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OMEGA YOUNG, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Pennsylvania in 1795; he is a son of Fountain and Tabitha Young, natives of Virginia, of English descent. Our subject came west at an early day, and received a liberal education in Cincinnati, which, at that time, was but a village. He settled in Lewis Township, Brown County, in 1813, and has since made it his home. He married Mary Cochran, who died soon after their marriage, and in 1824 he married Nancy Stayton, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Wise) Stayton, and a niece of Gov. Wise. By this union fourteen children were born, of whom eleven survive, viz.: Mary J. (widow of Harvey McKibben, deceased,) Indiana (wife of R. P. Bennington, of Ripley), Wiley W., (an attorney of Georgetown), Joseph (a farmer of Pike Township), William D. (an attorney of Ripley), Lizzie (wife of William Kantz), Maggie (wife of George H. Coulther, of Clermont County), Lou M. (wife of Orlesta Church), and S. Frankie (wife of Dr. A. Harne, of Chicago), James E. and H. Queen. The deceased are Martha, Thomas C. and Emma J. Mr. Young is a man of literary tastes, and he has given all his children a liberal education. He has followed farming all his life, until within a few years, when he retired from active life He resides two miles west of Georgetown, where he owns 105 acres of excellent farm land. In the early part of his life, he took an active interest in politics, frequently taking the stump in his party’s behalf. He never sought or held any office other than the minor ones of his township. He is a Republican in politics, and takes a deep interest in the work of his party. Mr. Young was for several years a minister of the New Light Church, but of late years he has not been identified with any church, but has for many years, and is now, very liberal in his religious views. He is one of the representative men of the county, and has always been classed with its better citizens.