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                  <text>In addition to the working in construction, J. O. served on the Nampa Planning &amp; Zoning Commission for 10 years. He was a member of the Nampa Fifty Year Club, the World War I Barracks, and the Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints.</text>
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              <text> In 1874, at the age of two, J. O.'s mother, Lucy Titsworth, traveled by wagon train with her family to the Bruneau Valley. John Oscar Young is reportedly the first Caucasian child born in Owyhee County.  J. O. was born September 15, 1894, in a dugout.  J.O. resided in Nampa from early childhood and grew up in Nampa. At age 14, he became a carpenter's apprentice. As an adult he worked as construction Superintendent with Morrison-Knudsen, the civil engineering and construction company, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. &#13;
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Father and son partnered in 1946 and started the J. O. Young and Son Construction Co., in Nampa. Upon returning from the War, three more brothers joined their father in the company.</text>
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