Harry C. Young

As printed in 1912

HARRY C. YOUNG.

One of Butler township’s most progressive farmers and stock men is Plarry C. Young, not that he farms on as extensive a scale as some of his neighbors, but he is not surpassed when it comes to scientific methods, thus he reaps fitting rewards for his toil from year to year, and be is a man of such correct habits of everyday life that he has always enjoyed the confidence and respect of all with whom he has come into contact.

Mr. Young was born in Newcastle township, Coshocton county, Ohio, August 24, 1880. He received a common school education and was reared on the home farm. He began life for himself by working on rented land, which he continued to do for several years, then in 1907, he bought a farm of one hundred and twelve acres in Butler township, Knox county, upon which he moved in the fall of that year and here he has since resided, adding valuable improvements to his place from year to year and while yet young becoming very well established. Politically, he is independent and he and his wife belong to the Baptist church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Grange and the Maccabees.

Mr. Young was married on February 12, 1903, to Ennis Sheldon, a native of Coshocton county, born May 27, 1881, and the daughter of Peter and Florence (Holt) Sheldon, both natives of that county, and each representatives of pioneer families there. To Mr. and Mrs. Young two children have been born, namely: One that died in infancy and Ralph Donald.

Peter Sheldon was born in 1855 and his wife, Florence Holt, was born in 1859. Six children were born to them, namely: Harvey, deceased: Ennis, Lena, deceased; Walker, Lottie and Roy.

The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Young were William and Hester (Smith) Sheldon, natives of Pennsylvania. The maternal grandparents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Workman) Holt, were also natives of Pennsylvania. Mary Holt, the great-grandmother, lived to be about ninety-three years of age.

The death of Peter Sheldon, mentioned above, occurred in 1897, and Mrs. Sheldon re-married, her second husband being W. P. Root, and two sons were born to them, Marion and Burgess. She and her second husband are both living at this writing.

Harry C. Young is the son of Barney and Elenora (Fry) Young. The paternal grandparents, Barnhart and Barbara (Frey) Young, were born in Germany and probably came to America while yet single and located in Coshocton county, Ohio. Mr. Young was a distiller, but he devoted his attention principally to farming after coming to America, becoming the owner of one hundred and twenty acres. He had a large family, several of whom died young. These parents spent the rest of their lives in that county. The maternal grandparents, Peter and Elenora (Branstool) Fry, also lived in Coshocton county, whither he had come when a young man from Germany and took tip farming, becoming an extensive land owner, holding about one thousand acres in Coshocton county. There he reared his family and he and wife both died there.

The father of the subject was born in Coshocton county in 1854 and the mother was born there on March 24, 1860, and there they were reared and married. He took up farming and threshing and became the owner of one hundred and twenty acres. His family consisted of four children, namely: Harry C., of this sketch; Nelvin, Gladys and Clyde.

Politically, Mr. Young was a Democrat, but he never sought office.

being now advanced in years. The maternal grandparents, William and Arvilla (Brown) Hibbitts, were also early residents of Knox county. She was born in New York in 1830 and when a mere child came to Ohio and wras reared in Knox county. Mr. Hibbitts came to this county when a young man. He w as a soldier in the Civil war, a private in the Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he was killed in battle in 1864. He was a cabinet-maker and undertaker by trade. His family consisted of three children, two of whom are living.

The parents of the subject were both natives of Knox county and here they grew to maturity, received their schooling in the common schools and were married. The father started life as a traveling salesman when only sixteen years of age and he is still on the road, being one of the best known and most successful commercial travelers in this part of the country. He is now past fifty years of age. In politics he is a Democrat, and fraternally a member of the Maccabees. His write belongs to the Methodist church. They are the parents of three children, James Earl, William Calvin, of this sketch, and Royal Dwight.

William C. Loney was educated in the public schools of Pike township and when twenty-three years of age he entered the mercantile business, buying out a stock, and he has continued this business to the present time, meeting with much success all along, building up a large and growing trade, now carrying a stock valued at about thirty-five hundred dollars. He has a neat, well arranged and attractive store, and always carries a large, up-to-date and carefully selected stock of goods, and his hundreds of patrons are always treated with every courtesy and consideration and the fact that many of them have been his constant patrons since he first began business is evidence that they have received just treatment. His trade extends over a large radius of territory. He carries a general line of merchandise at all seasons. Politically, Mr. Loney is a Republican, but he finds little time from his large business affairs to take any part in public matters. He takes an abiding interest in whatever tends to promote the welfare of the community and, personally, is an obliging, genial and industrious gentleman wdrose character has ever been above reproach.

Mr. Loney was married on August 17, 1909, to Sylvia L. Gray, a native of Holmes county, Ohio, and the daughter of Dr. James E. Gray, who for ten years has practiced medicine in this locality. One daughter has been born to the subject and wife, namely: Sylvia Marguerite.

For a fuller ancestry of the subject of this review, the reader is referred to the sketch of John Calvin Loney, appearing on another page of this work.

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.