Hamilton R. Young

BAIRD, DEAL, LORIMOR, OSBORN, ROBERTS, YOUNG

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 8/13/2004 at 13:57:58

Hamilton R. Young, who came to Madison county in the '6os, has remained within its borders continuously since and now owns and operates an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty, acres on section 32, Scott township. His birth occurred in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the 9th of January, 1846, his parents being Samuel R. and Sarah (Roberts) Young, the former born in Maryland and the latter in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where their marriage was celebrated. They came to Iowa in 1865, making their way to Burlington by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and thence overland to Madison county. They settled on a farm in Walnut township which the father operated continuously and successfully until he put aside the active work of the fields, spending the evening of life in honorable retirement at Winterset, where he passed away at the age of seventy-six years. His wife was called to her final rest when eighty-one years old, and both were devoted and consistent members of the Methodist church. To them were born ten children but only three are now residents of Madison county, namely: Hamilton R., of this review; Permelia, who is the widow of James Osborn and lives in Walnut township; and Emma, the wife of William Baker, of Walnut township.

Hamilton R. Young came to this county a short time prior to the arrival of his parents and subsequently settled with his wife on an unimproved tract of forty acres on section 32, Scott township, whereon he has remained continuously since. He erected a small dwelling which was afterward remodeled and enlarged and later built his present commodious residence. His farm now comprises one hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land and many substantial improvements have been made on the property, the attractiveness of which is further enhanced by a large orchard, a grove of evergreens and other shade trees, all of which have been set out by Mr. Young. He has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits with excellent success and is widely recognized as one of the progressive, enterprising and representative farmers of the community. He is likewise an artist of great natural ability, doing portrait and landscape painting as well as crayon work for his own pleasure and having now a collection of pictures of which he may well be proud.

In 1870 Mr. Young was united in marriage to Miss Edna E. Osborn, a native of Vermont and a daughter of Jed Osborn, who was an early settler of Walnut township, this county. They have four children, as follows: Dee, who married Miss Myrtle Lorimor and is a baker of Fort Dodge, Iowa; Minnie, who gave her hand in marriage to Lee Deal, an agriculturist of Scott township; Samuel, who wedded Miss Lida Deal and follows farming in Scott township; and Tom C., who married Miss Garnet Baird and is a regular physician, surgeon and osteopath of Glenwood, California. Mr. Young is a democrat in politics and has held several township offices. He is prominent and well known throughout Madison county and has many sincere friends.

Taken from the book, “The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915”