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Seymour Dilworth Young

Also Known As: "Seymour Dilworth Young", "Seymore D Young", "S Dilworth Young"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Death: July 09, 1981 (83)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Seymour Bicknell Young, Jr and Carlie Louine Clawson
Husband of Gladys Young and Hulda Parker
Father of Dilworth Randolph Young and Leonore Young
Brother of Emily Clawson Young; Scott Richmond Young; Louine Clawson Young; Florence Young and Hiram Clawson Young

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About Seymour Dilworth Young

Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

"...Seymour Dilworth Young (September 7, 1897 – July 9, 1981) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for 36 years, from 1945 until his death.
From 1945 to 1975, Young was the senior president of the First Council of the Seventy of the LDS Church. In 1975 he was sustained as member of newly-created First Quorum of Seventy. Young was a graduate of Weber College (now Weber State University). He served in the United States military during World War I. After this he served as a missionary in the Central States Mission. Young and his wife Gladys Pratt were the parents of two children.

Young is known as an author and poet among members of the church. Young is the author of a biography of his great-great-uncle, LDS Church President Brigham Young. Many of Dilworth Young's poems have been published in the Ensign. He is son of Seymour B. Young, Jr. and Carlie Louine Clawson. He married Gladys Pratt and had 2 children, one of whom died in World War II. Following his first wife's death he married Huldah Parker.

Between 1947 and 1951, Young was the president of the New England Mission of the church. Young is the grandson of Latter-day Saint leader Seymour B. Young, the nephew Levi E. Young and the great-grandson of Joseph Young. He is also a descendant of Edward Partridge. After his wife Gladys died, Young married Huldah Parker.

Young is the subject of a biography by grandson Benson Y. Parkinson (Covenant, 1994)..."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'S. Dilworth Young', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 November 2011, 08:18 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._Dilworth_Young&oldid=4...> [accessed 26 September 2012]

  • Residence: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Residence: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 1920
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Seymour Dilworth Young's Timeline

1897
September 7, 1897
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
1924
June 10, 1924
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
1926
December 29, 1926
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
1981
July 9, 1981
Age 83
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
July 13, 1981
Age 83
City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States