OBIT: Robert YOUNG, Sr., 1903, Family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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Death of Robert Young, Sr.

Robert Young, Sr., one of the most prominent residents of Coatesville, and well 
known throughout Chester county, died at his home on Wednesday morning, after a 
long illness.  Mr. Young, who was in his 72d year, was a leading member of the 
First Presbyterian church, of which he was for many years a trustee.  He 
formerly served on the borough council and was prominently identified with the 
growth and development of the town.

Two sons and two daughters survive him – William Wirt Young and Robert Young, 
jr., of Coatesville; Mrs. W. Harry Davis, of Lancaster, and Mrs. W. W. Long, of 
Philadelphia.  Squire S. S. Young, of East Fallowfield, is a brother and there 
are two sisters – Mrs. Robert S. Scott and Mrs. John Speakman, of Coatesville.


Lancaster Intelligencer, October 8, 1903