Luke P. YOUNG

M, b. 1886, d. 1963
     Luke P. YOUNG, son of Zachariah YOUNG and Edpsey Caroline Yates, was born in 1886 in Bibb County, Alabama.

An unknown person married an unknown person , daughter of George Weaver WATTS and Adelia Reed, on 26 December 1915 at her parents home in Bibb County. The wedding service was performed by Rev. Westinger. Luke's mother is thougt to be Cherokee Indian.1 Caroline Cline reports that Luke was the younger brother of her grandmother, Minnie Lee Young, who was twelve at the time he was born, and was a "great favorite" of hers. "Uncle Luke was a farmer all of his life. He and Aunt Norma lived in the original Young farmhouse until it burned around 1938. At that time they moved into one of the tenant houses, and Aunt Norma died shortly thereafter in her late 30's, I believe. She was a fine woman, according to my grandmother, who had a great memory." Caroline added that, "Uncle Luke had a slight speech impediment which made listening to him fascinating to me as a young child."2

Luke P. YOUNG died in 1963 in Bibb County, Alabama. He was buried in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.
Last Edited=8 Aug 2022

Children of Luke P. YOUNG and Willie Norma WATTS

Citations

  1. [S403] George Randall Watts, "Abraham Watts", Compiler is a descendant of George and Adelia Watts.
  2. [S728] Caroline Cline, "Luke P. Young," e-mail to John K. Brown, 9 Feb 2009.
  3. [S279] Centreville Press, 27 Jan 1938. He served as pallbearer at his grandfather, George W. Watts', funeral.

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