Burial Plot: Sect. E-1, Lot 50;
Name: Samuel Oliver Young
Death date: 16 Feb 1926
Death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 78 years 1 month 15 days
Birth date: 01 Jan 1848
Birth place: Houston, Texas
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: S. O. Young, Sr.
Father birth place: Va.
Mother name: Maud Fuller
Mother birth place: Houston
Occupation: Retired
Cemetery name: Glenwood Cemetery
Burial date: 17 Feb 1926
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"Galveston Daily News" February 17, 1926
VETERAN WRITER, PHYSICIAN IS DEAD
DR. SAMUEL YOUNG, WITH CREDIT OF MOST VARIED CAREER DIES
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON, TEXAS February 16 Dr. Samuel Oliver Young, oldest native born Houstonian, writer and historian, died at an infirmary here today.
Dr. Young was 81 years old and concluded a career counted one of the most varied of any living man. Soldier, doctor, newspaper man(?), author and historian were some of the fields in which he had served during nearly a century of active participation in civic affairs.
At the age of 16 years Dr. Young joined the Confederate Army enlisting in Houston in Hood's Fifth Texas Brigade and serving with that organization during the civil war.
Returning from service after the close of hostilities, Dr. Young went about getting an education entering Washington and Lee University and graduating from that institution. Then he entered New Orleans Medical College, now Tulane University, and took a degree in Medicine, returning here to begin practice.
The death of Dr. Young's mother turned him away from the practice of medicine and he joined with a group of other Houstonians in the organization and founding of the Houston Post, now the Post Dispatch, but when he was asked to join the Galveston News as managing editor, he accepted and from that time on for many years made Galveston his home, eventually leaving journalism for a position as secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange.
Among other distinctions enjoyed by Dr. Young at his death was that of being the only living charter member of the Texas Medical Association.
Dr. Young is survived by one son, Gale S Young of St. Louis, two daughters, Mrs. O'Brien Stevens and Mrs. Doris Browne, both of Houston and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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First marriage to Blanche J. Sellers Jan 13, 1881, in Bexar Co., TX.
Married 2nd time to Maud Sellers Dec 15, 1885, in Harris Co., TX after Blanche died in 1883.
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YOUNG, SAMUEL O.
Samuel O. Young, secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange, has had a long and varied career and is a man of versatile interests and accomplishments. Born at Houston, January 1, 1848, on his sixteenth birthday he was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of first lieutenant to General J. B. Robertson. On his next birthday he enlisted as a private in Company A, Fifth Texas Regiment, of Hood's Texas brigade.
At the close of the war he continued his education in Washington and Lee University, graduating in chemistry, English literature, French and Latin, but leaving school in his senior year on account of ill health. His father was a physician and he adopted the same profession. His studies were pursued in the New Orleans School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1870. A rather remarkable feature in this connection is that he carried off the entire honors of his class and was its valedictorian. He at once began practice in his native city of Houston. Although he practiced only ten years, he has been rather constantly devoted to the science of medicine, and even now keeps up his studies. In 1875, while still engaged in practice in Harris County, he took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and also at the New York Hospital and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
By many Dr. Young is best known as a newspaper man. In 1880 he and Gail Johnson founded the Houston Post, and he was its first managing editor. In 1885 he became an editorial writer for the Galveston News, and in 1888 managing editor. He remained with the News until 1894, when he was elected secretary of the Cotton Exchange. This has since taken all his business attention.
Dr. Young is a Democrat in politics. For two years he was adjutant general and chief of staff of the Texas Division of United Confederate Veterans. He affiliates with the Knights of Honor. In 1885 he married Miss Maud Sellers, a daughter of Captain John Sellers, of Galveston. Mrs. Young died on December 25, 1908. They were parents of three children: Gail S., a medical student, representing the third successive generation of the family in that profession; Maud J. and Doris.
