John Freeman Young

Born: October 30, 1820, Pittston, Maine.

Died: November 15, 1885, New York, New York.

Buried: Old City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida.

    Young attended Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; Wesleyan Seminary, Readfield, Maine; and the Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia. Ordained a Protestant Episcopal minister, he served in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and New York, and became the second bishop of Florida in 1867. His works include:

• Hymns and Music for the Young, 1860-61
• Great Hymns of the Church (editor; published posthumously in 1887 by John H. Hopkins)

Translations

1. Silent Night