J. ROE YOUNG
History of Arizona, 1896

This gentleman, who is United States Indian Agent for the 
Pima, Papago and Maricopa, Pima Agency at Sacaton, Arizona 
began life in he central part of Kentucky, May 8, 1854 and 
is the son of Hon. John D. Young.  The father was in Congress 
during 1867, 1868, 1871 and 1872 and was railroad commissioner 
for years afterward. He is now retired.  The paternal 
grandparents of our subject were natives of the Shenandoah 
Valley and the grandfather was not only a very wealthy man 
but a prominent politician and held a number of responsible 
positions: State Senator and United States Marshall. 

J. Roe Young was educated in his native state and for a number 
of years he was engaged in merchandising. Later he entered the 
service of the Government in Indian Territory and had charge of 
four tribes of Indians at the Otoe Agency for two years.  
Resigning he went to Kansas and was engaged in the real estate 
business for a year and a half.  From there he went to 
Middleborough, Kentucky and was police judge for two years 
and then received the nomination for the Legislature but did 
not make the race. He left Middleborough in 1891 and went to 
Louisville, where his time and attention were given to the 
building and loan business until 1893 when he was appointed 
to his present position.  

Our subject has increased the number of children in school 
from 400 to 1000, has induced the Papago Indians--always a 
wandering tribe--to settle on the land of the Gila Reservation 
and by hard work ahs succeeded in having the government send 
out engineers to estimate on the cost of the Butte Canal above 
Florence, to irrigate the Gila River Reservation and all of 
the arable land in the Casa Grande Valley, the estimated cost 
of which is $2,500,000.  He has also succeeded in having the 
Salt River Reservation, near Tempe, deeded to the Maricopa and 
Pima Indians. He has supervision over the Indian schools at 
Phoenix, Tucson and at Sacaton, and has sent pupils to Carlisle, 
Penn., and Santa Fe, New Mexico, taking twenty pupils to Santa 
Fe.

Mr. Young was married January 22, 1874 to Miss Nannie Banderoy 
of Kentucky and they have five children--Thomas Herndon, John ., 
J. Roe, Jr., Ozzie Dent and Frances Belle.

While a resident of Middleborough, Ky. he became a member of 
the Knights of Pythias, also the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks of the same town and since living here he has 
become a member of the Ancient Order United Workmen of Florence.

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