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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. 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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G. F. YOUNG, tobacco dealer, Ripley, is a son of Robert L. and Mary (Dugan) Young, natives of Kentucky, who settled in Lewis Township, Brown County, in 1832. Her death occurred in that township in 1852. Prior to the rebellion, he was largely engaged on the river in freight transportation between Cincinnati and New Orleans, and ran the largest freight boat to and from these ports. The vessel was finally lost, being crushed by a ship at New Orleans. Since the war, he has been extensively engaged in the tobacco trade in connection with his son, Alfred, and they are reputed as the largest dealers in the latter named city. He retains his residence at Higginsport, where the subject of this sketch was born in 1844. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the First Ohio Cavalry, Company F, and did active service until he was wounded at the battle of Stone River, and was honorably discharged from the service April 16, 1863. Mr. Young became engaged in the pork and tobacco trade with Stephenson & Thompson, of this city, with whom he was associated some years. In 1877, he established himself in the tobacco trade at his storehouse on Third street, where he has since been actively and successfully engaged. His shipments of tobacco average 100 hogs heads per annum, and he employs men who are constantly packing and shipping. Mr. Young was joined in wedlock to Miss Hannah Stephenson, of Ripley, by Daniel Gaddis, on the 29th day of March, 1869. To this union two children have been born, one of whom is living, viz.: Ada. George F. deceased.

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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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