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ROBERT YOUNG, of Robert Young & Co., Georgetown, proprietor Georgetown Woolen Mills, was born near Belfast, Ireland, in November, 1829. He is a son of Robert Young, also a native of Ireland, and of Scotch descent. He was a farmer and linen weaver until his death, June 7, 1847. His mother was Isabella McClellan, also a native of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry. Our subject grew up in Ireland, receiving a fair education. He early learned the linen weaver’s trade, and when nineteen years of age came to America. He first located at Philadelphia, where he learned in grain carpet weaving, which trade he followed for a number of years. In 1857, he came West, locating at Leesburg, Highland Co., Ohio, where he worked in a factory two and a half years. He went back to Pennsylvania in October, 1859, where he remained till September, 1861. He then came to Georgetown, at the solicitation of Warner & Ramey, proprietors of a woolen mill in the south part of the village. He worked for the firm ten months. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving as a private till July, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge; upon his return to Georgetown, Mr. Young once more became connected with the mill business, and some years ago became part owner of the mill, a sketch of which appears in another chapter. Mr. Young is a member of the Good Templars and the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in politics, and has been a member of the Village Council for eight years, being again re-elected April 3, 1882. He was married at Philadelphia, June 6, 1850, to Mary A. Robinson, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. They have only one child — William A., in business with his father. Mrs. Young is a member of the Christian Church.