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ELAM YOUNT, farmer; P. O. West Milton; is another of the prominent and early settlers of this township; he was born in the place where he now resides in 1813 and is a son of Frederick and Mary Yount; Frederick was born in North Carolina, where he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mary Mast; he was a farmer by occupation, and, when the favorable reports of the great Northwest Territory reached the ears of the Southern farmers, he was one of the first to forsake the comforts of his native State and brave the perils incident to frontier life; he located first on the banks of the famous Ohio, in what was then the Northwest Territory, in 1798; here he remained till the spring of 1803, soon after the admission of the State into the Union, when his restless spirit again took up its journey northwestward; he settled finally on the very spot where the residence of our subject now stands— then on the extreme confines of civilization. We might consume hours in writing interesting incidents of this veteran of civilization, but much will be embodied in the general history of this township. Here in this place he spent the remainder of his days, his death occurring March 4, 1864, at the advanced age of 85 years and 11 months; his devoted wife preceded him to her final resting place Oct. 8, 1859. Elam’s boyhood days were spent on a farm, and were not unlike those of other pioneer farmer boys; he assisted in the duties of the farm till he reached years of maturity, when he began life for himself. His marriage with Miss Mary Kyle was celebrated Oct. 10, 1844 she is also a native of this county; her parents were natives of Kentucky, and settled in this county in the beginning of the present century, and were the first settlers; Mr. Kyle’s death occurred when in his 51st year; his wife survived him till her 74th year; Mr. and Mrs. Yount were the parents of nine children, viz., Sarah A., Samuel K., Laura M., Frederick (deceased), William, James B. (deceased), John F., Mary B., and one who died in infancy.