Thomas E. Young, M.D., one of the leading physicians of Pemiscot County and a resident of Virginia Township, was born in Henry County, Tenn., April 1, 1855, his parents being Thomas A. and Martha (Waltis) Young, who were natives of Raleigh, N.C., and Petersburg, Va., respectively. The father died at Paris, Tenn., in 1877, and was eighty-one years old at that time. His wife died in 1879, at the age of seventy. They were married in Henry County, Tenn., and he was a Methodist minister and the first man to preach a sermon in Paris, Tenn. In connection with his ministerial duties he carried on merchandising, and was quite successful until the breaking out of the war, when he lost all his property. He was a Democrat and a Southern sympathizer. He was well educated and was a preacher of ability. Mrs. Young was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their son Thomas was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, only two now living. He received a liberal education at Paris, Tenn., and in 1871 he left home, going to Carroll County, where he followed farming one year, after which he returned home and after staying here another year went to Texas, where he studied medicine under Dr. John F. Fuller, of Ripley Springs. In 1875 he began to practice medicine at the last named place, and here continued for about eleven months when he returned to Searcy, Ark., and from there to Paris, Tenn., the latter part of 1876. He remained there until the summer following, when he moved to Dyer County, Tenn., and while here he married Kate Richey, daughter of Marcellus Cross, the widow of George Richey. Seven children blessed this union, Mattie May, Susan and Tommie Ann (twins), Ella, Lillie and Dillie (twins) and Zuma. After marriage Dr. Young moved to Pemiscot County, October 2, 1878, and here has since resided engaged in practicing medicine and in farming. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and is also a member of the Wheel.
