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Family of Robert Walter YOUNG and Ila Everline KNIGHT

Husband: Robert Walter YOUNG (1889-1918)
Wife: Ila Everline KNIGHT (1895-1914)
Children: Harvey Nathaniel YOUNG (1913-1998)

Husband: Robert Walter YOUNG

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      Robert Walter YOUNG, 1913-1918, Robert Young    
 
Name: Robert Walter YOUNG
Sex: Male
Father: Thomas David YOUNG (1860-1929)
Mother: Laura Ann BONDURANT (1866-1957)
Birth 15 Oct 1889 Walnut Cove, North Carolina
Death 17 Nov 1918 (age 29) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Burial Rosebud Christian Church
Occupation Shoe Store Saleman

Additional Information

Death Cause: Gun Shot Wound - Homicide

Wife: Ila Everline KNIGHT

Name: Ila Everline KNIGHT
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 26 May 1895 Stokes County, North Carolina
Death 9 Mar 1914 (age 18) Stokes County, North Carolina
Occupation Homemaker
Burial Rosebud Christian Church

Additional Information

Death Cause: Pneumonia

Child 1: Harvey Nathaniel YOUNG

Name: Harvey Nathaniel YOUNG
Sex: Male
Name Suffix: Sr.
Spouse: Lorene NELSON (1915-2009)
Birth 6 Sep 1913 Stokes County, North Carolina
Death 22 Mar 1998 (age 84) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Burial Forsyth Memorial Park

Note on Husband: Robert Walter YOUNG

Robert Young was a Patrolman for the Winston-Salem Police Department and Volunteer Fireman in the mid 1910's. In 1918, while awaiting induction into the Great War he resigned from the Police Force and was working as a Shoe Salesman. In November of 1918 before being off to war he was killed while trying to help repel a lynch mob at the former Winston Town Hall. Details of the 1918 Riot can be found here:

http://johnsyoung.com/FT-Files/Robert-Young-1918-Riot.pdf