WI BIO - Green Co - Young, W. W.
History of Green County, WI. Springfield, IL: Union Publishing, 1884, pp 
738-741

Mr. W. W. Young was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, 24 October 1837, 
and is a son of Robert and Jane Ann (BEAM) YOUNG, who came to Wisconsin in 
1839 and settled in Walworth County, where they spent the remainder of their 
lives. In 1856 the subject of this sketch [W. W. YOUNG] went to Waupaca 
County, Wisconsin, from whence he came to Green County in 1859.

In 1859 W. W. YOUNG was married to Margaret DOBBS, a daughter of Jeremiah and 
Susannah (LORING) DOBBS. W. W. YOUNG was then engaged in farming in Spring 
Grove [Green County, Wisconsin]. In 1866 he came to Brooklyn [Green 
County, Wisconsin] and purchased a farm near Attica, upon which he settled. 
He subsequently rented his farm and engaged for about three years in a 
general mercantile business at Attica [Green County, Wisconsin], being in 
partnership with C. D. W. LEONARD a portion of that time. He then returned 
to his farm, and has since been extensively engaged in stock raising; his 
farm contains 317 acres, and his improvements are among the best in town.

W. W. and Margaret (DOBBS) YOUNG have had six children, five living: (1) 
Porter H., the only child not still at home, who went to Idaho in the spring 
of 1861, where he has been engaged in mining up to the present time; (2) 
Jerry R.; (3) Frank; (4) Ida; (5) May; (6) Willie H.. (7) William W. 
died 21 January 1864.

[Numbering of children added by submitter and is not meant to indicate order 
of birth. Submitter counts seven children, not six. A typo may exist in the 
original text, which may make "Willie H." and "William W." the same person; 
this would make six children. Submitter has tentatively numbered William W. 
as the seventh child, since it is possible but unlikely (unless a multiple 
birth occurred) that the subject (whose name is given as "W. W.," not 
"William W.") had six or seven children between his marriage in 1859 and 
1864, when "William W." died. No birth dates for the children are provided 
in the biography, which also speaks of the subject ("W. W.") in the present 
tense. Submitter has found the number of children incorrectly identified 
often enough in biographies to tentatively label "William W." as the seventh 
child. It is left to the researcher to provide evidence for what can be 
discerned as "truth."]

Politically W. W. YOUNG is a national Greenbacker, but was formerly a 
Democrat. He has been Chairman of his town, and held other local offices; is 
a member of the United Brethren church. [Researchers are strongly encouraged 
to view census, primary, and other records as evidence for names, dates, and 
places for events given in any biography.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly