Grant County, KY - Bios:  Young, James N.

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James N YOUNG 3450, Grant Co. 



Surname: Young, Ross, Shelton, Mayhugh, Conrad, Bagby, Wayland



Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 1901, 

reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical Society.



JAMES N. YOUNG. In an agricultural county like Grant it is the progressive farmer who helps 

to build up the waste places and make the county grow in population and wealth. James N. Young, 

of Dry Ridge, is a progressive farmer in all that the term implies. He is a breeder of fine 

cattle, sheep and hogs, and is proud of his stock, and has a right to be. Mr. Young is a son 

of Fountain and Martha (Ross) Young, and was born in Kenton County, Ky., March 12th, 1845. 

He was reared on a farm and secured only a good common school education. When he began life 

for himself he began as a farmer, and with but a brief interval has continued at that occupation 

to this day. December 9th, 1866, he was united in marriage to Sarah A. Shelton. To this union 

two children, both girls, were born, Mrs. Jane Mayhugh, of Walton, and Mrs. Orville Bagby, of 

Covington. His first wife died many years ago. April 11th, 1894, he was united in marriage to 

Mrs. Lucia Wayland, of Dry Ridge. Tothis last union no children have been born. Mr. Young and 

his wife live in a beautiful home in the central part of Dry Ridge, and are surrounded by all 

that heart can grave. They own two large farms, 450 acres in all, of the very best land in Grant 

County, and farm it to perfection. Mr. Young is a very large tobacco grower, averaging 40,000 

pounds each season, and also raises corn, oats, wheat, rye and the other cereals. During the 

last half dozen years he has turned his attention largely to stock farming, and now has on his 

two farms some of the best bred sheep and cattle in the state. In sheep he breeds Oxforddowns 

and Southdowns. In cattle he makes a specialty of Shorthorns and Herefords, and now has some 

good ones on hand. Last fall he went to Kansas City and selected a young Hereford bull for the 

king of his herd, paying for him at that place $315. He is a royal bred fellow and is a delight 

to look upon. His shorthorns are just as good as his Herefords, and are pedigreed and fine 

individuals. Mr. Young has been a member of the Baptist Church for thirty-seven years. He is 

a Knights of Pythias in all of its branches, and a member of the Order of Red Men at Dry Ridge. 

His wife is a most excellent lady. She was a daughter of the late Isaac B. Conrad, and a sister 

of Robert, Newt and Perry Conrad. Together they lead an idea life. In politics Mr. Young is a 

Democrat, and takes an active part for his party in every contested fight.