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YOUNG, F. S.: Death entered this community Tuesday and claimed Elder F. S. Young as its reward. He died at the residence of O. F. Young, his father, at 11:30 a. m. He was a victim of consumption, and had been a sufferer for several years. He had sought the climate of Texas, and at El Paso, near the Mexican border, enjoyed temporary relief, but the disease encroached upon him until in May last he returned to Sparta to pass the remaining days at his old home. He was 35 years of age and an Elder in the Christian church. (White County) [Date: 12/3/1896, Vol. X, No. 7, Page 1]

YOUNG, JOHN: John Young, of Stonewall, died on Tuesday night from typhoid fever, aged about 35. (Smith County) [Date: 9/12/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 45, Page 1]

YOUNG, KATE: Died, at her home in Gainesboro, Monday morning at 9 o'clock, Kate, the 16-year-old daughter of N. B. Young, after a lingering illness of several months, of scrofula. She was buried at the cemetery Tuesday evening. Funeral services were conducted at the church by her uncle, Eld. F. B. Young. The Press joins with the many friends of the brothers and sisters in the deepest sympathy in their time of sorrow. (Jackson County) [Date: 4/25/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 25, Page 6]

YOUNG, M. B.: Judge M. B. Young, a prominent lawyer of Gainesboro, was stricken with paralysis while standing in the court-house in that place, last Saturday afternoon and fell to the ground. He was carried to his home, where he died the same evening. [Date: 1/13/1898, Vol. XI, No. 13, Page 5]

YOUNG, MATT: Matt Young died at his home near here on the 5th after a long illness of typhoid fever. (Hilham) [Date: 9/13/1894, Vol. VII, No. 46, Page 5]

YOUNG, MOTHER OF HAMP: Mrs. Young died last week at the home of her son, Hamp Young, in the 12th district. (Gentry) [Date: 4/7/1898, Vol. XI, No. 25, Page 1]

YOUNG, RHODA: Tennessean Dies in Utah. On May 1st, Mrs. Rhoda Young died at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, form a complication of diseases incident to old age. Mrs. Young was born and reared in the lower end of Putnam county, being a daughter of Moses Jared, Sr., one of the earliest and most prominent settlers of this section of the State. She married Adolphus Young, who was a brother of the late Peter Young, Esq., of the 11th district. About fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Young moved to Utah where they lived the remainder of their lives and reared a large and interesting family, one of their sons being a member of the State Senate of Utah, and another son has served several terms as Mayor of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Young leaves two sisters in this county, Mrs. David Nichols and Mrs. J. W. Boyd, both of whom reside in the 11th district, while M. A. Jared, her only brother, removed from this county to Missouri a years ago. Mrs. Young leaves several relatives in Cookeville, she begin an aunt of A. W. and J. J. Boyd, B. B. Jared, C. Y. Jared, Mrs. T. C. Holladay and Mrs. J. W. Puckett. [Date: 5/11/1899, Vol. XIII, No. 19, Page 1]

YOUNG, SON OF WILL: One of Will Young's sons died one day this week. (Gainesboro, Feb. 15) [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 5]

YOUNG, THOMAS: Thomas Young, a wealthy and influential farmer, a prominent Mason and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, died suddenly last Saturday at his home, Caruthers, Wilson co. (Smith County) [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 2]