Timothy R. Young
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byOrlando B. Ficklin
Succeeded byOrlando B. Ficklin
Personal details
Born
Timothy Roberts Young

November 19, 1811 (1811-11-19)
Dover, New Hampshire
DiedMay 12, 1898 (1898-05-13) (aged 86)
Oilfield, Illinois
CitizenshipUS
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseMargarette E. Jones
ChildrenFanny Jones Young
Kimball Young
Ellen Swepson Young
Alma materBowdoin College
ProfessionAttorney
Politician
Farmer

Timothy Roberts Young (November 19, 1811 – May 12, 1898) was an American attorney, farmer, and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 1840s and early 1850s.

Early life and career

Born in Dover, New Hampshire, Young completed preparatory studies and attended Phillips Exeter Academy.[1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1835.[2] He studied law in Dover and was admitted to the bar in 1838. Young moved to Marshall, Illinois in the spring of 1838 and practiced law for ten years.

He was elected as a Democratic United States Representative to the Thirty-first Congress, serving the third district of Illinois.[3] Young served from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851. He served on the House Committee on Public Lands.[4]

After leaving Congress, he moved to Mattoon, Illinois, and became interested in the manufacture of plug tobacco, in which he worked for ten years as a wholesale tobacco merchant.[5] He was involved in the railroad and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Casey, Illinois.[6] He served a delegate to the Illinois state constitutional convention from Clark County in 1862.[7]

Personal life

Young married Margarette E. Jones in 1852. They had three children, Fanny Jones Young, Kimball Young, and Ellen Swepson Young.[8]

Death

Young died in Oilfield, Illinois, near Casey, Illinois, on May 12, 1898 (age 86 years, 174 days). He is interred in Marshall Cemetery in Marshall, Illinois.

References

  1. ↑ Phillips Exeter Academy (1903). General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Phillips Exeter. News-letter Press. p. 39.
  2. ↑ Bowdoin College (1912). General Catalogue of Bowdoin College, 1794-1916. The College. p. 96.
  3. ↑ Lambert, George Robert (2009). James Lambert (1758-1847): An Elaboration of His American Revolutionary War. AuthorHouse. p. 103. ISBN 9781467046473.
  4. ↑ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (2002). Historical information of the Committee on Resources and its predecessor committees 1807-2002: preparation for a bicentennial : prepared for the use of the Committee on Resources of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, Volume 4. U.S. G.P.O. p. 725. ISBN 9780160695520.
  5. ↑ Bowdoin College (1899). Obituary Record of the Graduates of Bowdoin College and the Medical School. Bowdoin College. p. 409.
  6. ↑ Cleaveland, Nehemiah (1882). History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates. J. R. Osgood & Company. p. 485.
  7. ↑ United States. Government Printing Office (1918). Congressional serial set. U.S. G.P.O. p. 1136.
  8. ↑ Bowdoin College (1899). Obituary Record of the Graduates of Bowdoin College and the Medical School. Bowdoin College. p. 409.


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