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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  BENJAMIN F. YOUNG was one of the earliest settlers of Elk township and is the

second oldest settler now living in that township, having resided there

thirty-four years. He is a Vermonter by birth, having been born in Caledonia

county May 24, 1854. He is the son of Loren W. Young, who was born in New

Hampshire Dec. 7, 1803, and died Nov. 30, 1898, and Betsy (Harvey) Young, who

was born in Vermont May 23, 1814, and died Dec. 14, 1877. Both the Young and

Harvey families are old ones in America and both the grandfathers of our subject

served in the war of the revolution.



  Mr. Young lived on a farm in Vermont until 19 years of age, and then, in the

spring of 1873, he came west as the result of a request of a relative who had a

claim near Sibley, Iowa. He first located at Sibley, but the following year

moved to Nobles county and took as a tree claim the southeast quarter of section

6, Elk township. During the first five years of his residence here he worked out

by the month, in order to get a start. Then, in the spring of 1878, he moved

onto his farm, and there he has since resided. During his long residence in Elk

township he has held some office almost continually, having been supervisor,

assessor, justice of the peace and school director.



  Mr. Young was married at Worthington Nov. 25, 1880, to Charrie E. Miller,

daughter of M. L. Miller and Sarah (Hunt) Miller, pioneers of 1872. Both Mr. and

Mrs. Miller were natives of Ohio; the former died March 10, 1903; Mrs. Miller is

still living. Mrs. Young is a native of Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Young have been

born eleven children, as follows: Sadie, died in infancy; Corris (Mrs. William

Whelan), born June 10, 1883, residing in Elk; Mabel, died in 1901, aged 16

years; Ada (Mrs. Wm. Melanke), born Nov. 28, 1887; Lois, born Feb., 1890; Loren

W., born Dec. 21, 1892; Ora, born Dec. 2, 1894; Alice, born March 1, 1897;

Lloyd, born May 21, 1899; Myrtle, born Aug. 16, 1900; George, born Feb. 9, 1902.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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