On 29 Oct 1868 when Thomas Young was 23, he married Mary Virginia Covington, daughter of Rosberry E. Covington & Mary Jane Eady, in Tuskegee, Macon Co, AL. Born on 5 Jul 1848 in Auburn, Macon Co, (now Lee Co) AL. Mary Virginia died in Tuskegee, Macon Co, AL, on 4 Aug 1925; she was 77. Buried in Tuskegee, Macon Co, AL.