Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Part 180

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Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co.
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engaged in the discharge of official duties. Mr. Yarwood was married in 1891 to Miss Hattie Stewart, daughter of George A. Stewart, a mer- chant of Belvidere, Ill., but later connected with the famous Stewart contracting firm of St. Louis. Mr. Stewart was a brother of the head of this firm, and came of the family well known throughout England, Canada and the United States, as builders of great public works in these countries. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Yarwood is Stuart K. Yarwood, born Feb. 20, 1893.

LOUIS H. YARWOOD, artist, Elgin, Ill., born at Oriskany, Oneida County, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1827, son of Henry and Katie (Wiggins) Yar- wood; educated in the public schools of his native village, and at Whitestown Academy (Whitestown, N. Y.); came west in 1851 and lived in Chicago two years; removed to Elgin in 1853, where he became bookkeeper for the Elgin Woolen Manufacturing Company; later was engaged in the drug business as successor to Allen C. Lewis, founder of Lewis Institute, Chicago. Retiring from the drug trade some years later, he found himself free to give his attention to art, for which he had always had a fondness and for which he had shown talent in early boyhood. He has since devoted him- self to this profession, and has painted many pictures of superior merit; was the first libra- rian of the Elgin Public Library and filled that position for several years; was one of the early members of the Board of Trustees of Elgin Academy. He married Caroline J. Drummond. born in Sherbrook, Canada, and their children are: Marc D., a leading musician of Elgin; and Mrs. Katie (Yarwood) Parsons, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is prominent both in Elgin and Cleveland as a soprano singer.

DELOS W. YOUNG (deceased), physician and surgeon, Aurora, Ill., was born at Jamestown, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1829, son of Richard and Eleanor (Pryne) Young, and when about twelve years of age, came with his parents to Illinois, the family settling in the vicinity of Bristol, Ken- dall County. Here the son grew up on a farm, receiving his education in the common schools of that locality. He early appears to have de- veloped a natural capacity for surgery when, having dislocated his own wrist, he set it him- self, treating it with such skill as to attract the attention of Dr. Nicholas Hard, a prominent

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physician then practicing at Aurora. Through the influence of Dr. Hard he was induced to undertake the study of medicine, leaving home with a small stock of clothing against the protest of his parents. Aided by Dr. Hard, who furnished him employment enabling him to pay his board, he finally graduated at the

DELOS W. YOUNG.

Medical College at Keokuk, lowa, establishing himself in his profession at Little Rock, Ken- dall County, where he remained a short time. Then removing to Aurora, he succeeded there to the practice of his preceptor who had re- cently died, and this continued to be his home during the rest of his life, except while serving in the Thirty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, in which he was commissioned as Surgeon in the fall of 1861. The severe strain to which he was subjected during the first few months of the war made such inroads upon his health that, after the battle of Pea Ridge in March, 1862, he was compelled to tender his resignation and return to Aurora, where he resumed his home practice. In this position he became widely known throughout Northern Illinois, both by his suc- cess as a practical physician and his contribu- tions to medical journals. He was regarded as a leading surgeon and fine type of the family

physician, and his death, which occurred Sept. 8, 1874, brought to a large proportion of the people of Aurora a deep sense of personal be- reavement. Dr. Young was married June 20, 1852, at Aurora, Ill., to Miss Ellen Barr, who was born at North East, Penn., Sept. 18, 1834, the daughter of Dr. Alonzo S. and Julia A. (Griffin) Barr. Dr. Barr was a physician at Plainfield, Ill., where he practiced many years, and where he finally died. A remarkable co-in- cidence in the history of Dr. Young is traced to the fact that, while the marriage of himself and wife in 1852 was the first to be celebrated in the old First Methodist church at Aurora, his funeral was the first to take place in the new church edifice of the same organization, a little more than twenty-two years later. Dr. Young and wife had one daughter, now Mrs. Ricker, wife of Dr. A. J. Ricker, of Aurora. Mrs. Young also survives in the city which has been her residence for more than fifty years. Dr. Young's prominence in public affairs is indicated by the fact that he served three terms as Mayor of the City of Aurora, for several years was a member of the Board of Aldermen

of that city, and also served at different times on the Board of Supervisors of Kane County. He was President at the date of his death of the Aurora School Board, and the "Young School" of that city was named in his honor. He was also prominently identified with va- various medical organizations, including the Illinois Medical Society, in which he held the office of President, and the American Medical Association.

