S. O. Young (1848-1926) except for a twenty year stay in Galveston, was a life-long resident of Houston, Texas. During the Civil War, Dr. Young served with Hood's Texas Brigade. After the was he graduated from Washington and Lee and later received his medical degree from New Orleans Medical college. He practiced medicine in Houston until the death of his mother in 1882. He then helped found the Houston Past . Later, Young became managing editor of the Galveston News and secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange. After retirement, Dr. Young was active as a writer of Houston and Texas history and participated in the many reunion events of Hood's Texas Brigade.
Maude J. Young, his mother, was an early Houston educator, civic leader, botanist, and author who was born in Beauford, North Carolina, November 1, 1826 and died in Houston, April 15, 1882. The major part of the collection relates to her son, S. O. Young.
From the guide to the S. O. Young Collection MSS 10., 1836-1934, (Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library)
