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PART 2

Their Oregon Connections

Descendants of Henry Childers of Virginia and Kentucky

The earliest Westward pioneer of the Childers family was James P. Childers who came to Union County, Oregon about 1865. He had been a Confederate soldier serving under Stirling Price, who was later governor of Missouri. History books state that after the defeat of Price's army in southern Missouri, what remained of the left wing of that army almost to a man removed to Oregon. It is very probable that James P. Childers moved with them. Unrest between Northern and Southern sympathizers in Scotland County had caused friction between neighbors, and the Childers family was affected. Also, the fact that the United States government in 1863 began drafting men to serve in the Union Army no doubt helped decide Childers' move to Oregon.

James Perry Childers was born 1 December 1822 in Kentucky. The story written by his granddaughter several years after he died, states he was born in Bourbon County, but all documents found to date show that his parents were farmers who lived in Grant County, so it is more likely he was born there. He was the son of Robert Jr. and Sarah Ann (Landrum) Childers, members of the Williams town Baptist Church, who migrated from Grant County, Kentucky to Adams County, Illinois about 1834 and to dark County, Missouri by 1836. In 1841 or 1842, Scotland County was formed from the western part of Dark County, and it was in this area that Robert Childers, Jr. and his family lived.

James P. Childers married Mary Jane McDowell, daughter of David and Rebecca McDowell of Scotland County, November 19, 1841. Mary Jane was born in Virginia 27 August 1825. She and James P. had seven children born to them while they lived in Scotland County. The youngest, Charles, died in route to Oregon and was buried along the trail beside the Platte River. The wagon train reached Oregon 11 September 1864. Another son, Henry was born in Oregon and died at age two.

The history written by James P.'s granddaughter states that James P.'s mother traveled with them, and also died en route to Oregon. The wagons were driven over the grave to obliterate all traces of burial, in an attempt to foil the Native Americans and grave robbers of that era. According to the 1860 census of Scotland County, Missouri, it was Rebecca McDowell, mother of Mary Jane, who was living with the James P. Childers family. James' parents were on the 1850, but not the 1860, census, so had either moved or died before that date.

This was not James P. Childers' first trip West. He and a brother had joined the California gold seekers, and had sailed around Cape Horn on a trip to the gold fields. The brother died en route and James bribed the ship’s Captain to land on the coast of South America to bury the body of the brother instead of burying him at sea.

James P. Childers owned a farm one and one-half miles northwest of Summerville, Union County, Oregon. For several years he operated a halfway house for travelers on the Oregon Trail headed beyond Union County. He died 1 November 1895. Mary Jane died 21 April 1901. Both are buried at the Summerville Cemetery.

Robert Thomas Childers, the oldest child, was born 26 August 1843 in Scotland County, Missouri. He married Elizabeth Myers 14 February 1864 in Scotland County. She was born 30 January 1848 in Virginia, the daughter of Henry and Maria Louisa (Speake) Myers. She died 12 June 1871 in Oregon. Thomas' second wife was Mary Elizabeth (Hyde) Koontz, a widow with a daughter, Anna, by a previous marriage. She was the daughter of Perry and Elizabeth Ann (Tyler) Hyde of Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. She married Frances Koontz 9 January 1868 in Linn County, and married Robert Thomas Childers 3 August 1874. She died 11 March 1912 in Linn County.

Mary Louise, born 1865 was the eldest child of Robert Thomas Childers. She married three men in her life. They were John Dobson, Charles Duggan and Ishmael Worth Literal, respectively.

James Henry Childers was born November 1867 and died at Cove, Oregon 18 June 1945. He married Lura L. Anderson, born 11 October 1879 and died 18 June 1945; she was the daughter of L.L. Anderson. James and Lura had four children.

Avon Boon born 16 April 1905, died 24 June 1978 at La Grande, Union County, Oregon. He had a mail-order bride, Sybil (surname unknown) who came to Oregon but did not like it and returned to the Midwest. James and Lura reared their son, Arthur Boon, born 22 December 1953.

James Marvin, born 27 August 1907 Summerville, OR, died 15 May 1977 at Walla Walla, WA. He had a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Idaho and was a rodeo rider until an injury to his foot left him limping. He and his brother, Avon, lived together and were rock hunters, story tellers and teetotalers, although there had been instances of alcoholism in the family.

Charles was born 1909 and died in 1910, both in Union County, Oregon.

Revenia Aldine was born February 1912 Oregon, and died 4 September 1950 at Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon. Her first husband was Jess Lawrence. Her second husband was (name unknown) Heard.

Carrie Alice, third child of Robert Thomas Childers, was born 27 June 1882 and died 20 February 1884. Florence was born 6 March 1891 and died October 1981 at Veneta, Lane County, Oregon. She married Samuel Hugh Irwin 3 October 1906 Union County, Oregon.

Anna Koontz, daughter of Mary (Hyde) Childers was born 20 November 1868 Oklahoma and died 2 August 1928 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. She married Asahel James Colt, son of Joseph and Phoebe (Brook) Colt, 25 December 1888 at La Grande, Union County Oregon.

John Goolsby Childers, son of James P. and Mary Childers, was born in 1845 in Scotland County, Missouri. He resided in Chico, Butte County, California in 1886 and Coulsa County in 1890. He died in Woodland, CA, 4 January 1923. He was married to Laura Amelia Yount in Oregon. She was born 1 June 1854 and died 9 December 1923.

