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. [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. [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. [3] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:201.

  4. [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. [5] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:202. “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1.

  6. [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. [7] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1: 202.

  8. [8] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:200–202. “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1.

  9. [9] “Prest. Seymour B. Young of Seven Presidents of Seventies Is Dead,” 1. Utah death certificate, file no. 2058/520.