Fannie Young

Fannie Young was born September 8, 1859 in Sessions, Utah to Thomas Young and Martha Webb Campkin. She married Henry Morgan Perry on February 24, 1881 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had ten children: Henry Elisha, Martha Maude, Leslie Thomas, Albert Zabrina, Heber Morgan, Melba Elizabeth, Eunice Jane, Eurene Eliza, Velda Annie, and Verna Fannie.

Fannie was a schoolteacher in Mantua, UT before marrying and starting a family. She had interests in opera, theatre, literature and music. She left culture and relative comfort behind around 1886 when the family moved to Rudy, Idaho to settle. She raised eleven children including her grandson Fred.

Fannie died on May 16, 1937 and is buried in Rigby, Idaho.

Fannie Young History Written about Fannie Young: • The Life of Fannie Young Perry by David Ririe • My Perry Grandparents by Perry K. Lovell • Tribute to Fannie Young Perry by Some of her Children by Velda Lovell Have something else written by or about Fannie Young? Let us know about it, and share it with the family!

Henry Morgan Perry and Fannie Young with Martha Maude, Leslie Thomas and Albert Zabrina around 1888 Fannie Young