Biography of Oscar L. Young, pages 1027 / 1028.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Oscar L. Young, attorney at law, Butler, Ind., was born in Allen County, 
Ohio, Sept. 3, 1849, a son of William Young a native of Maryland, and an 
early settler of Allen County. He was reared on a farm, receiving his early 
education in the log-cabin school-house.  Later attended the Newville, Ind., 
High School, working on a farm nine months and attending school three months 
a year. In 1873 he went to Fort Wayne and read law with Judge L.M. Ninde two 
years, and in 1875 came to Butler and began the practice of his profession 
before a justice, having been admitted to the bar in Fort Wayne.  
Subsequently returned to Fort Wayne and formed a partnership with A. H. 
Bittinger, and practiced with him till 1879.  Then went to Southwestern 
Kansas and remained a year, employed as attorney for the Atchison, Topeka & 
Santa Fe Railroad.  In 1880 returned to Butler, where he has since remained.  
He was married May 24, 1882, to Jennie M. Walker, daughter of Leonard S. 
Walker, of Fort Wayne.  They have one child---Beulah B..  Mr. and Mrs. 
Young are members of the Christian church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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