Timeline
Born in Mayslick, Kentucky
1864
Restored Young Home in Mayslick, Mason County, Kentucky.
Escaped enslavement to Ohio
1865
Father Gabriel Young joined the Union Army
Graduated from High School
1881
Ripley, Ohio
Taught school in Ripley, Ohio
1881
1881 — 1884
Charles Young’s grading sheet
Entered West Point, Class of 1888
1884
1884 — 1889
Found deficient in mathematics, readmitted with Class of 1889.
Graduated from West Point
1889
Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Ninth U.S. Cavalry
Served at Ft. Robinson, Nebraska
1889
1889 — 1890
Assigned to B Troop, Ninth U.S. Cavalry
Served at Ft. Duchesne, Utah
1890
1890 — 1894
Assigned to B Troop, Ninth U.S. Cavalry
Professor of Military Science and Tactics
1894
1894 — 1898
Wilberforce University, Ohio
Appointed Major and Commander
1898
Ninth Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Commanded Ninth Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
1898
1898 — 1899
Stationed in U.S. during Spanish-American War
Promoted to Captain, Ninth U.S. Cavalry
1901
Commanded I Troop, Ninth U.S. Cavalry
Served in the Philippine Islands
1901
1901 — 1902
Commanded I Troop, Ninth U.S. Cavalry during the Philippine War
Married Ada Mills in Oakland, CA
1904
First AME Church, Oakland CA
Son Charles Noel Born
1906
Ada returned to Wilberforce, Ohio for the birth
Appointed Military Attaché to Liberia
1912
1912 — 1915
Lived in Monrovia, Liberia
Promoted to Major, Ninth U.S. Cavalry
1912
While assigned to Monrovia, Liberia
Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP
1916
Boston, Massachusetts
Served with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry
1916
1916 — 1917
Mexican Punitive Expedition
Died and buried in Nigeria
1922
Ikoyi Cemetery, Lagos, Nigeria
Reinterred at Arlington, Virginia
1923
Arlington National Cemetery
Inscription – Ada Mills Young -Young Grave, Arlington, Virginia
2019
Arlington National Cemetery
Young Family laying a wreath in Memory of Colonel & Mrs. Charles Young
2019
Arlington National Cemetery