BIOGRAPHIES Source:  History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers West Union, Ohio Published by E. B. Stivers 1900 Please note:  STRIKETHROUGHS are errors with corrections next to them. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO 1900 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX > < CLICK HERE to GO to LIST of BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES >     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 Plauch  Miss Sallie Plauck, 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 Planch    Planck, 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: History of Adams County, Ohio - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900 - Page 905 NOTE:  CORRECTIONS - p. 908.  In thirteenth line from top of the page, read Miss Sallie Planck for Planch, as printed.  For Clarence Planch in the last line of the first paragraph on page 908, read Planck.   JOHN B. YOUNG.     The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, Daniel Young, emigrated from the north of Ireland to the state of New Jersey regiment.  He was a pensioner, and died in Adams County, Ohio, and is buried in the Foster cemetery, in Greene Township.  His son, Thomas W. Young, was born in New Jersey, Sept. 4, 1783, and died Jan. 10, 1867.  He was the grandfather of our subject, and his wife was Mary Finney, who was born in Ireland Feb. 11, 1788, and died in 1870.  She is also buried in the Foster cemetery.  Daniel Young, father of our subject, was born Oct. 27, 1813, in Pennsylvania; and died in Adams County Apr. 18, 1850.  He married Clarinda Brooks, who was born in Chemung County, New York, Mar. 9, 1811, and died Sept. 14, 1860.      John B. Young was born Feb. 19, 1839, in Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio, where he has ever since resided.  When he was eleven years old, his father died, and John B. was put under the charge of a great uncle, George Young, with whom he made his home until lhis sixteenth year.  After working for a few months for Daniel Spurgeon, he returned to his mother's home, where he remained until she married John Scott.  In April, 1859, he entered school in West Union under the tutorship of the late Judge J. L. Coryell, the latter became a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the nomination for county auditor.  He was anxious about the delegates from Jefferson Township, and sent our subject there to try to secure the pledges of ten delegates which were needed to insure the nomination for the judge.  After much political wire-pulling, eleven pledges were secured, and the judge was assured the coveted nomination.  This was the first political work of our subject beyond township affairs, and he had not then attained his majority.      In September, 1859, he began teaching in Jefferson Township at twenty-five dollars per month, paying five dollars per month for boarding.  He continued teaching as a profession until he enlisted in the Civil War, Aug. 11, 1862, at Buena vista, Scioto County, Ohio, under Captain Henry, Company H, 81st Regiment, O. V. I., Colonel Morton in command.  He served until mustered out at Louisville, July 13, 1865.  During his term of service, he was engaged in the following battles:  Tuscumbia, Town Creek, Lay's Ferry, Rome X Roads, Dallas, Siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy's Station, Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman's March to the Sea, the march through the Carolinas, and Bentonville.      Five days after his enlistment in the service, he was married to Deidamia Thompson, who has borne him ten children - Isaac D., Edmund Lee, Clement L., John H., Inda, Thomas M., Thomas E., Sarah, Mary and Anna.      In 1883, he was nominated on the democratic ticket for representative from Adams County in the Ohio Legislature; and after one of the most stubbornly contested political battles, he was elected, his opponent being Robert H. Ellison, of Manchester, a wealthy banker of that place.  His record in the legislature was eminently satisfactory to his party, and he was nominated for a second term, but defeated by a few votes in a year in which the entire Democratic ticket was overwhelmed in Adams County.  He has held many positions of trust and honor, and has long been a leader of the Democratic party in his native county.   He is a member of the Christian Union Church, and has served for years as an elder in that organization. Source: History of Adams County, Ohio - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900 - Page 291 NOTES: