Young left home and went to Somers, where he worked on a farm, and subsequently removed to Sing Sing, where he engaged in business with his brother. He then wont to New York and remained in business there for five years, and afterwards went to Mount Kisco. whence he came to White Plains, which has since been his residence. Here he engaged in the lumber and coal business, which proved extensive and prosperous and is now conducted by his sons and nepliews.

He married Hester, daughter of Daniel Trip. They have three children,-- Albert, Irving W. and Laura E.

The elegant residence of Mr. Young was built by him in 1874, and is one of the finest private d w e 1 1 i n g s in White Plains.

BAKTHOI.OMEW GEDXEY.

The family of this name are said to have come from the north of England long before the Revolution. John Gedney, who resided in Yorktown, near Crompond, died about 17G3, leaving a family of five children, -- John ; Polly, wife ot Monmouth Hart ; Betsy, wife of William Haviland ; Martha,

wife of Covert ; and Sarah, wife of Edward Bugbee.

Of these children, .John, the only sou, was born April 16,1761. His father, who was a farmer, died when the son was two years old, and he went to live with his uncle Bartholomew at While Plains. Upon the decease of his uncle he inherited the homestead and fifty acres of land. His early circumstances were unfavorable and he enjoyed few educational and religious advantages. During the whole of his life he was a farmer, a business which he conducted with such success that at the time of his death he was the owner of a farm of three hundred acres in a higli state of cultivation, and was generally considered one