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103 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 1040–1044.

Yale, Albert Wp. 1040educator, journalist, clergyman, was born Oct. 9, 1848, in Osceola, Ohio. He received his education at…
Yale, Cyrusp. 1040clergyman, author, was born May 17, 1786, in Lee, Mass. He was ordained pastor of the church in New…
Yale, Elihup. 1041philanthropist, born April 5, 1649, in Boston, Mass. In 1678 he went to the East Indies; governor of…
Yale, Elishap. 1041clergyman, author, was born June 15, 1780, in Lee, Mass. He became pastor of the presbyterian church at…
Yale, Leroy Miltonp. 1041physician, educator, journalist, was born Feb. 12, 1841, in Holmes Hole (now Vineyard Haven), Mass.…
Yale, Linusp. 1041inventor, was born April 4, 1821, in Salisbury, N. Y. He was the inventor of the famous Yale locks,…
Yales, William Hallp. 1041lawyer, state senator, lieutenant-governor, was born Nov. 12, 1831, in New Haven, Conn. He is a noted…
Yancey, Bartlettp. 1041lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born about 1780 in Caswell county, N. C. He was a member of…
Yancey, William Lowndesp. 1041lawyer, journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1814, in Ogeechee Shoals, Ga. He…
Yancy, Joelp. 1041congressman. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1827 to 1831.
Yancy, Mrs. Bellep. 1041author, poet, was born in Louisville, Ky. She is the author of several novels, and a number of poems.
Yandell, David Wendellp. 1041physician, educator, was born Sept. 4, 1826, in. Murfreesborough, Tenn. He was appointed professor of…
Yaple, George Lp. 1041lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 20, 1851, in Leonidas, Mich. He was elected a representative from…
Yardley, Robert Mp. 1041lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 9, 1850, in Yardley, Pa. He was elected district attorney in 1879 in…
Yarrow, Henry Crecyp. 1041physician, author, was born Nov. 19, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a physician in Washington, curator…
Yates, Abrahamp. 1041congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1724, in Albany, N. Y. He was a delegate from New York to the continental…
Yates, Arthur Gouldp. 1041merchant, railroad president, was born Dec. 18, 1843, in East Waverly, N. Y. In 1890 he was elected…
Yates, Austin Andrewp. 1041soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born March 24, 1836, in Schenectady. In 1868 he was elected district…
Yates, Elizabeth Uphamp. 1041missionary, lecturer, was born July 3, 1857, in Bristol, Maine. For many years she was a missionary in…
Yates, John Barentsep. 1041state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 1, 1784, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was a representative in…
Yates, John Van Nessp. 1041lawyer, author, was born Dec. 18, 1779, in Albany, N. Y. He was a lawyer of Albany; and the author of…
Yates, Joseph Christopherp. 1041lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Nov. 9, 1768, in Schenectady, N. Y. He served as mayor of Schenectady…
Yates, Peter Wp. 1041lawyer, congressman, was born in Albany, N. Y. He was a lawyer by profession, and well known in the…
Yates, Richardp. 1041lawyer, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born Jan. 18, 1818, in Warsaw, Ky. He…
Yates, Richardp. 1041lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 12, 1860, in Jacksonville, Ill. He has practiced law with success in his…
Yates, Robertp. 1041lawyer, jurist, was born March 17, 1738, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was a judge of the supreme court of…
Yeager, James Martinp. 1041clergyman, lecturer, college president, was born Nov. 2, 1857, in Yeagerstown, Pa. He attended the…
Yeagley, John Wp. 1041lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 12, 1843, in New Somerset, Ohio. He is an able lawyer of New…
Yeaman, George Hp. 1041lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Nov. 1, 1829, in Hardin county, Ky. In 1854 he was elected…
Yeamans, Johnp. 1041governor, was born about 1605 in England. During 1671-74 he was governor of South Carolina. He died…
Yeardley, Georgep. 1041governor, was born in 1580, in England. He was governor of Virginia in 1616, 1619-21, and in 1625. In…
Yeates, Jasperp. 1041lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 9, 1745, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was judge of the supreme court…
Yeates, Jesse Jp. 1042soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 29, 1829, in, Hertford county, N. C. He was solicitor of…
