John V. Young
 

JOHN V. YOUNG, farmer of Jefferson township, Boone county, is "native here," and was born December 17, 1836. William and Mary (VanNice) Young, who were his parents, were born in Tennessee and Kentucky. The father of John V. Young located in Boone county December 17, 1829, and at one time owned 1,200 acres of good land. His death occurred in November, 1870, and that of his wife in May, 1887. May 11,1857, Mr. Young married Miss Elizabeth A. Caldwell, daughter of Robert and Sibba (Russell) Caldwell, and of the six children that blessed this happy union four are living, viz: Alonzo A., Omer B., Edward C. and Lee. The two deceased were named Louisa T. and Addison. Mr. Young has not only proved himself to be an excellent farmer, but he has also shown himself to be an excellent raiser of livestock, some of his horses being recognized as among the best breeds in the county. In politics Mr. Young is a pronounced democrat, and has served as township trustee and justice of the peace. He is well known as a free contributor of his means to every educational and church enterprise, and no one in the township sustains a higher social position than his. He owns 260 acres of fine land, well improved, in Boone county, and forty acres in Montgomery county, Ind.

Transcribed by: Chris Brown
Source: "A Portrait And Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," page 534, published in 1895 by A. W. Bowen & CO. Chicago