GOODSPEEDS' BIOGRAPHIES OF MADISON COUNTY, AR

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William H. YOUNG, M.D. of Hindsville, was born in Jackson county, Tenn., April
24, 1841, and is a son of Dr. Stephenson and Nancy (ROBINSON) YOUNG. The
father was a son of John YOUNG, and was born in Overton County, Tenn. John was
of Welsh extraction, born and lived in France until twelve years of age, and
then came to America with an older brother during the latter part of the
eighteenth century, locating in Overton County, Tenn. He was killed in the
battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. 

Dr. S. YOUNG was educated in Tennessee at the common schools, afterward
graduating in medicine from the Louisville Medical College, after which he
practiced in Jackson County, Tenn. From 1842 until 1862 he enjoyed a good
practice at Neosho, Newton County. During the war he went to Nemaha County,
Neb., where he died in January, 1864. 

Nancy (ROBINSON) YOUNG was of French-Irish descent, and born in Smith County,
Tenn. She was the mother of nine children and died in 1879 in Jackson County,
Tenn. 

Our subject received a common-school education during his youth, and then read
medicine with his brother, Dr. John YOUNG. He graduated from the Kansas City
Medical College in 1874, and began his practice in Cherokee County, Kas. Six
years later he located in Springdale, Ark., and in 1882, wishing to perfect
himself in his profession, entered the St. Louis Medical College, from which
he graduated in the spring of 1883. He then went to Kansas for two years, but
has since practiced in Madison County. 

In January, 1888, he was united in marriage to Miss Susie SEITZ, who was born
in this county in 1866. The Doctor enjoys a lucrative practice, is a public-
spirited man, and a member of War Eagle Lodge of the I.O.O.F."