FALL ISSUE, 2002 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Meeting
The
meeting in Williamsburg was a success. We thank Jack and Cindy Childers
for making the arrangements. However, the meeting was not well attended
and we were surprised as this area is where our "roots" began in this
country. We are sorry you missed it and we missed YOU! The research at the
William and Mary Library yielded data for many. The weather was beautiful
and the historical sites were incredible.
Attending the meeting were Edward and Mable Baltz, VA; Jim Bogan, TX; Bob
and JoAnn Childers, SC; Jack and Cindy Childers and their daughters,
Jackie Childers, and Virginia Davidson, and their two grandsons, Jamie
Davidson and William Benton Childers, DE; Miller Childers, AL; Robert E.
and Flo Childers, OH; Robert K. And Janet Childers, OH; Julia Childress,
MI; Bill and Betty Childress, TN; Lem and Sue Compton, MO; Martha Ferris,
FL; Phyllis Fisher, IL; Albert and Virve Martin, GA; Dan and Anne
Ruggiero, FL; and Bill and Wanda Trott, TX
Also at the meeting were three new members:
C212 Clayton and Myra Childers, 5205 Yellowstone Dr., Petersburg VA 23803
L23 Nita Lewis, 521 Hamilton, New Carlisle OH 45344
C213 Thomas B. Childers, 587 Laurelwood, Mineral VA 23117
DUES
Many of you have not paid your dues for
2003. Please look at the mailing label. If it shows 02, you owe: $10.00
for single, $15.00 to include your spouse and $1.00 for each child. Please
send to Julia Childress. Her address will be found under New Officers. We
do hope you will continue to be a member and share your research. Each one
of you is important to the association
Newsletter
As "very temporary" co-editors, we wish you
all a Blessed Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. We also ask one of you
to consider assuming this responsibility. If you have material to be used
in the newsletter, please send it to us, ready for printing. JoAnn
Childers and Anne Ruggiero
Childers/Childress Family Association
Twentieth Annual Meeting Minutes 5 October 2002 Williamsburg, VA
President Miller Childers called the
meeting to order at 10 a.m. with 28 members registered. Minutes of the
2001 Annual Meeting held in Augusta GA were distributed, read and
approved. Anne Ruggiero, Treasurer, presented the financial report from I
October 2001-30 September 2002 as follows: Report was approved.
Board vacancies to be filled are president, vice president, treasurer, and
two trustees. The nominating committee comprised of Bill Trott, Bob
Childers, and Jim Bogan, recommended Jack Childers as president, Robert E.
Childers as vice president, Julia Childress as treasurer and William
Childress and Robert K. Childers as trustees. Motion to accept the
committee's recommendation was made, seconded and passed.
The Meeting Site Committee comprised of JoAnn Childers, William Childress
and Miller Childers recommended Nashville Tennessee as the next meeting
site to coincide with the 200th birthday of Sara Childress Polk, wife of
President James Polk. Her birthday will be Sept. 4, 2003. JoAnn Childers
and William Childress will host the meeting.
The Meeting for 2004 will be in Kansas City, Missouri with Sue Childress
Compton hosting.
Membership is currently 202 members with a total of 261 including spouses
and children.
The Publications Committee reported that only one copy of Early Virginia
Wills was left from the first printing and suggested that we should
reprint with minor corrections to be made. Estimated cost to be
approximately $2000.00. Jack Childers suggested we contract a major
genealogical printing company to see if they would print it. Offer the
book to the public, and pay the CFA a royalty. Jim Bogan agreed to
follow-up on that request. The Revolutionary War Book is still a
work-in-progress and will be available for review at a later meeting. The
Registration book listing all previous members is close to being ready for
printing. A new arrangement for the newsletter for the coming year will -
consist of JoAnn Childers and Anne Ruggiero co-chairing such an
undertaking with the expectation that someone else will publish the
newsletter after that year.
