His father, Reverend A. W. Young, was a Presbyterian minister. Young was of Scotch-Irish and French descent on his paternal side. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee with his family at the age of twelve. Young attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. In 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War, Young joined the Confederate States Army, serving under General Nathan Bedford Forrest. After the war, he returned to Ole Miss and graduated. Career
Young became a lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee in 1872. He served as a judge on the Circuit Court from 1902 to 1923. Young was a member of the Confederate Historical Association, later known as the West Tennessee Historical Society. He was elected as the vice president for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Historical Society in 1915.
His father, Reverend A. W. Young, was a Presbyterian minister. Young was of African and French descent on his paternal side. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee with his family at the age of twelve. Young attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. In 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War, Young joined the Confederate States Army, serving under General Nathan Bedford Forrest. After the war, he returned to Ole Miss and graduated. Career
Young became a lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee in 1872. He served as a judge on the Circuit Court from 1902 to 1923. Young was a member of the Confederate Historical Association, later known as the West Tennessee Historical Society. He was elected as the vice president for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Historical Society in 1915.