Representative John Ambrose Young View All Years
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John Ambrose Young
Clinton County
Born in Orange County, N.Y., June 8, 1815. His family removed to Pennsylvania in 1815, where he was educated and in 1848, he moved to Oakland County, Michigan, where he remained for eight years, when he moved to Iowa and located at Elvira. He was elected to the 16th and 17th Assembly of Iowa as Representative on the Democratic ticket, where he served his country faithfully for four years. He was elected, in 1860, to the office of County Supervisor, which he held for six years. He married Martha Ann Cox, of Pennsylvania. Capt. Young, while in his 25th year, was elected Captain of the Shippensburg Troop, an old cavalry company which had served in the war of 1812, and during the time of his captaincy volunteered for the Mexican war. The Captain, although now in his 64th year, is still a member of the 17th Assembly of Iowa, which office he held until January, 1880. He was Collector of taxes of his township, Township Clerk and President of the Township School Board for several years.
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