NEWS.South.Kentuckian.1881-1883.Christian

Extracts from The South Kentuckian, Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY

May 31, 1881 State News-Zeno F. Young, the genial, gentlemanly editor of 
The Madisonville Times, passed through the city Sat. en route home from 
the exposition at Nashville.

Sept 27, 1881 Socialites-Mr. Zeno F. Young, the popular and 
companionable editor of The Madisonville Times, one of the best and most 
prosperous country papers in the state, came to the city last Friday to 
take in the circus.

May 23, 1882 - Sketches of Western Ky. Editors- Zeno F. Young is one of 
the best known, and most popular editors in Western Ky. He is 32 years 
of age and has had ten years experience in newspaper work. He began his 
career as "devil" and is an excellent printer. He worked in a printing 
office several years when a boy, but finally abandoned it in order to go 
into the Union Army. He entered Col. Sam Johnson's company at the age of 
15 years and remained till the close of the war, about a year. In 1872, 
he bought the Madisonville Times which he still edits and has firmly 
fixed on a money making bases. In appearance, he is strikingly handsome. 
He is rather heavy set, being in the full enjoyment of robust manhood. 
He has black piercing eyes, black hair and a rather full face. He wears 
no beard except for a mustache.

As a write, he is fearless, outspoken, and when occasion requires 
severe. He is a staunch Democrat under any and all circumstances. He is 
a pleasant companion and a witty conversationalist, thus he makes no 
pretensions to being humorous in his editorial work. He was elected Vice 
President of the WKPA at its organization in Jan 1881, and became 
President in the fall of the same year. He was elected President at the 
last meeting of the Association, which position he now holds. He is a 
widower, his wife having died in the spring of 1881. He has two 
children. He is connected with the wealthiest and most prominent 
families of Hopkins Co. He is not wealthy by any means, but he is making 
money out of his paper. He was born in Hopkins Co. He does not belong to 
any church but is temperate and moral in his habits.

July 4, 1882- Mr. Zeno F. Young, the jovial and companionable editor of 
the Madisonville Times, returned home yesterday after a days visit to 
the writer. He came down to the convention but was induced to remain a 
few days and meets some of Hopkinsville's pretty girls.

Sept 19, 1882- Mr. Zeno F. Young, editor of The Madisonville Times, will 
come down Thursday to take in the show and attend the opening of the New 
Opera House. The fire and military companies are kindly requested not to 
make demonstrations as Mr. Young's modesty alone is equal to his merit 
and he prefers to be received like a mere private citizen.

Sept 26, 1882 Socialites-Mr. Zeno F. Young, the young and dashing of The 
Madisonville Times, spent a day or two last week in the city, the guest 
of the writer.

Mar. 13, 1883 Socialites-Mr. Zeno F. Young of Madisonville, paid his 
Hopkinsville friends a visit last Friday and attended the theater.

Other "news" after he married the 2nd time was about him and his family 
having suffering from an illness with Zeno having an absess on his right 
jaw that finally softened enough to be lanced. And his left jaw is 
giving him the same problems.  Then Aug 29, 1884, there is a note in the 
paper that he has walked up town for the first time since their illness. 
  Then he was rumored to be going to buy the Henderson Newspaper, but it 
was later found it that it was his brother Walter who was buying the 
newspaper. However, Zeno did buy the Marshall House in Paducah, KY.  
Apparently he did well in the hotel business too.  One funny thing that 
is mentioned is from a man's father remembering Zeno, saying One day he 
leaned out of a window to talk to a friend and fell from the second 
story to the paving below. He was taken up for dead but lived another 
ten years, although he always thereafter had a stiff neck.


(Personal note, he supposedely killed himself in Paducah, KY but no info 
found to back it up yet)  Information given to my by JoAnn Hornby.
Maria DeMoss Troutman-Schopp, Germany


Contributed by Maria & Tim Troutman <troutman@snoopy.bunt.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 1997