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H. OSCAR YOUNG, the present incumbent of the office of postmaster at Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, was born at White Hallville, Cheltenham township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, November 27, 1862. He is a descendant of an old and honored family who have long been resident in that section of the state. He is a grandson of John Young, who was born at Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer by occupation, and a son of William S. and Mary (Buist) Young.

William S. Young (father) was born at the old homestead in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, in 1844. His early education was acquired in the schools adjacent to his home, and this was supplemented by attendance at the Academy at Norristown, where he was under the tuition of Professor John Locke. The greater portion of his active career was devoted to agricultural pursuits, and by practical and progressive methods he achieved a large degree of success. He was an active Republican in politics, although not an office seeker, and refused to be a candidate on several occasions, preferring to attend strictly to business. His death occurred in the year 1893, and his widow, Mary (Buist) Young, is still living, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

H. Oscar Young was educated in the public schools of Norristown, Pennsylvania, and at the age of twenty-two years located at Plymouth Meeting, where he accepted a position in the store of Hall Brothers, whose business he ultimately purchased and has since conducted very successfully. In addition to the duties devolving upon him in the management of this enterprise, he has served in the capacity of postmaster at Plymouth Meeting, his term of office being under the administrations of two Republican Presidents -the late William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Young is an active Republican, believing thoroughly in the principles of the party and advocating their enforcement. He is a member of the Masonic Order, being affiliated with Fritz Lodge, No. 420, of Conshohocken, and Hutchinson Commandery, No. 32, Knights Templar, of Norristown.

October 25, 1900, Mr. Young married Mary (Wilson) Swartley, born December I, 1869, widow of Marshall Swartley (deceased) and their children are: Evelyn M., born February 2, 1902, and Arthur Steinmetz, born July 30, 1903. Mr. Young and his wife attend the Baptist church at Cold Point, Whitemarsh township. Mrs. Young is a great-granddaughter of John Wilson, one of the early residents in that section of Montgomery county, a granddaughter of George Wilson, and a daughter of Oliver S. Wilson. George Wilson (grandfather) married Sarah Schofield, and they were the parents of the following named children: Hannah F., Martha, and Oliver S. Oliver S. Wilson (father) was born in Whitemarsh township, Montgomery county, in 1811. He was educated at Friends’ schools in the vicinity, and the greater portion of his active business career was devoted to farming. He married Elizabeth Mills, daughter of Mitchell and Catherine (Hickman) Mills, of Philadelphia, and their children are: George M., who married Alice Rhoads; and Mary, aforementioned as the wife of H. Oscar Young. Oliver S. Wilson died in 1879.