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Young, Cecelia Sharp, 1872-1917

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1872 - 1917

Biography

Cecelia Sharp Young (1872-1917) was an American piano teacher.

Cecelia SHarp Young was born on July 7, 1872 to James Sharp and Elizabeth Naish Rogers in Salt Lake City, Utah. She studied piano in Paris somewhere in the span of 1901-1904. She returned to the United States due to her father's failng health. She met Mahonri Mackintosh Young in 1906, and the two were married on February 19, 1907. She died of cancer on November 4, 1917 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Citation:
wikipedia.org, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (studied piano in Paris; returned to U.S. due to father's health; met Mahonri Mackintosh Young in 1906; died of cancer).

familysearch.org, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (piano teacher; born on July 7, 1872 to James Sharp and Elizabeth Naish Rogers in Salt Lake City; married Mahonri Mackintosh Young on February 19, 1907; died on November 4, 1917 in Bergen, New Jersey).

findagrave.com, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Reference file-scrapbooks, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks contain images and articles collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young on a wide variety of persons and subjects, including artists, authors, journalists, illustrators, cartoonists, sculptors, architects, politicians, and miscellaneous. Undated.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 4, Mahonri M. Young papers

Mahonri M. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.

Dates: 1870-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mahonri M. Young papers

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