| Della Iona Cann Young | |
| Birth Name: | Della Iona Cann |
| Birth Date: | February 8, 1872 |
| Birth Place: | Holton, Kansas |
| Death Date: | May 16, 1945 |
| Death Place: | Elk City, Oklahoma |
| Burial Place: | Cheyenne Cemetery |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Poet, educator |
| Known For: | Poet Laureate of Oklahoma |
| Spouse: | Andrew Clyde Young |
| Children: | Three |
Della Iona Cann Young (1872-1945) was Oklahoma's fourth poet laureate, appointed in 1943 by Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1]
Young was born Della Iona Cann in Holton, Kansas on February 8, 1872. She married Andrew Clyde Young in 1906 and they had three children.[2] At the time of her appointment as poet laureate, Young had published only two poems, and she never published a volume of poetry.
Most of Young's career was spent as an educator in Western Oklahoma.
According to her gravestone, she died May 16, 1945 in Elk City, Oklahoma.