David Youngs

David Youngs was an American lumberman from Ahnapee, Wisconsin who spent one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the district consisting of Door and Kewaunee Counties. Although contemporary newspapers describe him as a Republican,^[1] he was officially recorded as a Union Party member.^{[2] [3]}

Private affairs

Youngs was born in Scotland; as of 1867 he was 39 years of age, and had been in Wisconsin for 30 years. He listed his profession as "lumberman".^[4] In July 1867 Youngs was a signatory (with Thomas McDill and others) to a letter calling for a meeting in Madison in order to organize a Lumberman's Association of Wisconsin.^[5]

Elective office

Youngs served a single one-year term in the Assembly, in a new district previously represented by Democrat Constant Martin (Kewaunee County) and Unionist Isaac Stephenson (Door County). He was assigned to the standing committees on internal improvements and on contingent expenditures.^[6] He was defeated for re-election in late 1867 by Democrat Moses Kilgore.

Death

Youngs died on August 5, 1874, from erysipelas at his home in Ahnapee, Wisconsin.^[7]

References

1. "Further Election Returns, Save County" Milwaukee Daily Sentinel November 13, 1866; p.1, col. 2
2. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, Lists and Tables for Reference Sixth Annual Edition; Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1867; p. 172
3. Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 125 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
4. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, Lists and Tables for Reference Sixth Annual Edition; Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1867; p. 172
5. "State News: Lumbermen’s Association—Balley’s Harbor—The Wheat Crops—An Unfavorable Prediction—Broke Jail" Milwaukee Daily Sentinel July 20, 1867
6. The Legislative Manual, of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, lists and tables for reference Sixth Annual Edition; Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1867; pp. 172, 174, 178, 179
7. "David Youngs-Death", Sturgeon Bay Door County Advocate, August 13, 1874, pg. 3

External links

• David Youngs at Find a Grave