Sutton E. Young Biography


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	SUTTON E. YOUNG, a resident of Aurora county, is a native of the 
old Buckeye state, having been born in Hiram, Portage county, Ohio, on 
the 23d of September, 1847, a son of Erastus M. and Christina (Allyn) 
Young, both of whom were representatives of sterling pioneer families of 
Ohio. The father was born in 1813, while his death occurred in 1891, his 
life having been devoted to farming and to contracting and building. His 
wife died in 1899, at the age of seventy-seven years, and of their three 
children the subject of this sketch and his brother, Dr. Clark M. Young, 
a professor in the University of South Dakota, are now living. 

	Sutton E. Young was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm 
and his early educational training was received in the public schools, 
after which he continued his studies in Hiram College, Ohio, where he 
was graduated as a member of the class of 1871. Thereafter he was for 
five years superintendent of the public schools of Kenton, Ohio. In the 
meantime he had given careful attention to the study of law, securing 
admission to the bar of Ohio in 1875. He served as prosecuting attorney 
of Hardin county, Ohio, for one term and later represented the same 
county in the legislature of the state. In 1881 Mr. Young came to the 
territory of Dakota and accepted the superintendency of the public 
schools of Sioux Falls, remaining in that position until 1884 and 
gaining a high reputation as one of the able educators of the state. 
Later "he was successfully engaged in the practice of law in Sioux 
Falls. He was elected a member of the first legislature of the state of 
South Dakota in 1889, and had the distinction of being chosen the first 
speaker of the house of representatives. In 1891 he returned with his 
family to Ohio, where they remained four years, during which time his 
sons were attending college at Hiram, Ohio. He then returned to South 
Dakota and passed the ensuing two years in Rapid City, in the Black 
Hills, after which he again took up his residence in Sioux Falls, where 
he remained until 19O1, and was then appointed superintendent of the 
State Reform School at Plankinton, which position he now holds. Mr. 
Young is a staunch advocate of the principles and policies of the 
Republican party and has been an effective worker in its cause and one 
of the leading campaign speakers in the state. 

	On the 11th of May, 1874, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Young 
to Miss Emma Stickney, daughter of Cleveland and Abigail (Abbott) 
Stickney, of Medina county, Ohio. Mrs. Young is a graduate of Oberlin 
College, Ohio, and has always been prominently identified with 
educational and philanthropic work. At the time of her marriage she was 
principal of the high school of Kenton, Ohio. She has also taught in the 
Sioux Falls high school and in the Sioux Falls College. Mrs. Young has 
written much on educational themes and at present has editorial charge 
of the Reform School Item. There are three children in the family, 
concerning whom we enter the following brief record: Allyn A. completed 
a course of study in his father's alma mater, Hiram College, in Ohio, 
and then entered the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, to take a 
post-graduate course, and received the doctor's degree in 1902. He is 
now professor of economics in the Western Reserve University, in the 
city of Cleveland, Ohio. Evan E. was educated in Hiram College and in 
the South Dakota State School of Mines, at Rapid City. When the First 
South Dakota Regiment was organized for service in the Spanish-American 
war he entered the regiment as second lieutenant of Company M, of Rapid 
City. He served with the regiment in all its campaigns in the 
Philippines and was promoted to a first lieutenancy and made adjutant of 
the regiment. When the regiment returned home to be mustered out, 
Lieutenant Young remained in the Philippines and accepted a commission 
as captain in the Eleventh Cavalry, United States Volunteers. He was 
appointed adjutant of the regiment and served about eighteen months 
until the regiment was mustered out March 13, 1901. He then declined a 
commission as first lieutenant of cavalry, United States army, to enter 
the law school of the University of Wisconsin. He graduated in the law 
course in June, 1903, and immediately began the practice of law at Sioux 
Falls. Gertrude, the youngest of the three children, is now a student in 
the University of Wisconsin.