Stephen M. Young
Stephen M. Young was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, April 27, 1825 He is a son of Philip and Nancy Young, who came to Shelby County in 1831, and settled in Franklin Township, where Stephen M. passed his minority days on the farm with his father. December 2, 1847, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of Lewis and Margaret Woodruff, who was born in Cincinnati September 28, 1824, and came to Shelby County with her parents October 25, 1836, who settled in Washington Township two miles south of Hardin. Mr. and Mrs. Young settled on his father’s farm. They lived on several different farms in Shelby County until 1862, when he moved to a farm of forty acres, on which they have since resided. He now owns a farm of sixty-four acres. August 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 20th O. V. I., served until March 16, 1862, when he was discharged from the service on account of disability. He filled the office of trustee of Turtle Creek Township six years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883