Childers/Childress Family Association, Inc

We wish to thank the coordinators and hosts, Sue & Lem Compton and Paul Childress, of the 2004 meeting held in Independence Missouri. The planning and arrangements were excellent and we had another great meeting.

Julia Childress did another great job working tirelessly as our treasurer. She always had a smile on her face as she kept track of the paid members and collected the dues, conference fees, and the luncheon tickets. We all seem to forget just how much work is involved in paying for the hotel conference room, coffee, soda and tea in the meeting room and the luncheon catering. Julia, you are greatly appreciated by all of the members. Thank you from all.

The meeting in Independence was a lot of fun and the Mid-Continent library had a lot to offer us genealogists. There were many interesting places to visit and most of us took advantage of them. It wasn’t hard to find a nice restaurant in which to eat. Independence is filled with great places for dinner. A visit to the Truman Library was very special.

The genealogical reference assistant of the Mid-Continent Library, Angela McComas, came to our meeting and told us what to find there and how to use the library. She also explained how anyone can become a member for a small fee and use the internet to gain access to the publications at that library. For more information, you can access the library at www.mcpl.lib.mo.us or 317 W US 24 Highway, Independence, MO 64050. Phone: 816-252-7228. Some of the books can then be sent to a library near your home if they are not research only copies. For a small library it had a lot to offer a researcher. We were all greatly impressed. We presented her with a book of the Childress Wills for the library.

Jack Childers explained the DNA project to us so there was a much better understanding of the meaning of the various terms. He is very knowledgeable and made this easier for all of us. See page 9 about more on DNA.

Jack Childers, Anne Ruggiero & Julia Childress

The officers all wish that more of you could come to these meetings. They are a lot of fun and we look forward to visiting with our friends every year and sharing what new information we have learned since the last visit. Next year the meeting will be hosted by Bob and JoAnn Childers and held in Charlotte, North Carolina. If there are problems with arrangements in Charlotte we will go to Raleigh. We have planned for an October meeting so we hope that you will be able to attend. More about the exact dates and location will be in the future issue of the Newsletter. Those of us who live in the South will be excited to see the fall color in the mountains while in North Carolina.

Billy Gold Childress & Sue Compton

Ann Ruggiero & Mac Childears

Attending the meeting were Martha Lydia Allen, MO; Dorothy Berg, MO; James Bogan, Jr, TX; Mac Childears, KS; Bob & JoAnn Childers, SC; Jack & Cindy Childers, DE; Larry and Nita Childers, SC & their guests; Paul A. Childers, MO; Robert E. & Flo Childers, OH; Robert K. & Janet Childers, OH; Victor E. Childers, IN; William K. Childers, OH; Billy Gold and Waldine Childress, KY; Robert A. & Julia Childress, MI; William & Betty

Childress, TN; Lem & Sue Compton, MO; Sarah Compton and Terry Peterman; MO; Martha Childress Ferris, FL; Fred & Cookie Lamon,, TN; Melba McDowell, MO; Lorlei Metke, WA; Dan & Anne Ruggiero, FL; Irma and Jim Summers, SC; Winter Ann Summers, SC; Janis C. Taylor, KS; Bill & Wanda Trott, TX; and Arthur Paul Winnans, MO.

There were two members elected to the Board of Trustees, William Childress, TN for a second term and Martha Ferris, FL, was elected for her first term replacing Earl Farabee.

EMAIL

The members now have a choice of how they want to receive their newsletter. It can be snail-mailed to them or we will send it by email. If you want to receive your CFA Newsletter by e-mail, please send your address to the editor, Martha Ferris, at (ferr9330@bellsouth.net) so a special email mailing list can be created. We want to begin this new system by the winter issue. It can only be done with your help.

