Judson Obediah YOUNG
Biography

YOUNG, Judson Obediah

One of the well-known business men of Western Massachusetts is Judson Obediah Young, manager and owner of the J. O. Young Company, which was formerly the Springfield branch of Young Brothers, Inc., a concern which is engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of ladders, jacks, and
carpenters' supplies. The plant is located at Springfield, where a modern factory was erected in 1909.

(IV) Judson Obediah Young, eleventh child of Obediah Parker and Anna (Cashman) Young, was born in Lake Paul, Nova Scotia, August 28, 1884. He received a good, practical education in the public school of Lake Paul, and in 1900 removed to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of the Young Brothers, thus identifying himself with the business established by his brother, Wallace H. Young, in 1893. Nine years after Judson O. became associated with this concern the business was incorporated, and at that time Judson Obediah Young was made vice-president,
assistant treasurer, and manager of the Springfield Branch. That branch had been established by George Young in 1903. After five years spent in Worcester, Judson Obediah Young removed to Springfield with his brother, George Young, and devoted his energy to the upbuilding of the Springfield Branch, purchasing same in 1924, now sole owner. Land was bought and the modern plant erected, in which the manufacture of stepladders, lawn swings, settees, staging brackets, and chimney brackets for carpenters' use, ladder hooks, ironing tables, wood eaves, troughs, etc., was begun. The business of the Springfield Branch has greatly ex-panded, and at the present time the services of about a dozen men are required in order to meet the demands of the trade. The concern keeps many teams on the road all the time, and both the Worcester plant and the
Springfield Branch have won an enviable reputation for most excellent workmanship, for prompt and courteous service, and for sound business methods. The Young Brothers are well known throughout Western Massachusetts, and are all highly esteemed
among their many business associates and among those with whom they are brought in contact in other connections. Judson Obediah Young is a member of Desoto Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Springfield ; and his religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield.

On May 18, 1909, Judson Obediah Young married Ruby Pearl Johnson, of Worcester, Massachusetts, daughter of Lauris Eugene and Lillian (Scott) Johnson, and they are the parents of four children: 1. Elmo Lauris, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, January 22, 1910. 2. Ralph Obediah, born February 6, 1911, died in July, 1911. 3. Dorothy Alberta, born in Hartford, Connecticut, November 29. 1912. 4. Bertha Alice, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, June 12, 1914.



see American Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical; (Volume 10) online. (page 15 of 97)



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