R. J. Young (b. 1844)

YOUNG, ROSS

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/5/2003 at 10:09:58

Young, R. J., farmer, Section 26 (Oran township); PO Oelwein; born in the city of London, England, Nov. 15, 1844; came to this country in 1848; located in New York with his father; he located in this county in 1856. When the rebellion broke out, in 1861, both he and his father volunteered as soldiers in the defense of the flag of their adopted county --- he in the 1st I. V. C., Dec. 22, 1863 (being too young to go sooner). He acted as Company Clerk and Hospital Steward, one year each, and was mustered out Mar. 26, 1866; his father R. N., enlisted in the 6th I. V. C., Oct. 16, 1862; was mustered out Oct. 17, 1865. Married Miss Bell Ross in 1873; she was born in Jefferson Co., Indiana, Dec. 25, 1851; they have one child, Amy, born Dec. 21, 1875. He is a Republican; is Town Clerk and School Director, and owns forty acres, worth $1,000.

Page 671 & 672, "1878 History of Fayette Co., Iowa"