DUES

Dorothy Berg, Lydia Allen, & Robert Childress

It is that time of the year again. Your dues for the 2004/2005 year are now due. Even if you just paid for the 2003/4 dues in the spring, look on your mailing label and you will see the year. Be sure to check your mailing labels on this newsletter. If your label shows ‘04 at the top it means that you have not yet paid your 2005 dues for the Childers/Childress Family Association. Please try to send in your dues ($10.00 for a single and $15.00 for a married couple, with $1.00 for each child) as soon as possible so we can keep you on our list and you won’t miss any of the news. We will miss you terribly if you leave us. We need all of our relatives to keep in touch. Send the dues to Treasurer: Julia Childress, 10993 Clear/P.O. Box 302, Hamburg, MI 48139

Officers:

President: Robert E Childers, 185 Columbia Drive, Waverly, OH 45690, (bobfloch@adelphia.net)

Vice President: Anne Ruggiero, 8982 Baytowne Loop, Ft. Myers, FL 33908, (ruggierodhsd@earthlink.net)

Secretary: Wanda Trott, 2806 Mulberry, Pasadena, TX 77502, (wtrott@houston.rr.com)

Treasurer: Julia Childress, 10993 Clear/P.O. Box 302, Hamburg, MI 48139 (jcbc1258@aol.com)

Registrar: JoAnn Childers, 960 River Road, Woodruff, SC 29388, (bcjac04@earthlink.net)

Newsletter: Martha Ferris, 71 Dorset B, Boca Raton, FL 33434, (ferr9330@bellsouth.net)

Trustees:

Robert K. Childers William Childress

515 Cedar Street 1510 Shagbark Trail

Chillicothe, OH 45601 Murfreesboro, TN 37103

Martha Ferris Sue Childress Compton

71 Dorset B 715 West Highway 174

Boca Raton, FL 33434 Mount Vernon, MO 65712

Welcome to CFA New Members

A-17—Lydia Allen, 7125 NW Lingley Road, Parkville, MO 64152

A-18—John S Allred, 5712 Solar Square Road, Archdale, NC 27263

C-230—William Sheridan Childers, 1929 Cook Road, Oxford, GA 30267

C-229—Mary Lyn Childs, 7421 N Baltimore, Gladstone, MO 64118-1678

E-13—Sarah Childress Ekern, 31 Novilli Place, Colchester AL 06415

N-7—Philip Nicholson, 52 Norfolk Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-1832

S-35—Irma and Jim Summers, 108 Mallock Court, Goose Creek, SC 29445 & their daughter Winter Ann.

V-2—Mary Jean Childress-Voegtlin, 2341 W. Rugby Ave, College Park, GA 30337-1020 (Reinstatement)

W-25—Arthur Winnans, 3915 SW Ward Road, Lee’s Summit, MO 64082

CFA WEBSITE

We are getting more and more hits at our website (www.childers/childress.com). There must be something pretty good there. Check it out as soon as you can. The following is a list of the pages that are on the website that you can read, research information, contact others, or even post your own information:

Gary Childress is the DNA Project director for Childers-Childress Family Association and if you have any question or wish to take part in the project please contact Gary at his email address: London2005@charter.net)

Jack Childers reported that he is not getting any mail or suggestions on our Web Page from the membership. He would like to see the entire membership send in their Family History so that he can put it on our Web Page. You can send it to him in almost any form i.e. Microsoft Word, Text File, or Gedcom. You can also make a request not to list any living persons.

To look at the yearly number of hits on the website go to: http://www.childers-childress.com/reports/awstats.pl?config=www.childers-childress.com&year=2004&month=year

Report for 2004 to date

Number of Visits 16,084

Number of pages looked at 32,445

To look at current monthly report go to:

www.childers-childress.com/reports/awstats.pl?config=www.childers-childress.com#SUMMARY

Report for October 2004

Number of Visits 1,575

Number of pages looked at 32,445

Any member can check out this report. The quickest way is to go to: http://www.childers-childress.com/reports/. As you can see by the number of hits the Web Site is getting, there are a lot of Childers & Childress out there that are interested in their genealogy. Our Web Page is our best way to connect with these people. Jack says “I am hoping that more members take an interest in the Web Page. It is a good source to recruit new members, which we need.”

