Young, Samuel Hall, an American clergyman; born in Butler, Pa., Sept. 12, 1847; was graduated at the University of Wooster and at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.; and ordained in the Presbyterian Church. He went to Fort Wrangel, Alaska, as a missionary and explorer; organized the first Protestant Church in Alaska; held pastorates in California, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio; later sent to the Klondike; appointed superintendent of Presbyterian missions in Alaska.
Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912. | 
