Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-12-10
Death of an Old Priest.

The Dominican, NlcholaS dominic
Young, who died in Washington on
Wednesday, was born near the mouth
of the Piscataway river, Prince
Georges county, Md, on the nth Of
June, 1893. His great grandfather
was an English Judge sent out here
in that capacity, but on becoming a
Roman Catholic, was deposed. The
ex-judge bought a tract of land
where now stands the better portion
of the city of Washington, and many
a time did the old monk, in his clos
ing DAYS, wonder whether he would
be permitted to breathe his last in
that city, where his father was born,
and where, when he became a priest,
he built the finest specimen Of Gothic
work in this country, the Church OF
St. Dominic, on the spot where stood
his great grandfather's barn. This
was the first church built in Wash
ington, and the old priest remember
ed it with pride.
The domain fell to Motley Young,
the grandfather of Father Young, and
when General Washington come to
lay out the city he resided in the ele-
CANT mansion Of Motley Young, which
was the finest in that part of the Coun-
try during his stay there. The Gen
eral induced Motley Young to give up
his farm and the whole of south
Washington, which once formed part
of she Young farm. Gen. Washing
ton, however, provided that the
Young mansion should not be torn
down till after the death Of its occu-
pant. 1t stood just in the middle of
street till after Motley Young death.
Nicholas Young, father of the dead
priest, married one of the Fenwick's,
who were of the Lord Baltimore col
onv, founders of Maryland. He re-
moved to Prince Georges county,
Nd . where his wife owned farm of
inheritance.
This was right opposite Mount
Vernon, the house of Washington,
and frequently did Father Young re
cou IT how, when he was a boy, the
whole family would gather IN the
green of a morning and view the
Ger erai through a spy-glass as he
paced up and down his verandah,
with his hands behind his back and
seemingly in a deep reverie. Father
Yong used to say the General was
in tae habit of walking this way ev-
cry morning. Father Young saw
Washington at a military parade when
he was a child, and the old priest
would tell the story, which he was
often called on to do, something after
this fashion:
"When l was about eight years old
I remember there was to be a parade
not far from our place. 1t was an
nounced that General Washington
would be there; but, bless you, that
wasn't half the inducement to lot OF
young shavers and myself that we
saw in the promise Of a supply of
town gingerbread. However, when
we got there the General was there,
and we boys were tremendously I'M
pressed by his big cooked hat. That
was all the greatness we saw about
him. He was a tall man, with mas
sive shoulders and face that looked
kind, but made a fellow feel you
could not throw gravel in his boots,
like we used to do those other high
featured chaps. I thought he was the
greatest man I ever saw, but l didn't
know why. All knew was that he
whipped the British, and everybody
pointed him out as the chap that
whipped the British. l could recog-
nize him this moment, though he
made such an impression on me. u"