Joseph A. Young

YOUNG, MATTES

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Date: 5/5/2010 at 20:12:30

History of Jackson County, Iowa, James W. Ellia, 1910.

JOSEPH ALBERT YOUNG.

Joseph Albert Young, well known as his father's successor in business and a leading representative of commercial interests in Bellevue, his native city, was born November 8, 1871. In the pursuit of his education he was graduated from the Bellevue high school with the class of 1889, and then entered his father's store, being admitted to a partnership. He has since been connected with the enterprise and is now associated with his brother, George, in its conduct. Tht business, however, is still continued under the father's name. This is one of the old and well appointed mercantile enterprises of the city and the firm enjoys a liberal and growing patronage. In addition to their hardware business the brothers have organized the Young Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of the Young combination strainer and cutoff, a device for assuring pure water in cisterns. This is the invention of Joe A. Young, who has conducted the business since 1901, and the output of the plant is today known all over the United States, being handled by over one hundred leading hardware jobbers. This device throws off any debris that may come from the roof and regulates the supply of water to and from the cistern. In the factory a large number of workmen are employed and the plant is especially equipped for the manufacture, handling and sale of the product. The brothers have also established the Young Electric & Sign Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of electric and other signs, on which they use their brilliant lens style of construction. The special features of this business will be covered by patents, for they are all the invention of the firm. Their business in these various lines is growing in substantial and gratifying measure, and the trade which the brothers enjoy is now a profitable one.
On the 22d of April, 1908, Joseph A. Young was married to Miss Grace Emily Mattes, a daughter of Senator Joseph Mattes, of Odebolt, Sac county, Iowa.