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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JACOB W. YOUNG, real estate agent, was born August 29, 1839, in Stark county, Ohio. His father, George W. Young, and his mother, Elizabeth (Simons) Young, were both natives of Pennsylvania. J. W. Young was educated at Massillon, Ohio, and at Greensburg Seminary. In 1860 he went to Indiana, where he was engaged in teaching until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the First Missouri Cavalry as a private soldier, and was mustered as first lieutenant at the close of the war. In 1866 he came to Carthage, Missouri, when he, in company with Dr. Caffee, opened the first drug store in that town, and where he remained until 1877, when he sold out and spent some time in traveling. Afterwards he was in the transfer business. In 1881 he engaged in real estate business, of which he owns a considerable amount, and to this he has since given his attention. Mr. Young was married in 1868 to Miss Caddie Williams of Springfield, Missouri, who died October 4, 1878, leaving one child, Walter E. Mr. Young is one of four capitalists who are rebuilding and refitting the extensive woolen mills of Carthage. The building is 60x137, two stories high. The first floor is devoted to carding and weaving, and on the second floor the spindles of one hundred looms are kept spinning. They do a large and extensive business.

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