JOSIAH YOUNG, farmer and brick and tile manufacturer, P. O. Green Spring, is a native of Adams Township, this county, born December 5, 1852, son of Charles and Mary Catharine (Spangler) Young, and brother of Henry F., Charles M., Lewis W., John P., Albert R., Daniel W., Edward A. and Minerva Young. He was reared on a farm and has since given some attention to farming. He became owner of land at the death of his father, in 1877, and now owns land in both Adams and Pleasant Townships, this county. He also holds property in the village of Green Spring. He followed the carpenter's trade for a short time, and in 1881, he began the manufacture of brick, to which line of business he added, in 1883, that of tile making all of which he still operates quite extensively. Mr. Young was married, February 18, 1879, to Miss Caroline Schuster, of Adams Township, this county. She is a native of Erie County, N. Y., born July 3, 1856, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Hauck) Schuster, natives of Germany, and who were married in Erie County, N. Y.; they were parents of seven children, five of whom are still living: Delana, Elizabeth, George H., Christiana and Caroline. Those deceased are Dewalt and Jacob E., the former of whom was killed in the late war, June 23, 1864; latter died at Wellborn, Fla., September 26, 1883. Mr. Schuster died October 8, 1880; his widow now resides with her children in their several localities. To Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Young has been born one child, Erin D., born May 27, 1880. Mrs. Young is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Young is a Democrat.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p. 714-715
ADAMS TOWNSHIP