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'''John Preston Young''' (1847–1934) was an American Confederate veteran, judge and historian. |
'''John Preston Young''' (1847–1934) was an American Confederate veteran, judge and historian. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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John Preston Young was born on April 18, 1847 in [[Chulahoma, Mississippi]].<ref name=notablemenvol2>{{cite book|last1=Allison|first1=John|title=Notable Men of Tennessee. Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.|date=1905|publisher=Southern Historical Association|location=Atlanta, Georgia|pages=33–35|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_6I9LAAAAYAAJ#page/n27/mode/2up|accessdate=January 12, 2016|volume=2|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=findingaidolemiss>{{cite web|title=Finding Aid for the John Preston Young Collection|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM01699.html|website=The University of Mississippi Libraries|publisher=University of Mississippi|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}</ref> His father, Reverend A. W. Young, was a Presbyterian minister.<ref name=notablemenvol2/> Young was of [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]] and French descent on his paternal side.<ref name=notablemenvol2/> He moved to [[Memphis, Tennessee]] with his family at the age of twelve.<ref name=notablemenvol2/> |
John Preston Young was born on April 18, 1847, in [[Chulahoma, Mississippi]].<ref name=notablemenvol2>{{cite book|last1=Allison|first1=John|title=Notable Men of Tennessee. Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.|date=1905|publisher=Southern Historical Association|location=Atlanta, Georgia|pages=33–35|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_6I9LAAAAYAAJ#page/n27/mode/2up|accessdate=January 12, 2016|volume=2|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=findingaidolemiss>{{cite web|title=Finding Aid for the John Preston Young Collection|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM01699.html|website=The University of Mississippi Libraries|publisher=University of Mississippi|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}</ref> His father, Reverend A. W. Young, was a Presbyterian minister.<ref name=notablemenvol2/> Young was of [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]] and French descent on his paternal side.<ref name=notablemenvol2/> He moved to [[Memphis, Tennessee]], with his family at the age of twelve.<ref name=notablemenvol2/> |
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Young attended the [[University of Mississippi]] in [[Oxford, Mississippi]].<ref name=findingaidolemiss/> In 1864, in the midst of the [[American Civil War]], Young joined the [[Confederate States Army]], serving under General [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]].<ref name="veterandies">{{cite news|title=Veteran Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/115360069/?terms=%22John%2BPreston%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Anniston Star |location=Anniston, Alabama |date=June 7, 1934 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="notedsouthernjuristdies">{{cite news|title=Noted Southern Jurist Dies. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/26417368/?terms=%22John%2BPreston%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |location=Edwardsville, Illinois |date=June 8, 1934 |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> After the war, he returned to Ole Miss and graduated.<ref name="veteranjurist">{{cite news|title=Veteran Jurist and Author Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/115360069/?terms=%22John%2BPreston%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Courier News |location=Blytheville, Arkansas |date=June 7, 1934 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> |
Young attended the [[University of Mississippi]] in [[Oxford, Mississippi]].<ref name=findingaidolemiss/> In 1864, in the midst of the [[American Civil War]], Young joined the [[Confederate States Army]], serving under General [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]].<ref name="veterandies">{{cite news|title=Veteran Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/115360069/?terms=%22John%2BPreston%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Anniston Star |location=Anniston, Alabama |date=June 7, 1934 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="notedsouthernjuristdies">{{cite news|title=Noted Southern Jurist Dies. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/26417368/?terms=%22John%2BPreston%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |location=Edwardsville, Illinois |date=June 8, 1934 |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> After the war, he returned to Ole Miss and graduated.<ref name="veteranjurist">{{cite news|title=Veteran Jurist and Author Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/115360069/?terms=%22John%2BPreston%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Courier News |location=Blytheville, Arkansas |date=June 7, 1934 |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Young became a lawyer in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] in 1872.<ref name="veteranjurist"/> He served as a judge on the Circuit Court from 1902 to 1923.<ref name="veteranjurist"/> |
Young became a lawyer in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], in 1872.<ref name="veteranjurist"/> He served as a judge on the Circuit Court from 1902 to 1923.<ref name="veteranjurist"/> |
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Young was a member of the Confederate Historical Association,<ref name=notablemenvol2/> later known as the West Tennessee Historical Society.<ref name=historyofwths>{{cite web|title=History of WTHS|url=http://wths-tn.org/about/history/|website=West Tennessee Historical Society|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}</ref> He was elected as the vice president for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Historical Society in 1915.<ref name="electsofficers">{{cite news|title=Historical Society Elects Officers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121730041/?terms=%22Judge%2BJ.P.%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=May 12, 1915 |page=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> |
