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Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

In the days when names were being bestowed, a large class referring to age, size, shape and capacity, embraced every possible, and well-nigh impossible, feature of human life. The name of YOUNG was first bestowed to distinguish him from some one older and having the Christian name. It became a fixture in the next and succeeding generations, without reference to its original significance. We cannot trace the direct ancestry of William D. YOUNG, a farmer of Parsippany, Morris county, New Jersey, for many generations, but there is now doubt that his family name was bestowed in this manner. William B. YOUNG, his father, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, and died there at the age of seventy-four years. He was a carpenter by trade, and married Phina DERICKSON. They had five children.

William D. YOUNG was born in Morristown, Morris county, New Jersey, in 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native county, and upon leaving these served for a time as a clerk in a store in Morristown. He then removed to Jersey City and engaged in business in New York. About twenty-five years ago he again went to Parsippany, purchasing his present farm of 100 acres, and has resided on it since that time. He has made many improvements on this property, and in addition to general farming makes a specialty of dairy farming, in which he has been very successful. He is a staunch Republican in political matters, and has served as a member of the school board. His religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church. Mr. YOUNG married Addie HARRISON, born in Parsippany, and they have had children: daughter, who married Thomas COOK; Louise W. HARRISON.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)

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