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States Graphic (Brownsville, TN)
Volume 40, No. 28
19 Jun 1908

Dr. A. W. YOUNG, of Ripley, died in the Presbyterian hospital at Memphis last Sunday, and was buried at Ripley Monday. He was a native of this county and raised near Durhamville. Mrs. Tally, of this city, is a sister, as is also the noted educator, Miss Sue YOUNG.

Same issue; Social & Personal–

Mrs. W. F. TALLEY has been for the past few days in Ripley at the bedside of her brother, Dr. YOUNG, who died after a critical operation.

The Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 indicates Dr. Alexander H. Young, an allopath, graduated in 1855 from the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.  He was licensed in Tennessee in 1889 and practiced in Ripley.

Dr. Young’s monument at Maplewood Cemetery in Ripley lists a birth date of 24 September 1930.