CITY: Watertown
YOUNG, Alexander, real estate dealer and trader; born Watertown, Tenn., Feb 22, 1844; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Dake and Sarah Reader (Young) YOUNG; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents, David and Lydia (Leader) YOUNG, maternal grandparents, James and Elizabeth (Phillips) YOUNG; educated at Farmers’ Academy, Round Lick, Tenn.; served four years in Confederate army, was sergeant one year and Capt. until close of war, wounded three times but kept up with his command all of the time; began career as a farmer and stock dealer; at present he is director in Bank of Watertown, Tennessee, director in Tenn. Life Ins. Co., vice-president of the Mid-Continent Life Ins. Co., Oklahoma; married Jan. 3 1866; Democrat; member of Missionary Baptist church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
