Edward Faitoute Condict Young | |
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Born |
Malapardis, New Jersey |
January 25, 1835
Died | December 6, 1908 Jersey City, New Jersey |
(aged 73)
Resting place | Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery |
Children |
Edward L. Young Hattie Louise Young Smith |
Parent(s) | Eliza D. Benjamin Franklin Young |
Relatives | John Youngs, ancestor |
Edward Faitoute Condict Young (January 25, 1835 – December 6, 1908) or E.F.C. Young, was a banker, manufacturer and politician, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1892. He was President of First National Bank in Jersey City until his death in 1908.
He was elected the City Treasurer of Jersey City from 1865 to 1870, and was a Jersey City alderman from 1872 to 1873. In 1874, he was elected to the Hudson County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders and in 1876 became the first director-at-large. He was a member of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee over several years. In 1887, he was appointed to the Tax Adjustment Commission and in 1899 was appointed to the New Jersey Railroad for a four-year term.
He was critically ill starting on July 11, 1908, and he died in Jersey City on Sunday, December 6, 1908. He was buried in Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery.