WI BIO - Eau Claire Co - YOUNG, Leonard J.
History Northern WI, Vol I, Western Historical, 1881, p 338 

Leonard J. YOUNG, first engineer, Empire Lumber Company, Eau Claire, Eau 
Claire County, Wisconsin], came to Wisconsin in 1869 and located at Eau 
Claire, where he has been employed in his present capacity since. Leonard J. 
YOUNG was born in Skowhegan [Somerset County], Maine, 20 December 1840. He 
was engaged in the capacity of engineer for fifteen years on various 
Mississippi River steamboats. He took the first steamer down the Red River 
to Hudson [County, ST] in 1858.

In 1868 Leonard J. YOUNG was married at Minneapolis [probably Hennepin 
County, but could be Anoka or Carver County], Minnesota, to Mary J. SEARLES, 
who was born in New York [State]. Leonard J. and Mary J. YOUNG have four 
children: Clarence, Claude A., Herbert M., and Carrie M.

Submitted by: Cathy Kubly