From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. H. YOUNG J.H. Young is too well known in Stevens county to need any introduction to the people. He is a man of ability and excellent standing and has always shown sagacity and enterprise, both in the labors of an individual nature as well as in all movements for the general welfare of the county. He is at the present time conducting a real estate and mining office in Colville, where he does a good business, being known as one of the leading men of the county. J.H. Young was born in Lyons, Wayne county, New York, on February 25, 1854, the son of John and Catherine (Rodenbach) Young, natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. They settled in Lyons in an early day and remained there and remained there until 1872 in which year they removed to Michigan, where the father died and the mother is still living. They were the parents of four children. The father was a lumber merchant and a prosperous man. Our subject was educated liberally in the public schools, completing a high school course. At the age of twenty-two he came to California and there followed mining for four years. In the spring of 1880 he came on north to Spokane and soon thereafter went to the Big Bend country. He took a homestead where Reardon now stands, and in 1883 was operating a stage from Spokane to Fort Spokane. During the mining excitement at Colville, in 1885, he came hither and since that time has made that his headquarters. His first venture here was to erect a livery barn, which he operated for some time, about ten years. Then he took up real estate with John B. Slater, having also began that line while handling the livery. When the railroad was building, he purchased the Republican, which changed to a Democrat paper and named the Index. But to-day it is the leading Republican paper in the county. He spent some time in British Columbia looking after his mining interest and later returned to Colville, where he has continued since. In company with James Durkin, Mr.Young bought an interest in the famous Silver King which later sold for one million five hundred thousand dollars. This gave him a comfortable fortune and he has invested it largely in Colville, owning now the Rickey building, besides much of the valuable property in and adjacent to the town. In 1902, he established the real estate office he is now conducting and has done a good business since. Mr. Young has large mining interests in British Columbia and in this state and is greatly interested in pushing that work along rapidly. In 1888 Mr.Young was nominated by his party for county treasurer, but was defeated by John Rickey with a majority of eighteen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.