Dr. Young's parents were Dr. S. O. and Maud J. (Fuller) Young. The father was born at Charleston, South Carolina, and died in November, 1847. The mother was a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1882. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Name: Samuel Oliver Young
Death date: 16 Feb 1926
Death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 78 years 1 month 15 days
Birth date: 01 Jan 1848
Birth place: Houston, Texas
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: S. O. Young, Sr.
Father birth place: Va.
Mother name: Maud Fuller
Mother birth place: Houston
Occupation: Retired
Cemetery name: Glenwood Cemetery
Burial date: 17 Feb 1926
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"Galveston Daily News" February 17, 1926
VETERAN WRITER, PHYSICIAN IS DEAD
DR. SAMUEL YOUNG, WITH CREDIT OF MOST VARIED CAREER DIES
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON, TEXAS February 16 Dr. Samuel Oliver Young, oldest native born Houstonian, writer and historian, died at an infirmary here today.
Dr. Young was 81 years old and concluded a career counted one of the most varied of any living man. Soldier, doctor, newspaper man(?), author and historian were some of the fields in which he had served during nearly a century of active participation in civic affairs.
At the age of 16 years Dr. Young joined the Confederate Army enlisting in Houston in Hood's Fifth Texas Brigade and serving with that organization during the civil war.
Returning from service after the close of hostilities, Dr. Young went about getting an education entering Washington and Lee University and graduating from that institution. Then he entered New Orleans Medical College, now Tulane University, and took a degree in Medicine, returning here to begin practice.
The death of Dr. Young's mother turned him away from the practice of medicine and he joined with a group of other Houstonians in the organization and founding of the Houston Post, now the Post Dispatch, but when he was asked to join the Galveston News as managing editor, he accepted and from that time on for many years made Galveston his home, eventually leaving journalism for a position as secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange.
Among other distinctions enjoyed by Dr. Young at his death was that of being the only living charter member of the Texas Medical Association.
Dr. Young is survived by one son, Gale S Young of St. Louis, two daughters, Mrs. O'Brien Stevens and Mrs. Doris Browne, both of Houston and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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First marriage to Blanche J. Sellers Jan 13, 1881, in Bexar Co., TX.
Married 2nd time to Maud Sellers Dec 15, 1885, in Harris Co., TX after Blanche died in 1883.
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YOUNG, SAMUEL O.
Samuel O. Young, secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange, has had a long and varied career and is a man of versatile interests and accomplishments. Born at Houston, January 1, 1848, on his sixteenth birthday he was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of first lieutenant to General J. B. Robertson. On his next birthday he enlisted as a private in Company A, Fifth Texas Regiment, of Hood's Texas brigade.
At the close of the war he continued his education in Washington and Lee University, graduating in chemistry, English literature, French and Latin, but leaving school in his senior year on account of ill health. His father was a physician and he adopted the same profession. His studies were pursued in the New Orleans School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1870. A rather remarkable feature in this connection is that he carried off the entire honors of his class and was its valedictorian. He at once began practice in his native city of Houston. Although he practiced only ten years, he has been rather constantly devoted to the science of medicine, and even now keeps up his studies. In 1875, while still engaged in practice in Harris County, he took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and also at the New York Hospital and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
By many Dr. Young is best known as a newspaper man. In 1880 he and Gail Johnson founded the Houston Post, and he was its first managing editor. In 1885 he became an editorial writer for the Galveston News, and in 1888 managing editor. He remained with the News until 1894, when he was elected secretary of the Cotton Exchange. This has since taken all his business attention.
Dr. Young is a Democrat in politics. For two years he was adjutant general and chief of staff of the Texas Division of United Confederate Veterans. He affiliates with the Knights of Honor. In 1885 he married Miss Maud Sellers, a daughter of Captain John Sellers, of Galveston. Mrs. Young died on December 25, 1908. They were parents of three children: Gail S., a medical student, representing the third successive generation of the family in that profession; Maud J. and Doris.
