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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Genealogical & Biographical Record
of Miami Co., Ohio
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1900
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GEORGE K. YOUART is a
capable engineer in the wheel works of Ford & Company, of
Tippecanoe City, and with this enterprise has been connected
almost continuously for thirty years. He was born in
Miami county, two miles south of Troy, Mar. 21, 1841, his
parents being James and Mary (Kerr) Youart. The
father was a native of county Antrim, Ireland, born in 1804,
and crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1819,
becoming a resident of Miami county the same year, the
voyage being made in company with his parents. John
Alex and Ann Youart who settled in Con cord township,
where they spent their remaining days, both living to an
advanced age. James Youart learned the
carpenter's trade in early life, but became a farmer.
He married Mary Kerr, (laughter of George
Kerr and a sister of Hamilton Kerr. In 1856
the family came to Tippecanoe City and the father purchased
a steam saw-mill, which he operated until his wife's death,
in 1861. Subsequently he removed to London,
Ohio, where he died in February, 1873, at the age of
sixty-nine years. They had a family of four
children, one of whom died at the age of thirteen years,
while three grew to years of maturity. John
however, passed away at the age of twenty-nine. The
living are George K. and Martha Ann, the
latter now the widow of Dr. I. K. Gilbert, of
Carlisle, Ohio.
George K. Youart was a youth of fifteen when he
came with his father to Tippecanoe City. He assisted
in the operation of his father's steam saw-mill and learned
the business of engineering. He was engineer in the
mill for a period of six years and when his father closed
out business he was given the position of engineer by his
successor, filling the place for seven years longer.
He was also at one time employed as engineer by the Smith
Bridge Company, of Toledo, and in 1869 he came to Tippecanoe
City to set up the first engine owned by Mr. Ford,
who in that year began business as the senior partner of the
firm of Ford & Company. Mr. Youart
operated that engine for twenty one years and in 1890 it was
replaced by a one-hundred-and-twenty-five-horse-power
Buckeye engine, of which he has had charge up to the present
time, making a period of thirty years, which has been
continuous, with the exception of about three years spent in
other factories. During the forty-four years in which
he has carried on engineering work he has never met with an
accident by which he has sustained an injury. On one
occasion, while he was chief engineer in the sugar factory,
the boiler exploded, destroying the entire battery of four
one-hundred horse-power boilers, but Mr. Youart
was not on duty at the time.
On the 7th of September, 1862, Mr. Youart
was united in marriage to Miss Candace Karn,
who was reared by an aunt upon a farm which is now theirs.
Four children have been born to them: John R.,
an engineer ni the employ of the Street Railway Company, of
Kansas City, Missouri; Alva George, who is clerk in
the Hotel Cordova, in Kansas City; Harry A., an
engineer in the Union depot in Kansas City, and Lucian
Lester, an engineer in the water power house at
Tippecanoe City. The sons were all instructed by their
father in the business, which he has made his life work, and
were therefore well fitted for the practical duties of
business life. Since 1874 Mr. Youart has been
chief engineer of the fire department, which owns a Silsby
engine. He has invested in a farm near the village and
also in village property, which indicates his thrift and
enterprise, all having been acquired as the result of his
earnest and persevering effort. He is a most trusted
and reliable employee and fully merits the confidence
reposed in him.
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co.,
Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page
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LUCIEN L. YOUART is the
chief engineer of the Tippecanoe City Electric Light & Water
Works. He was born in this city, Aug. 24, 1876, and is
a son of George K. Youart, whose sketch appears on
another page of this work. His father was also an
engineer, and as soon as old enough to handle a shovel our
subject began to feed the fire in the furnace for his
father. From his earliest boyhood therefore he became
familiar with machinery and the principles which underlie
its operation, and when only seventeen years of age he was
given entire charge of the engine at the Excelsior works.
He continued in that position for some time and afterward
was given charge of the engine in the works of the
Tippecanoe Building & Manufacturing Company, remaining at
the latter place until April 1, 1899, when he was appointed
by the city council to his present position. He is very
capable, thoroughly understanding his business, both in
principle charge consists of a neat and conveniently
arranged power house, in which is a fourteen by thirty-six
one-hundred-horse-power Lane & Boodly Corliss engine.
The steam is supplied from a battery of steel boilers, which
are sixty by eighteen feet . The water works system was
inaugurated in 1897, when L. T. Sheets was mayor of
the city, John M. Haaga, clerk, and Harry
Favorite, secretary, while H. H. Bryant, A. L. Crane,
S. K. Robinson, William Koetitz and George
Smith were members of the city council. In 1896
plans had been approved, but these were modified from time
to time until I897, when the works were constructed under
the super vision of Harrison C. Babbitt, a civil
engineer. This plant is known as the direct system,
supplied by two half-million-gallon simple duplex pumps.
Five miles of mains have already been laid, these being
supplied with thirty-four valves and forty-eight hydrants,
and. including the electric light system, the plant was
constructed at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. The
water is a pure quality and of ample quantity, being
furnished by three six-inch wells about sixty feet deep. It
is pumped direct from the wells into the mains. The electric
light plant consists of a seventy-five kilowatt power
dynamo, known as the two-hundred volt system. The
circuit consists of several miles of wire, carrying
thirty-five arc and over one thousand incandescent lights.
Mr. Youart was married, Oct. 12, 1898, to
Miss Bertha Swindler, who was born in Miami county,
Ohio, and in the community they enjoy the warm regard of
many friends. Mr. Youart is past noble
grand of Tippecanoe Lodge, I. O. O. F., and has filled all
the offices in the subordinate organization. Both he and his
wife were members of the Rebekah Lodge and he belongs to the
National Association of Stationary Engineers. While
yet a young man he was won an enviable position in the
community, having the confidence and regard of his business
associates, for his reputation in business matters is
unassailable.
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co.,
Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page
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