Bill Trott gave an update report on the disassembled 3-piece statue of
George Campbell Childress at Washington-on -the-Brazos (Texas). The State
of Texas has issued a purchase order for a new base (77,000 lbs. of
Indiana Limestone) at a cost of $15,000.00 that will permit reconstruction
of same. There was unanimous agreement that Bill had done an excellent job
on this project.
The Necrology report was supplied by Anne Ruggiero. Deaths since the last
meeting were:
Warren Childers, Florida
M.L. Childers, Texas
Prayers
were offered.
Meeting
adjourned.
Respectfully submitted: J. M. Bogan, Jr., Secretary
New Officers for 2003
President: Jack Childers, Rd. 3, Box 480, Fenwick Island, DE 19944
Secretary: James Bogan, Jr., 1649 Cherry Creek, Waco, TX 76712
Vice President: Robert E. Childers, 185 Columbia Drive, Waverly, OH 45690
Treasurer: Julia Childress, 10993 Clear/P0 Box 302, Hamburg, MI 48139
Trustees
Sue Childress Compton, 715 West Hwy 174, Mount Vernon, MO 65712
William Childress, 1510 Shagbark Trail, Murfreesboro, TN 37103
Earl Farabee, 875 Sumpter St., Memphis, TN 38122
Robert K Childers, 515 Cedar St, Chillicothe OH 45601
Newsletter
JoAnn Childers, 960 River Road , Woodruff, SC 2938
Anne Ruggiero, 8982 Baytowne Loop, Ft. Myers, FL 33908
Web Page
Work has begun to set up a web page and
Jack Childers hopes to have it ready by the first of the year. Stay tuned
for more developments!
Queries
I married into the Childress family
but, strangely enough, my step grandmother was Lizzie Ellen Childers who
married my grandfather Perry Main as her third husband. Would like to
piece together grandmother's ancestors. We do know that her father was
Valentine Childers b-ca 1848 in Ohio. We believe there was a father or
grandfather to Valentine with the initials J.M. Childers. Any help will be
appreciated. Thanks.
Nancy Childress, 3709 W.Gardenia,
Phoenix, AZ 8505 1. Email
nancygen@aol.com
Would
like to find Thomas Franklin Childers of Marietta OH. Came to KY in late
1800s married Matilda Brent. Email
Mae943@bellsouth.net
Do you have a way for me to connect with
people researching Bartholomew Childress b. 1803 in NC? Bill Childress.
Email - billchil@yahoo.com
Cemetery Fund at Work
The following report is submitted by Larry
Childers of Mauldin SC.
BETHEL CEMETERY
CLARK COUNTY
OKOLONA, ARKANSAS
THE CHILDERS
LAID TO REST IN THIS CEMETERY ARE MANY MEMBERS OF THE CHILDERS FAMILY.
THREE BROTHERS, EACH OF THEIR WIVES AND MANY OF THE CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN OF EACH FAMILY.
0 WILLIAM J. CHILDERS, BORN 1848 - DIED BETWEEN 1900 AND 1910.
0 JAMES DAWSON (DOSS) CHILDERS, BORN APRIL 8,1852 - DIED JANUARY 08,1929.
0 JOHN MILTON CHILDERS, BORN APRIL 30,1858 - DIED 1914.
THESE THREE BROTHERS WERE BORN IN THE MILNER AREA OF PIKE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
TWO OF THESE MEN'S WIVES AND A NUMBER OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALSO BORN IN
THE MILNER AREA OF PIKE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
HOW DID THIS MANY MEMBERS OF THREE RELATED
FAMILIES HAVE THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE HERE IN BETHEL CEMETERY, IN CLARK
COUNTY, ARKANSAS? THIS CEMETERY IS MORE THAN 900 MILES FROM WHERE MOST OF
THEM WERE BORN, WHERE THEY GREW UP AND LIVED A LARGE NUMBER OF THEIR LIFE
YEARS.
