BIO:  John YOUNG, Lebanon County, PA

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Biographical Annals of Lebanon County Pennsylvania.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1904
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JOHN YOUNG (deceased) was born in Lehigh county, Pa., February 6, 1824, son of 
Jacob and Catherine Young, of the same county.  John Young was reared on the 
farm, and received his education in the country schools.  He learned the 
printer's trade when a young man, under his brother Joseph's direction, in 
Montgomery county, and afterward did newspaper work in several counties in 
Pennsylvania, locating in Lebanon about 1850.  He published a paper, the 
Pennsylvanier, for three years.  In 1850 he changed the name to Volkszeitung, 
meaning, in English, the people's paper.  This he conducted with success until 
1885, when he sold out to Frank F. Hauck, who is the present editor.

Mr. Young married Miss Elizabeth Rolland, and they had two children, one of whom 
reached maturity, Ella M., the wife of Dr. Frank M. Brundage, who represents the 
United States at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, as a consul for his government.  His 
second marriage, on July 10, 1862, was to Miss Mary Ann Reinhart, of Bethel 
township, Lebanon county, Pa., who still lives in Lebanon.  She was born March 
14, 1839, daughter of Oliver and Hannah Reinhart, of Lebanon county, the former 
of whom was a farmer and teacher.  Mrs. Young was one of a family of nine 
children, of whom grew up:  Catherine, the wife of Emanuel Behney, of Schuylkill 
county, Pa.; Sarah Ellen, the wife of William Johnson, of Schuylkill; Mary Ann, 
the widow of John Young; and Ephraim, who was killed in the Civil war.  The 
Reinharts are one of the old families of Lebanon.

John Young was a stanch Republican, and a member of the Union or rather 
Independent Church, being an exhorter and teacher for many years.  He was a 
self-made man, honest, and true to his convictions.  He had at the time of his 
death accumulated a small fortune.  His widow resides at her home, No. 638 
Chestnut street, Lebanon.  Mrs. Young is a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, 
and a noble Christian woman.