Julia Ditto Young
By Patrick Kavanagh
History of Women in Forest Lawn Lawn Cemetery
Section 25, Lot 39
Date of Death: 4/19/1915Ms. Young became widely known for her poetry.
She was born in Buffalo in 1857 and came into prominence in the 1870's. In 1893 she published a volume of poems under the title Thistle Down, which brought her wider recognition and new honors.
At the time of her death she lived at 391 LafayetteAvenue in Buffalo.