OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES: 1879 1889 1903 1911 1930 BIOGRAPHIES Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois A Tale of its Evolution, Settlement and Progress for nearly a Century -         Vols. I & 2 By Lottie E. Jones - Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z   CHARLES T. YEOMANS has been actively and successfully identified with the commercial interests of Danville as a hardware merchant for almost four decades and is accounted one of the leading business men of the city. His birth occurred in Wyoming county, New York, on the 21st of January, 1846, his parents being the Rev. N. T. and Frances (Bush) Yeomans. The father was a minister of the Congregational church and for many years preached the gospel in western New York. He came to Danville, Illinois, in 1877 but died the following year, passing away at the home of our subject at the age of sixty-seven.  His wife, a native of New Hampshire, died in the state of New York in 1872.      Charles T. Yeomans obtained his education in the public schools of the Empire state and subsequently clerked for some time in a drug store of Brockport, New York. He next spent five years as a bookkeeper in Chicago, Illinois, and in 1871 came to Danville. Here he formed a partnership with A. L. Webster for the conduct of a hardware store, beginning business on a small scale in the east room of his present extensive establishment on West Main street. When the partnership was dissolved in 1875 Mr Yeomans became associated with W. E. Shedd and they conducted the enterprise with mutual pleasure and profit until the latter passed away in September, 1909. Since that time Mr. Yeomans has been the manager of the business and enjoys a large and lucrative trade as a dealer in hardware.      In 1878, at Danville, Mr. Yeomans was united in marriage to Miss Kate L. Le Seure, a daughter of Victor Le Seure, of the firm of V. & P. Le Seure, who were numbered among the earliest merchants of Danville, conducting a general store on the corner which is now occupied by Mr. Yeomans' establishment.  Our subject and his wife have three children. Victor, who is now associated with his father in business, was educated in the public schools of Danville and in Lake Forest College. N. Tracy, who enjoyed the same educational advantages as his brother, is now in the service of the Belden Manufacturing Company of Chicago. Minnette, the youngest child, attended the Bradford Seminary in Massachusetts. After completing their studies all of the children were sent on a European trip, thus being afforded an opportunity to gain the culture and knowledge acquired by travel in foreign lands.      Mr. Yeomans acts as an elder in the First Presbyterian church and has been clerk of sessions for twenty-five years. He is likewise treasurer of the home mission committee of the presbytery and synod. He is not active in politics but: is nevertheless a most loyal and public-spirited citizen. His salient characteristics are such as have gained for him the friendly regard and good will of all with whom he has been associated through either business or social relations, and he is well entitled to a foremost place among the representative and respected residents of Danville. Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II - By Lottie E. Jones - Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company - 1911 - pp. 547 & 548   CORNELIUS M. YOUNG, deceased, was for thirty years an honored resident of Danville and for the greater part of that time was actively identified with the business and industrial interests of the city. He claimed Indiana as his native state, his birth occurring in Boone county, on the 23rd of December, 1845, and he was there reared and educated in much the usual manner of country boys. His father, Clayburn A. Young, was a native of Tennessee and was educated for the ministry at Marysville College, that state. Being very much opposed to slavery, he left home at an early age and removed to Indiana, where he engaged in farming and also helped in organizing many Presbyterian churches in that state. His father was a large landowner and had many slaves, but, owing to his opposition to slavery, he refused to accept his share of the estate on his father's death.      Cornelius M. Young engaged in agricultural pursuits during his minority and after his father's death, which occurred when he was twenty-one years of age, he remained with his mother, carrying on the home farm until she, too, passed away six years later. She bore the maiden name of Mary Russell. It was in 1877 that he came to Illinois and two years later he took up his residence in Danville, accepting the superintendency of the branch agency for the Howe Sewing Machine Company established at that place. He continued to fill that position until their factory was burned and then became traveling representative in Illinois and Indiana for the New Home Sewing Machine Company. In connection with that business he also conducted a retail store in Danville, but continued to travel for twenty-four years, or until his health failed and he was obliged to retire. During the last four years of his life he was not actively identified with any business and on the 19th of December, 1909, he passed away.      Mr. Young was married December 24, 1868, to Miss Alice Welshimer, a daughter of Judge Welshimer, of Neoga, Illinois, who served as judge of the county court for two terms and as postmaster of Neoga for the long period of seventeen years. When the country became involved in civil war. he was one of the first to respond to the call for volunteers and was one of the very last soldiers to be exchanged at the close of the struggle, being at that time confined in Libby Prison. He was a native of Ohio but spent the greater part of his life in Neoga. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Julia Pickering, was a native of Virginia. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Young are as follows: Julia, now the wife of A. G. Johnson, of Danville; Mary, now Mrs. De Groat, of Duluth, Minnesota; Robert R., a resident of Danville; and Lola, the wife of A. G. Cockerton, of Danville.       Mr. Young was long an earnest and faithful member of the Presbyterian church, in which he served as a deacon for fifteen years. He was a strong temperance man and took an active interest in promoting that cause. His fraternal relations were with the Modern Woodmen of America. His upright, Christian life gained for him the confidence of all with whom he had any dealings and it is safe to say that no man in the community was held in higher regard. In business affairs he wrought along well defined lines of labor, manifesting intelligent appreciation of opportunity, and throughout his entire career displayed habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities. Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II - By Lottie E. Jones - Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company - 1911 - pg. 616   J. H. YOUNG.  The Civil war was a dreadful ordeal for young men and many returned home at its close without having learned those lessons of self-denial, application and persistence which are so necessary in the attainment of permanent success in the great battle of life. The war, however, developed in many brave soldiers the qualities here named and thousands of stout-hearted men who wore the blue and the gray have demonstrated in the field of business those qualities which always command respect and lead to ultimate recognition. Among this number may be named J. H. Young, a business man of Oakwood, who for nearly forty years has been identified with the interests of Vermilion county and is today one of its most honored citizens.      He was born in Fountain County, Indiana, February 18, 1844, and is a son of Thomas H. And Eliza (Moffatt) Young, both natives of Kentucky. The father removed to Indiana in the '20s and entered land there which he improved by building a house and various other improvements of logs. There he lived Until his death. Two children were born to the parents, the subject of this review being the only survivor.      J. H. Young received such education as the early schools of the neighborhood afforded and continued upon the home farm until 1862, when he enlisted in the Civil war as a member of the Seventy-second Regiment of Indiana He saw some hard fighting and among the battles in which he engaged was Stone River and the great battle of Chickamauga, in the latter of which his left leg and left arm were both broken in two places. On account of his severe injuries he was mustered out of service at Franklin, Tennessee, and as soon as he was able to do so he returned home. He began his business career as a clerk      In a drug store, but in 1869, being then twenty-five years of age, he came to Vermilion county and located on a farm in Newel1 township, where he lived for two years. The next three years he spent on a farm in Nebraska, but in 1874 he returned to Vermilion County and resumed farming. In 1876 he took up      His residence in Danville, becoming a clerk in a drug store conducted by E. E. Boudinot. Here he showed such ability that in 1880 he was admitted to a partnership with Mr. Boudinot and they started a general store, of which he became the sole owner ten years later. The store and its contents were destroyed by fire in 1897 and, unfortunately for the owner, there was very little insurance upon the property. However, he soon embarked in the drug business and is now the owner of a fine store and building besides a handsome residence which occupies two lots.      In 1868 Mr. Young was united in marriage to Miss Sarah L. Lockhart, who was born in Vermilion county and is a daughter of Joseph and Louisa (Chandler) Lockhart. Her parents were both natives of Kentucky and came to this county in 1827, being among its early settlers. She is one of a family of five children now living. To Mr. And Mrs. Young five children were born: Nellie, who was born December 28, 1868, and died September I 5, 1895; John H., who was born in 1869 and died nine months later; Myrta A., now Mrs. R. F. Pinegar, of Oakwood; Charles C., serving as postmaster of Oakwood; and Vera L., at home.      Mr. And Mrs. Young are identified with the Disciples of Christ and are willing assistants in forwarding all good causes. He is an upholder of the principles of the Republican Party and is at present assistant postmaster of Oakwood. He is a member of Kenesaw Post, G. A. R., and, having himself stood on the firing line, he fully appreciates the tales of adventure and suffering which he hears from his old comrades at their gatherings. His life has been one of many vicissitudes, but his faith in ultimate triumph      Has never wavered, and as he was a soldier "good and true," so he has conducted himself in his various duties as a private citizen. Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II - By Lottie E. Jones - Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company - 1911 -  pgs. 237 & 238 - Submitted by Mary Paulius NOTES:

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