OBITUARIES

Please notify Anne Ruggiero, 8982 Baytowne Loop, Ft. Myers, FL 33908,email at (ruggierodhsd@earthlink.net) or myself, Martha Ferris, 71 Dorset B, Boca Raton, FL 33434 , email at ferr9330@bellsouth.net

“IN THE MAILBOX”

Note from Virginia Childers Zeboski, 4538 Juno Way, Sacremento, CA 95864-753

Email: VCZEB@aol.com or VCZEB@ hotmail.com

Does anyone have information on a Confederate veteran named Starling Childers or Childress who applied for a pension in Weakley Co, TN? His widow, Melvina, later married a “Richie”. This is not my line but is often confused with mine as thy both came from Caswell Co, NC and Henry Co, TN. They may be related to each other.

From Mrs. L. Reilly, Ohio

(Ed. This was sent to the website and there are many pictures of the Childers Family. Those of you with computers can go to the link below and take a look.)

I have just up loaded 315 Childers family photos. These photos were sent to me from CA. So please check them out to see if there is a connection to anyone. Click on the link: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parrottreilly/ChildersUnknown/index.html

From: JHenry6309@aol.com [mailto:JHenry6309@aol.com]

Sent:, September 23, 2004

My great grandmother Susan (Susannah) Childress/Childers, born about 1817 TN, married Hilliard J. Hand before 1840 Hillliard J. Hand, probably in Alabama. Her parents were born in Tennessee. She died after 1880 MS. Does anyone have Childress/Childers parents with a daughter named Susah/Susannah? Jeanne

From Julia Childress, Michigan

I had to write and tell you this one. We just got our telephone books in the mail and I looked in it to find my name and low and behold I found another spelling for our surname. CHILDERSTON was just above my name….look in your own phone book for names to contact.

(Ed. There are many ways to spell our name. Julia just found a new one.)

From: JustGranni@aol.com Sent: August 21, 2004

Subject: : Major James Childress

Request any information you may have about Major James Childress (For Example: date and place of birth; father's name; mother's maiden name; date and place of death; inclusive dates of military service; name and date of birth for each child) Robert of San Antonio

Lifetime Members

"Just a reminder” For those members who are age 80 or over, who have paid their dues for the past ten years, "Life Membership" is available upon request. There is no charge for this and the newsletter will continue to be sent. Please notify the Registrar, JoAnn R. Childers, 960 River Road, Woodruff, SC 29388 and a certificate will be sent to you. Our association appreciates your support.

B-25 Dorothy R. Aubrey Berg

Dorothy Berg, Billy Gold Childress & Robert Childress

Dorothy descends from William David Childress who arrived in Abbyville Co, SC in 1800. William David Childress, Jr born 8 August 1802 in Fairfield Co, SC married 13 June 1819 to Mary Graham who was born in Fairfield Co, SC. Their son Ransom Lorenzo Childress was born in Choctaw Co, Ms on 26 April 1836 died 26 May 1912 in Cairo, MS. He married Nancy Caroline Parham circa 1855. She was born in MS 1838 and died circa 1881 in TX. Their son William Lorenzo Childress was born in Pensacola MS 20 January 1860 died 2 October 1951 and married Lydia c. Childress born in Lewisville, MS 11 May 1861 died October 1931 in DeWitt, Carol, MO at 70 year of age. Their daughter Fannie Ola “Ona” Childress was born in Cairo, Clay, MS died 25 April 1963 in Clay, Clay Co MO married Elmer Russell Aubrey on 27 December 1907 in Dramright, OK.

