C. O. YOUNG, V. S., who conducts his veterinary hospital and boarding stables at No. 419 Caldwell Street, Piqua, is one of the leading men in his profession in this section of Miami County. Dr. Young was born in 1878, at Sidney, Ohio, and he was reared and educated in Shelby County. When sixteen years of age Dr. Young began to work in a drug store and during his three years in his first position he laid the foundation for his future professional career. He was connected with the wholesale drug business at Indianapolis, Indiana, for one year, going from Fletcher, Ohio where he had been living, and then returning to the home farm for three years. He completed his knowledge of drugs during a subsequent period of five years in the business at Toledo, Ohio, and then prepared to make a practical use of it, and at the same time entered the Toronto Veterinary College, at Toronto, Canada, thereby entering into a profession for which he had a natural inclination from early youth. He was graduated in 1908, and on April 18th of that year located at Piqua. His hospital is scientifically fitted up and his success is assured, many of the owners of valuable horses and stock in this section gladly availing themselves of his knowledge and skill.

In August, l898, Dr. Young was married to Miss Edith L. Rhodecker, of Sidney, and they have one daughter, Mayme V. Dr. and Mrs. Young attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias.