Birth year is an estimate.
Occupation: Miner
Cause of Death: Senility
∼James "Jim" Young died at 90. was an African-American boxer, Arizona pioneer, trailblazer, Buffalo Soldier, Indian Scout, and miner for several years in Tombstone, Arizona. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.He was one of the best known African Americans in Arizona, especially during the nearly half century he spent in Tombstone before moving to Tucson. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.
James Young was born a slave in July 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee. He married twice. His first wife died prior to 1880,and he then married Rosa Romero, who was born in 1856 in Mexico. Young resided in the Tombstone, Arizona area for 56 years, from 1879 to 1935.
Young was a giant of a man physically. He was one of John Slaugher's best hands. He faced down Buckskin Frank Leslie twice. He reportedly sparred with heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan. He chased the Apache Kid.
Young was an imposing figure, well into his 80s. In 1929, Tombstone recognized James Young as one of its remaining residents from its early days of the Earps, where he rode in the town’s first Helldorado Days Parade.
Young died in Tucson at the Cochise County Hospital. He died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
In 2017 on Martin Luther King Day True West Magazine placed a marker at his grave site.
Occupation: Miner
Cause of Death: Senility
∼James "Jim" Young died at 90. was an African-American boxer, Arizona pioneer, trailblazer, Buffalo Soldier, Indian Scout, and miner for several years in Tombstone, Arizona. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.He was one of the best known African Americans in Arizona, especially during the nearly half century he spent in Tombstone before moving to Tucson. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.
James Young was born a slave in July 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee. He married twice. His first wife died prior to 1880,and he then married Rosa Romero, who was born in 1856 in Mexico. Young resided in the Tombstone, Arizona area for 56 years, from 1879 to 1935.
Young was a giant of a man physically. He was one of John Slaugher's best hands. He faced down Buckskin Frank Leslie twice. He reportedly sparred with heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan. He chased the Apache Kid.
Young was an imposing figure, well into his 80s. In 1929, Tombstone recognized James Young as one of its remaining residents from its early days of the Earps, where he rode in the town’s first Helldorado Days Parade.
Young died in Tucson at the Cochise County Hospital. He died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
In 2017 on Martin Luther King Day True West Magazine placed a marker at his grave site.
Birth year is an estimate.
Occupation: Miner
Cause of Death: Senility
∼James "Jim" Young died at 90. was an African-American boxer, Arizona pioneer, trailblazer, Buffalo Soldier, Indian Scout, and miner for several years in Tombstone, Arizona. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.He was one of the best known African Americans in Arizona, especially during the nearly half century he spent in Tombstone before moving to Tucson. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.
James Young was born a slave in July 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee. He married twice. His first wife died prior to 1880,and he then married Rosa Romero, who was born in 1856 in Mexico. Young resided in the Tombstone, Arizona area for 56 years, from 1879 to 1935.
Young was a giant of a man physically. He was one of John Slaugher's best hands. He faced down Buckskin Frank Leslie twice. He reportedly sparred with heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan. He chased the Apache Kid.
Young was an imposing figure, well into his 80s. In 1929, Tombstone recognized James Young as one of its remaining residents from its early days of the Earps, where he rode in the town’s first Helldorado Days Parade.
Young died in Tucson at the Cochise County Hospital. He died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
In 2017 on Martin Luther King Day True West Magazine placed a marker at his grave site.
Occupation: Miner
Cause of Death: Senility
∼James "Jim" Young died at 90. was an African-American boxer, Arizona pioneer, trailblazer, Buffalo Soldier, Indian Scout, and miner for several years in Tombstone, Arizona. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.He was one of the best known African Americans in Arizona, especially during the nearly half century he spent in Tombstone before moving to Tucson. His main claim to fame was as a boxer during the mid 1880s.
James Young was born a slave in July 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee. He married twice. His first wife died prior to 1880,and he then married Rosa Romero, who was born in 1856 in Mexico. Young resided in the Tombstone, Arizona area for 56 years, from 1879 to 1935.
Young was a giant of a man physically. He was one of John Slaugher's best hands. He faced down Buckskin Frank Leslie twice. He reportedly sparred with heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan. He chased the Apache Kid.
Young was an imposing figure, well into his 80s. In 1929, Tombstone recognized James Young as one of its remaining residents from its early days of the Earps, where he rode in the town’s first Helldorado Days Parade.
Young died in Tucson at the Cochise County Hospital. He died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
In 2017 on Martin Luther King Day True West Magazine placed a marker at his grave site.
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