Bennett H. Young

ID: 2646 ~ Source: Courtesy of University of Louisville Digital Collections ~ Date: 1897
This file appears in: The Dinnings
Bennett H. Young

Unrepentant former Confederate Bennett H. Young served as Dinning's attorney. Despite his faith in the Confederacy, Young objected strongly to mob violence and proved to be a fierce defender of Dinning's legal rights.

This file appears in: The Dinnings

By Diane Stepro
You are standing before the site of one of the homes inhabited by George and Mollie Dinning and their children. One winter night, a mob forced Mollie Dinning and her children to abandon their farm in Simpson County, Kentucky, ill-clad and robbed of…