Alfred J. Young
Alfred J. Young, formerly an extensive farmer in Bath township, but for the last two years a business man of Lima, who deals extensively in hay, was born in 1863 in Richland township, Allen County, Ohio, and is a son of Freeman and Charity (Roberts) Young.
The father of Mr. Young is now a resident of Beaver Dam, Ohio. In 1850 he came to Allen County. Charity Roberts, who became his wife, was a daughter of Washington Roberts, one of the pioneers of Allen County. The children of Freeman Young are: Wilson, a farmer of Richland township; G. Washington, a farmer and hay dealer, of Beaver Dam; Emma, the wife of Cyruss Marshall, of Richland township; Eugene, of Richland township; and Alfred J., of Lima.
Alfred J. Young was reared in Richland township, and secured a good, common-school education there. He remained on the home farm until about 25 years of age, and then bought a farm of 100 acres in Bath township, which he operated very successfully until he retired from farming, in 1904. He then moved to Lima and engaged in a feed business for one year, after which he went into the hay business. He is a heavy dealer in this commodity, baling and shipping large quantities every year.
Mr. Young was married December 2, 1884, to Phoebe Baker, who is a daughter of William and Deborah (Kollar) Baker. The late William Baker came to Allen County in 1863. his wife Deborah was a daughter of Joseph Kollar, formerly a leading farmer of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and a soldier of the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Baker had nine children, as follows: Joseph, living on the home farm in Bath township; Ella, wife of G. Stockton, of Van Buren, Indiana; Margaret, wife of G. W. Young, of Beaver Dam, Ohio; Pleaza, wife of William Roeder, of Bath township; Molly, wife of John Norman, of Lima; and Hays, also of Lima. Mr. Baker died in June, 1904, but Mrs. Baker still survives and resides in Bath township. The members of the family are well and favorably known.
Mr. and Mrs. Young have two children, Mertie O. and Grace, the latter still in school. The family belong to the United Brethren Church. Mr. Young is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The family residence is at No. 843 West Spring street.