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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
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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 |
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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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