THE BEST ANSWER THAT I, LARRY LEE CHILDERS, GREAT GRANDSON OF WILLIAM J.
CHILDERS, CAN PRESENT IS BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THE AREA IN THAT TIME
PERIOD, SOME FAMILY INFORMATION AND - THE INEVITABLE. AMERICAN DREAM FOR
LIFESTYLE IMPROVEMENT.
PIKE COUNTY, GEORGIA
THE TIME PERIOD WAS THE SPRING OF 1888 OR
1889. THE END OF THE AMERICAN WAR WAS NOW MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS IN THE
PAST. HOWEVER, THE OPPRESSIVE RECONSTRUCTION YEARS ENFORCED BY U.S.
MILITARY OCCUPATION TROOPS HAD ONLY BEEN OVER A FEW YEARS AND ITS EFFECTS
ON THE AREA ECONOMY WOULD LAST MANY MORE YEARS (ACTUALLY IT WAS NOT OVER
UNTIL 1952 WHEN THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION REMOVED THE PUNITIVE,
DISCRIMINATORY FREIGHT RATES PUT INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THAT AMERICAN
WAR).
THE CHILDERS FAMILY FARM BUILDINGS IN THE MILNER AREA OF PIKE COUNTY,
DESTROYED BY AN UNORGANIZED, LOOTING ARMY ON THE RUN TO SAVANNAH, HAD NOT
BEEN REBUILT. MOST OF THE FARM LAND HAD EITHER BEEN SOLD OR TAKEN TO PAY
THE HEAVY TAXES IMPOSED BY A RECONSTRUCTION CARPETBAGGER GOVERNMENT. A
GOVERNMENT THAT UTILIZED THE BAYONETS OF U.S. MILITARY OCCUPATION TROOPS
TO ENFORCE THE COLLECTION OF THOSE TAXES OR TAKE THE LAND.
THE PARENTS OF THESE THREE MEN AND THEIR FIVE OTHER SIBLINGS HAD NOW
PASSED AWAY. THEIR MOTHER, ELISABETH A. (BRAGG) CHILDERS (BORN IN 1822),
DIED IN MARCH 1884 AND THEIR FATHER, JAMES JACKSON CHILDERS (BORN IN
1818), DIED IN AUGUST, 1887. JAMES'AND ELISABETH'S PARENTS, THE CHILDERS'
AND THE BRAGG'S HAD MOVED THEIR FAMILIES TO PIKE COUNTY, GEORGIA BETWEEN
THE YEARS OF 1825 AND 1830.
JAMES AND ELISABETH CHILDERS, MARRIED ON JULY 07,1841, WERE CHRISTIANS AND
OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. DURING THE YEARS OF RAISING THEIR CHILDREN, THEY
TOOK THEM TO CHURCH AND TAUGHT THEM CHRISTIAN VALUES. APPARENTLY,
PHILIPPIANS 3: 13 & 14 WERE PART OF THEIR TEACHINGS.
LIKE THE PHOENIX RISING UP AND
FLYING AWAY FROM THE BURNING ASHES, THE CHILDERS FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS
HAVE HAD WITHIN THEM THE INITIATIVE, STRENGTH AND ABILITY TO ENDURE
HARDSHIPS, SURVIVE AND CARE FOR THEIR YOUNG. JAMES AND ELISABETH PASSED
THIS GIFT ON TO THEIR CHILDREN.
IN THE YEAR OF 1888, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF ONE, ALL THE EIGHT CHILDREN WERE NOW MARRIED AND WERE WORKING AT
ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN HOMES. EACH WERE SEEKING WAYS TO IMPROVE THEIR
FAMILIES HEALTH, THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS AND INSPIRE THEIR CHILDREN TO
REACH TOWARD A BETTER FUTURE.
