Background
Young, Charles Augustus was born on December 15, 1834 in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Ira and Eliza M. (Adams) Young.
Young, Charles Augustus was born on December 15, 1834 in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Ira and Eliza M. (Adams) Young.
Graduate Dartmouth College, 1853. Studied Andover Theol.
Specialist in solar physics.
Served in Civil War as captain Company B, 85th Regiment, Ohio volunteers, 4 months, 1862. Member National Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president, 1876, president, 1883).
Married Augusta Spring Mixer, August 26, 1857 (deceased. Children: Clara Adelaide (Mistress Hiram A. Hitchcock), Charles Ira, Frederick Albert.