[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He is also a director and owner in the Porous Plaster Company of the village of Sing Sing, which company is the successor of his father's business, manufacturing Brandreth's Pills and Allcock's Porous Plasters. Mr. Brandreth takes great pride in being the pill-maker of the family, his brothers paying more atten-tion to the manufacturing of porous plasters. Townsend Young who is also largely identified with the business interests of Sing Sing, is the representative of a family that has long been known in this county; the family homestead, which is located near Chap-foaqua, having been in the possession of his ancestors for several generations. His father, John Young, married Phebe, daughter of Elisha Moseman, and their son, Townsend, was born May 8, 1831. His early life was passed on the farm with his parents, and at the age of twenty he removed to Sing Sing, and be-gan business on his own account, After being employed as clerk in a dry goods store for some time, he com-menced a partnership with Mr. William E. Ryder, and was afterwards in partnership with James McCord. In 1861, the firm being dissolved, he established a clothing and gentlemen's furnishing store in his own name, and has continued the busi-ness till the present time. In 1878 he established a branch of the business at Peekskill and another at Tarrytown in 1882. During the time that Mr.