JAMES AND ELISABETH'S EIGHT CHILDREN WERE ALL BORN IN PIKE COUNTY,
GEORGIA. BY NAME AND BIRTH ORDER THEY ARE:
1. WILEY THOMAS CHILDERS: BORN APRIL 12,1842 - DIED FEBRUARY 12,1921. HE
WAS A NINETEEN YEAR OLD TEENAGER WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE GEORGIA INFANTRY,
53RD REGIMENT, COMPANY H (DIXIE VOLUNTEERS), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY OF
THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
HIS REGIMENT WAS IN MANY BATTLES, BEGINNING IN VIRGINIA AND MUCH LATER IN
TENNESSEE, DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY AGAINST AN INVASION BY THE MILITARY OF
WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF KNOXVILLE, HE SPENT THE REST OF THE WAR AS A
P.O.W. AT THE ROCK ISLAND MILITARY PRISON, ILLINOIS. HE SURVIVED THE VERY
HARSH CONDITIONS AT ROCK ISLAND AND UPON RELEASE, IT TOOK HIM ALMOST A
YEAR TO RETURN HOME. HE WALKED MOST OF THE WAY.
UPON RETURNING TO MILNER, HE APPARENTLY NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE HIS HOME
AREA AGAIN. HE AND NANCY ANN CLEMENTINE (CLEMMIE) TATE, BORN FEBRUARY
24,1846 - DIED DECEMBER 19,1932, WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 6,1866 NOT LONG
AFTER HE RETURNED HOME.
WILEY AND CLEMMIE MADE THEIR HOME IN MILNER, GEORGIA. THERE THEY RAISED
THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN, WERE MEMBERS OF AND BOTH TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AT
MILNER BAPTIST CHURCH. WILEY WAS ALSO AN ORDAINED DEACON. BOTH ARE BURIED
IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY.
2. MARY F. (CHILDERS) DAVIS: BORN 1844 - DIED (CURRENTLY UNKNOWN). MARY
MARRIED ELIAS DAVIS SOMETIME DURING THE YEAR OF 1868. THEY ALSO MADE THEIR
HOME AND RAISED THEIR THREE KNOWN CHILDREN IN MILNER, GEORGIA. IT IS
CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHERE THEY ARE BURIED.
3. WILLIAM (BILL) J. CHILDERS: BORN JANUARY 1846 - DIED (BETWEEN 1900 AND
1910).
BILL WAS TOO YOUNG (ABOUT THIRTEEN) TO ENLIST IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES
ARMY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR AND WAS JUST TURNING OLD ENOUGH TO BECOME
A MEMBER WHEN THAT AMERICAN WAR ENDED,
BILL WAS MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS NANCY (ROSS) BABB, A WAR WIDOW
WHO’S HUSBAND (TOM BABB) HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION. THEY WERE MARRIED IN
1868. NANCY, BORN IN 1844 - DIED AUGUST 1869, WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLDER
THAN BILL. NANCY HAD TWO CHILDREN FROM HER PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.
BILL AND NANCY HAD ONE CHILD, WILLIAM MATHIS CHILDERS. HE WAS BORN AUGUST
15,1869. NANCY DIED DURING CHILD BIRTH OR VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. IT IS
CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHERE SHE IS BURIED.
THE CHILDERS ABILITY TO SURVIVE IS VERY APPARENT HERE. THAT LITTLE FELLOW
WILLIAM MATHIS (TOM) CHILDERS, WHOSE MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS BORN, DID
SURVIVE. HE BECAME MY GRANDDADDY ON JANUARY 02,1937.
BILL RE-MARRIED. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS EMALINE (EMMA) BROOKINGS, BORN 1835
DIED BETWEEN 1900 AND 1910. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1871. EMMA WAS ABOUT
ELEVEN YEARS OLDER THAN BILL.
BILL AND EMMA HAD TWO CHILDREN, MELISSA LEE, BORN 1873 AND JAMES (JIM)
WILLIAM, BORN 1876. MELISSA WAS ABOUT FOURTEEN WHEN SHE DIED. IT IS
CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHERE SHE IS BURIED. JIM DIED APRIL 27,1943 IN OKOLONA,
ARKANSAS AND IS BURIED IN BETHEL CEMETERY.
