Michael Young & Elizabeth Bettendorf

Children of Michael Young and Elizabeth Bettendorf

Michael Young

1. "History of Bureau County, Illinois", by Bradsby 1885, page 702

"MICHAEL YOUNG, Arlington, was born May 11, 1832 in Mehren,
Rhein Prussia, Germany. He is a son of John A. and Margaret
(Pantenburg) Young, natives of the above place, were the former
was a farmer and cooper by occupation. In 1841 he came to Peru,
Ill., where the family lived three years, after which he went to
farming, having entered 160 acres of land in Westfield Township,
where both parents died. They reared four children, viz.: Mrs.
Catharine Thealen, Michael, Peter and Joseph Young, the latter
deceased. In 1853, at the age of twenty-one, Michael Young
crossed the plains and became a successful gold miner in
California,
at one time possessing $60,000 of the filthy lucre, but meeting
with reverses he was only able to bring $10,000 home with him,
which he invested principally in Arlington, where he built
several buildings, which burnt down in March, 1869. This was a
heavy blow to Mr. Young, as he recived no insurance, but nothing
daunted, he engaged in the hardware business on a small scale
with borrowed capital. Eventually he also engaged in the
agricultural implement and husk mattress business, putting up
machinery and using from 400 to 600 tons per year of the latter
material. He has ben wonderfully successful since he started in
business, which is due mainly to his untiring energy and
perseverance, his business amounting to about $80,000 per annum.
Mr. Young was married July 17, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Betendorf,
a native of Germany, who is the mother of the following children:
Joseph (deceased), Ella, Katie, Anna, Maggie, Elizabeth and Michael
Young. Mr. Young has filled school and township offices and is
identified with the Democratic party. "


1. "History of Bureau County, Illinois", by Bradsby 1885, page 702

"MICHAEL YOUNG, Arlington, was born May 11, 1832 in Mehren,
Rhein Prussia, Germany. He is a son of John A. and Margaret
(Pantenburg) Young, natives of the above place, were the former
was a farmer and cooper by occupation. In 1841 he came to Peru,
Ill., where the family lived three years, after which he went to
farming, having entered 160 acres of land in Westfield Township,
where both parents died. They reared four children, viz.: Mrs.
Catharine Thealen, Michael, Peter and Joseph Young, the latter
deceased. In 1853, at the age of twenty-one, Michael Young
crossed the plains and became a successful gold miner in
California,
at one time possessing $60,000 of the filthy lucre, but meeting
with reverses he was only able to bring $10,000 home with him,
which he invested principally in Arlington, where he built
several buildings, which burnt down in March, 1869. This was a
heavy blow to Mr. Young, as he recived no insurance, but nothing
daunted, he engaged in the hardware business on a small scale
with borrowed capital. Eventually he also engaged in the
agricultural implement and husk mattress business, putting up
machinery and using from 400 to 600 tons per year of the latter
material. He has ben wonderfully successful since he started in
business, which is due mainly to his untiring energy and
perseverance, his business amounting to about $80,000 per annum.
Mr. Young was married July 17, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Betendorf,
a native of Germany, who is the mother of the following children:
Joseph (deceased), Ella, Katie, Anna, Maggie, Elizabeth and Michael
Young. Mr. Young has filled school and township offices and is
identified with the Democratic party. "

Elizabeth Bettendorf

Joseph Young