Person:Henry Young (54)

Biography

From: A Portrait And Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent And Representative Citizens
Published: Logansport, Ind.
A.W. Bowen & Co., 1898
pp. 980-982

HENRY D. YOUNG, a thriving young farmer of Suffield township, was born in Summit county, Ohio, March 11, 1861, a son of David and Catherine (Mishler) Young. He received his early education in the public school, which he attended until he reached the age of twenty, and here he passed his life on his father's farm, until his twenty-first year, when he commenced farming for himself. He was married, October 4, 1881, to Miss Emma Schrantz, daughter of Alfred and Fiana (Martin) Schrantz, and to their union was born a family of five children, viz: Ellen, January 5, 1883; Harvey, November 12, 1886; Della, June 24, 1891; Bessie, April 16, 1894, and Lottie, October 1, 1896. In the spring of 1886, Mr. Young removed to the farm which he now occupies, and he and family are faithful members of the German Baptist church.
The parents of our subject were both natives of Lancaster county, Pa. In the days of his early manhood, the father learned the trade of a potter, and followed that trade for a number of years after coming to Summit county, Ohio. He afterward engaged in farming, and in 1865, he came to Portage, where he has since resided. He was married June 28, 1849, to Miss Catherine Mishler, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Eberly) Mishler, and six children came to bless their union, of whom only three remain: Nancy, wife of Benjamin Mishler; Henry D., and Lovina, wife of Samuel Royer; those passed away were Maria, who died in 1861, aged ten years, Louisa, who died in 1861, aged eight years, and Lizzie, who died in 1861, aged two years - these three all having died within a week of that dread disease, diptheria. Mr. [David] Young, father of our subject, was ordained as a minister of the German Baptist church in which he is still preaching, also being an elder of the church; both parents reside in Suffield township.
Samuel Young, paternal grandfather of Mr. Young, was a native of Pennsylvania and in his early days was a teamster, driving a team between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pa. He came to Ohio and settled in Summit county, where he lived all his life. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Rhoads, and to them were born eight children, seven of whom are still living, viz: John, Henry, Simon, Samuel, David, Lovina (wife of Henry Landis) and Frederick. The grandfather was the owner of a large pottery in Summit county and also engaged in farming. He passed away November 20, 1880, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years, eight months and ten days.
Henry Mishler, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was also a native of Pennsylvania and emigrated to Ohio when a small boy. He afterward located in Portage county, where he engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Nancy Eberly, and eleven children blessed this union, eight of whom are living, viz: Annie (wife of Michael Rabenstine), Susan (wife of William Mills), Catherine (wife of David Young), Jacob, Elizabeth (wife of Daniel Merkley), Martha (wife of Emanuel Bellinger), Emma (wife of Joseph Stevens), and Fiana (wife of Richard F. Adams). Those who have passed on before were Henry, Oliver, and Polly.
Mrs. Young [Emma A. Schrantz], wife of our subject, was born April 13, 1863, in Stark county, Ohio, which was the birthplace of both her parents, her father [Alfred Schrantz] having been born September 4, 1841. He was principally engaged in farming and also engaged in threshing. He was married November 5, 1861, to Miss Fiana Martin, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Surbey) Martin, and to them were born two children, Mrs. Young being the elder, and Alvin, the younger, resides in Suffield. The father [Alfred] died September 21, 1866, at the early age of twenty-five years, in the faith of the German Baptist church. His widow [Fiana] was next married to Jacob Mishler, to whom she has borne two children, but one of whom is living -Ellen (wife of Silvanus Fausnight); John died in infancy.
Michael Schrantz, paternal grandfather of Mrs. Young [Emma A. Schrantz], was born October 3, 1819, in Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa., his parents then residing near a place known as Shaffer's Mill. In his early boyhood days he attended the graded school under the tutorage of Prof. John Beck, at Lititz, when his parents emigrated to Stark county, Ohio; he was then in his sixteenth year, and was instructed with the driving of one of the teams. He remained with his parents on their farm, two miles north of New Berlin, Stark county, until his marriage with Miss Sally Mohler, which occurred March 15, 1840. They began housekeeping on a small tract of land in Stark county, and in the spring of 1845 removed to a farm three miles north of Canton, Ohio, where they resided until the spring of 1851, when they removed to the old homestead in Stark county, which the family have ever since occupied. Mr. [Michael] Schrantz was a member of the German Baptist church and died September 12, 1887. The fruit of this marriage with Miss Mohler was eight children, viz: Alfred, Mary, Catharine, Malinda, John, Mahala, Henry and Sarah.
Henry D. Young, although still a young man, has exhibited wonderful skill as a farmer, and his well-tilled fields give evidence of most excellent management. He and his family hold a high position in the social circles of Suffield township, and are among its most respected residents.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 A Portrait and biographical record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio: containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and biographies of the governors of Ohio. (Logansport, Indiana: A.W. Bowen, 1898)
   pp. 980-982.

   ...was born in Summit county, Ohio, March 11, 1861, a son of David and Catherine (Mishler) Young.