Henry Young (1846-1927)

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Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 4/15/2023 at 16:03:03

Henry Young, M. D.
(June 16, 1846 - March 13, 1927)

One of the most distinguished representatives of the medical fraternity in Calhoun County is Doctor Henry Young, who is practicing in Manson. His knowledge of the science of medicine is most comprehensive, and not only during his student days has he been a close reader of text-books on the medical science, but since his graduation he has kept in touch with the most advanced thought connected with the profession and is quick to adopt and utilize every improvement which he believes will render his labors more efficient in the alleviation of human suffering. The Doctor is a native of Ogle County, Illinois, born June 16, 1846, and is a son of William and Nancy (Long) Young, both of whom were natives of Maryland. In that state they were reared and married and in 1840 emigrated westward to Illinois, making the journey overland with teams. They settled in Ogle County, where Mr. Young purchased land. In those days he did his trading in Chicago and lived in true frontier style, for Ogle County was then a far western district. As the years passed he added to his possessions and became a wealthy man, leaving a handsome competence at his death. He passed away in 1887, when eighty-five years of age, having for some time survived his wife, who died in 1871, at the age of fifty-two years. They were Dunkards in religious belief and were consistent Christian people, whose lives were a potent element for good in the community in which they made their home. In the family were six children: Elizabeth, the widow of Samuel Price, living at Mt. Mortis, Illinois; George, who married Mary Wagner and resides on a farm in Ogle County, Illinois; Worthington, who married Elizabeth Wagner, and also is a farmer of Ogle County; Henry, the subject of this review: Frank, who married Nettie Glover and is now a druggist in Manson, Iowa; and Amanda, the wife of Henry Muma, a farmer of Ogle County, Illinois. Dr. Young, of this review, pursued his early education in the common schools and later attended Mt. Morris Seminary in Ogle County, Illinois, after which he became a student in the Northwestern University, at Evanston. He completed the work of the sophomore year there and then went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where for one year he was a student in the medical department of the State University. He next matriculated in the Chicago Medical College, in which he was graduated with the class of 1872. He began practice at his old home in Oregon. Illinois, where he remained for six months, but believing he might have better opportunities in the west, he came to Manson, Iowa in October, 1872, and has since resided in this city. From the beginning his practice has steadily increased, both in volume and importance and he is now ranked among the most prominent physicians of this section of the state, having many years since, left the ranks of the many, to stand among the successful few. He is a member of the Fort Dodge Medical Society and of the Iowa State Medical Society, and his research and investigation along the line of his profession have made him a most skilled and capable physician. In addition to his practice he has dealt considerably in real estate, making judicious investments in property as his financial resources have increased. He is examiner for all the important life insurance companies and for many fraternal organizations represented in Manson. He served for a number of years as railroad physician for the Illinois Central Railroad, performing such service in addition to a large private practice.
In the year 1877 Dr. Young was united in marriage to Miss Jean Glover, who was born in Newfoundland, and is a daughter of John and Mary Glover, both of whom were natives of Scotland. On leaving the land of hills and heather they crossed the ocean to the new world, taking up their abode in Newfoundland, whence they afterward removed to New York and subsequently to Calhoun County, Iowa, but both are now deceased. Mrs. Young had four brothers and one sister, all of whom are yet living. She died, however, in August, 1887, in southern Kansas, where she had gone for the benefit of her health. In January, 1894, in Montrose, Iowa, the Doctor was again married, his second union being with Miss Etta M. Leavenworth, who was born in Montrose and is a daughter of C. B. Leavenworth, a native of Connecticut. Her mother was a native of New York, and Mrs. Young has one sister, Mary E, who became the wife of Dr. L. C. Wilson, of What Cheer, Iowa. Her father is a descendant of the renowned Leavenworth family of English lineage, who trace their ancestry from 1626. One of her ancestors was a commissioner of peace between the Indians and the white settlers, while some took part in the war of 1776. Her father was one of the pioneers of Iowa. He and his wife became residents of Lee County, Iowa, in 1856, and are now living upon a farm there. They hold membership in the Presbyterian church and are people of the highest respectability. By his first marriage Dr. Young had three children: William, born June 30, 1879, is deputy postmaster in the Manson post office. Albert, born April 26, 1881, is a student in his sophomore year at Ames, Iowa, where he is pursuing a course in electrical engineering. Edna, born September 19, 1883, is attending the high school at Manson. By the second marriage of Doctor Young there is one son, Henry, who was born December 7, 1895. Both the Doctor and his wife enjoy in high degree the esteem of a large circle of friends, and the hospitality of the best homes of Manson and the surrounding country is extended to them. They hold membership in the Congregational church, in which the Doctor is a trustee, and he also belongs to Manson Lodge. No. 91, K. P. In his political affiliations he is a staunch Republican, and was honored with an election to the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth assemblies. He left the impress of his individuality upon the
legislation of these terms, supporting every movement which he believed would redound to the benefit of the commonwealth and as
firmly opposed every movement which he believed would prove detrimental. He was chairman of the most important committee, that of appropriations, and during the first year of his service he was a member of the committee for the World's Fair. It was while he occupied a seat in the house that the famous Mulct law was passed and the Australian ballot system. The Iowa soldiers' monument was also located during that session. Prominent in political as well
as professional life, Doctor Young is well fitted for leadership and has been instrumental in shaping public thought and action in his locality. He has served as mayor of Manson and his administration was most acceptable because of its practical and progressive spirit. [Source - Biographical Record of Calhoun County, Iowa, by S. J. Clarke, 1902, p.552]