Seymour Bicknell Young

3 October 1837—15 December 1924

1 Born at Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio; son of Jane Adeline Bicknell and Joseph Young. 2 Baptized, 1848. 3 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1850. 4 Served two missions to Great Britain, 1857–1858, 1870. 5 Married Ann Elizabeth Riter, 1867; participated in plural marriage. 6 Graduated from the University Medical College of New York, 1874. 7 Appointed to the First Quorum of the Seventy, 1877, and as senior president of the Seventy, 1893. 8 Died at Salt Lake City. 9 (See Document 4.11)

Footnotes

1 Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901), 1:200. “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 2058/520 (1924), Seymour Bicknell Young.
2 Utah death certificate, file no. 2058/520. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:200. “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” Deseret Evening News, Dec. 15, 1924, 1.
3 Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:201.
4 “Seymour Bicknell Young,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.
5 Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:202. “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1.
6 “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Seymour Bicknell Young KWCZ-ZTQ.
7 Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1: 202.
8 Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:200–202. “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1.
9 “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1. Utah death certificate, file no. 2058/520.