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The History of Buchanan County, Missouri
Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc.
Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War,
General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men,
History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, etc., etc.(Union Historical Company, St. Joseph, Mo., 1881)
pages 997-998
THOMAS YOUNG, farmer and stock raiser, section 4, post office St. Joseph, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, on the 6th of December, 1817, and until fourteen years of age spent his time on a farm, attending the school of his neighborhood. For a short time he was employed as clerk in a wholesale liquor establishment, and afterwards removed to Belfast. In 1832, when but fourteen years old, he emigrated to America, landing at Baltimore in September. He went at once to Wheeling, West Virginia, and found employment with R. H. Sweeney & Co., in the iron and glass manufacturing business, for ten years. In 1842, he went to New Orleans, and, contrary to his intention upon starting out, came to Missouri, arriving in St. Louis in the fall of 1842. Returned to Wheeling, and afterwards settled in this county in that same year. In the spring of 1840, he had preempted one hundred and sixty-seven acres of land, where he has since made his home. Two or three years after coming, he was chosen justice of the peace, and filled that office for twenty-two years. He has been school director over thirty years. During the late war he was a strong Union man, and had two sons in the service. They enlisted in Co. A, Twenty-fifth Missouri Militia, serving on the mounted militia. His eldest son remained four years, taking part in all the battles of the Mississippi campaign, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. Mr. Y. owns a farm of two hundred and eleven acres, well stocked. July 27, 1837, he was married to Miss Jane Greer, a native of Ireland. They have eight children : James G., John H., Robert I., Harry H., Margaret I., now Mrs. Robert Hensley; Eliza Ann, now Mrs. Henry Knight; Mary, now Mrs. Cure, and Kittie, wife of Captain J. E. Dickinson, of Kansas. For two years previous to the war Mr. Y. served as assessor of the county, and since the war, for a like period, acted as county coroner. He has been twice nominated for county judge by acclamation, but private affairs prevented his accepting the honors.
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