Edward Faitoute Condict Young (January 25, 1835 – December 6, 1908), or E.F.C. Young, was a banker, manufacturer and politician, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for
Governor of New Jersey
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in 1892. He was President of First National Bank in Jersey City until his death in 1908.
Biography
Edward Faitoute Condict Young was born in
Malapardis, New Jersey
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285,Edward Lewis and Hattie Louise.
He was elected the City Treasurer of
Jersey City
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from 1872 to 1873. In 1874, he was elected to the
Hudson County, New Jersey
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Board of Chosen Freeholders
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and in 1876 became the first director-at-large. He was a member of the
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
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over several years. In 1887, he was appointed to the Tax Adjustment Commission and in 1899 was appointed to the
New Jersey Railroad
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for a four-year term.
Death
He became
critically ill
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in June 1907, and he died in Jersey City on Sunday, December 6, 1908. He was buried in
Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery
Bayview Cemetery, previously called Greenville Cemetery, is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It merged with New York Bay Cemetery and is now known as Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery.
History
The cemetery was built in 1848. It is located in ...
. He was survived by his wife Harriet (1836-1924), daughter Hattie Louise Young Smith (1857-?), and son Edward Louis Young (1861-1940).