Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Young, John C. 1840 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JOHN C. YOUNG, son of George and Anna Young, was born June 3, 1840, in Glengarry
county Canada, where he lived until twenty-three years of age. In 1863 he came,
via Panama, to California. Upon his arrival he went direct to Plumas county, and
spent the winter in the north arm of Indian valley. In the spring, of 1864 he
went to Greenville, where he mined two years. In 1866 he went to Idaho and lived
four years, after which he went to White Pine, Nevada, where he was engaged for
two years at mining, milling, and teaming. He returned to Plumas county in
December, 1873. During 1874 he was occupied in running a tunnel for the North
Fork Mining Company, but in the spring of 1875 he came again to Taylorville, and
went into the general merchandise business with his brother, W. G. Young. In
1879 he bought his brother out, and has since conducted the business alone. He
was married October 29, 1879, to Miss Ella Cottingham, whose parents are old
residents of Indian valley. They have one child, Marian, born October 18, 1880.
Mr. Young is postmaster at Taylorville, and agent for the Western Union
Telegraph company.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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