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DAVID D. YOUNG,
farmer; P. O. Tippecanoe; born in Miami Co., Bethel Twp., June 22,
1826; is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Shroyer) Young,
who were born in Maryland, the ancestry originally being from Germany.
Daniel and Elizabeth came to Ohio
with their parents in a very early day, and located first in
Montgomery Co., afterward removing to this county, where the
grandparents lived and died, being among the early settlers of Miami
Co. Daniel and Elizabeth are
still living in Bethel Township. They are the parents of six
children, of whom five are now living, viz., David D.; Louisa,
now Mrs. Rudy; Susanna; Mary Catherine,
now Mrs. H. Hawver, and Benjamin F.
David, our subject, lived with his parents till 30 years of
age. On Sept. 31, 1856, he was united in marriage with
Henrietta E. De Long, daughter of George and
Elizabeth De Long; he was born in Virginia and she in
Pennsylvania. They were the parents of fourteen children, of
whom eight are now living, viz., William; Christine,
now Widow Thayer, living in Indiana; Ellen,
now Mrs. Surface; Sarah, now Mrs. Fitch;
Eliza, now Mrs. Ross; Henrietta E.,
Edward and Jefferson. Mr. Young and
wife have had four children, of whom three are now living, viz.,
Sarah E., George D. and Ada A.
After his marriage, he located in Bethel Township, on 35 acres of land
which he bought, removed to the farm of his mother-in-law, where he
lived six years, then went to Tippecanoe in the grocery business for
four years, and finally settled on the farm where he now resides.
Here he has 205 acres of good land, of which 154 acres are in
cultivation. Mr. Young and wife are members of
the Lutheran Church, having been such for twenty and thirty years
respectively, and have had the pleasure of seeing their children
become members of the same church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880 |
