Yount, George

YOUNT

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 23:50:32

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.724

YOUNT, GEORGE, farmer, Allen Township, P. O. Carlisle; was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, December 27, 1820, and when seven years of age, his parents came to Indiana, where he was raised; Mr. Yount has been thrice married; first, to Martha J. Brown, March 4, 1841, a native of Ohio, who died in 1844, and left two children: Margaret and Martha (deceased); was married again to Malissa Brown, in 1847, a native of Ohio, who died in 1849; his present wife, was Catharine Vanbrunt, a native of Ohio; they were married in 1852, and have a family of two sons and four daughters: Eva, Carrie, Nina, Edward, Mary and Byron; he came to Iowa, in 1857, and has lived on his present farm since 1859, which consists of sixty-five acres; he has held the office of justice of the peace, and various township offices.