Edward Faitoute Condict Young
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Edward Faitoute Condict Young
| image =Edward F.C. Young circa 1900.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1835|1|25}}
| birth_place =Malapardis, New Jersey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|12|6|1835|1|25}}
| death_place =Jersey City, New Jersey
| death_cause =
| resting_place =Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery
| occupation = Banker, manufacturer, politician
| spouse = {{Marriage|Harriet M. Strober|July 26, 1854}}
| children =Edward L. Young
Hattie Louise Young Smith
| parents = Eliza D.
Benjamin Franklin Young
| relatives =John Youngs, ancestor
| signature = Signature of Edward Faitoute Condict Young (1835–1908).png
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.njcu.edu/Programs/jchistory/Pages/Y_Pages/Young_EFC.htm |title=Edward Faitoute Condict Young, 1835-1908. Banker, Manufacturer, Politician |access-date=2007-08-26 |publisher=New Jersey City University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825080131/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/Y_Pages/Young_EFC.htm |archive-date=2007-08-25 |url-status=dead }} He was president of First National Bank in Jersey City until his death in 1908.
Biography
Edward Faitoute Condict Young was born in Malapardis, New Jersey on January 25, 1835. He married Harriet M. Strober on July 26, 1854, and they had two children – Edward Lewis and Hattie Louise.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalcycl00bige/page/166/mode/1up |title=The Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey |editor1-first=Samuel F. |editor1-last=Bigelow |editor1-link=Samuel Fowler Bigelow |editor2-first=George J. |editor2-last=Hagar |publisher=National Americana Society |place=New York City |pages=166–168 |date=1909 |access-date=2023-07-04 |via=Internet Archive}}
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.
His estate on Hudson Boulevard (now John F. Kennedy Boulevard) would become the new of home of Saint Peter's University in 1936.{{cite web|url=https://njcu.libguides.com/stpetersuniversity|title=Saint Peter's University|website=njcu.libguides.com|access-date=February 24, 2025}}
Death
He became critically ill in June 1907, and he died in Jersey City on Sunday, December 6, 1908.{{cite news |title=Banker E.F.C. Young Dead in 74th Year. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-banker-efc-young-d/127602128/ |quote=He remained President of this bank up to the time of his death. |newspaper=The New York Times |page=9 |date=December 7, 1908 |access-date=2023-07-04 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-e-f-c-young-critic/127602768/ |title=E.F.C. Young Critically Ill. |newspaper=The New York Times |page=7 |date=1907-06-11 |access-date=2023-07-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was buried in Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://www.njcu.edu/Programs/jchistory/Pages/B_Pages/Bayview_New_York_Bay_Cemetery.htm |title=Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery |access-date=2008-07-27 |publisher=New Jersey City University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823080812/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/B_Pages/Bayview_New_York_Bay_Cemetery.htm |archive-date=2007-08-23 }} He was survived by his wife Harriet (1836-1924),{{cite web |author1=Randall Gabrielan |title=Golden Crest – The Builder, Origin and Architect |url=https://www.oceanmuseum.org/2017-11-GoldenCrestArticle.html |website=www.oceanmuseum.org |access-date=3 February 2020}} daughter Hattie Louise Young Smith (1857-?), and son Edward Louis Young (1861-1940).
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|9017338}}
- [https://njcu.libguides.com/jerseycitypastandpresent/efcyoung NJCU Jersey City Past and Present: Young, E.F.C. (1835-1908)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602035841/https://njcu.libguides.com/jerseycitypastandpresent/efcyoung |date=June 2, 2019 }}
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Category:County commissioners in New Jersey
Category:Businesspeople from Jersey City, New Jersey
Category:Burials at Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery