California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


YOUNG, W. G. Was born in Richland County, Ohio, August 6, 1835. His father died when he was six 
years of age, and the young boy had very soon to assume the duties of superintendent of the farm. 
He remained at his birthplace until 1857, when he went to Illinois, where he followed teaching until the 
spring of 1860. He then made a trip to Pike's Peak and returned in the fall. In July, 1861, he enlisted in 
Company " H," 27th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served about eleven months, when he 
was wounded, and in consequence received his discharge. He then went to Ohio, where he remained 
one year. He then went to Randolph County, Illinois, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, which 
he followed until 1873, when he disposed of his interests. In 1875 he came to California and located in 
Kelseyville, where he engaged in merchandising, which he followed until May, 1880, when he 
disposed of his business to Messrs. Clendenin Brothers. Since then he has been engaged in farming 
and wool growing. He owns about four hundred acres of land, located in Big Valley, near Kelseyville. 
He was married, October 25, 1866, to Miss Alice 0. Tuthill, a native of Illinois. They have three living 
children : Orrie E., Willard T. and Charles. They have lost two : Etta A. and Zoe.