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

William YUNG, photographer, Peotone, born in Wasungen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, Oct. 
26, 1854, where he lived until 1871, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York 
June 1, 1871, coming directly West; he located in Milwaukee, Wis., where he lived one 
year, working at his trade as mason; then to Chicago two years, where he worked at his 
trade until 1874, when he came to Peotone, Will Co., and engaged at his trade, which he 
has since followed; in 1876, he purchased his present residence, and, 1877, he purchased 
a photograph gallery, which he has since run, and also continued the business of masonry. 
He married Dec. 1, 1876, Miss Maggie CONRAD, daughter of Peter CONRAD; she was born in 
Cook Co., IL, Sept. 10, 1857; they have one child by this union - August Louis, born 
Dec. 10, 1877.


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