Henry Edward Young
Born: August 9, 1831
Birthplace: Grahamville, South Carolina
Father: Rev. Thomas John Young 1803 – 1852
Mother: Anna Rebecca “Dowdy” Gourdin 1805 – 1881
1st Wife: Bettina Cabiness 1846 – 1869
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
2nd Wife: Elizabeth Underwood Rutledge 1852 – 1918
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Children:
Anna Cabaness Young 1867 – 1869
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Bettina Cabaniss Young 1869 – 1870
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Arthur Rutledge Young 1876 – 1947
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Joseph Rutledge Young 1881 – 1936
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Education:
Graduated from South Carolina College
Studied Law at the University of Berlin, in Prussia
Occupation before War:
1855: Admitted to the South Carolina Bar
Attorney in Charleston, South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain and Assistant Adjutant to General Drayton
1862: Relieved from duty at his own risk
1862: Captain and Volunteer Aide to Brig. General David R. Jones
1862: Staff Officer on the Staff of General R. H. Anderson
1862: Volunteer Aide on Lt. General Longstreet’s Staff
1862 – 1863: Court Martial Duty until assigned on Lee’s Staff
1862 – 1864: Captain and Assistant Adjutant on General Lee’s Staff
1862 – 1865: Judge Advocate General on the Staff of General Lee
1864 – 1865: Major and Assistant Adjutant on General Lee’s Staff
1865: Paroled at Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation after War:
Shortly after the War, began practicing law as an Attorney in Charleston, South Carolina at the firm Rutledge & Young
Founding member of the American Bar Association
1887: Dissolved Law partnership at Rutledge & Young
1889: President of the South Carolina Bar Association
About 1899: Attorney in Charleston, South Carolina at the firm Young & Young
Died: April 9, 1918
Place of Death: Charleston, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 86 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina
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