Philip W. Young
Philip W. Young, Postmaster at Anna and Dealer in General Hardware, etc. etc.
Mr. Young, a son of Adam and Mary Young, was born in Mercer County, Ohio, December 10, 1842. In the beginning of the year 1843 he was brought to Shelby County by his parents, who located in Dinsmore Township, where his minority was spent on the farm with his parents. He received a common school education; On the 13th day of September, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 20th O. V. I., served three years, and was discharged from the service Sept. 27, 1864, at the expiration of his term of enlistment. On the 22d day of July, 1864, while engaged in the battle of Atlanta, a musket ball entered his right chest, penetrating the lung, and passing out through the shoulder blade. After returning from the army he attended school two years. In the fall of 1865 he began teaching school, which he followed during the winter season four years. In March, 1869, he came to Anna, where he formed a partnership with Lewis Kah, the firm name being Lewis Kah & Co., dealers in general merchandise. In the fall of 1872 he withdrew from the firm, and he, in company with J. D. Elliott, formed a partnership, erected a building 20 by 40 feet, two stories high, in which they engaged in dealing in general hardware, under the firm name of Elliott & Young, who have since conducted the business with success. October 30, 1869, Mr. Young married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Wesley and Mary Ann Cole, by whom he has two children, Mary E. and Adonis C. In the fall of 1872 he was appointed postmaster at Anna. In April, 1881, he was elected a justice of the peace of Franklin Township. He has filled the office of mayor of Anna since the fall of 1878.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883