Hon. George M. Young (1870-1932) was born at Lakelet, Huron County, Ontario, Canada, son of Richard and Jane (Eaton) Young. Mr. Young received his education in the public and high schools of St. Charles, Michigan. In 1888 he came to Minnesota and worked on a newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at Casselton, North Dakota. He graduated in law from the University of Minnesota with the class of 1894. He opened a law office in Valley City, North Dakota. He erected the Young block in 1906 and purchased land in Barnes County. He was elected to represent his district in the general assembly in 1898 and elected to the House in 1900. He served as State Senator and then was elected Representative to U.S. Congress in 1912-1924 from the Central Second District. Mr. Young was appointed by Pres. Coolidge to the U.S. Customs Court in 1924 and made presiding Judge of the Court by Pres. Hoover; he served the Customs Court for eight years. In January 1899 he was married to Augusta L. Freeman of St. Charles, Michigan, a daughter of Jared and Caroline M. (Adams) Freeman, a relative of the Adams family of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Young had one child, Katherine Adams Young (Mrs. Guess). Mrs. Young died in 1949.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 279