BILL AND EMMA MADE THEIR HOME IN MILNER, GEORGIA UNTIL THEY MOVED TO
ARKANSAS. BOTH DIED IN OKOLONA, ARKANSAS AND ARE BURIED IN BETHEL
CEMETERY.
4. CYNTHIA C. (CHILDERS) HENDERSON: BORN 1849 - DIED (CURRENTLY UNKNOWN).
CYNTHIA MARRIED GEORGE WASHINGTON HENDERSON. THEY ALSO MADE THEIR HOME IN
MILNER, GEORGIA. NO KNOWN CHILDREN. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHEN EITHER
DIED OR WHERE THEY ARE BURIED.
5. JAMES DAWSON (DOSS) CHILDERS: BORN APRIL 8,1852 - DIED JANUARY 5,1929.
DOSS, A SINGLE MAN, ALSO MADE HIS HOME IN MILNER, GEORGIA. DOSS STAYED
SINGLE UNTIL AFTER HE MOVED TO ARKANSAS. HE WAS ABOUT THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS
OLD WHEN HE DID MARRY. HE DIED IN OKOLONA, ARKANSAS AND IS BURIED IN
BETHEL CEMETERY.
6. MARTHA L. CHILDERS: BORN 1856 - DIED (CURRENTLY UNKNOWN). IT IS
BELIEVED THAT MARTHA MARRIED WILL SINGLETON, A BROTHER TO HER SISTER IDA-S
HUSBAND (ALFRED R. M. SINGLETON). SHE AND HER HUSBAND LIVED IN MILNER,
GEORGIA.
NO KNOWN CHILDREN. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHEN EITHER DIED OR WHERE THEY
ARE BURIED.
7. JOHN MILTON CHILDERS: BORN MARCH 31,1858 - DIED DECEMBER 20,1915. JOHN
MARRIED MARTHA (MATTIE) EMMAJANE HOOD, BORN JUNE 14,1858 - DIED APRIL 25,
1919. THEY WERE MARRIED ON MAY 11, 1879. THEY ALSO MADE THEIR HOME IN
MILNER, GEORGIA. UNTIL THEY MOVED TO ARKANSAS. JOHN AND MATTIE HAD FOUR
CHILDREN BORN IN GEORGIA AND THREE MORE CHILDREN BORN IN ARKANSAS. JOHN
AND MATTIE DIED IN OKOLONA, ARKANSAS AND ARE BURIED IN BETHEL CEMETERY.
8. ELIZABETH IDA (CHILDERS) SINGLETON: BORN DECEMBER 1863 - DIED FEBRUARY
17, 1917. IDA MARRIED ALFRED R. M. SINGLETON, BORN ABOUT 1858 - DIED ABOUT
1898. THEY WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 19,1880. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THEY
MADE THEIR HOME IN MILNER, GEORGIA. IDA AND ALFRED HAD SIX CHILDREN.
ALFRED WORKED FOR THE CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD AND LATER FOR THE
SOUTHERN RAILROAD. ALFRED AND IDA LATER MOVED THEIR FAMILY TO MACON,
GEORGIA. IDA AND ALFRED DIED IN MACON, GEORGIA. IDA IS BURIED IN EVERGREEN
CEMETERY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT ALFRED IS ALSO BURIED IN EVERGREEN CEMETERY.
WESTWARD THEY TRAVELED
ABOUT 1888 - 1889, APPARENTLY, NEWS WAS SPREADING AROUND IN PIKE COUNTY
THAT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WAS THE LAND AND PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY. A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE AND TO LEAVE BEHIND THOSE LAST TWENTY-SIX PLUS
YEARS OF VARIOUS HARDSHIPS.
