About John Preston Young
Lived 1847 – 1934 (aged 87). John Preston Young was a judge.
John Preston Young (1847–1934) was an American Confederate veteran, judge and historian.
Early life John Preston Young was born on April 18, 1847, in Chulahoma, Mississippi. His father, Reverend A. W. Young, was a Presbyterian minister. After the war, he returned to Ole Miss and graduated.
Career Young became a lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1872. He was elected as the vice president for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Historical Society in 1915. Young served as the secretary for the Forrest Monument Association in Memphis, and later served as the master of ceremonies at the Nathan Bedford Forrest monument dedication in 1905.
Young was the author of The Seventh Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate): A History, Reminiscences of the Civil War, Standard History of Memphis, etc.
Personal life Young had two sons, Garnett Young and Frazier Young, and a daughter, Lucy Young.
Death Young died on June 6, 1934, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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American Confederate veteran, judge and historian
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John Preston Young was born on 18 April 1847 in Chulahoma.
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John Preston Young died on 6 June 1934 in Memphis.
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John Preston Young was a judge.
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