{"id":561,"date":"2018-07-16T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:40:51","slug":"james-b-young","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/","title":{"rendered":"James B. Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dr. James B. Young (Washington County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:<\/strong> 1876-1877<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1825 in New York<\/p>\n<p>Doctor. Born free to Randall and Polly Young of Athens, Greene County, New York, where the family is listed on the 1850 census. James&#8217; estimated age at that time was 25.<\/p>\n<p>Appears on the 1860 census in Denver (then located in Kansas Territory), occupation &#8220;physician,&#8221; and is <a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/douglass_monthly_1861_04_01_7\/\">mentioned<\/a> by Henry O. Wagoner in a letter to Frederick Douglass from Denver in 1861.<\/p>\n<p>Newspaper ads indicate that he had relocated to Tennessee by 1866. He is listed on the 1870 census in Knoxville, where he was active in politics before moving to Mississippi. He led Knoxville&#8217;s celebration of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment and was a candidate for the Tennessee state legislature. He moved to Mississippi sometime around 1873.<\/p>\n<p>Greenville&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Weekly Democrat-Times<\/em> recorded the death of a &#8220;Jas. Young, colored&#8221; on September 8, 1878, in the middle of the widespread yellow fever epidemic. Because Young was a doctor, and because I haven&#8217;t found references to him after 1876, I suspect that he is the James Young who died on September 8, 1878. It is also possible that Young left the state, though I cannot find a James Young who matches his description on the 1880 census.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6279\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/douglass_monthly_1861_04_01_7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6279\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6279\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Douglass_Monthly_1861_04_01_7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Douglass' Monthly, April 1861\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Douglass_Monthly_1861_04_01_7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Douglass_Monthly_1861_04_01_7-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Douglass&#8217; Monthly, April 1861<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6277\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/hair\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6277\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hair-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Colored Tennessean, March 31, 1866\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hair-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hair-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colored Tennessean, March 31, 1866<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6275\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/elixir\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6275\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/elixir-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Tennessean, July 18, 1866\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/elixir-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/elixir-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tennessean, July 18, 1866<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6272\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/knoxville_weekly_whig_1867_02_20_page_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6272\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Weekly_Whig_1867_02_20_Page_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Knoxville Weekly Whig, February 20, 1867\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Weekly_Whig_1867_02_20_Page_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Weekly_Whig_1867_02_20_Page_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knoxville Weekly Whig, Feb 20, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6268\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/convention-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6268\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6268\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/convention-150x150.png\" alt=\"Knoxville Weekly Whig, October 2, 1867\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/convention-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/convention-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knoxville Weekly Whig, October 2, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6247\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/knoxville_weekly_whig_1868_06_17_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6247\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Weekly_Whig_1868_06_17_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Knoxville Weekly Whig, June 17, 1868\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Weekly_Whig_1868_06_17_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Weekly_Whig_1868_06_17_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knoxville Weekly Whig, June 17, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6266\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/july\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6266\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/july-150x150.png\" alt=\"Knoxville Weekly Whig, July 8, 1868\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/july-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/july-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knoxville Weekly Whig, July 8, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6256\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/press_and_messenger_1869_06_30_4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6256\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Press_and_Messenger_1869_06_30_4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Press and Messenger, June 30, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Press_and_Messenger_1869_06_30_4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Press_and_Messenger_1869_06_30_4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press and Messenger, June 30, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6259\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/daily_press_and_herald_1869_07_11_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6259\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daily_Press_and_Herald_1869_07_11_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Press and Herald, July 11, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daily_Press_and_Herald_1869_07_11_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daily_Press_and_Herald_1869_07_11_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Press and Herald, July 11, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3067\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/capture-85\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3067 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press and Messenger, December 8, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6252\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/daily_press_and_herald_1869_12_12_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6252\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daily_Press_and_Herald_1869_12_12_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Press &amp; Herald, December 12, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daily_Press_and_Herald_1869_12_12_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daily_Press_and_Herald_1869_12_12_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Press &amp; Herald, December 12, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3065\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/capture-84\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3065 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Press and Herald, March 11, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6261\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/grant-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6261\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grant-150x150.png\" alt=\"Daily Press and Herald, March 15, 1870\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grant-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grant-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Press and Herald, March 15, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3069\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/capture-86\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3069 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Era, March 17, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3064\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/capture-83\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3064 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cambria Freeman, April 14, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6254\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/the_weekly_chronicle_1870_04_27_page_5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6254\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Chronicle_1870_04_27_Page_5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Chronicle, April 27, 1870\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Chronicle_1870_04_27_Page_5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Chronicle_1870_04_27_Page_5-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Chronicle, April 27, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6249\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/knoxville_daily_chronicle_1872_01_03_page_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6249\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Daily_Chronicle_1872_01_03_Page_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Knoxville Daily Chronicle, Jan 3, 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Daily_Chronicle_1872_01_03_Page_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Knoxville_Daily_Chronicle_1872_01_03_Page_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knoxville Daily Chronicle, Jan 3, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6263\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/mayor-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6263\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mayor-150x150.png\" alt=\"Daily Press and Herald, January 5, 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mayor-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mayor-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Press and Herald, January 5, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6270\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/poisoning\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6270\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/poisoning-150x150.png\" alt=\"Knoxville Daily Chronicle, May 25, 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/poisoning-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/poisoning-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">K&#8217;ville Daily Chronicle, May 25, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6237\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/paupers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6237\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/paupers-150x150.png\" alt=\"Weekly Democrat-Times, Nov 28, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/paupers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/paupers-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Nov 28, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2717\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2717\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, February 17, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6239\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/postoffice\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6239\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6239\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/postoffice-150x150.png\" alt=\"Weekly Democrat-Times, Feb 19, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/postoffice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/postoffice-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Feb 19, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6244\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/the_weekly_democrat_times_1876_03_04_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6244\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6244\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1876_03_04_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Democrat-Times, March 4, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1876_03_04_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1876_03_04_3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, March 4, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6241\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/the_weekly_democrat_times_1876_03_18_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6241\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1876_03_18_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Democrat-Times, March 18, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1876_03_18_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1876_03_18_3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, March 18, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6292\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/samuel-riley\/clarion_ledger_1876_04_01_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. James B. Young (Washington County) State House: 1876-1877 Born: c. 1825 in New York Doctor. Born free to Randall and Polly Young of Athens, Greene County, New York, where the family is listed on the 1850 census. James&#8217; estimated age at that time was 25. Appears on the 1860 census in Denver (then located &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-b-young\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;James B. 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