Yeiser, John Op. 1042lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 15, 1866, in Danville, Ky. He has attained success as a lawyer in…
Yell, Archibaldp. 1042soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1797 in Kentucky. He was appointed one of…
Yelland, Raymond Dp. 1042artist, was born Feb. 2, 1848, in England. During 1877-78 he was assistant director of the California…
Yeomans, James Dp. 1042railroad builder, public official, was born April 21, 1845, in Wyoming county, N. Y. He has been the…
Yeomans, William Hp. 1042lawyer, jurist, was born July 14, 1835, in Columbia, Conn. He has attained success as a lawyer in his…
Yerger, George Shallp. 1042lawyer, was born Aug. 23, 1801, in Hagerstown, Md. He settled in Nashville; was for many years reporter…
Yerkes, Charles Tysonp. 1042was born June 25, 1837, in Philadelphia. In 1881 he opened a bank at the corner of La Salle and Madison…
Yewell, George Henryp. 1042artist, was born Jan. 20, 1830, in Havre de Grace, Md. His works include Children on the Sea-Shore; The…
Yoakum, Charles Hp. 1042lawyer, congressman, was born in 1850 in Limestone, county, Tex. He was elected district attorney for…
Yoakum, Henderson Kp. 1042lawyer, author, was born in 1810 in Claiborne ccunty, Tenn. He was a lawyer of Huntsville, Tex.; and the…
Yocum, Seth Hp. 1042soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 2, 1834, in Columbia county, Pa. He served in the union army…
Yoder, Samuel Sp. 1042soldier, physician, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 16, 1841, in Berlin, Ohio. He enlisted in the one…
York, Tyrep. 1042lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 4, 1836, in Rockford, N. C. In 1865 he was elected a…
Yorke, Thomas Jp. 1042congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1837 to…
Yost, George Washington New- Tonp. 1042inventor, was born April 15, 1831, in Dundee, N. Y. He was the inventor of the Yost typewriter.
Yost, Jacobp. 1042journalist, congressman, was born April 1, 1853, in Staunton, Va. In 1875 he purchased an interest in…
Yost, Jacob Sp. 1042congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1843…
Yost, Mrs. M. Edithp. 1042poet, was born July 26, 1863, in Mount Summit, Ind. She is a writer of Sulphur Springs, Ind.; and the…
Youmans, Edward Livingstonp. 1042scientist, journalist, author, was born June 3, 1821, in Coeyman's, N. Y. He was an eminent scientist…
Youmans, Eliza Annp. 1042author, was born Dec. 17, 1826, in Saratoga, N. Y. She is the author of First and Second Books of…
Youmans, Henry Melvillep. 1042man-- ufacturer, congressman, was born May 15, 1832, in Otego, N. Y. He was in the employ of the York…
Youmans, W. Fp. 1042lawyer, legislator, was born March 21, 1864, in Hampton, S. C. He received his education at the South…
Youmans, William Jayp. 1042physician, scientist, journalist, author, was born Oct. 14, 1838, in Saratoga, N. Y. He is a physician…
Young, Alexanderp. 1042clergyman, author, was born in 1800 in Massachusetts. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston, pastor of…
Young, Alexanderp. 1042journalist, author, was born May 19, 1836, in Boston, Mass. He was a Boston journalist on the editorial…
Young, Alfredp. 1042clergyman, author, was born Jan. 21, 1831, in England. Besides magazine articles on sundry religious…
Young, Andrew Whitep. 1043journalist, author, was born March 2, 1802, in Carlisle, N. Y. He was a journalist of Warsaw, N. Y.; and…
Young, Augustusp. 1043lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born March 20, 1785, in Arlington, Vt. He was…
Young, Brighamp. 1043was born June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vt. In 1822 he founded the Mormon sect at Kirkland, Ohio; and was…
Young, Bryan Rp. 1043congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847.
Young, Caseyp. 1043soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1832 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. In 1874 he was elected a…
Young, Charles Augustusp. 1043astronomer, educator, author, was born Dec. 15, 1834, in Hanover, N. H. He is an astronomer of note,…
Young, Charles Elishap. 1043physician, author, was born Aug. 27, 1858, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is author of Antipartum Hæmorrhage; and…
Young, Charles Lp. 1043soldier, manufacturer, educator, was born Nov. 23, 1838, in Albany, N. Y. He received his education at…
Young, Ebenezerp. 1043state senator, congressman, was born in 1784 in Killingly, Conn. In 1823 he was elected to the…
Young, Edwardp. 1043poet, was born Nov. 25, 1818, in England. He is the author of a book of poems entitled Ladye Lillian.
