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John Decatur Young (1844 - 1930)

John Decatur Young
Born in Henry, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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Died at age 85 in Brookport, Massac, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

J.D. YOUNG, M.D.

Elijah Young, father of the Hon. J.D. Young was born Oct. 2, 1803 in Hopkinsville, Ky., of French Huguenot anestors, who had formerly settled at Jamestown, Va., in an early day. He was a slave holder and raised a regiment for the Mexican war. He wielding considerable influence politically and many politicians of wide reputation visited him. In 1885 he died in Mt. Vernon, Ill., while passing through that place. His wife was Anna Stilly, whose ancestry was of North Carolina, where she was born. She married her husband in Henry county, Tennessee, 1841. While visiting her son, the doctor, in Pellonia, she died Dec. 23, 1880.

John Decatur Young was born to Elijah and Anna Young in Henry county, Tennessee, Oct. 18, 1844. He attended Bethel Academy one year and was principally educated under the private instruction of his cousin, who was a proficient teacher.

Upon the death of his father, the estate was declared insolvent and at the early age of eleven years our subject was thrown upon his own responsibility and the care of a widowed mother with three other children became his portion. Though never taught to labor the brave lad farmed courageously from 1855 to 1860, when the family came to New Colombia, Illinois, and had 25 cents upon their arrival. He harmed until July, 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, 120th Illinois regiment, and served until the close of the war. During his war service he served six months in the prison hell, Andersonville.

Returning from the war he again farmed and married Miss Lucy, daughter of Mr. Calhoun, New Colombia, Illinois. In 1868 he rented out the farm and began the study of medicine with Drs. Norris and Bratton. In 1870 he came to Pellonia and entered his profession, and matriculated in the Louisville Medical College in 1873, graduating in 1874. After practicing successfully for the fourth of a century he retired in 1899 on account of failing health. He has been an active member of all the leading medical societies and has been a member of the pension board of United States examining physicians and surgeons, and was removed in 1884 for offensive partisanship.

Besides work along lines of his chosen profession Dr. Young was the first mayor of Brooklyn serving several terms, member of the school board, and elected president of the Board of Education in December, 1900. In 1880 he was elected by the republicans as a member of the legislature of Illinois and was chairman of the committee which secured the passage of a bill to make the extensive and valuable geological survey of Illinois under the direction of Professor Northern. He has been prominently mentioned for state senator and congressman, but ill health has always interfered. Mrs. Laura Adkins, wife of Dr. Adkins, and States Attorney F.R. Young are their only children.

Biography

Burial

Pell Cemetery, Brookport, Massac Co., IL
Dr John Decature Young
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