Bio: Priest Young : Franconia, Grafton Co, New Hampshire

From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Franconia
Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886


Priest Young was born in Lisbon, October 6, 1797, and came to this town when
twenty-one years of age, settling on the place where his son Charles B. now
lives, on road 11, where he cleared the farm and built a log house. He
married Mary Oakes, in 1818, and reared twelve children, seven of whom lived
to maturity, viz.: Eliza, Adaline, George, Harriet, Charles B., Herbert and
Adelaide. Of these, Martha, George, Charles B. and Adaline live in town.
Priest Young was one of the leading citizens of the town, held all the
offices in the gift of his townsmen, served as representative in 1847-48,
and died in December, 1869. George and Charles B. have held many of the town
offices, the latter being at the present time one of the selectmen.


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Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net
Date: October 24, 2000