Cumberland County, Maine - John R. Young
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Biography
John R. Young
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 695-696


John R. Young, a respected citizen of North Yarmouth, as born upon the farm he
now owns and occupies, August 6, 1827, son of William and Abigail (Reed) Young.
His paternal grandfather was an early settler in Gorham, Me. John Young, father
of the subject of this sketch, was born in that town, June 4, 1785. He left home
at the age of fourteen, and for a short time lived in the family of Daniel
Marston. He learned the trade of a millwright, which he followed in his earlier
years, and subsequently engaged in agricultural pursuits, settling upon the farm
where his son now resides, previous to the year 1816. He carried on general
farming successfully for the rest of his life, and was known as an industrious
and worthy citizen. He died May 5, 1874, aged eighty-nine years and eleven
months. His wife, Abigail Reed, who was born in North Yarmouth, July 6, 1793,
was a daughter of Jacob Reed, a sea captain, whose birth took place in 1775. He
met with an untimely death, being lost at sea in 1801. William and Abigail Young
raised a family of twelve children, three of whom are living, namely Phoebe,
born November 28, 1822, married John Brown, and resides in Jacksonville, Ill.;
John R.; and James S., who was born May 3, 1832, and is now a resident of Los
Angeles, Cal. The mother died February 18, 1872.

John R. Young passed his boyhood and youth upon his father's farm, obtaining his
education in the district schools of his native town. In 1848, when twenty-one
years old, he entered the employ of the Fitchburg Railroad Company. He was
subsequently connected with the Rutland & Burlington, the Illinois & Wisconsin,
and the Toledo, Alton & Cleveland Railway Companies. On May 4, 1854, he entered
the employ of the Grand Trunk Company, with which he has remained up to the
present time, having served in various capacities. He was for some time
conductor of a construction train, and is now a section foreman. He is one of
the oldest employees of the company, having served faithfully for over forty
years. He is also one of the oldest residents in his part of the town. He owns
the old homestead farm of one hundred acres of fertile land, which he conducts
with satisfactory results.

On December 12, 1850, Mr. Young was united in marriage to Mary T. Batchelder,
who was born in Wentworth, N.H., February 14, 1831, a daughter of Burley and
Betsey (Taylor) Batchelder. Her parents, who are no longer living, were both
natives of New Hampshire. Her father died at the age of eighty years Mr. and
Mrs. Young have had seven children, as follows: George H., born November 25,
1851, is an engineer on the Grand Trunk Railroad, and resides in Portland;
Charles H., born January 25, 1853, is a mechanic, also residing in Portland;
Orrin B., born January 27, 1855, died March 22, 1895 John William, born May 4,
1857, is a railroad engineer residing in San Francisco, Cal.; Mary, born
December 14, 1860, married David Sweetzer, and died February 27, 1881 ; Alice,
born in 1867, married Edward Allen, and resides in Portland ; and Luella D.,
born October 5, 1869, married William Cushman, and died March 3, 1895.

Mr. Young has led an industrious life, and has an enviable reputation as a
worthy citizen and good neighbor. His steady habits and reliable character are
sufficiently attested by his long period of service with the Grand Trunk Railway
Company. His religious opinions are liberal, and in politics he supports the
Republican party. He is a member of Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M