Josephine Sheldon Edmonds

Josephine Sheldon Edmonds was the first wife of Owen D. Young. She was born in 1870 and died in 1935.

Children

 * Charles Jacob Young (December 17, 1899–October 2, 1987), Scientist and inventor at RCA
 * John Young (August 13, 1902–August 21, 1926), (killed in a train accident)
 * Josephine Young (February 16, 1907–January 8, 1990), who became an author of Speculative fiction, writing as Josephine Young Case
 * Philip Young (May 9, 1910–January 15, 1987), who became Dean of the Columbia Business School (1948-1953), Chairman of the Civil Service Commission (1953–1957), and United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (1957-1960)
 * Richard Young (June 23, 1919–November 18, 2011), Attorney, expert on international and maritime law, and law professor