Young, George W. 1846-1918

YOUNG

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/19/2008 at 21:45:13

LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, November 26, 1918, Page 1, Column 2:

BUILT FIRST HOUSE HERE

George Young Was Pioneer Lumber Man in LeMars.

George W. Young, a pioneer resident of LeMars, died last week in
Cornucopia, Wis. Mr. Young with a brother came to LeMars in the sixties and
conducted a lumber yard. He built a house where the Free Methodist church
now stands opposite the court house and Dr. M. Hilbert built a house where
his present residence stands and they were the first houses in what is now
LeMars. The Sioux City Journal says of Mr. Young:

George W. Young, widely known in Sioux City, where he started the first
ice plant in the early 80s, died at his home in Cornucopia, Wis., Tuesday
morning from complications incident to an attack of dropsy. He was 72 years
old. His son, E. D. Young, 3525 Jackson street, who departed Wednesday to
attend the funeral services, thought it probable that his father's body
would be brought to Sioux City for interment.

Mr. Young, who was chief of police in Sioux City during the
administration of C. W. Fletcher in 1894-5, was born in Medford, Mass.,
April 2, 1846, later moving with his father to Illinois. He served two
years in the Sixteenth United States infantry, and in 1866, the year after
he was mustered out of service, he came to Sioux City. In 1869 he married
Julia A. Earle, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. J. W. Earle. For three years Mr.
and Mrs. Young lived in LeMars. They erected the first dwelling house in
that city. Returning to Sioux City in 1872, Mr. Young became an ice dealer.
He continued that business until appointed chief of police.

Mrs. Young died in 1896 and Mr. Young lived with his son for seven
years, after which he moved to Wisconsin. After locating at Cornucopia, Mr.
Young married a second time. Two sons of this marriage, Howard and Charles
Young, and the widow survive.