HENRY M. YOUNG, mechanical engineer. St. Charles, Ill., born in Lowell, Mass., June 27, 1848; came to Elgin, Ill., March 11, 1867; was employed in engineering work in Ohio and Minneapolis, Minn .; entered the United States Engineering Corps in 1878, with which he re- mained two years; came to St. Charles in 1893. and in 1900 became manager of the Garden City Sand Company; married May 22, 1872 Rose E. White of St. Charles, and they have one son, Richard N.

FRANCIS L. YOUNG, Manager of Kaneville and County Line Creamery, Kaneville. Kane County, was born in Strafford, Orange County, Vt., Dec. 1, 1828, came with his parents to Kane County, Ill., in 1843, and lived with his parents in the Township of Blackberry seven years.

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He then bought land from the Government, which he still retains. Until his retirement from active business life in 1871 he continued farming as his chief work. In 1879 Mr. Young was elected on the Republican ticket as County Treasurer, filling that position seven years. He also held the office of Supervisor of the town

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for two years, and for several years has been Highway Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. In February, 1891, he became manager of the Kaneville and County Line Creameries, a duty which occupied about all of his time, Př

and in which nie is stiu engaged. Mr. Young was married in March, 1857, to Miss Bettie Pat- son, who died in November, 1871. His second marriage occurred in May, 1873, with Mrs. Ann (Patterson) Annis. Of his first marriage were born a son and a daughter, there being no children by the second marriage.

SMITH YOUNGES, stock-dealer, Elgin Town- ship, Kane County, was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1852, and came with . is parents to Elgin Township when eight ars old. His education was acquired in the iblic schools, and he was reared to manhood the old homestead farm at East Plato. , hen about twenty years old he worked for his brother-in-law, W. W. McDonald, for about

a year and a half, then rented half of the old homestead for four years, after which he rented what was known as the Edson Kimball place for three years. By this time he had become forehanded enough to purchase land for him- self, his first purchase being the Kimball place, which he was already operating. In 1874 he purchased seventeen acres of Mrs. Freeland, and thirty acres of Mr. Loomis, also purchased 154 acres of Martin Switzer, and other real- estate investments brought his entire farm property in 1903 up to 470 acres. He deals in horses and mules as well as cattle, and has been Postmaster of Youngesdale since the es- tablishment of the office in 1889; has also served as School Director and is a prominent Mason. Mr. Younges was married in St.

SMITH YOUNGES.

Charles, Ill., Dec. 24, 1874, to Miss Carrie Fer- son, and they have four children: Clyde, Nellie, Maude and Lizzie. It is said of him that he. ships more milk cows to Chicago and Mexico than does any other dealer in this part of the State. In 1897, in company with his brother- in-law, Mr. McDonald, he opened a general store in East Plato, and for three years the two were together, when Mr. McDonald died. After his death Mr. Younges carried on the store for a time alone, when it was burned and never rebuilt.

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NATHAN S. YOUNG, retired, Batavia, Ill., born in Strafford, Orange County, Vt., Aug. 20, 1818, son of Nathan and Hannah (Smith) Young, was reared to manhood in his native town, where he was trained to mercantile pur- suits. In 1843 he was sent to Chicago to get three children and bring them back to their guardian in Vermont. This mission he accom- plished in August, and in September he again came west with his father's family and settled in Blackberry Township, Kane County, on land which his brother, P. S. Young, had purchased from the Government. He continued farming in Blackberry Township until 1852, when he sold out and made some investments in Iowa. and the following year bought a farm near Batavia. On this he lived until 1857, when he removed to Batavia, engaging in the grain and lumber trade, and helping found the First National Bank of that city. He was a director

and stockholder of this institution during its existence, and thereafter was cashier of the banking house of Gammon & Newton until 189( Since that time he has given his attention the care of his real-estate interests. For mi years he was Trustee of the village of Bat and at various times has held other loca. tions. He was an old-time Whig, and in was among the New England followers of De .. iel Webster. In later years he worked f Abraham Lincoln. He has been a close stud of history, and has a valuable collectio': { facts relating to Kane County. Since 185: 1 ... has kept a most interesting record of the weather for Kane County. In Vermont Lc began a daily diary, and has filled more than a dozen volumes with his notation of facts and fancies. In 1862 he married Mary L. Hollister, who was born in Lee, Mass.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Part 180

Author: Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 950

Author:
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 950