Born 14 December 1866 in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland. Son of George Young and Catherine Black. Set apart as a full-time missionary in the British Mission, 31 March 1899. Returned from mission, 18 June 1901. Married Maud Rhodes, 7 February 1906; three children. Died 11 July 1946 in Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah.[1]
[1] John Young entry, no. 163, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, Book C, 93, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City; Salt Lake County, County Clerk, Marriage Records, 1887–1965, Marriage Licenses, bks. 4–5, 7 Feb. 1906, license 1805, microfilm 429063/DGS 4705939, FamilySearch Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (hereafter FSL); 1930 U.S. Census, Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., WY, enumeration dist. 19-9, 8A; Utah State Department of Health, Utah Death Certificates, 1904–1951, Death Certificates 1946, Salt Lake Co. (Jan. –Aug.), 11 July 1946, file no. 1164A, microfilm 2260789/DGS 4120977, FSL.