Daguerreotype portrait of John Sherlock Young (1814-1880), a Baltimore native and New York City merchant. Young was the son of William Loney Young (1785-1842) and Elizabeth Patter (died 1862) of Baltimore, and the elder brother of Arabella Young Gittings, wife of Dr. David Sterrett Gittings of Baltimore. In 1835, he married Ann Smith Post, daughter…

Portrait of John Sherlock Young

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of John Sherlock Young (1814-1880), a Baltimore native and New York City merchant. Young was the son of William Loney Young (1785-1842) and Elizabeth Patter (died 1862) of Baltimore, and the elder brother of Arabella Young Gittings, wife of Dr. David Sterrett Gittings of Baltimore. In 1835, he married Ann Smith Post, daughter of Peter Post of New York. The couple were parents to: John Day, William Henry, Annie Post, and Caroline Amelia.

Creator

unknown

Date

circa 1850

Collection Number

CSPH

Object ID

CSPH 591

Extent

1 cased photograph

Resource ID

17754

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

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