Young, Edward Faitoute Con- Ditp. 1043banker, was born Jan. 25, 1835, in Malapardis, N. J. He is president of the First National bank of…
Young, Edward Mp. 1043musician, composer, was born May 21, 1857, in San Francisco, Cal. He is a successful instructor; and the…
Young, George Cursonp. 1043physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1840 in Wis- He was educated at beach, England. Rugby and Eton…
Young, Henry Wp. 1043journalist, state senator, was born Dec. 17, 1847, in Northville, N. Y. He is the editor of The Star and…
Young, Jamesp. 1043capitalist, was born July 25, 1820, in Middletown, Pa. In 1859 he purchased a limestone quarry in…
Young, James Rankinp. 1043soldier, educator, congressman, was born March 6, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the…
Young, Jesse Bowmanp. 1043soldier, clergyman, editor, author, was born July 5, 1844, in Berwick, Pa. He was educated in the…
Young, Johnp. 1043lawyer, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born June 12, 1802, in Chelsea, Vt. He was in the…
Young, John Dp. 1043lawyer, legislator, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 22, 1823, on Flat Creek, Ky. During 1843-46 he…
Young, John Freemanp. 1043protestant episcopal bishop, was born Oct. 30, 1820, in Pittston, Maine. Having been elected the second…
Young, John Russellp. 1043lawyer, journalist, author, was born Nov. 20, 1841, in Dowington, Pa. In 1871 he went abroad as one of…
Young, John Sp. 1043soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1834, in Wake county, N. C. He served in the…
Young, Loyalp. 1044clergyman, author, was born July 1, 1806, in Charlemont, Mass. He was a presbyterian clergyman in…
Young, Michael Harry Dep. 1044journalist, was born in October, 1848, in St. Louis, Mo. He is the editor and owner of the San Francisco…
Young, Mrs. Mary Hulettp. 1044poet, was born near Saratoga, N. Y. She is a writer of Mayville, N. Y.; and the author of a prose work…
Young, Oscar Ep. 1044educator, poet, was born Jan. 6, 1861, in East Livermore, Maine. He is the author of two volumes of…
Young, Peter Cp. 1044lawyer, jurist, was born May 19, 1848, in Achor, Ohio. This able lawyer of Lisbon, Ohio, for four years…
Young, Pierce Manning Butlerp. 1044soldier, congressman, was born Nov. 15, 1839, in Spartanburg, S. C. He joined the confederate army, and…
Young, Richard Montgomeryp. 1044state legislator, United States senator, was born in 1796 in Kentucky. He was a presidential elector in…
Young, Robert Andersonp. 1044clergyman, author, was born Jan. 23, 1824, in Knox county, Tenn. He is a successful clergyman; has been…
Young, Samuel Martinp. 1044farmer, legislator, was born May 29, 1861, near Dixon Springs, Tenn. In 1892-94 he was a member of the…
Young, Sherman Pomeroyp. 1044clergyman, was born Dec. 26, 1866, in Woodburn, Ill. He graduated from the Mc- Kendrick college with the…
Young, Stephen Jewettp. 1044educator, banker, was born in November, 1839, in Pittston. He became instructor, and then professor of…
Young, Thomas Lowryp. 1044soldier, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 14, 1832, in Ireland. He settled in…
Young, Timothy Rp. 1044congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was a representative in congress from Illinois from 1849 to…
Young, Van Bp. 1044lawyer, jurist, was born in 1836 in Bath county, Ky. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature; and in…
Young, Virginia Dp. 1044journalist, author, was born in Marion, S. C. She has been state secretary of the Woman's Christian…
Young, Williamp. 1044dramatist, poet, was born in 1847 in Illinois. He is a dramatist of note whose plays include Pendragon;…
Young, William Ap. 1044merchant, congressman, was born May 17, 1860, in Norfolk, Va. He was elected from Norfolk City, Va., to…
Young, William Henry Harri- Son Hutchinsonp. 1044soldier, journalist, lawyer, inventor, was born May 4, 1819, in Amherst, N. Y. Since the war Colonel…
Young, William Jamesp. 1044was born Nov. 8, 1842, in Pittsburg, Pa. During 1873-91 he has been consecutively cashier,…
Young, William Sp. 1044congressman, was born in Nelson county, Ky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1825…
Yulee, David Levyp. 1044agriculturist, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1811 in West Indies. He was a delegate to…
Yutzy, Jacobp. 1044educator, clergyman, author, was born May 24, 1847, in Salisbury, Pa. He received his education at the…