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Daniel Hiel Young
Delaware County
Delaware county sends a native son to the Senate of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly in the person of the Hon. D. H. Young of Manchester. He was born in Manchester, January 9, 1857, his parents being S. R. Young and Sarah E. Young, pioneers of the place. He attended the schools of his native town, graduating from the high school, and then spent a short time at the Iowa State University pursuing special studies in the line of civil engineering. In business he has combined engineering and contracting, paying special attention to bridge building. He is a member of several secret societies and attends the Methodist church. Mr. Young takes a special interest in the permanent improvement of the public highways. Two years ago he succeeded in having a bill passed which makes a beginning in the permanent work. He was chairman of the roads and highways committee, and served on the committees on railroads and commerce, schools and text books, agriculture, mines and mining, institution for feeble minded, congressional districts.