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Andrew B. Young, who is now successfully following the occupation to which he was reared, and which has been his life-work, a calling that has for ages received undivided efforts from many worthy individuals, and one that always furnishes sustenance to the ready worker, now resides on his large plantation near Osceola. He was born in the northern part of Mississippi County, in 1844, and was the tenth in a family of eleven children born to James and Elizabeth (Gallaway) Young. The parents were natives of Indiana and Kentucky, and were married in the last named State. They emigrated to Mississippi County at a very early day, and at the time of their settlement here their nearest neighbor was eight miles distant. Mr. Young conducted a ferry, sold a few goods to the Indians, and supplied the wants of the few people who passed that way. He entered 160 acres, made all the improvements, and had it all under cultivation at the time of his death. His wife survived him several years, and died in 1867. Andrew B. Young aided in clearing the farm, and received a good practical education in the common schools. He enlisted in the Confederate service in 1864, and participated in the battles of White River, Austin, and several skirmishes. He started on the Missouri raid with Gen. Price, but was taken sick and returned home. His three brothers, James, Erasmus and George, were also in the service; the former served the entire time, but the latter died in Kentucky. In 1865, Andrew rented land, and began farming on his own responsibility, continuing until 1872. Previous to this, in 1871, he bought 160 acres, two miles north of Osceola, with only twenty acres cleared, and the following year he built a good residence, moved on his own farm and began improvements on an extensive scale. He has good barns, etc., and has the entire tract under a high state of cultivation at the present. In 1884 he purchased 300 acres adjoining, on which there were about twenty acres cleared, and since then Mr. Young has opened up nearly 160 acres more. He is also quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, both cattle and mules. Mr. Young’s farm is one of the best in the county, and all of the land, with proper cultivation, will yield a bale of cotton to the acre. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Catherine Bowen, a daughter of Reece Bowen, one of the earliest settlers in this section [see sketch of Capt. Bowen]. Six children were born to them (two of whom are deceased): Nena died in infancy; Austin also died in infancy; Logan A., attending school at Brigham, N. C.; Fannie Lee, attending school at Anchorage, Ky.; James Reece and Joseph. Mr. Young is a member of the Methodist Church, and Mrs. Young of the Presbyterian.