Biographical Sketch of Joseph Younger - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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Joseph Younger, a farmer and stock raiser of Platte Township, Andrew
County, MO., is a native of England.  He was born in the county of
Northumberland, June 18, 1821, and is the son of Joseph and Jane 
(Oliver) Younger, both natives of England.  The father was a mechanic.
They had three children, but Joseph is the only one living.  He was
reared in the village of Bedlington, England, where he received a
fair education.  He learned the carpenter's trade, and when twenty-
four years of age he came to America.  Landing at Boston he spent a
short time there, and a Pittsburgh, Penn., when he went to Wisconsin,
where he engaged in farming, which occupation he has since followed.
In July of 1866 he came to Andrew County, where he has since resided.
At Milwaukee, in 1848, he was united in marriage with Dorothy Dunn,
who died in 1855, and in the same year he chose for his second wife,
Jane Wilson.  To them five sons and four daughters have been born.
Mr. Younger commenced with no capital, but by energy has become a very
prosperous farmer, and owns 260 acres of land in his township.  He is
a highly respected citizen, and a member of the Baptist Church.