JAMES R. YOUNG.
Insurance Commissioner
James R. Young, Democrat, of Vance County, was born February 13, 1853, in Granville County, N. C. Son of Dr. P. W. and Jane Eliza (Cooper) Young. Educated at Horner's Military School (Oxford, N. C); Hampden-Sidney College (Va.). Insurance agent. Clerk Vance County Superior Court, 1881-1890. State Insurance Commissioner since 1899. Fraternal orders: Masons, Elks, Odd Fellows. Presbyterian. Elder. Married Miss Virginia Nichols. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.) |