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Sleeping in Heavenly peace
Bishop John Freeman Young sleeps in Jacksonville’s Old City Cemetery. While there’s nothing on his tombstone to indicate it, he’s known internationally for his English translation of the world’s favorite Christmas carol – “Silent Night, Holy Night.”
Young was born in Pittston, Maine on October 30, 1820. He graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in April, [...]
