City: Clinton
YOUNG, David King, attorney at law; born Anderson Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1826; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Samuel C. and Charlotte (Hall) YOUNG; father was a farmer and surveyor; paternal grandparents Wiley and Nancy (Clarkston) YOUNG, maternal grandparents David and Obedience (Brasel) HALL; educated in the common schools and at Union Academy and at Clinton, Tenn., under W. G. McADOO, father of W. G. McADOO, builder of the Hudson River Tunnel; in early life was a farmer, later entered the practice of law; former Atty.-Gen. of Knoxville circuit; former Circuit Judge and also Chancellor from 1873 to 1886; was commander of battery in army U. S. A. during the Civil war; was chairman of Penitentiary purchasing and building committee as such purchase of 1,000 acres of Cumberland river land was made; and which also began the erection of the new penitentiary, and which also purchased 10,000 acres of coal land in Morgan Co., Tenn., and built the prison and opened the mine where the convicts have worked since; has for past thirty years been interested in the wholesale drug business in Knoxville, Tenn., and in banking business in same city for over twenty years; is also president of Union Bank, Clinton, Tenn.; former member of old Whig party, now Democrat; married Elizabeth WOODSON May 15, 1849; member Masons, Knights Templar; member M. E. church South.
