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Jessie Darwyn Young Family Genealogy GENERATION 12 Jessie Darwyn Young was born 27 September 1903 in Itawamba County, Mississippi. He died 21 December 1994 in Lee County, Mississippi. He married Armanda Pauline Robbins 1 November 1924. She was born on 5 September 1905 in Lee County, Mississippi. She died 29 September 1989 in Lee County, Mississippi. Both are buried in the Lee Memorial Cemetery in Verona, Mississippi.
Darwyn Young, my maternal grandfather, in his later years shared some of his early life history with me. His father, Joseph Fletcher Young, became disabled with tuberculosis when my grandfather was around 12 years old. As my grandfather told me he made his first crop at the age of 12. His father sawed off the plow stocks so he could reach them and gave him advise and directions. He also shared with me what his father told him shortly before he died. That was, that as the oldest son he wanted him to take care of his younger siblings and to take care of his mother. He also told me of the first time he ever met my grandmother. They were at a church meeting or singing. He said he thought she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. She must have thought he look OK too. She agreed to marry him on 1 November 1924. They were married at the home of Delbert Gregory, Justice of the Peace, while still in their car. They were married by the Justice of the Peace because all the Methodist preachers were at Annual Conference. Darwyn Young was a man of strong will and determination. He had a strong work ethic and moral value which he taught his children and grandchildren. He was also a strong disciplinarian with his children and grandchildren. Children of Jessie Darwyn Young and Armanda Pauline Robbins are:
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Some history on Jessie Darwyn Young and Armanda Pauline Robbins:
Darwyn, as he was called, spent his life as a farmer and dairyman. He farmed in
Itawamba County for several years. In 1949 he bought a farm in Lee County,
Mississippi where he moved and spent the remainder of his life. During the
depression of the 1930's Pauline went to work in a garment factory where she
worked for many years. In 1965, after making a very good crop, Darwyn and
Pauline retired from farming and purchased a lady's dress shop in partnership
with Pauline's sister in Tupelo, Mississippi. Later they became sole owners of
the dress shop. Later they sold the dress shop to their daughter Jean Young
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