Young, Fields M., 1846-1928
Biographical Note
Fields M. Young, Grayson County merchant, was born in Edgewater (Grayson County), Virginia in 1846. The son of Ezekiel and Evaline McMillan Young, Fields Young remained in Grayson County and operated a general store and mill there. He also served as Edgewater postmaster and as a member of the Grayson County School Board for several years. He and his wife, Mary E. Waugh Young, had three children, two of whom (James and Virginia) died young. Another daughter, Mattie, grew to adulthood and married Walter R. Hardin, president of the Roanoke Notion Company, a wholesale business. Fields Young died in 1928.
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Fields M. Young Papers
The collection includes the papers of Fields M. Young, a Grayson County, Virginia, merchant. It includes correspondence relating to personal and financial matters, as well as store business, advertising materials from various manufacturers and wholesalers, financial records, folders relating to the Grayson County School Board and Walter R. Hardin, and printed materials.