- Gender
- Male
Young, Richard M.
Biography
20 Feb. 1798–28 Nov. 1861. Attorney, judge, politician. Born in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Moved to Jonesboro, Union Co., Illinois Territory. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1817, in Jonesboro. Served as state representative from Union Co., 1820–1822. Married Matilda M. James, 25 June 1820, in St. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Served as captain in Illinois militia; as Illinois circuit judge, 1825–1827; and as presidential elector, 1828. Moved to Kaskaskia, Randolph Co., Illinois, before Apr. 1829. Served as Illinois circuit judge, 1829–1837. Moved to Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Served as U.S. senator, 1837–1843. Introduced Saints’ memorial seeking redress for lost property in Missouri to U.S. Senate, Jan. 1840. Justice of Illinois Supreme Court, 1843–1847. Served as clerk of U.S. House of Representatives, 1850–1851. Died in Washington DC.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter to Elias Higbee with JS Postscript, 7 March 1840
- Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo, Illinois, High Council, 5 December 1839
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 23 December 1842
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo, Illinois, High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes, 1 March 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 4 December 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Promissory Note to John C. Walsh, 10 February 1843–A
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840