Dr. Young's parents were Dr. S. O. and Maud J. (Fuller) Young. The father was born at Charleston, South Carolina, and died in November, 1847. The mother was a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1882. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Burial Plot: Sect. E-1, Lot 50;
Name: Samuel Oliver Young
Death date: 16 Feb 1926
Death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 78 years 1 month 15 days
Birth date: 01 Jan 1848
Birth place: Houston, Texas
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: S. O. Young, Sr.
Father birth place: Va.
Mother name: Maud Fuller
Mother birth place: Houston
Occupation: Retired
Cemetery name: Glenwood Cemetery
Burial date: 17 Feb 1926
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"Galveston Daily News" February 17, 1926
VETERAN WRITER, PHYSICIAN IS DEAD
DR. SAMUEL YOUNG, WITH CREDIT OF MOST VARIED CAREER DIES
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON, TEXAS February 16 Dr. Samuel Oliver Young, oldest native born Houstonian, writer and historian, died at an infirmary here today.
Dr. Young was 81 years old and concluded a career counted one of the most varied of any living man. Soldier, doctor, newspaper man(?), author and historian were some of the fields in which he had served during nearly a century of active participation in civic affairs.
At the age of 16 years Dr. Young joined the Confederate Army enlisting in Houston in Hood's Fifth Texas Brigade and serving with that organization during the civil war.
Returning from service after the close of hostilities, Dr. Young went about getting an education entering Washington and Lee University and graduating from that institution. Then he entered New Orleans Medical College, now Tulane University, and took a degree in Medicine, returning here to begin practice.
The death of Dr. Young's mother turned him away from the practice of medicine and he joined with a group of other Houstonians in the organization and founding of the Houston Post, now the Post Dispatch, but when he was asked to join the Galveston News as managing editor, he accepted and from that time on for many years made Galveston his home, eventually leaving journalism for a position as secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange.
Among other distinctions enjoyed by Dr. Young at his death was that of being the only living charter member of the Texas Medical Association.
Dr. Young is survived by one son, Gale S Young of St. Louis, two daughters, Mrs. O'Brien Stevens and Mrs. Doris Browne, both of Houston and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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First marriage to Blanche J. Sellers Jan 13, 1881, in Bexar Co., TX.
Married 2nd time to Maud Sellers Dec 15, 1885, in Harris Co., TX after Blanche died in 1883.
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YOUNG, SAMUEL O.
Samuel O. Young, secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange, has had a long and varied career and is a man of versatile interests and accomplishments. Born at Houston, January 1, 1848, on his sixteenth birthday he was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of first lieutenant to General J. B. Robertson. On his next birthday he enlisted as a private in Company A, Fifth Texas Regiment, of Hood's Texas brigade.
At the close of the war he continued his education in Washington and Lee University, graduating in chemistry, English literature, French and Latin, but leaving school in his senior year on account of ill health. His father was a physician and he adopted the same profession. His studies were pursued in the New Orleans School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1870. A rather remarkable feature in this connection is that he carried off the entire honors of his class and was its valedictorian. He at once began practice in his native city of Houston. Although he practiced only ten years, he has been rather constantly devoted to the science of medicine, and even now keeps up his studies. In 1875, while still engaged in practice in Harris County, he took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and also at the New York Hospital and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
By many Dr. Young is best known as a newspaper man. In 1880 he and Gail Johnson founded the Houston Post, and he was its first managing editor. In 1885 he became an editorial writer for the Galveston News, and in 1888 managing editor. He remained with the News until 1894, when he was elected secretary of the Cotton Exchange. This has since taken all his business attention.
Dr. Young is a Democrat in politics. For two years he was adjutant general and chief of staff of the Texas Division of United Confederate Veterans. He affiliates with the Knights of Honor. In 1885 he married Miss Maud Sellers, a daughter of Captain John Sellers, of Galveston. Mrs. Young died on December 25, 1908. They were parents of three children: Gail S., a medical student, representing the third successive generation of the family in that profession; Maud J. and Doris.