Young was a member of the Confederate Historical Association,<ref name=notablemenvol2/> later known as the West Tennessee Historical Society.<ref name=historyofwths>{{cite web|title=History of WTHS|url=http://wths-tn.org/about/history/|website=West Tennessee Historical Society|date=23 July 2011 |accessdate=December 20, 2015}}</ref> He was elected as the vice president for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Historical Society in 1915.<ref name="electsofficers">{{cite news|title=Historical Society Elects Officers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121730041/?terms=%22Judge%2BJ.P.%2BYoung%22 |newspaper=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=May 12, 1915 |page=8 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 20, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> Young served as the secretary for the Forrest Monument Association in Memphis, and later served as the master of ceremonies at the Nathan Bedford Forrest monument dedication in 1905.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrating Nathan Bedford Forrest is celebrating white supremacy|url= https://mlk50.com/2017/07/12/celebrating-nathan-bedford-forrest-is-celebrating-white-supremacy/|website=MLK50|date=12 July 2017|accessdate=April 30, 2024}}</ref> |
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Young was the author of ''The Seventh Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate): A History'', ''Reminiscences of the Civil War'', ''Standard History of Memphis'', etc.<ref name=findingaidolemiss/><ref name="veteranjurist"/> |
Young was the author of ''The Seventh Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate): A History'', ''Reminiscences of the Civil War'', ''Standard History of Memphis'', etc.<ref name=findingaidolemiss/><ref name="veteranjurist"/> |
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Young's article entitled ''Hood's Failure at Spring Hill'' was published in the January 1908 issue of the ''[[Confederate Veteran]]'', "the most in demand of any published after the turn of the century, probably because of Judge Young's sixteen-page article and battle map regarding that controversial subject."<ref name="goffjstorarticle">{{cite journal |last=Goff |first=Reda C. |title=The Confederate Veteran Magazine |journal=Tennessee Historical Quarterly |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=45–60 |jstor=42623281 | date = Spring 1972 }}</ref> |
Young's article entitled ''Hood's Failure at Spring Hill'' was published in the January 1908 issue of the ''[[Confederate Veteran]]'', "the most in demand of any published after the turn of the century, probably because of Judge Young's sixteen-page article and battle map regarding that controversial subject."<ref name="goffjstorarticle">{{cite journal |last=Goff |first=Reda C. |title=The Confederate Veteran Magazine |journal=Tennessee Historical Quarterly |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=45–60 |jstor=42623281 | date = Spring 1972 }}</ref> |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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Young died on June 6, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee.<ref name=findingaidolemiss/><ref name="veterandies"/><ref name="veteranjurist"/> |
Young died on June 6, 1934, in Memphis, Tennessee.<ref name=findingaidolemiss/><ref name="veterandies"/><ref name="veteranjurist"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 30 April 2024
John Preston Young | |
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| Born | April 18, 1847 |
| Died | June 6, 1934 (aged 87) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Occupation(s) | Judge, historian |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Parent | A. W. Young |
John Preston Young (1847–1934) was an American Confederate veteran, judge and historian.
Early life
[edit]John Preston Young was born on April 18, 1847, in Chulahoma, Mississippi.[1][2] His father, Reverend A. W. Young, was a Presbyterian minister.[1] Young was of Scotch-Irish and French descent on his paternal side.[1] He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of twelve.[1]
Young attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.[2] In 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War, Young joined the Confederate States Army, serving under General Nathan Bedford Forrest.[3][4] After the war, he returned to Ole Miss and graduated.[5]
Career
[edit]Young became a lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1872.[5] He served as a judge on the Circuit Court from 1902 to 1923.[5]
Young was a member of the Confederate Historical Association,[1] later known as the West Tennessee Historical Society.[6] He was elected as the vice president for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Historical Society in 1915.[7] Young served as the secretary for the Forrest Monument Association in Memphis, and later served as the master of ceremonies at the Nathan Bedford Forrest monument dedication in 1905.[8]
Young was the author of The Seventh Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate): A History, Reminiscences of the Civil War, Standard History of Memphis, etc.[2][5]
Young's article entitled Hood's Failure at Spring Hill was published in the January 1908 issue of the Confederate Veteran, "the most in demand of any published after the turn of the century, probably because of Judge Young's sixteen-page article and battle map regarding that controversial subject."[9]
Personal life
[edit]Young had two sons, Garnett Young and Frazier Young, and a daughter, Lucy Young.[4]
Death
[edit]Young died on June 6, 1934, in Memphis, Tennessee.[2][3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Allison, John (1905). Notable Men of Tennessee. Personal and Genealogical with Portraits. Vol. 2. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association. pp. 33–35. Retrieved January 12, 2016 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d "Finding Aid for the John Preston Young Collection". The University of Mississippi Libraries. University of Mississippi. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "Veteran Dies". The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. June 7, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Noted Southern Jurist Dies". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. Edwardsville, Illinois. June 8, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Veteran Jurist and Author Dies". The Courier News. Blytheville, Arkansas. June 7, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "History of WTHS". West Tennessee Historical Society. 23 July 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "Historical Society Elects Officers". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. May 12, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Celebrating Nathan Bedford Forrest is celebrating white supremacy". MLK50. 12 July 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ Goff, Reda C. (Spring 1972). "The Confederate Veteran Magazine". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 31 (1): 45–60. JSTOR 42623281.
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