WI BIO - Green Co -YOUNG, Isaac W.
History of Green County, Wisconsin. Springfield, IL: Union Publishing 
Company, 1884, p 1075

Isaac W. YOUNG was born in Knox County, Ohio, 14 September 1840. His father, 
Evin G. YOUNG, brought his family to Green County, Wisconsin, in the autumn 
of 1846 and settled in the Town of Jefferson, about two miles south of the 
Village of Juda. There were fourteen children in the family, five sons and 
nine daughters: (1) William, now deceased, born 27 February 1845 in Knox 
County, Ohio; (2) Samuel, born 19 August 1838 in Knox County; (3) Isaac W., 
the subject, who enlisted on 23 October 1861 in Company B, Eighteenth 
Wisconsin Volunteers, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in 
1864; (4) Zenas, now deceased, born 02 February 1842 in Knox County; (5) 
Joseph L., born 18 April 1846 in Knox County, Ohio, who enlisted in 1863 in 
Company G, First Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry and serving until the end of the 
war, and married on 29 November 1869 [Miss] Eunice STRAW, a daughter of 
Malachi [STRAW], and is now living near Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska; (6) 
Nancy, who married Joseph MELICK on 23 February 1842; (7) Elizabeth, who 
married Andrew RILEY on 04 January 1847; (8) Savenia, who married John 
VANDERBILT on 24 July 1851, now a widow, John VANDERBILT having died a 
prisoner in Andersonville prison during the War of the Rebellion; (9) Martha 
[Martha A., deceased], who married William RILEY [related to Andrew RILEY the 
husband of her sister Elizabeth?] on 16 February 1862; (10) Mary J., who 
married Clarence BRYAN on 12 March 1865; (11) Alice J., who married Henry G. 
TOWNSEND on 18 May 1866; (12) Catharine, deceased; (13) Rowena, deceased; 
and (14) Levina A., deceased. [Numbers added by submitter; not 
representative of birth order.]

Isaac W. YOUNG, the subject of this sketch, lives in this town on Section 15, 
which was a part of the Charles WOODLING place. His [Isaac W. YOUNG's] 
father, Evin G. YOUNG, died at Juda [Green County, Wisconsin] in December 
1880. His [Isaac W. YOUNG's] mother's death [the death of Mrs. Evin G. 
YOUNG] occurred less than one month later [thus in December 1880 or January 
1881].

Isaac W. YOUNG was married on 31 May 1868 to Eliza WOODLING, daughter of 
Charles WOODLING. The year following his marriage, Isaac W. YOUNG worked his 
father's farm in Jefferson, and then moved to his present location. Issac W. 
and Eliza (WOODLING) YOUNG have four children: (1) Willie W., born 31 March 
1869; (2) Orletta, born 29 March 1871; (3) Anna M., born 22 August 1872; 
and (4) Clyde E., born 28 March 1878.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly