William Yount

"WILLIAM YOUNT, dealer in boots and shoes, Littlestown, was born near East Berlin May 19, 1832, and for thirty-five years has been prominently identified with the business and other interests of Littlestown. He is a son of George and Sarah (Bender) Yount, both of whom were natives of Lancaster County, Penn., and both now deceased. In youth he learned the harness and saddle-maker’s trade, and when twenty-one years of age opened a harness shop in Littlestown, which he conducted for seven years, sometimes alone and sometimes in partnership. For nine or ten years he conducted a general store; then engaged for two years in the grain business; but for several years past has kept a boot and shoe store, which he is still conducting, keeping a full line of goods, with sales averaging $4,000 to $5,000 a year. He also owns a boot and shoe store at Taneytown, Md., which is managed by his son, F. M. Yount. Our subject is a Republican, and has filled many offices in the gift of the borough and township, and at present is a member of the school board. He was appointed postmaster at Littlestown April 6, 1881, and held the office until September 7, 1885; was a charter for Littlestown Borough, and is a stockholder, charter member and vice-president of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Mining Company, of Baltimore City, of which he is the agent at Littlestown. This company was chartered to do a general mining business and for other purposes, December 17, 1884. Mr. Yount is a member of the Methodist Church; served on the building committee of the church edifice, and contributed liberally to its completion, as well as to other churches in the vicinity. He was married January 4, 1854, to Mary M., a daughter of Jacob Bishop, and twelve children blessed this union: Francis M., born April 21, 1855; Charles E., born April 24, 1857; Sarah L., born June 2, 1859; Willie, born November 26, 1861, and died in infancy; Martha Jane, born June 18, 1863; Howard B., born May 21, 1866, died in infancy; John Wesley, born August 27, 1868; Mary Alice, born August 23, 1870; Clara, born March 17, 1873; Jessie C., born May 6, 1875; Edgar H., born November 4, 1877, and died July 19, 1878; and Ira N., born October 21, 1879. "