Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Trimble Co.

JAMES F. YOUNG, a native of Shelby County, Ky., was born August 7, 1812,
the son of James L. and Frances (Whittaker) Young.  His grandfather, John
Young, was an old settler about three miles south of Shelbyville, and his
maternal grandfather, Acquilla Whittaker, settled about one mile south of
the same town, where he operated a water mill.  James L. Young was a
soldier in the war of 1812, settled in Bedford, Trimble County, when James
T. was quite young, kept a tavern, and was engaged in the mercantile
business until his death in 1857.  Mrs. Frances Young died in 1861; James
F. Young was educated in the county schools and at St. Joseph's College,
near Bardstown.  He succeeded his father in business at Bedford with Dr.
Robert O'Brian as partner, and remained in trade about fifteen years, but
most of his life has been passed in cultivating his farm of 1,700 acres
in Trimble County, but has now retired from active pursuits.  He married
Miss Fannie Hunter, daughter of late Dr. Hunter, of New Castle.  This lady
died in 1852, the mother of the following children: Robert R., John J.,
Mart Morton and Adeline.  Col. Aquilla Whittaker, Mr. Young's maternal
grandfather, one of the famous pioneers of Kentucky, was born in Baltimore
County, Md., in 1755, and came to Kentucky in 1775, took an active part
in many dangerous and thrilling events in the exploration and settlement
of the State, and in 1783 settled in the neighborhood of Shelbyville, where
his brother, John Whittaker, was killed in an Indian encounter.  Among the
many fights with the savages in which Col. Whittaker took part may be
mentioned a personal combat near Louisville with a chief.  Each eyed the
other awhile from their respective saplings, both raised their rifles
together and fired simultaneously.  The Indian's bullet cut a lock of hair
off the Colonel's left temple, while the bullet from the Colonel's rifle
went crashing through the skull of the chief.

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