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Born on August 27, 1909, in Woodville, Mississippi, Young soon moved to Algiers, across the river from New Orleans. His mother was a Creole who taught school; Young's
father, Willis Handy, whom Young hardly knew, was an itinerant musician. Young grew up during the period in New Orleans when
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From Young, Lester Biography: Contemporary Musicians -- Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file) - Boston, Mass. The first "telegraphone" in the state has been installed here by the Louisiana
Railway & Navigation Company. These instruments permit the use of telegraph lines for telephone purposes.
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