Representative Josiah Titus Young View All Years

HON. JOSIAH T. YOUNG.

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare and present suitable resolutions respecting the life, character and public service of the Hon. Josiah T. Young, would respectfully submit the following report:

Josiah T. Young was the eldest son of John and Rachel Titus Young, and was born in Johnson county, Indiana, February 25, 1831.

While the subject of this sketch was a mere boy he removed with the family to Warren county, Illinois, and in 1846 removed from Warren county, Illinois, to Kiskekosh county (now Monroe county), Iowa, in which county he made his home until his death, on November 11, 1907.

He enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 as a volunteer in the Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and served his country in a brave and efficient manner for three years, and was, for several months a prisoner of war in the prison at Tyler, Texas, during which time his health was impaired by disease, and he remained a sufferer from the effects of disease contracted in this terrible prison pen as long as he lived.

Upon his return home from the war he was elected by the people of his county to the office of clerk of the district court, and was twice re-elected to this position.

In 1872 he was elected to the high office of Secretary of State for the State of Iowa, and was twice honored with re-election to this office. In 1880 he was elected mayor of Albia, and in 1890 was elected a Representative in the General Assembly of Iowa.

He was married to Miss Christiana Burns Potts, on November 14, 1851. From this marriage ten children were born, four of whom are still living, to-wit: Fletcher W. Young of St. Louis, Mo.; David W. Young of St. Louis, Mo.; Ellsworth Young of Chicago, Ill; and Edward B. Young.

Mrs. Young departed this life in 1898.

In 1901 he was married to Miss Jennie Heppell of Albia, Iowa, who was a true and devoted companion until his death.

Mr. Young was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and lived an upright, conscientious christian life and had the confidence of all who knew him.

He was an active and loyal Republican, and was a familiar figure at all gatherings and conventions of the Republican party as long as his health and strength would permit.

WHEREAS, In the death of Hon. Josiah T. Young, the State of Iowa has lost an honored, influential and upright citizen, a faithful, conscientious and upright christian man, one who in the dark days of the Rebellion proved himself a brave, efficient and faithful soldier, and in the various positions of public trust which he occupied, honored by the faithful performance of his public duties, not only himself, but the people of his county and state, as well; therefore be it

Resolved: That we extend to his family our sincere sympathy in their sorrow and affliction; and the Chief Clerk of the House is hereby instructed to transmit an engrossed copy of these resolutions to the bereaved family and to enter the said resolutions upon the Journal of the House.

THOS. HICKENLOOPER,

W. P. ALLRED,

I. T. DABNEY,

Committee.