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

Mansfield YOUNG, tea merchant, Joliet; was born in the city of New York, Dec. 26, 1830; 
at the age of 18, he came West with his parents, who settled in Manhattan Twp., in this 
county,. in 1849, where he assisted his parents in farming up to 1854, when he came to 
Joliet and engaged in the grain trade for a year, when be returned to New York, remaining 
there until 1864 engaged in the manufacture and sale of hats ; in January of the same 
year, he went to California by way of the Isthmus, and was engaged in the hat business 
in San Francisco up to September, 1865, when he returned to New York; in June, 1868, he 
came to Joliet, where he has since resided; he is at present engaged in the tea business. 
Was Town Clerk and Road Commissioner at different times during his residence in Manhattan 
Twp., and also one of the Supervisors. He married Miss Sarah WALKER, daughter of Joseph 
WALKER, of New York City, May 6, 1863; she died in Joliet on Ascension Day, May 25, 1876, 
and now sleeps in Oakwood Cemetery; she was a lady universally beloved, and her early 
death was greatly deplored by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. YOUNG was 
a member of the famous 7th Regiment N. Y. N. G., and, in 1861, went with that regiment to 
the seat of war, being the first regiment to march.


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