Dr. Young's parents were Dr. S. O. and Maud J. (Fuller) Young. The father was born at Charleston, South Carolina, and died in November, 1847. The mother was a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1882. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Name: Samuel Oliver Young
Death date: 16 Feb 1926
Death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 78 years 1 month 15 days
Birth date: 01 Jan 1848
Birth place: Houston, Texas
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: S. O. Young, Sr.
Father birth place: Va.
Mother name: Maud Fuller
Mother birth place: Houston
Occupation: Retired
Cemetery name: Glenwood Cemetery
Burial date: 17 Feb 1926
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"Galveston Daily News" February 17, 1926
VETERAN WRITER, PHYSICIAN IS DEAD
DR. SAMUEL YOUNG, WITH CREDIT OF MOST VARIED CAREER DIES
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON, TEXAS February 16 Dr. Samuel Oliver Young, oldest native born Houstonian, writer and historian, died at an infirmary here today.
Dr. Young was 81 years old and concluded a career counted one of the most varied of any living man. Soldier, doctor, newspaper man(?), author and historian were some of the fields in which he had served during nearly a century of active participation in civic affairs.
At the age of 16 years Dr. Young joined the Confederate Army enlisting in Houston in Hood's Fifth Texas Brigade and serving with that organization during the civil war.
Returning from service after the close of hostilities, Dr. Young went about getting an education entering Washington and Lee University and graduating from that institution. Then he entered New Orleans Medical College, now Tulane University, and took a degree in Medicine, returning here to begin practice.
The death of Dr. Young's mother turned him away from the practice of medicine and he joined with a group of other Houstonians in the organization and founding of the Houston Post, now the Post Dispatch, but when he was asked to join the Galveston News as managing editor, he accepted and from that time on for many years made Galveston his home, eventually leaving journalism for a position as secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange.
Among other distinctions enjoyed by Dr. Young at his death was that of being the only living charter member of the Texas Medical Association.
Dr. Young is survived by one son, Gale S Young of St. Louis, two daughters, Mrs. O'Brien Stevens and Mrs. Doris Browne, both of Houston and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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First marriage to Blanche J. Sellers Jan 13, 1881, in Bexar Co., TX.
Married 2nd time to Maud Sellers Dec 15, 1885, in Harris Co., TX after Blanche died in 1883.
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YOUNG, SAMUEL O.
Samuel O. Young, secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange, has had a long and varied career and is a man of versatile interests and accomplishments. Born at Houston, January 1, 1848, on his sixteenth birthday he was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of first lieutenant to General J. B. Robertson. On his next birthday he enlisted as a private in Company A, Fifth Texas Regiment, of Hood's Texas brigade.
At the close of the war he continued his education in Washington and Lee University, graduating in chemistry, English literature, French and Latin, but leaving school in his senior year on account of ill health. His father was a physician and he adopted the same profession. His studies were pursued in the New Orleans School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1870. A rather remarkable feature in this connection is that he carried off the entire honors of his class and was its valedictorian. He at once began practice in his native city of Houston. Although he practiced only ten years, he has been rather constantly devoted to the science of medicine, and even now keeps up his studies. In 1875, while still engaged in practice in Harris County, he took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and also at the New York Hospital and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
By many Dr. Young is best known as a newspaper man. In 1880 he and Gail Johnson founded the Houston Post, and he was its first managing editor. In 1885 he became an editorial writer for the Galveston News, and in 1888 managing editor. He remained with the News until 1894, when he was elected secretary of the Cotton Exchange. This has since taken all his business attention.
Dr. Young is a Democrat in politics. For two years he was adjutant general and chief of staff of the Texas Division of United Confederate Veterans. He affiliates with the Knights of Honor. In 1885 he married Miss Maud Sellers, a daughter of Captain John Sellers, of Galveston. Mrs. Young died on December 25, 1908. They were parents of three children: Gail S., a medical student, representing the third successive generation of the family in that profession; Maud J. and Doris.
Dr. Young's parents were Dr. S. O. and Maud J. (Fuller) Young. The father was born at Charleston, South Carolina, and died in November, 1847. The mother was a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1882. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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