Timothy Roberts Young (November 19, 1811 – May 12, 1898) was an American attorney, farmer, and politician. He served as a

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from Illinois in the late 1840s and early 1850s.

Early life and career

Born in Dover, New Hampshire, Young completed preparatory studies and attended

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

. He graduated from

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in Brunswick, Maine in 1835. He studied law in Dover and was admitted to the bar in 1838. Young moved to Marshall, Illinois in the spring of 1838 and practiced law for ten years. He was elected as a Democratic United States Representative to the Thirty-first Congress, serving the third district of Illinois. Young served from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851. He served on the

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. After leaving Congress, he moved to

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, and became interested in the manufacture of plug tobacco, in which he worked for ten years as a wholesale tobacco merchant. He was involved in the railroad and engaged in agricultural pursuits near

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. He served a delegate to the Illinois state constitutional convention from Clark County in 1862.

Personal life

Young married Margarette E. Jones in 1852. They had three children, Fanny Jones Young, Kimball Young, and Ellen Swepson Young.

Death

Young died in

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, near Casey, Illinois, on May 12, 1898 (age 86 years, 174 days). He is interred in Marshall Cemetery in Marshall, Illinois.

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