WILLIAM J., THE OLDEST OF THE THREE CHILDERS BROTHERS, AND EMMA MADE THE
DECISION TO GO WEST. SADLY, THEIR DAUGHTER MELISSA WAS NO LONGER WITH
THEM. THEIR SON JIM WAS NOW ABOUT THIRTEEN YEARS OLD AND COULD HELP ON THE
JOURNEY AND FINISH HIS GROWING UP YEARS IN A NEW AREA.
FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, WILLIAM MATHIS (TOM) CHILDERS, NOW ABOUT NINETEEN,
DID NOT GO WITH HIS DAD AND STEP-MOM TO ARKANSAS. IT IS THROUGH TOM THAT
THE CHILDERS SURNAME - THE GEORGIA LINEAGE OF JAMES AND ELISABETH CHILDERS
- STILL EXISTS TODAY.
OVER THE YEARS, WILLIAM MATHIS (CALLED TOM) CHILDERS DID STAY IN CONTACT
WITH HIS DAD, STEP-MOM AND HALF BROTHER (ALSO HIS TWO UNCLES, AUNTS AND
COUSINS).
JAMES DAWSON (DOSS) CHILDERS, STILL SINGLE AND ADVENTUROUS, ALSO DECIDED
TO GO WEST.
JOHN MILTON CHILDERS, THE YOUNGEST OF THE THREE BROTHERS, AND MATTIE ALSO
MADE THE DECISION TO GO WEST. UNLIKE BILL AND EMMA CHILDERS, THEY STILL
HAD SMALL CHILDREN, UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN, TO CONSIDER IN ORDER TO MAKE
THE LONG JOURNEY.
AFTER LIVING IN THE MILNER AREA SINCE THEIR BIRTH, THE CHILDERS BROTHERS,
WILLIAM J., JAMES DAWSON AND JOHN MILTON, SAID GOOD BYE TO THEIR FOUR
SISTERS, THEIR BROTHER, THEIR FAMILIES AND MANY OF THEIR FRIENDS. THEY
WERE LEAVING THE MILNER AREA OF PIKE COUNTY, GEORGIA. PERHAPS NEVER TO SEE
ANY OF THEM AGAIN.
APPARENTLY, A GOOD NUMBER OF OTHER FAMILIES DECIDED TO IMPROVE THERE
LIVELIHOOD IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MADE THE OPTION
FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM AND ALONG WITH THE CHILDERS' TRAVELED TOGETHER AS A
GROUP. MANY OF THESE SETTLED IN CLARK COUNTY, ARKANSAS. THE CHILDERS MADE
THEIR HOMES IN AND AROUND THE SMALL TOWN OF OKOLONA, ARKANSAS.
JAMES DAWSON CHILDERS, STILL SINGLE WHEN HE LEFT GEORGIA, DID GET MARRIED
IN ARKANSAS. THE YOUNG LADY HE MARRIED WAS ALICE EDITHA ANDERSON (BORN
OCTOBER 19,1870 - DIED DECEMBER 2,1935). THEY WERE MARRIED ON AUGUST 10,
1890. ALICE WAS NINETEEN WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED. BOTH OF THEM LIVED MANY
LONG YEARS. THEY BECAME THE PARENTS OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN - WHICH INCLUDED
THREE SETS OF TWINS.
JOHN MILTON AND MATTIE CHILDERS HAD THREE MORE CHILDREN IN ARKANSAS FOR A
TOTAL OF SEVEN KNOWN CHILDREN.
IT IS THROUGH THE SONS OF WILLIAM J. (HIS SECOND MARRIAGE), JAMES DAWSON
AND JOHN MILTON THAT THE CHILDERS SURNAME - THE ARKANSAS LINEAGE OF JAMES
AND ELISABETH CHILDERS - STILL EXISTS TODAY. THESE THREE BROTHERS HAD A
TOTAL OF SEVEN SONS.
THE YEARS OF LIFE KEEP MOVING ALONG. CHILDREN GROW TO BECOME ADULTS, MARRY
AND HAVE CHILDREN AND SOMETIME THE OLDER ADULTS GET TO ENJOY THEIR
GRANDCHILDREN BEFORE PASSING THE BATON ALONG. SOMETIMES THE YOUNG JUST
BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY.
IN BETHEL CEMETERY, MANY CHILDERS ARE BURIED
WILLIAM (BILL) J. CHILDERS, 1848 - BETWEEN 1900 & 1910. EMALINE (EMMA)
(BROOKINGS) CHILDERS, NOVEMBER 1835 - BETWEEN 1900 & 1910. THEY’RE SON AND
HIS WIFE:
JAMES (JIM) WILLIAM CHILDERS, 1876 - APRIL 27,1943. BESSIE ELIZABETH
(BROOKINGS) CHILDERS, AUGUST 18,1876 - JULY 12,1943.
JAMES DAWSON (DOSS) CHILDERS, APRIL 8,1852 - JANUARY 5,1929. ALICE EDITHA
(ANDERSON) CHILDERS, OCTOBER 19,1870 - DECEMBER 2,1935.
SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE:
HOMER GORDON CHILDERS, AUGUST 14,1891 - APRIL 7,1919.
ARNOLD CHILDERS, 1893 - 1895.
GRADY CHILDERS, 1895 - 1902.
a. MARION CHILDERS (TWIN), 1897 -1897.
b. JACKSON CHILDERS (TWIN), 1897 - 1897
a. LENA CHILDERS (TWIN), 1899 - 1899. b.
LEILA CHILDERS (TWIN), 1899 - 1899.
JOHN MILTON CHILDERS, MARCH 31,1855 - DECEMBER 20,1914. MARTHA EMMAJANE
(HOOD) CHILDERS, JUNE 14,1858 - APRIL 25,1919.
SOME OF JOHN AND MATTIE'S CHILDREN ARE:
LUTHER EARNEST (LUKE) CHILDERS, SEPTEMBER 17,1880 - JANUARY 22,1934.
CARRIE E. (TILLMAN) CHILDERS, JULY 19,1885 - DECEMBER 24,1973.
SOME OF LUKE AND CARRIE'S CHILDREN ARE:
a. EULA (CHILDERS) BAILEY, AUGUST 29,1908 - JULY 11, 1954.
CLYDE BAILEY (EULA'S HUSBAND), JULY 7,1906 - OCTOBER 1, 1972
b. LLOYD J. CHILDERS, APR. 28,1915 - FEB. 15,1977.
c. RUBEN T. CHILDERS, FEBRUARY 18,1917 -
OCTOBER 5,1969.
d. WILMA CHILDERS, SEPT. 11, 1922 -
MARCH 5,1966.
JOHN
FRED CHILDERS, AUGUST 29,1885 - SEPTEMBER 7,1937. MATTIE DOROTHY (TILLMAN)
CHILDERS, JULY 19,1885 - APRIL 12,1922. SOME OF JOHN FRED AND DOROTHY'S
CHILDREN ARE:
a. FRED JOHN CHILDERS, JUNE 17,1908 - MARCH 27,1967.
RUBY (DAVIS) CHILDERS, JULY 25,1908 - JULY 21,1968.
b. CLYDE CHILDERS, SEPT 1909 - MARCH
18,1916.
c. CECIL G. CHILDERS, 1917 - AUGUST
16,1988.
MARY
ALICE CHILDERS, DECEMBER 12,1892 - NOVEMBER 5,1892.
INSCRIBED ON THE HEADSTONES
WM J. (BILL) CHILDERS, CIRCA 1846 - 1911 EMALINE B. CHILDERS, CIRCA 1835 -
1911
JAMES (JIM) WILLIAM CHILDERS, 1876 - APRIL 27,194. BESSIE ELIZABETH
(BROOKINGS) CHILDERS AUGUST 18,1876 - JULY 12,194.
