D. A. YOUNCE,
physician, Covington; is a son of Abraham Younce, a
German Baptist minister, and a native of this county, now
residing in Preble Co., Ohio, who has been preaching for forty
years. The subject of this sketch was born June 2, 1837,
in this county, and was reared a farmer, having a common-school
education; after he attained his manhood, he followed farming
for eight years; while lifting a heavy box, he broke a ligament
in his hip, by which he lost the entire use of his leg; a kind
friend prescribed a remedy, and, by adding several oils, he
effected a cure; during his lameness, he began the study of
medicine; by the addition of several more oils, he effected many
great cures; he is the patentee of D. & A. Younce's
Indian Cure Oil, which is sold in seventeen different States
besides his own; he treats all chronic diseases. He
married Miss Catharine Westfall, and their children are -
Sarah A., Rosetta, Mary Ida, Elizabeth J., Martha E., Davis
E., R. Delley, Belle, Clara A. and William C.
Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1880 - Page 756 - Newberry Twp.
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