Adam Young
Adam Young, son of Philip and Nancy Young, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, April 1, 1820. He came to Shelby County with his father, and located in Franklin Township in 1830, where he grew to manhood on a farm. He has made farming his principal vocation, and now owns a farm of eighty acres in section 26, Dinsmore Township, on which he has resided since 1854. March 11, 1841, he married Miss Mary Noland, daughter of Wesley and Martha Noland. Miss Noland was born in Adams County, Ohio, April 25, 1822, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1839. By this union he reared a family of seven children, viz., Philip W., Keziah A., John R., William R. H., Eliza, Druzilla C., and Martha O. Keziah A. is now dead.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883