Brigadier General Richard Whitehead Young

1858 - 1919  (61 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Richard Whitehead Young
  Title	Brigadier General
  Born	19 Apr 1858	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	In 1882 Richard Young graduated from West Point, 15th in his class. He went on to Columbia University Law School and graduated in 1884. He practiced as a military attorney until 1888, when he returned to Utah to open a private law practice. He reentered the Army as a captain during the Spanish-American War, and led the Utah Light Artillery in the Philippines. When the war ended, he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Territory of the Philippines Supreme Court. He later returned to private legal practice, acting as attorney for the Idaho Sugar Company. During WWI, 1918 he was commissioned as a brigadier general. He led a U.S. infantry brigade in France. He died of appendicitis in 1919.
  		Richard W Young Service. Richard W Young Service.
  		Richard W Young Passenger list 1918.
  Died	27 Dec 1919	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  Buried	31 Dec 1919	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
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  Person ID	I8212	Nagel
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Joseph Angell Young,   b. 14 Oct 1834, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio ,   d. 5 Aug 1875, Manti, Sanpete, Utah  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Whitehead
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minerva Richards
  Family ID	F2795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Apr 1858 - Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah Died - 27 Dec 1919 - Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah Buried - 31 Dec 1919 - Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah  = Link to Google Earth
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  Brigadier General Richard Whitehead Young. Brigadier General Richard Whitehead Young.