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SOLOMON YOUNG, farmer, grain merchant and ice dealer; P. O. Union City, Ind.; one of the old settlers of Darke Co.; born in Maryland Feb. 12, 1827, his father, Joseph Young, emigrated from Maryland to Pennsylvania in 1829, and in 1834 came to Darke Co., Ohio, and located some three miles east of Gettysburg; at 16 years of age Solomon Young obtained employment in the woolen-mills in Miami Co., continuing the same seven years; in 1852, he built a house in Union City, placing the four corners of the same upon stumps; he opened the first butcher shop in Union City, Ohio, which he run for several years, a portion of which time he also conducted the grocery and baker trade; in 1868, he located upon his present place, and for three years engaged in the saw-mill business, in connection with farming; he has cleared 240 acres of land during the past eleven years; his home farm consists of 80 acres of well-improved land, with good farm buildings, one-half mile from Union City; he has held the office of Assessor, and is now Land Appraiser. In 1864, he enlisted in the 152d O. N. G., under the call for 100-days men; was elected and served as Second Lieutenant for the full term of service of four months; in 1877, he connected the ice business, and is now also largely engaged in buying and shipping grain to the Eastern markets, his warehouse being located between the tracks of the C., C., C. & I. and the P. C. & St. L. R. R.’s. He was united in marriage with Hulda Reed, at Versailles, Darke Co.; she was the daughter of Allen Reed, one of the early pioneers; they were the parents of nine children, of whom Amanda, William T., Gertrude, Lincoln, Petulia and Solomon F., are now living; the deceased were John, Mary E. and one who died in infancy.