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Young, John Freeman

protestant episcopal bishop, was born Oct. 30, 1820, in Pittston, Maine. Having been elected the second bishop of Florida, he was consecrated in 1867, and held the office until the time of his death. He published Great Hymns of the Church. He died Nov. 15, 1885, in New York city.

Young, Loyal

clergyman, author, was born July 1, 1806, in Charlemont, Mass. He was a presbyterian clergyman in Pennsylvania and West Virginia; and the author of From Dawn to Dusk; Ecce Diluvium; Interviews with Inspired Men; and Commentary on Ecclesiastes.

Young, Mrs. Mary Hulett

poet, was born near Saratoga, N. Y. She is a writer of Mayville, N. Y.; and the author of a prose work entitled Wahrite; and a volume of poems entitled Forest Leaves. one

Young, Oscar E

educator, poet, was born Jan. 6, 1861, in East Livermore, Maine. He is the author of two volumes of poems entitled Seaside Songs and Woodland Whispers.

Young, Robert Anderson

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 23, 1824, in Knox county, Tenn. He is a successful clergyman; has been pastor, presiding elder, secretary of the board of foreign missions, president of the Wesleyan university of Alabama, and is now regent of Belmont college of Nashville, Tenn.

Young, Samuel Martin

farmer, legislator, was born May 29, 1861, near Dixon Springs, Tenn. In 1892-94 he was a member of the Tennessee state senate.

He has devoted his time to agricultural pursuits, and has been president of the Dixon Springs Live Stock association.

Young, Stephen Jewett

educator, banker, was born in November, 1839, in Pittston. He became instructor, and then professor of modern languages in Bowdoin college. He is president of the First National bank of Brunswick, and has thrice represented the town in the Maine legislature.

Young, Timothy R

congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was a representative in congress from Illinois from 1849 to 1851.

Young, Van B

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1836 in Bath county, Ky. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature; and in 1890 was judge of the superior court. He died Feb. 27, 1892, in Frankfort, Ky.

Young, Virginia D

journalist, author, was born in Marion, S. C. She has been state secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance union of South Carolina; honorable secretary of the Woman's International union; and president of the Equal Rights association of South Carolina. She is associate editor of the Varnville Enterprise of Fairfax, S. C.; and the author of two novels entitled A Tower in the Desert; and Beholding As In A Glass.

Young, William

dramatist, poet, was born in 1847 in Illinois. He is a dramatist of note whose plays include Pendragon; The Rajah; Jonquil; The Rogue's March; Ganelon; Joan of Arc; If I Were You: Young America; and The House of Mauprat. He has also written Wishmakers' Town, a volume of verse.

Young, William S

congressman, was born in Nelson county, Ky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1825 to 1827.