[p. 599] who is
engaged in a merchant tailoring business
at Ellwood City, where he is one of the
leading citizens, was born in Forward
Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania,
May 8, 1871, and is a son of George W. and
Catherine Young.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Young were Isaac and Mary Young, the former of whom lived to be ninety-two years of age. The maternal grandparents were Henry and Margaret Marburger, the former of whom lived to be ninety-three years old. The longevity of the family has been unusual, many on both sides living to extreme old age.
George W. Young, father of George Sherman, was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and has been a life long farmer. He resides on his farm, which now contains fifty-nine acres, a part of the old homestead, which once was of 400 acres. He married Catherine Marburger, who was born in Butler County, in 1844, and they had a family of five sons and three daughters born to them, namely: William, who is engaged in a merchant tailoring business at Butler, married Miss Nora Martin; Mary, who is the wife of Daniel Larkin, resides near Wexford, in Butler County; George S.; Lewis, who is employed by the Standard Oil Company; Nancy, unmarried, who lives in Butler County; Orion, who follows farming, married Blanche Covert; Elizabeth, who is a teacher in the public schools of Los Angeles, Cal., and Seymour, who still remains on the home farm.
George Sherman Young grew to the age of fifteen years on the home farm, attending the country schools for some years. He then started to learn the tailor trade with George Ifft & Son, of Evans City, where he remained for two years and then worked two years with his brother, who was in the same business, and from there went to Harmony and worked four months with A. W. Latshow. He then located at Zelienople and embarked in business for himself, one year later going to Chicago, where he remained for a short time. In 1901 he came to Ellwood City, where he purchased a desirable lot, erected a suitable building and opened up his present merchant tailoring establishment, having the largest one of its kind in the city. Mr. Young employs about sixteen people and has a fine line of custom, carrying an exclusive line of goods and producing work of the very best quality and finish. He has prospered ever since coming to Ellwood City and owns considerable valuable real estate here, including his store building, which is 22 by 50 feet in dimensions, and an attractive home residence on the corner of Seventh Street and Wayne Avenue. As his sole amount of capital was 75 cents when he started out for himself, Mr. Young has every reason to take satisfaction in what he has accumulated through his own persistent and honest efforts.
In 1893, Mr. Young was married to Miss Clara Hamilton, a daughter of Robert Hamilton, of Butler County, and they have three sons and one daughter, namely: Arnold, Catherine, Everett and Thaddeus. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Young is a Democrat. He served three years as a member of the School Board and was on the building committee when the new school edifice in his ward was erected. He is a Knight of Pythias of the Uniform Rank, and also belongs to the old lodge of the Golden Eagles.
Mr. Young preserves many interesting annals pertaining to his family. Originally the Youngs belonged to England, and they went from there to Holland, and came to America and settled in New Jersey prior to the Revolutionary War. From near Trenton, N. J., they came first to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and then to Butler County, where they were among the earliest settlers. Mr. Young prizes highly a picture of the old log house which was built over one hundred years ago by his grandfather, when all that section of Butler County was a forest. On both sides of his family, the older members were buried in Butler County. They are universally recalled as people of good intention and useful and virtuous living.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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