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Source:
A Centennial
Biographical History
of
Crawford County, Ohio

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"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations."
- MACAULAY
Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1902

  BERNARD YOUNG owns and operates one hundred acres of land in Cranberry township and the well developed farm gives every evidence of the careful supervision of an owner at once practical and progressive.  He was born on the 1st of January, 1855, in Crawford county, his parents being Peter and Mary (Stein) Young.  The father was a native of Alsace, France, now a part of Germany.  His birth occurred in 1815 and when he was eighteen years of age he crossed the Atlantic to the new world with his parents.  His father was Louis Young, who came to this country in 1833 and on his arrival here took up his abode in Crawford county and entered land in both Auburn and Cranberry townships, the former then a part of Richland county.  Subsequently he became an extensive land owner, his possessions aggregating several hundred acres.  After the death of his wife he returned to fatherland on a visit and while there was taken ill and died.
     Peter Young, the father of our subject, lived with his parents until his marriage, which occurred in 1839, Miss Mary Stein becoming his wife.  He then located on a tract of land in Auburn township, belonging to his father, and then cultivated the same on the shares for a number of years.  Later he acquired a farm of his own, where his son Bernard now resides.  It then comprised two hundred acres, and upon the place he remained until called to the home beyond.  In 1865 he purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres on the corporation line of New Washington, now owned by Thomas Nedolus.  In his political views he was a stanch Democrat.  For some years he served as trustee of Cranberry township, called to that office by the vote of his neighbors, who recognized his worth and ability.  Of the Catholic church he is an ardent and zealous member and through a long period served as church trustee and in other ecclesiastical offices.  His wife was born in Lutering, Alsace, about 1819, and made the journey across the Atlantic about the time of the emigration of the Young family, taking up their abode in that portion of Crawford county which was then included in Richland county.  Here death occurred in the year 1886.  Mr. and Mrs. Young were the parents of ten children, but only four are now living, namely: Catherine, wife of Bernard Alt, of Auburn township; Margaret, who is engaged in teaching school in Buffalo, New York; Barbara, who resides in Putnam county, Ohio; and Bernard, of this review.
     At the usual age of our subject entered the school-room and therein mastered the principles of English learning.  He was married June 24, 1884, to Miss Catherine Kastner, a native of Crawford county and a daughter of Andrew and Cecelia (Horning) Kastner, both natives of Baden, Germany.  In early manhood the father came to the United States and the mother was brought to America by her parents when a little maiden of only three years.  Both became residents of Crawford county.  Unto our subject and his wife were born four children:  Charles, Frank, Cecelia and Joseph.
     Mr. and Mrs. Young
began their domestic life on the farm where they yet reside, our subject there owning one hundred acres of land, which had been given him by his father.  The place is divided into fields of convenient size by well-kept fences.  The cereals best adapted to the climate are raised the buildings are kept in good repair and the farm in all its appointments is modern and well improved.  Mr. Young votes with the Democracy and in religious belief is a Catholic.  He now serves as one of the trustees of the church and contributes in large measure to the promotion of the cause.  His entire life has been passed in Crawford county and the fact that many of his best friends are numbered among those who have known him from boyhood, is an indication of an honorable career.
 Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: 1902 - Page 595
  R. M. YOUNGBLOOD, who is occupying the position of clerk in the yard-master's office of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company, was born in the city of Indiana, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1840. His father, William Youngblood, was a native of Middleton, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and by trade was a shoemaker, learning the business in early life, and following it for a number of years. After his marriage he removed to Indiana, Pennsylvania, and thence came to Ohio, locating in Alliance, Stark county, where he died when about sixty years of age. He was of German lineage, the original American ancestors having- come from the fatherland. But the grandfather of our subject was a native of the Keystone state. William Youngblood married Miss Isabella McCune, who was a native of Franklin county, where she resided up to the time of her removal with her husband to Indiana county. She lived to attain the age of eighty-five years and died in Alliance, Stark county, Ohio. She was of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Youngblood were the parents of fifteen children, thirteen of whom reached years of maturity, while eight of the family are still living, four of the brothers being railroad men.
     Mr. Youngblood, of this review, was the eleventh in order of birth and is now the only one of the brothers in the railroad office. He was in his eighteenth year when he accompanied his parents on their removal from Pennsylvania to Alliance, and at that time he secured a position as freight brakeman, running from Crestline to Alliance and Allegheny. In 1862 he was made freight conductor and followed that business with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company until 1871, when he was made a passenger conductor, running from Crestline to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, until 1885, covering a period of almost a quarter of a century, serving as conductor of the same road. In 1885-6 he tended the switches in the Crestline yards and from 1886 until 1899 was assistant yardmaster at Crestline, since which time he has occupied his present position in the yardmasters office. The large railroad corporations are exacting in their demands made on their employes, yet are quick- to recognize faithful service, and to continue in their employ those. who are true, faithful and capable and to this class belongs Mr. Youngblood,. who has been with the company through the entire period of his business careen On the 24th of December, 1863, occurred the marriage of Mr. Youngblood and Miss Sarah Hunt, a native of Huron county, Ohio, born in the village of London. They became the parents of three children: Harry, who is living in Crestline; Minnie, at home; and Frank, who is a clerk in the office of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company. In his political views Mr. Youngblood is a stanch. Republican and is well known among the representative people of the county. He is a member of the Volunteer Relief Railroad Society, an organization formed for the relief of all in Heed of assistance who' are in the railroad employ. For forty-one years he has been connected with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago line and is therefore one of its oldest employes. It would be difficult for anyone in this or other walks of life to show a record of more faithful service than Mr. Youngblood has done, and to those who desire advancement his history should furnish an example worthy of emulation in showing the power of fidelity as a potent aid in the business world.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: 1902 - Page 846

 

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