Senator David Arthur Young View All Years

DAVID A. YOUNG.

Senator Frailey, from a special committee, submitted the following report and moved its adoption:

MR. PRESIDENT—Your committee, to whom was referred the matter of drafting suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late David A. Young, member of the Senate in the Twenty­seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies, beg leave to report the following:

David A. Young was born in Burnside, Hancock county, Illinois, January 16th, 1852, being of Canadian descent and coming to Lee County when he was ten years old, where he lived until his death, which occurred August 21st, 1915. He was elected a member of the Senate in 1897 and in 1901 was re-elected being the first Senator ever elected for two full terms in the district. Mr. Young followed the career of agriculturist and stock raiser until 1909 when he retired and removed to Keokuk. He was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1910 being re-elected in 1912 and still had two years to serve at the time of his death. While a member of the Board of Supervisors he took an especial interest in the matter of good roads and did much to promote the Montrose-Keokuk highway. During his service in the State Senate he was prominent in affairs relating to the state prison and for this reason was appointed a delegate to the prison congress by Governor Shaw.

Senator Young was a stalwart example of the best strain of Americanism, and in his life demonstrated that honesty, integrity and industry makes it possible for any American citizen to rise to the honor he received and the respect in which he was held by all who knew him. He was a true type of the rugged American who through his own efforts raised himself to a position of prominence in his community and is today remembered among those who knew him and respect him with the highest enconium that can be given to any citizen, “An honest man’s the noblest work of God.”

Therefore Be It Resolved by the Senate, That an engrossed copy of this resolution be forwarded to Senator Young’s widow, Mrs. Sarah J. Young, as a mark of the respect of this Senate.

H. P. FRAILEY.

A. V. PROUDFOOT.

GEO. W. BALL.