Edward Shipman Young was the second child born to Jesse Thomas Young and Mary Francis Nealy. He was born during the Civil War in 1864 in Drew County, Arkansas. Edward was raised in a full household that included his sister, Octavia, and brother, George. It appears that his mother and brother George died during the 1870s while Edward was still young. In 1878, his father married Susan Gabbert, and the 1880 census shows that living along with Edward and his parents were his sister Octavia, his half-sister, Cordelia, and the brother of his stepmother, Mike Gabbert.
In 1893, Edward married Anna E. Hart, reportedly of Cherokee descent. One child was born to Edward and Anna Young:
1) Jessie Retha Young (1894-1965) m. Robert Payne Roberts
Unfortunately,
Anna died within six weeks of the birth, on November 4, 1894.
On October 10, 1896, Edward married Eva Mae Ragland. She was the daughter of a
Georgia native, Stiles Augustus Ragland, and a Mississippi native, Madora
Shorter. Stiles Ragland was a Captain in Company F of the famed 26th Arkansas
Infantry Regiment that originated from Drew County. He married Madora in Drew
County in 1866, and nine children were born to the couple. Stiles became a
wealthy farmer in the small township of Saline, Arkansas, located a few miles
south of Monticello.
Five children were born to Edward S. Young and Eva Mae Ragland:
1)
Eddie Myrtle Young (b.1898) m. Drew Winters
2) Anna Mae Young (b.1899) m. Calvin Christopher Courtney
3) Olin Stiles Young (b.1902)
4) Birdie L. Young (b.1905) m. James L. Jeffers
5) Neil S. Young (b.1908)
While Edward's father was a physician, preacher, and farmer, Edward chose his own path and became a teacher. His family lived in the small community of Troy, Arkansas, and Edward taught at the New Troy School. He was the enumerator for the 1910 Drew County census, which involved traveling door-to-door and obtaining information for the Federal Census. In 1911 Edward passed the State Bar Exam and was about to open a law office in Monticello whenever he passed away suddenly that year. He developed chills early one morning and contracted a severe pneumonia that took his life unexpectedly at the age of forty-seven. Edward was buried in the New Troy Cemetery next to his first wife, Anna.
Thanks to Denise Garcia for the above information on Edward Young
Updated 08/08/05
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