement having as its object the general good. He was a man of great activity and force of character and one of the most representative citizens of Knox county. He was a member of the Masonic order and the Congregational church, and he carried the sublime precepts of each into his every-day life. Mrs. Young is a Baptist in her religious faith.
As printed in Past and present of Knox County, Ohio (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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