YOUNG, William O. from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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WILLIAM O. YOUNG has been a resident of Pottawattamie County since 
1876.  He was born in Seneca County, Ohio, near Tiffin city, September 
16, 1848.  His father, Alfred Young, was a native of Maryland, and his 
mother, Sarah (Montieth) Young, was born in Ohio, of Scotch ancestry.  
William O. was but a small boy when his parents came to Iowa in 1856, 
and settled in Iowa County, near Marengo.  The parents still reside in 
Iowa County, on a farm where they have lived since 1861.  They are 
consistent members of the Methodist Church, and in his political views 
the father is a Republican.

William O. was reared at farm work and was educated in the public 
schools of Iowa.  In 1876, as already stated, he came to Pottawattamie 
County, and in 1878 he bought his present farm, eighty acres of which 
had been broken.  On this place he has made many improvements, and now 
has one among the best farms in the neighborhood.  He has a large 
frame residence, which was erected at a cost of $1,400.  It is well 
situated and is surrounded by shrubs and shad and ornamental trees.  
Near by is a fine orchard of about three acres.  Mr. Young's barn is 
34 x 36 feet, with 16-foot posts.  He has yards feed lots, a 
wind-mill, and other farm conveniences.  He devotes his time to 
general farming and stock-raising, and everything about the premises 
shows the prosperity which has attended his labors.

Mr. Young was married at the age of twenty-six years, in Iowa County, 
to Miss Alice Tibbles, a native of New York State.  She was reared 
there and in Wisconsin.  The three children born to them are Bertie, 
Orley and Elsie.  Politically Mr. Young is a Republican.

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If you would like more information about anyone mentioned in this
biography, please write to the Pottawattamie County Genealogical
Society at:

PO Box 394
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394

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