Maud Edna Selby
b. October 14, 1881
[FB]
d. July 27, 1960 at age 79 |
Walter Sinclair Young
b. February 9, 1880
d. April 13, 1961 at age 81 |
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Children
Charles Walter Young (1918-1965)
Charles was adopted. He "grew up in Woodville, where
he helped his father on his tobacco farm. When he graduated from High
School, ...Walter gave him his own farm which he called 'Whipoorwill
Hollow.' After several years on the farm he left and went to work for
the Navy in Indian Head" at the Naval Ordnance factory, then he enlisted.
His WWII Army Enlistment Record of May 14, 1941 lists him as single.
Charles was wounded in the invasion of June 6, 1944 and
sent back to England. When he was well enough to return to duty he
insisted on rejoining his old unit in northern France, where he was
severely wounded in the Battle of the Bulge, losing both an eye and
a leg. "He sustained a long slow recovery at the Newton D. Baker Hospital
in West Virginia. Eventually he was discharged both from the hospital
and from the army. Although he regained his physical health, emotional
scars would haunt him the rest of his life."
"While still hospitalized he met and married Janie. They
returned to 'Whipoorwill Hollow,' where he resumed tobacco farming.
In time there were four handsome children... There continued to be
periods of depression. It was during such a period that he took his
life." [The Youngs of Aquasco
and Related Families by Joseph Y. Rowe, 2001]
Charles' obituary in The Washington Post: "Suddenly,
on Monday, September 13, 1965, at his residence at Aquasco, Md. Charles
Walter Young, beloved husband of Jane Elizabeth Young and father of
Robert A., Hallie J., John H. and Elsie G. Young. Funeral from the
Huntt Funeral Home, Waldorf, Md., on Friday, September 17 at 10:30
a.m. Services at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Aquasco, Md., at 11 a.m.
Interment Church Cemetery. Remembrances may be made in the form desired
by friends."
Janie and "Big" Charles Young
Inscription: "Charles W. Young,
SSGT, U.S. Army, WWII"
|
 Maud
was a school teacher, and taught at North Keyes School near Cheltenham,
see photo right taken October 15, 1906 (click to enlarge). This would
have been the day after Maud's 25th birthday. - The 1900 Federal Census indicates that Walter (20) was the son
of Joseph and Margaret Young of Aquasco, and that he
was working as a farm laborer and living with the family.
- When the 1910 census was taken Walter (30) was still single and living at home, but working as a house carpenter.
- On October 11, 1910 a Trustee's Sale for property in the "Village
of Woodville" was held on the steps of the P. G. County Courthouse
in Upper Marlboro for "10 and 1/4 Acres of land, More or Less,
Improved by comfortable two-story dwelling house and kitchen and
also barn and stable. Nice orchard and abundance of water on the
property. Convenient to Railroad Station and Steamboat Landing and
a very desirable country home." The highest bidder was Walter
S. Young, who paid $800. [Aquasco Used to Be Woodville by
Joseph Y. Rowe, 2005]
- Maud (35) and Walter (36) were married January 31, 1917. [FB]
The photo below of Walter and Maud was produced as a postcard
(to announce their wedding?) and numerous copies have been located.
- Walter was the oldest son of Joseph Henry Young
(1857-1933) and Margaret Virginia Gibbons Young (1861-1949). As a
boy he worked on his grandfather's tobacco farm and learned the skills
of a carpenter. Maud Selby taught many of Walter's younger brothers
and sisters at Mr. Connick's School in Horsehead after it became
a two-room school and she the second teacher. [The Youngs of Aquasco
and Related Families by Joseph Y. Rowe, 2001]
 The
1920 Federal Census shows that Maud (37) and Walter (38) were married,
living in Aquasco, and that Walter was a house carpenter. Of note
is the entry of Maud's place of birth as Virginia. - By the 1930 Federal Census Walter (50) and Maud (47) had an 8-year-old
son named Charles and continued to live in Aquasco with Walter working
as a farm laborer.
- Walter bought a second farm and "with the assistance of his adopted
son, Charles and his tenant he became on of the most succcessful
tobacco planters of the Aquasco area. His carpentering became an
every-now-and-then sort of thing. He built mostly tobacco barns.
He did his construction work in the winter when the demands of tobacco
farming lightened somewhat." [The Youngs of Aquasco
and Related Families by Joseph Y. Rowe, 2001]
- Walter (62) states on his 1947 WWII Draft Registration Card that
he is a married farmer living in Aquasco.
- Obituary in The Washington Post for Maude S. Young: "On
Wednesday, July 27, 1960, at Calvert County Nursing Home, Maude S.
Young of Aquasco, Md., beloved wife of Walter S. Young and devoted
mother of Charles W. Young. She is also survived by two brothers,
Col. John E. Selby and Frank W. Selby of St. Petersburg, Fla., and
four grandchildren, Robert, Hallie, John and Elsie Young. Friends
may call at Huntt Funeral Home, Waldorf, Md., after 6 p.m. Friday,
July 29. Funeral from above funeral home on Saturday, July 30, at
10:30 a.m. Services at St. Mary's Episcopal
Church, Aquasco, Md.,
at 11 a.m. Interment church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of contributions
to the St. Mary's Church Guild, Aquasco, Md."
- Less than a year later Walter died. His obituary in The
Washington Post: "On Thursday, April 13, 1961, at Southern
Maryland Medical Center, Clinton, Md., Walter S. Young, beloved
husband of the late Maud S. Young and devoted father of Charles
W. Young. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Robert, Hallie,
John and Elsie Young; three brothers and four sisters. Friends
may call at the Huntt Funeral Home, Waldorf, Md., after 6 p.m.,
Friday, April 14. Funeral from the above funeral home on Saturday,
April 15, at 10:30 a.m. Services at St.
Mary's Episcopal Church, of Aquasco, Md.,
at 11 a.m. Interment church cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may
be made in the form of contributions to the Vestry for St. Mary's
Episcopal Church."
- A plaque at St. Mary's Episcopal Church reads: "These concrete
walks donated by and to be a memorial to Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Young.
For many years he a loyal vestryman and she a loyal choir mother
at this church. The walks laid in year 1960."
- Maud, Walter and Charles are buried together in the cemetery
behind St. Mary's Church in Aquasco.
Each grave is marked with a ground level plaque.
Maud enjoyed taking photos and these are from her
scrapbook with her notes identifying them. More photos can be found
on the web pages of her siblings. |
