Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Henry YOUNG, dealer in cigars and. tobacco, Joliet; was born in the Province of Lorraine, 
France, Nov. 17, 1825; he came to this country in 1847, landing in New York August 2; he 
resided eleven years in Buffalo and vicinity, coming to Joliet in 1858; he engaged in 
keeping a public house, which he continued until the fall of 1874, when he engaged in his 
present business. He held the office of Constable for eight years, first being elected about 
1860; in 1863, he was elected Street Commissioner, and, in 1873, Alderman from the Fourth 
Ward (now the Second), serving two years. He was married Oct. 13, 1849, to Miss Mary BRACK; 
she was born in Luxemburg, Germany, May 5, 1832 ; they have had ten children, eight of whom 
are now living - Margarita (Mrs. Julius KRAUSE, of Joliet), Catherine, Henry J., Charles J., 
Emma, Rosa, Elizabeth and Joseph; one son, Nicholas, lost his life, with several others, by 
lightning while attending worship in St. John the Baptist's Church, July 31, 1864; another 
son, Henry, died in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1854.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.