About Samuel Youngs
Lived 1760 – 1839 (aged 78). Samuel Youngs was an American politician and judge.
Samuel Youngs (December 4, 1760 – September 12, 1839) was an American school teacher. He was a friend of Washington Irving and elements of his life may be included in the character Ichabod Crane in Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,
He served as a lieutenant in the American Revolutionary War, and was honored, along with other residents of the Tarrytown area who fought in that war, with a monument erected in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. He was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly in 1796–97, 1809 and 1810; and Surrogate of Westchester County.
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Who was Samuel Youngs?
American educator and politician (1760-1839)
When was Samuel Youngs born?
Samuel Youngs was born on 4 December 1760.
When did Samuel Youngs die?
Samuel Youngs died on 12 September 1839.
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Samuel Youngs was a politician and judge.
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Samuel Youngs was American.
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