Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . hing pertaining to floriculture hetakes a warm interest, and is actively connectedwith the American Florists Society. Politicallyhe is a Republican, and in religious belief a Bap-tist, holding with the Memorial Bap-tist Church in Newburgh. Possessing the .sturdythrift characteristic of the Scotch, it is not sur-prising that his efforts hav
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . hing pertaining to floriculture hetakes a warm interest, and is actively connectedwith the American Florists Society. Politicallyhe is a Republican, and in religious belief a Bap-tist, holding with the Memorial Bap-tist Church in Newburgh. Possessing the .sturdythrift characteristic of the Scotch, it is not sur-prising that his efforts have been successful, andwithout dou])t he will enjoy a steadily increasingprosperity as the years pass. ^^ GlLEXANDER YOlNG. One of the oldest/ I residents of Orange County and a I gentleman of the town of Newburgh is thesubject of this notice, who has made his home inthis town since 1S48. His farm lies on an emi-nence overlooking the at Hampton Ferry,and is one hundred and sixty acres in extent. Onit he has macfe many improvements, and dfeVotesa considerable portion of it to fruit-growing. Our subject was born in Marlborough. UlsterCounty, N. Y., July 6. iSio. His father, whobore the name of Edward Young, was a native of. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 459 the same place, and was born in 1775. He inturn was the son of John Young, a native of Eng-land, whence, early in the seventeenth cen-tury, he crossed the Atlantic and made his homein America with his brother Alexander. Thegrandfather located upon Long Island, and upondeciding to make a change went to Marlborough,X. Y., locating on a tract of one hundred andtwenty acres, where his death occurred about son Edward was born on this estate, andupon attaining mature years was married to Han-nah Halstead. To them was born a family ofsix children, of whom John was the eldest. Theothers were named, respectively, David, Alexan-der. Edward, William B. and James, the last-men-tioned dying when a child. The
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