Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919
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Confederate officer, lawyer, and businessman of Louisville, Ky.
From the description of Bennett Henderson Young papers, 1879-1912. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479569
Bennett Henderson Young and Franklin P. Straus were delegates to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1890-1891.
From the description of Autograph albums from the Kentucky Constitutional Convention, 1890-1891. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13533826
Businessman, historian, lawyer.
Bennett Henderson Young, a native of Jessamine County, Ky. interrupted his education at Centre College in Danville, Ky. in 1862, in order to enter Company B, Eighth Kentucky Regiment, Morgan's Cavalry, C.S.A. After the war, Young studied law in Ireland and Scotland and then returned to the United States to open a law practice in Louisville, Ky. in 1868. He was involved in railroad ventures, served as a delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention in 1891 and wrote several books concerning the history of Presbyterianism in Kentucky and military history. Among his works are: "CONFEDERATE WIZARDS OF THE SADDLE", concerning his experiences in John Hunt Morgan's cavalry; "HISTORY AND TEXTS OF THE THREE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY"; and "A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY."
From the description of Bennett Henderson Young papers, 1890-1892 1890-1891 (bulk dates). (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16140738
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Subjects:
- Broadsides
- Presbyterian Church
- Constitutional convention
- Presbyterian Church in Kentucky
- Presbyterianism
- Railroads
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- Businessmen
- Historians
- Lawyers
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- Jessamine County (Ky.) (as recorded)
- Saint Albans (Vt.) (as recorded)
- Kentucky (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Kentucky--Louisville (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
