YOUNG, Madison - Putnam

The gentleman to a review of whose life the reader's attention is here respectfully directed, is recognized as one of the energetic and successful citizens of the north part of Putnam county, who by his enterprise and progressive methods has contributed in a material way to the general advancement of the county, especially Franklin township, where he has long maintained his home and become one of its leading men of affairs. Like many of the enterprising citizens of this section of the Hoosier state, Madison Young is a Kentuckian, having been born in the old Blue Grass state, January 8, 1856. He is the son of Harrison and Kiziarh (Baugh) Young, both born in Kentucky where they were reared, educated and married and in 1873 they came to Putnam county, Indiana, and fanned in Franklin township 'where they lived until about 1883 when Mr. Young went west, but he has returned and is now living in Roachdale. He and his wife are the parents of these children : G. R., Madison, Margaret, Mary B. and Samuel K. Madison Young grew to maturity in Kentucky, where he worked on his father's farm during the summer months and attended the common schools in the winter. He came to Indiana with his parents and remained with them until he was twenty-three years of age. He had worked considerably on the farm by the month in order to get a start. On April 6, 1880, Mr. Young was married to Emma F. Bymaster, who was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, November 18, 1861. Her father, David L. Bymaster, a man of high principles and well known in his community, was a native of Pennsylvania, who finally moved to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he resided during the latter part of his life. One daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Young who is now deceased. Her name was Letha M., born June a), 1881, and died January 14, 1893; she was a graduate of the high school at Ladoga, Indiana, and was a bright and interesting child. Mr. Young is the owner' of an excellent farm of one hundred and six acres in Montgomery county, this state, which is under a high state of improvement and cultivation. He moved to Roachdale, Putnam county, on November 23, 1906, and is residing at the corner of Washington and Walnut streets, in one of the finest and most attractive dwellings in the town or this part of the county, being equipped with all modern appliances, with basement, furnace, bath, hot and cold water, etc. It was built at an expense of three thousand dollars. He still looks after his farm and is especially interested in good livestock, of which he is a splendid judge, and, because of the high grade of the various kinds of stock he handles, they always find a ready market. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Christian church at Roachdale, and Mr. Young is a charter member of the Ben Hur lodge here, carrying an insurance in the same. Politically he is a Republican and, while he has never found time to take a great deal of interest in political affairs, he has always done what he could toward the betterment in any way of conditions in both Putnam and Montgomery counties, and because of his public-spirit, his cordial manners and his honesty he is held in high favor wherever he has lived.