Townsend C. Young
Private
Company G
114th Infantry Regiment
29th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: October 12, 1918
Buried at: Cedar Grove Cemetery
Market Street
Gloucester City, NJ
Townsend C. Young — Honor Card
Introduction
Private Townsend C. Young was born in Williamstown, New Jersey on July 20, 1898, the son of Charles B. Young and his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Pew, of Gloucester City NJ. He was a member of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, New Jersey National Guard, and left Camden with his unit on July 25, 1917 for Camp Edge at Sea Girt NJ. He went to Camp McClellan at Anniston, Alabama with the 3rd, and was assigned to Company G, 114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division when his national guard unit was reorganized. He apparently also had spent some time in the Navy prior to his enlistment in the National Guard.
Private Townsend C. Young was killed in action on October 12, 1918, north of Verdun, when the 29th Infantry Division entered the Argonne-Meuse battle. He was survived by his parents, and a brother, Stanley, of Gloucester City NJ. His body was returned to New Jersey after the war ended. He was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, where he now rests next to his mother and father.
The Townsend C. Young Post 3620 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Gloucester City was named for him.
Photos
Townsend C. Young — Grave, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Gloucester City NJ
Honor Roll
Townsend C. Young — Camden County World War I Honor Roll
World War I Veterans, Gloucester City NJ
World War I Veterans, Gloucester City NJ — Photo taken after the burial of Townsend C. Young
YOUNG. — In loving memory of TOWNSEND C. YOUNG
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Philadelphia Inquirer — October 14, 1919
YOUNG.—In loving memory of TOWNSEND C. YOUNG, who was killed in action Oct. 12, 1918. May his soul rest in peace. MOTHER, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND PAL, BILL GLASS.
Hero's Body Lies in State
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Philadelphia Inquirer — September 25, 1921
Hero’s Body Lies in State
Special to The Inquirer.
GLOUCESTER N. J., Sept. 24.— The body of Townsend C. Young, a private in Company G, 114th Infantry, who was killed in action 1918, was taken to the City Hall this afternoon where it will lie in state until tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon services will be conducted by Rev. T. Keith Cherry, pastor Baptist Church.
Gold Star Mothers to Attend Foreign War Veterans' Ball
Camden Courier-Post —
Gold Star Mothers will be the honor guests at the first annual military ball of the Camden Post, No. 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held on Friday evening, February 3, in the Elks ballroom, Seventh and Cooper Streets.
Elaborate plans for this ball are under the chairmanship of John S. Pennington.
Invitations have been issued for patrons and patronesses and the list will be announced early next week.
Gold Star Mothers to attend the affair are Mrs. C. Alberger, Mrs. Harriett Ablett, Mrs. Laura Brown. Mrs. A. Crangel, Mrs. A. Cassidey, Mrs. R. Dilks, Mrs. Kate Geist, Mrs. M. Griffen, Mrs. Horace B. Keebler, Mrs. H. Kirk, Mrs. Ross Leahy, Mrs. M. A. Matson, Mrs. M. McGuckin, Mrs. mary martin, mrs. M. Matthews, Mrs. Cooling Pond, Mrs. Oliver Powell*, Mrs. Mary Pennington, Mrs. C. Rolk, Mrs. E. Simons, Mrs. Mary Schucker, Mrs. Margaret Steigerwald, Mrs. Annie Taylor, Mrs. M. Osborn, Mrs. Mary Keegan, Mrs. Anna Kennedy, Mrs. T.C. Young and Mrs. Walters.
Assisting Mr. Pennington in planning this ball are John Rouh, James W. Connor, Charles Bozian, Robert MacMahon, Edward Watson, David Lukoff, Harry Laxton, Edward A. Stark, George Jones, William V. Long, Joseph Keefe, Charles Blank sad Marvel Passwater.
* Newspaper error — Mrs. Oliver Powell was actually Mrs. Oliver Purnell
Camden Courier-Post — May 25, 1930
Veterans at Gloucester Will Decorate Six Trees
Gloucester Post No. 135, American Legion, and auxiliary, assisted by Sons of Veterans and various other patriotic and civic associations, will dedicate six Japanese cherry blossom trees to the memory of six war dead, as part of their Memorial Day rites.
The trees will be planted at the county park and set apart officially with six markers, one for each memorial arbor. The trees were purchased by the Legion and the markers by the Auxiliary. The men to be honored are:
William M. Hickman, Company B, 145th Infantry, killed by machine gun bullets while taking part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 28, 1918.
Sergeant Fred H. Baines, and Townsend G. C. Young, both of Company G, 114th Infantry, felled by bullets from machine guns and Argonne Forest, October 12, 1918.
John J. Sheldon, Battery A, 126th Field Artillery, died in the Third Scottish-General Hospital, Glasgow, October, 14, 1918.
David Barnaby, private first-class, Company F, 76th Heavy Field Artillery, died in Evacuation Hospital No. 8, Maven, Germany, on February 4, 1919.
Amon Lane, who had enlisted in 1812 [sic], and had renewed his enlistment on entrance to the World War, joining a mounted organization, was gassed while carrying a message through the lines, and died later in a government hospital in New York.
William M. Hickman — Fred H. Baynes
Townsend Young — John J. Sheldon
David Barnaby — Amon Lane