Jefferson St Woodstock, Ill. - 327 S Jefferson
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Jefferson St Woodstock, Ill. - 327 S Jefferson
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The residence of Leander J. Young was one of the houses featured in the Woodstock Sentinel's Special Edition December 19, 1901. The entire newspaper was devoted to promoting the idea that Woodstock was a special, and successful, place to live and do business.
Leander Young was a life-long resident of Woodstock. Born in 1851, he became a grocer as a young man and then expanding his store to include hardware. He was the Fire Marshall in 1898 and was a People's Life Insurance agent in 1914. He died in 1929.
His son Bart Colton Young, after graduating from Woodstock High School, became a stenographer. He was so skilled, that when Eugene Debs was incarcerated in the McHenry County Courthouse for six months in 1895 for contempt of court, he hired Bart as his clerk. After that, Bart worked for Oliver Typewriter Factory. His wedding anouncement in the Woodstock Sentinel describes the groom in glowing terms: "Soon after the Oliver factory came to Woodstock, Mr. Young was employed by the typewriter company, and through his strict attention to the detail work of turning out a perfect product, he has risen importance in the company's business until he now holds the foremanship of the aligning department and stock room, two of the most important departments in the whole factory." [Woodstock Sentinel, Sept. 21, 1905]
331 S. Jefferson
Frank A. Daniels was a "Popular pharmacist and manager Of Hoy's Drug Store for many years. Woodstock never had a finer gentleman or more progressive citizen than was Frank Daniels. Died Oct. 10, 1917." [Woodstock Sentinel March 13, 1937, Section 6 page 4]
Leander Young was a life-long resident of Woodstock. Born in 1851, he became a grocer as a young man and then expanding his store to include hardware. He was the Fire Marshall in 1898 and was a People's Life Insurance agent in 1914. He died in 1929.
His son Bart Colton Young, after graduating from Woodstock High School, became a stenographer. He was so skilled, that when Eugene Debs was incarcerated in the McHenry County Courthouse for six months in 1895 for contempt of court, he hired Bart as his clerk. After that, Bart worked for Oliver Typewriter Factory. His wedding anouncement in the Woodstock Sentinel describes the groom in glowing terms: "Soon after the Oliver factory came to Woodstock, Mr. Young was employed by the typewriter company, and through his strict attention to the detail work of turning out a perfect product, he has risen importance in the company's business until he now holds the foremanship of the aligning department and stock room, two of the most important departments in the whole factory." [Woodstock Sentinel, Sept. 21, 1905]
331 S. Jefferson
Frank A. Daniels was a "Popular pharmacist and manager Of Hoy's Drug Store for many years. Woodstock never had a finer gentleman or more progressive citizen than was Frank Daniels. Died Oct. 10, 1917." [Woodstock Sentinel March 13, 1937, Section 6 page 4]
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Lura Walkington
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c1910
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Bradford & Co. St Joseph, Mich., “Jefferson St Woodstock, Ill. - 327 S Jefferson,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed February 6, 2026, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1392.
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