Husband Oliver Young 1
Born: 4 Mar 1829 - Peacham, Caledonia Co, VT 1
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Died: Jul 1886 1
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Father: Otis Young ( - ) 1
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Other Spouse: Amanda McKinney (1848-Aft 1899) 2 3 - Jul 1872 1
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1 M Otis Young 1
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General Notes: Husband - Oliver Young
He was a descendant on his mother's side from George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and on his father's side from Col. Otis Young, who won distinction in the War of 1812.
He was born at Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, but at an early age his family moved to St. Johnsbury, where his father perfected the Fairbank Scale.
He obtained his education at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after which he went to Kent, Ohio, and later to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he lived for a number of years. He then returned to Ohio and took a contract on the building of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, owned by English capitalists. He subsequently took a contract on the Salamanca & Meadville R. R., and became conductor on the first division. He later resigned and built the Oil Creek and A. V. R. R., of which he was superintendent. He later went to Illinois, where he was awarded another large contract to build a railroad; and at about this time he turned his attention to coal mining, operating largely at Gillespie and Litchfield, and later at Massillon, Ohio. He was a splendid financier and was a business associate of Mark Hanna and Judge Day. He was distinctively a business man, and all of his energies were devoted to business interests.