YOUSLING, James W.

YOUSLING

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 12:20:11

James W. Yousling
born March 27, 1858

James W. Yousling, one of the enterprising farmers of Corwin Township, Ida County, Iowa, has been a settler of the place since 1879, and was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1858, son of George and Mary (McFadden) Yousling. The latter also came to Ida county in 1879, and have since made Corwin township their home ever since. Our subject was reared and educated in his native State, and at the above mentioned date removed to Iowa, settling in Corwin Township. In 1882 he purchased 160 acres of land, which he has since improved and on which he has erected a comfortable residence, 24 x 32 feet. On this farm Mr. Yousling has a fine grove and devotes his land to general farming and stock-raising.
Mr. Yousling was married at the age of twenty to Miss Mary Balthaser, a lady born, reared, educated and married in Pennsylvania, a daughter of John and Sarah (Boak) Balthaser, natives of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Four children have been born to our subject and his wife, their names being Edith May, Charles Walter and John Raymond. A little girl of eighteen months, Lulu O., was taken away by death. In politics, Mr. Yousling is a third party man and is a staunch member of the Alliance; is progressive and takes a deep interest in whatever is afloat to aid in the development of the township or county.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.508