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| Sam Young and Bill Young at Young Implement Co. |
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| Sam Young, H.C. Hare, and A.C. Statton |
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| Robert Earl Vinson at Young Implement Co. |
There have been many brands of equipment carried by the store, some of which are
represented below.
ANN ARBOR
We are currently a Woods and Cub Cadet dealer.
It wasn't too many years later that Bill and Margaret were raising their two
children, Frances and “Billy Sam” there in Fredonia. Billy Sam was my father and he ran
the business from the ‘60’s until he passed away in 2001.
The business resides in a larger building constructed in the mid 60’s but still sits on the
same main road through town, now Highway 641.
Ironically, my other grandfather was a Farmall and International Harvester dealer in
what was known as “Old Eddyville” not but a few miles away from Fredonia.
In 1919, my grandfather, William M. Young founded Young Implement Company in
Fredonia, Kentucky. Affectionately known as “Mr. Bill”, he was both a merchant and a
friend to everyone that knew him. He and his wife Margaret lived less than a block away
from their store that sat on the main road through town. This was the day and the type
of small town where merchants and bankers could (and would) walk to town.
Young Hardware and Implement Company was a store that sold everything from china,
flatware, mixers, and small appliances to paint, oil, and chainsaws...and, of course, farm
implements and tractors by John Deere and Allis Chalmers. Shown here is some old
letterhead from the store when we sold Servel refrigerators, American Fence products,
and Field Seeds.
Margaret’s parents owned the local dry goods store that had been around long before
the Hardware and Implement store. The Howertons store across the street carried
everything from work clothes to suits. Her mother, Beulah, trimmed hats for the ladies
there.
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