Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Young, S. N. 1876 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

S. N. YOUNG.

S. N. Young is a successful agriculturist of Richland township, Wapello county,
where he owns a well improved farm which is largely given over to hog raising.
He was born in Henry county, Iowa, March 26, 1876, and is a son of Robert and
Martha J. (Nicholson) Young, the former born in Ohio and the latter in West
Virginia. The father came to Iowa in 1855 and located in Henry county on a farm.
Both parents are still living, now making their home in Mount Pleasant. In their
family were five children as follows: Jeannette, the wife of W. M. Inglebright
of Canada; Nellie D.; J. W., of Salem, Iowa; S. N., of this review; and D. C.,
of Henry county.

S. N. Young was reared on his father s farm and under his careful guidance earlv
learned the value of industry and honesty. He attended the common schools of the
neighborhood and after laying aside his text-books assisted his father with the
work of the farm, there acquiring the thorough methods which later stood him in
good stead. He remained at home until twenty-one years of age and then began
farming a part of the old homestead, upon which he resided for three years. He
then turned his attention to the dairy business in Mount Pleasant, being so
occupied for two and a half years and subsequently removed to Ottumwa, where he
was successful in the insurance business for two years. At the end of that time
he bought one hundred and twenty acres in Center township, which he farmed for
three years and then sold at a profit. At the end of that time he bought the
eighty acres known as the John Wilson farm, which he cultivated for a year and
then bought eighty acres on section 26 in Richland township, where he now lives,
and all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Pie follows most modern
methods, is thorough in his work and reaps large annual harvests from his land.
He gives much attention to hog raising and has been especially successful along
this line.

On February 17, 1909, Mr. Young married Miss Alice E. Ernst, who was born in
Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of K. and Tabitha (Ewing) Ernst, natives of the
Keystone state. The father died there in 1883, and the mother and her children
subsequently came to Johnson county, Iowa, later removing to Henry county. Mrs.
Ernst is now making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Young. The latter is one of nine
children born to her parents, of whom six are living. She had the advantage of a
college education and is a refined lady of cultured tastes. Mr. and Mrs. Young
have two children: Robert S., born January 20, 1910; and Esther V., March 18,
1913. Mr. and Mrs. Young hold membership in the Presbyterian church, and Mrs.
Young is also a member of the Ladies Aid Society of the church. Mr. Young is a
republican, thoroughly in accord with the principles of that party but not an
office seeker, although he is ever ready to contribute his share in promoting
public enterprises. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No. 9 of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and has many friends in that organization.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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