"Portrait and Biographical Record of Hunterdon and Warren counties, New Jersey"
Chapman Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, 1898
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REV. GEORGE H. YOUNG, rector of Zion
Episcopal Church of Belvidere and also of
St. James' Church of Delaware, N. J., has
been located in Belvidere for the past four and
a-half years, and is engaged in a grand and far-reaching work for the uplifting of humanity. He
has had much experience in his chosen field of
labor and possesses the sympathy and love for
mankind and the earliest desire to help them that
bring inevitable results for good. He is a man
of excellent education and good attainments.
A native of Norfolkshire, England, born June
7, 1862, Mr. Young is a son of George C. and
Lydia (Woods) Young. The father, now living
a retired life, was formerly a physician, and is
a graduate of Edinburgh University. He came to
the United States in 1874, settling in the state of
New York. For some years he has made his
home in Washington, N. J. He is the editor of
the Red Cross Knight, the official organ of the
Knights of Malta. To himself and wife, who
was a daughter of Robert Woods and a native of
Cambridgeshire, England, four children were
born. She died in 1876.
The higher education of Rev. George H.
Young was obtained in St. Stephen's College
and in the General Theological Seminary in
New York. From the first-named institution he
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in
1S85. While continuing his studies he acted as
lay missionary in charge of a church at Washington, N. J., and largely owing to his zeal the
beautiful new house of worship there was erected.
The architecture of the church is of a very unique
style, and it was designed by the celebrated
architect W. Halsey Wood. Our subject was
ordained a deacon in 1888, and a year later was
admitted to the priesthood, both ceremonies being performed by Bishop H. C. Potter of New
York. Then he officiated as chaplain of St.
Luke's Hospital up to the time that he was assigned to be rector of St. Andrew's Church, in
Walden, N. Y. In October, 1893, he came to
his present charge, where he soon found great
favor with not only the members of his congregations, but with the public in general.
June 27, 1889, Mr. Young married Ruth,
daughter of the late William Sweeny, who at
one time was the sheriff of Warren County, N. J.
Four children, two sons and two daughters, came
to bless this union, and in order of birth are named
as follows: Samuel, Ruth, George and Susan.
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