Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Young, Walter John Eccles February 6, 1917
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark February 7, 1917

The funeral of Walter J.E. Young, aged 66 years, who died yesterday at 2 
o'clock, at his home on Thirty-sixth Street, will take place Thursday afternoon 
at three o'clock, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will be private in St. 
Mary's Cemetery. Mr. Young had been ill for several weeks. He was well known in 
the city and greatly esteemed.
Though but a school boy at the outbreak of the Civil War, he immediately joined 
the Young Guards of the city and remained with them until Norfolk was evacuated. 
Then he went with his father, the late Captain John J. Young, who raised and 
equipped his own command, the Young's Howitzers.
Three days before surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, he was wounded in the arm, 
in the fight at Sailor's Creek, then taken prisoner and sent to the Lincoln 
Hospital in Washington, D.C. His mother, Mrs. Anna B. Young, wrote to General 
U.S. Grant pleading his youth to prevent further harshness. With great 
magnanimity General Grant paroled and sent him home.
Soon after he was made cashier and treasurer of the Norfolk Trust Company. At 
its dissolution he became connected with several railroads. His last position 
being with the Norfolk and Western, which he faithfully served for many years.
Besides a devoted wife, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. James E. Brennan 
of El Paso, Texas; Mrs. J.E. Tethers of St. Louis and Cecelia Young. Four sons, 
John, Richard N., Charles Douglas and Mark A., the last is a member of the 
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues and is down on the border. A brother, W.A. Young 
and three sisters.
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The funeral of Walter J. E. Young took place yesterday at 3 p.m. at Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church, conducted by Rev. T. E. Waters and Rev John J. Doherty, and was 
largely attended.  There were many floral tributes.  Burial was in St. Mary's 
Cemetery, the pallbearers being R. L. Orr, Lee Llewellyn, J. D. Duffy, G. T. 
Laylor, H. H. Garrett and W. E. Lightly.
During the service, Mrs. Starke A Sutton sang "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and 
"Face To Face."

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark February 9, 1917


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