Short Biography of Thomas N. Young

THOMAS N. YOUNG, born in Augusta Co., Va., January 23, 1817, removed in 1833 from Ohio to this county with his father, who settled about 1 1/2 miles west of the town of Boston, where P. Shidler now resides. of 18, and was engaged alternately in teaching and farming for a number of years. He married Mary Beard, a daughter of Peter Beard, of Boston, and in 1848 removed to Richmond, and engaged in the grocery business, but returned to his farm in Boston in 1849. In 1851, he returned to Richmond, and resumed the grocery and provision trade, in which he still continues. He was for several years a member of the city council; and in May, 1867, was elected mayor, which office he filled acceptably for the regular term of two years. He had six children, besides one who died in infancy, namely: Augustus B., a practicing lawyer in Richmond; Charles W. and George F., partners of their father in trade; Peter W.; Mary V., and and Dora B.

Source: "History of Wayne county, Indiana, from its first settlement to the present time : with numerous biographical and family sketches" ⁴⁰²²