JAMES DAWSON CHILDERS, APRIL 8,1852 - JAN. 5,1929 ALICE EDITHA CHILDERS,
OCT. 19,1870 - DEC. 2,1935 PRECIOUS MEMORIES
HOMER GORDON CHILDERS, AUG. 14,1891 - APRIL 7,1919 ASLEEP IN JESUS
PEACEFUL REST
BABY BOY CHILDERS, 1893 - 1893
ARNOLD CHILDERS, 1893 - 1895
GRADY CHILDERS, 1895 - 1902
MARION CHILDERS, 1897 - 1897
JACKSON CHILDERS, 1897 - 1897
LENA CHILDERS, 1899 - 1899
LEILA CHILDERS, 1899 - 1899
JOHN M. CHILDERS, 1858 - 1914 MATTIE CHILDERS, 1858 - 1928
LUKE CHILDERS, SEPT. 17,1880 - JAN. 22,1934
CARRIE CHILDERS, JULY 19,1855 - DEC. 24,1973
LLOYD J. CHILDERS, APR. 28,1915 - FEB.
15,1977 CPL., US ARMY - WORLD WAR 11
RUBEN T. CHILDERS, FEBRUARY 18,1917 -
OCTOBER 5,1969 ARKANSAS PFC., CO C 145 ENGR CMBT BN WORLD WAR It
J F
(NOTT) CHILDERS, AUG 29,1885 - SEPT 7,1937
DOTT TILLMAN, FEB 5,1890 - APRIL12,1922
ASLEEP IN JESUS - AT REST
FRED JOHN CHILDERS, JUNE 17,1908 - MARCH
27,1967 RUBY DAVIS CHILDERS, JULY 25,1908 - JULY 21,1968 MARRIED DECEMBER
23,1931 - ONLY SLEEPING
RUBEN T. CHILDERS, FEBRUARY 18,1917 -
OCTOBER 5,1969 ARKANSAS PFC., CO C 145 ENGR CMBT BN WORLD WAR B
WILMA
CHILDERS, SEPT. 11, 1922 - MARCH 5,1966
CLYDE CHILDERS, SEPT. 1, 1909 - MARCH 18,1916
CECIL G. CHILDERS, 1917 - AUGUST 16,1988
CLYDE BAILEY, JULY 7,1906 - OCT. 1, 1972
EULA BAILEY, AUG. 29,1908 - JULY 11, 1954
BETHEL CEMETERY 2002
THIS CEMETERY IS CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED.
THE OPEN GRASS AREAS ARE MOWED; THE GRASS AROUND THE HEADSTONES AND THE
PERIMETER FENCE IS KEPT TRIMMED. A VERY NEAT AND CARED FOR BURIAL GROUND.
THE BETHEL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS MEMBERS WHO MAINTAIN, THE
GROUNDS, HAS ERECTED A LARGE SHELTER AT THE ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE A COVER
FOR VISITORS FROM THE SUMMER HEAT AND IN TIMES OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.
THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION MEET TOGETHER ONE TIME A YEAR, AT THE
CEMETERY AND UNDER THE SHELTER. THE MEETING, HELD THE SUNDAY AFTER
MOTHER'S DAY, IS OPEN TO ANY WHO WISH TO ATTEND.
The officers of the Childers/ Childress
Family Association, Inc. Invite you to attend the 22nd Annual Meeting of
this association.
Date: September 4 - 6, 2003
Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Sept. 4: Wreath- laying ceremony honoring the 200th Anniversary Of the
birth of Mrs. Sarah Childress Polk
Wife of President James Knox Polk
(This ceremony will take place at the gravesite on the TN capitol
grounds.)
More details in the winter issue of the CFA newsletter.
Jack Childers
RD 3 Box 480
708 Ocean Highway
Fenwick Island DE 19944-9345
Day Phone: 302-539-9366
Night Phone: 302-539-2955
Fax: 302-539-1285
Email: childers@dca.net
Web-site: http://www.seashellcity.com
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