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Joseph Barris Young
Linn County
Born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1832. Mr. Young resided with his parents until his majority, attending school, including a term each in Madison and Washington Colleges, and two half years in Asbury University at Greencastle, MD., where he graduated with the class of 1851. He commenced the study of law with Judge Canton, of Iowa City, and in 1853 was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Marion, Linn County, Iowa. He served as prosecuting attorney. He was, in 1861, chosen representative in the state legislature, and two years later elected to the State Senate, to which he was re-elected in 1865, to fill his own vacancy occasioned by his entering the army. During his legislative experience, he spoke but seldom and then to some purpose. In 1868, he was one of the electors at large on the Republican ticket, and made an extensive canvass of the state, holding several discussions with Hon. Martin Van Buren Bennett, Democratic elector at large. These discussions elicited much interest in the several districts where they were held, and contributed in securing the victory which crowned the November election. In June, 1869, Major Young was appointed pension agent for the northeastern district of Iowa. Their Mr. Young married in 1855, Jane M., daughter of H. A. Carter, of Hopkinton, Iowa, and a native of Massachusetts.
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