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JOHN SHERLOCK YOUNG, merchant and financier, born in Baltimore, Md.,
Aug. 24, 1814, died in New York, June 24, i88o. A son of William Loney Young,
shipping merchant, in partnership with Robert Gilmore, a prominent citizen of those
days in Baltimore, John S. Young came to New York when fourteen years of age,
and as a boy entered a wholesale grocery house. When eighteen years old, he estab¬
lished a shipping house as Palmer & Young, and for the forty or more years during
which he remained in business was distinguished for unceasing activity and honorable
dealing. He retired from mercantile life soon after the close of the Civil War, and
later became a special partner in the banking house of J. B. Summerfield & Co., in
which he continued until his death. Investing his fortune largely in real estate, he
gave his attention to the care of this property during the closing years of his life. Mr.
Young was one of the founders and original directors of The Marine Bank, and a mem¬
ber of Adelphic Chapter, F. & A. M. He married Ann Smith Post, daughter of Peter
R. Post, an importing merchant of this city, and was survived by his wife and four
children, the latter being John Day and William Henry Young; Annie P., wife of
Charles E. Bogert, and Caroline Amelia, wife of M. T. Brundage.

ANTONIO YZNAGA DEL VALLE, merchant and planter, born in Cuba, Sept. 8,
1823, died in this city. May 6, 1892. He came to this country while a boy, and obtained
his education near New York, his early training making him thoroughly American in
feelings and sympathies. Although he returned to Cuba and remained there for sev¬
eral years, he finally came back to the United States in 1847 or 1848. He then estab¬
lished a commission business, trading exclusively with Cuba, and for twenty-six years
had his office on Broad Street. He was also a large sugar refiner. Though he owned
a great deal of real estate in Cuba, including large sugar plantations on the south side
of the island, he took no part in the political affairs there. When the first signs of the
civil strife appeared in this country, he at once became an enthusiastic supporter of
the Union. He had large interests in the South, but cast his whole influence in favor
of the North. He was one of the first merchants who subscribed to raise $60,000,000
when Mr. Chase, then Secretary of the Treasury, came to New York to obtain this
amount.