C-41 Billy Gold Childress

Billy Gold descends from Benedict Childrey born in VA, married to Jenny Childrey (born circa 1755 died after 1828 in Mecklenberg Co, VA) in VA circa 1780. Benedict died circa 1794 in Charlotte Co VA. Their son Jesse Childress was born in Charlotte Co, VA 29 April 1792, died 14 March 1867 in Trigg Co, KY, married Lucy Jackson (born 1787, Mecklenberg Co, VA, died 14 May 1863 in Trigg County, KY at 75 years of age) on 18 May 1814. in Mecklenberg Co, VA. Their son James Madison Childress was born in Mecklenburg, VA 12 January 1817 married Elizabeth Julia Owen in Caldwell Co, KY 14 January 1840. James died 13 Sep 1895 in Paducah, KY at 78 years of age. Elizabeth was born in Mecklenburg VA 13 June 1825. She died 4 March 1882 in Paducah KY at 56 years of age. Their son Pleasant Gold Childress was born in McCracken Co, KY 9 Dec 1851 Married Mary Frances Pitt in McCracken Co, KY 23 Sep 1876. Pleasant died 26 Nov 1911 in Christian Co, KY at 59 years of age and Mary Frances died 12 May 1902 in McCracken Co, KY at 41 years of age. Their son Delon Gold Childress was born McCracken Co, KY 20 July 1880, married (2) Anna Lynn in McCracken Co, KY

G-2 John B. Gayle

John descends from John Childress born circa 1775 married Mary (Polly) Kirby in Blount Co, TN on 8 Nov 1796 and died 1840 in Jackson Co, AL: Mary was born in VA circa 1775 and died after 1840 in Jackson Co, AL. Their son John Kirby Childress was born in Knox Co, TN on 6 Nov 1815 died 24 Nov 1897 and married Ruth Brown Burgess in Jackson Co, AL 1840. She was born in GA 1821 and died 23 April 1877 in Scottsboro, Jackson, AL. Their son John Alonza Childress was born in Scottsboro, Jackson, AL 17 July 1856 and died 26 Oct 1896 married circa 1883 Margaret Adoline Williams in Scottsboro, AL. Their daughter Sarah Ruth Childress born in Scottsboro Jackson, AL 17 April 1893 and died 9 Feb 1983 married John Bentley Gayle in Scottsboro Jackson AL, on 4 July 1920.

H-2 Virginia Hanks

Virginia descends from Robert Childers, son of Henry and Susannah (Goolsby) Childers. Robert was born in 1762 n Amherst Co, VA and died in 1831 in Grant Co, KY. He married Nancy Pryor on 24 March, 1783 in Amherst County, VA. Their son, Robert Childers, Jr. born in 1798 in Campbell Co, KY, was married to Sarah A. Landrum on 24 January 1818 in Pendleton Co, KY. Later descendants moved to Scotland Co, MO and the state of Washington where Virginia was born.

W-4 Mary Ann Willis

Mary Ann descends from Benedict Childrey born in VA, married to Jenny Childrey (born circa 1755 died after 1828 in Mecklenberg Co, VA) in VA circa 1780. Benedict died circa 1794 in Charlotte Co VA. Their son William Marion Childress was born in Charlotte Co, VA 14 October 1785 died 8 November, 1865 in Caldwell Co, KY. William married Nancy Jane Hanks (born 17 April 1792 in VA, died 8 December 1864 in Caldwell Co, VA) in VA on 16 August 1821. Their son William Marion Childress, Jr. was born in Virginia in 1827. He married Permelia Ann Heston in Trigg Co, KY, 1851. William died in 1871 in Caldwell Co, KY at 44 years of age. Their son Charles Appleton Childress was born in Caldwell Co, KY in 1859. Married Permelia Ann Boaz in 1886 and died in Caldwell Co, KY in 1945.

CHILDERS/CHILDRESS FAMILY ASSOCIATION

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

18 September 2004

Independence, Missouri

The meeting of the CFA was called to order by President Robert Childers at 10:05 am.

The minutes of the 2003 Annual Meeting held in Nashville, TN were read and approved.

Treasurer Julia Childress presented the financial report for 1 September 2003—3l August 2004 as follows:

Beginning Balance: $6759.26

RECEIPTS:

Dues 1420.00

Registration 210.00

Bus 90.00

Banquets/Lunch 825.00

Publication Sales 20.00

Interest 9.54

Service charge return 10.00

Total $2584.54

TOTAL $9343.80

DISBURSEMENTS:

National Registration $ 30.00

Catering 645.00

Newsletter 1089.84

Gift/Jack 100.00

Cemetery Grants 400.00

Hotel 2088.78

Internet 250.00

Misc. Office supplies/Postage 26.29

Costal Images/Internet 600.00

Catering/Bus/Wreath/Flowers 551.43

Return Check Service Charge 20.00

TOTAL $5801.34

The budget was approved.

