Young, William B. b. 27 May 1846 , Saint Lawrence County, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

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Name	Young, William B.
Born	27 May 1846	, Saint Lawrence County, New York, USA
Gender	Male
Moved	3 Aug 1893
To Hortonville, Wisconsin
Biography	1911
History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1166
WILLIAM B. YOUNG, who after many years of traveling while following his trade is now settled down to a quiet retired life in the village of Hortonville, is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, where he was born May 27, 1846, a son of Thomas F. Young. Thomas F. Young was born in Montpelier, Virginia, whence his father and two brothers settled in 1770, coming thence from England. Thomas F. Young died in 1864, and his widow still survives at the age of eighty-seven years and lives in Outagamie county. William B. Young was the oldest of seven children, and as a young man tried to enlist in the Union army for service in the Civil War on several occasions, but on account of being a minor his father would not allow him to go. Eventually, however, he succeeded in being accepted in the 100-day service in the 140th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which did garrison duty along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and in the fall of 1864 he was mustered out at Chicago. He then returned to New York State and in March, 1865, left for Massachusetts to learn the machinist's trade, being first employed by the Arms Manufacturing Company and later with the Wheeler & Wilson Company at Bridgeport, Connecticut, with which concern he remained ten years. In 1881 he came West to Elgin, Illinois, and worked for the Elgin National Watch Company, making watch factory machinery, and after seven years went to the Aurora Watch Company and from there to Canton, Ohio, working for the Dunbar-Hampton Watch Company. He was next employed by the Columbus Watch Company at Columbus, Ohio, and the National Cash Register Company at Dayton, Ohio. While in Elgin, Mr. Young had invested in a Elgin Building, Loan and Homestead contract, and this matured while he was in Dayton, and with the other savings, of a long and fruitful career he came to Hortonville, August 3, 1893, and has resided here ever since. On February 1, 1870, Mr. Young married Mary J. Grinals, daughter of Jacob Grinals of Fall River, Massachusetts. Mr. Young, who has voted in five states, was a republican until Blaine's nomination, when he turned democrat on the tariff question and has voted with the latter party ever since. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Church, but for the past thirty-five years has been an agnostic.
	Young, William B. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
Reference Number	2699
Died	Yes, date unknown
Person ID	I307851	1FamilyTree
Last Modified	25 Aug 2018