YOUNG, EWING. farmer,
P. O. Fairfield, was born in the year 1820 in Wayne County, Ill.
He was a son of John Young, of
Wayne County, Ill., formerly of Kentucky.
Our subject was educated in a Wayne County, Ill., pioneer schoolhouse.
He is a member of the M. E. Church.
He was married, December 16, 1841, to Miss
Emily Craven, daughter of Robert
Craven, of North Carolina, and by whom he has had ten children,
seven living—Johnson, America, Sarah J., Robert, Pruda, Emily and Elmer.
Our subject owns 620 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and
stock-raising. In politics he is Independent.