Julia gave the following membership report: 32 states represented with 141 members, 9 life members, l8 new members, l reinstatement, and 41 lapsed memberships.

Jo Ann Childers gave the annual meeting report for 2005. Charlotte, NC has been selected, and will be hosted by Bob & Jo Ann. If some difficulty should arise the meeting will be held in Raleigh, NC.

Life memberships were presented to Dorothy Berg and Billy Gold Childress. New member Martha Lydia Allen was also presented with a certificate.

Jack Childers reported the DNA coordinator’s e-mail address (london2005@charter.net) is on the web site. Any questions may be directed to him.

Jack Childers further reported the internet is costing about $600. He requested membership participation by sending GEDCOM’s, and especially text files of their family history. Jack encouraged members to check the web page, posting their information to help others. He would like to see more of our publications posted on the web site.

Martha Ferris requested members send information for the news letter, such as pictures, even old family recipes. She stated January 30 will be her closing date for the winter newsletter, April 30 for spring, July 30 for summer and October 30 for fall. A vote was taken on receiving the newsletter by e-mail. There were 14 votes for -- none opposed.

The Necrology report was presented by Anne Ruggiero. Deaths since the last meeting were:

; Gertrude Allen, Paducah, KY, Charter Member

; Pauline Harris, Paducah, KY, Charter Member

; Heather L. Henderson, Paducah, KY, Billy Gold Childress’ granddaughter

; Michael Childress, Paducah, KY, Billy Gold Childress’ grandson

; Alexis Chandler Dane Childress, Manchester, MI, Robert & Julia Childress’ granddaughter

Prayers were offered.

Jim Bogan’s report on Publications stated the book “Virginia Wills and Some Land Records” had been presented to the library. This book will be republished. Jo Ann made a motion that the book be posted on the web site. Motion carried.

The nominating committee for new officers consisting of Bill Trott, Lem Compton and Julia Childress presented the following slate: Vice President, Ann Ruggiero, Bill Childress, Trustee and Martha Ferris, Trustee. The slate was accepted by acclamation.

Site location committee for 2006 has suggested Huntsville, Alabama.

Members voted to have the meeting in mid October.

Sue and Lem Compton were thanked for the excellent job they did preparing for this meeting.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted, Wanda J. Trott, Secretary

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES

17 September 2004

Independence, MO

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm with President Robert E. Childers presiding.

Board members present:

President: Robert E. Childers

Vice President Anne Ruggiero

Treasurer: Julia Childress

Secretary: Wanda Trott

Trustee: William Childress

Trustee: Sue Compton

Trustee: Robert K. Childers

The minutes from 2003 Board Meeting were read, and approved.

A web page report was presented by Jack Childers. He stated that the web site was averaging 600 hits per month, 650 hits for the month of September. He encouraged more participation from the membership and that we should consider putting more of our publications on the web.

Treasurer Julia Childress presented the financial report from 1 September 2003—31 August 2004

JoAnn Childers announced the annual meeting for 2005 will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina or possibly Raleigh, North Carolina. The 2006 Meeting will be in Huntsville, Alabama, and the 2007 meeting will be in Oklahoma, possibly Tulsa.

Registrar JoAnn Childers announced three new life members: Dorothy R. Aubrey Berg, John B. Gayle, Mary Ann Willis.

Newsletter editor Martha Ferris stated the closing date for the winter newsletter will be January 30, April 30 for spring, July 30 for summer, and October 30 for fall. She will need an agenda for the annual meeting to be printed in the July newsletter.

Projected budget for l October 2004 through 30 September 2005 was presented.

Board vacancies to be filled were president, vice-president, and secretary. The nominating committee comprised of Bill Trott, Bob Childers and Earl Farabee recommended Martha Ferris as Trustee