V. H. YOUNG, photographic artist, Platteville; was born July 19, 1848, in the town of Lima, Grant Co., Wis. His father, Dr. B. F. Young, was a native of New York; he came to Wisconsin in the winter of 1845, and settled in Lima, his family coming in the spring of 1846; he practiced medicine in Lima and vicinity till his death, which occurred March 6, 1862, at the age of 45. Mrs. Young, who maiden name was M. A. Barstow, daughter of Joseph Barstow, is still living in Lincoln Co., Dak. Dr. Young was a graduate of Cleveland Medical College, and attended medical lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was married in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he practiced his profession before coming to Wisconsin. V. H. Young learned photographing in Webster City, Iowa, commencing in July, 1871; he worked in various places in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, and finally located in Lincoln, Neb., in February, 1872; he remained there till October, 1877, then went to Webster City, Iowa, and from there to Platteville in 1879; the first three years of his stay in Lincoln, he was in partnership with J. W. Chase, formerly of Chicago, firm of Young & Chase, and since he came to Platteville, has been in company with John Robertson. Mr. Young was married in Ludington, Mich., Jan. 28, 1872, to Miss Louisa Voigt, and has two children - Virgil Herbert and Winnefred Louise.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.