They had four children. Charles L. was born in 1877 in Union County, OR, and died 5 January 1955 Stockton, CA. His wife was Diantha V. (name unknown), born 26 May 1870, and died 2 October 1960. George Thomas was born in 1878 in Union County, OR, and died after 1968 in Woodland, CA. He married, Rhoda Fay Childers (his cousin), daughter of George Perry and Nancy Anna (Chase) Childers. Harvey or Harry was born March 1883 Oregon and died 17 December 1887 in Chico, Butte County, California. The fourth child of John G. Childers was Clifford Perry, born 5 October 1894 Oregon and died 1 June 1954 in Woodland, California. His wife was Reva (surname unknown). A half-sister of the issue of John G. Childers, was Juanita, who was living in San Francisco, California in 1923.

James W. Childers, third son of James P. and Mary Jane Childers, was born in Scotland County, Missouri 24 October 1848 and died in Wallowa County, Oregon, 3 October 1929. He married 5 June 1870 to Jemima Emily Tice, daughter of John Q. A. and Louisa (Stout) Tice. Emily was born 1854 in Oregon and died 16 July 1932 in Wallowa County, Oregon. They had seven children. The eldest, Charles L. died 1902. Clara A., born 1873, married John Rhodes They lived in Elgin, Oregon in 1902. They had a son Clay Rhodes and a daughter, who married Henry Parsons of Elgin.

Lillie M. Childers, third child of James W. and Emma Childers, was born in 1874. She married William Ikle and they were living in New York, NY in 1902. William F. Childers was born to James and Emma on 2 April 1876 near Summerville. He married Cora Morelock first and then Ethyl Lydia Rider later. He lived at Leap, Oregon. He died at La Grande 9 December 1944. He had a daughter, Leia who married Dr. Asahel Hockett and a son Robert, who while young had an accident at a sawmill and later died, 19 April 1935 in Wallowa County, Oregon.

Dora E., daughter of James W. and Emma Childers, married Frederick Becker and lived at Elgin, OR in 1902. They had five children. Eve Becker married Sid Burleigh, a lawyer at La Grande, OR. Freda Becker married Reed Smith, a grocery man at Enterprise, OR. C.K. Becker, the eldest son, lived at Walla Walla, WA. June Becker, the youngest daughter, married Melvin Bue of Joseph, OR. Fred Becker, the youngest child, married Maxine Moore, a schoolteacher, and they lived in Spokane, WA, where Fred had an automobile business. He died 7 January 1976.

Albert L., son of James W. and Emma Childers, died at Gold Hill, OR. He married Maud Haskett and they had a daughter, Blanche, who was the wife of Lawrence Graves. She had a son, Billie, by her first marriage.

Youngest child of James W. and Emma Childers was Amos Earl, born 30 July 1887 Summerville, Oregon, died May 1969 Walla Walla, Washington. He married 14 March 1906 in Wallowa County to Edna Knapp, daughter of William and Margaret Knapp. Edna died 23 October 1912 and Amos Earl married Mae (surname unknown), who was born 1899. Amos Earl was a musician and played for local dances. His children were James Perry Childers born 11 February 1907 at Enterprise, Oregon; Clair born 1902; Oma born 1912 or 1913; Russel born 1917; Ralph born 19l9.

George Perry Childers, fourth son of James P. and Mary Jane Childers, was born 14 November 1853 Scotland Co., MO and died 4 March 1932 in Woodland, CA. He married Nancy Anna Chase in Oregon 31 December 1875. She was born 26 April 1862 in Page County, Iowa and died 15 March 1947 in Woodland. They had eleven children. All but one, Sydney Knox, lived to adulthood. He was born 30 January 1881 in Union County, OR, and died there 22 February 1882.

Eldest child was Claude Delaney born 17 October 1879 Union Co., and died, of typhoid, 6 September 1910 at La Grande, OR. He married Maud M. Parker 15 July 1900. They had three children, Harvey Ray born 16 May 1902 and died 2 October 1902; Merton T. born 1906 and died 1955, and Mamie C. born 17 March 1909 and married 10 November 1930 to William Bailey Lake at Idaho Falls, ID.

Third child, Lulu Belle Childers, was born January 16, 1883 in Union Co., and died July 31, 1969 at Woodland, CA. She is buried at Summerville Cemetery beside her husband, Guy J. Glenn, who was born 20 March 1881 and died 12 October 1948. They had a son Elmer F. Glenn.

Lee Roy, fourth child of George and Nancy Childers, was born 10 November 1884 in Union Co. He died 18 January 1947 at La Grande. On 24 May 1908 he married Bessie M. Gray, who was born in 1887 and died in 1963, daughter of George G. and Sylvia (.Jasper) Gray. Their daughter Iola married (name unknown) Robinson and lived at Missoula, Montana. There is no data on Elda. Leroy Gray married Gayle Conklin at Cove, Oregon, 26 December 1950. He was later Superintendent of Schools in Wallowa County, Oregon. He died 13 January 1988 at Boise, Ada County, Idaho.

Dorsey Dell, son of George and Nancy Childers, was born 31 March 1890 in Union Co. and married Niobe Andrews, who was a practical nurse. He died in Woodland, CA. They had three children. Robert and his wife, Jessie, had two children, Linda and Robert. June never married and died at Sacramento, CA. Betty Ann, born in 1929, married Collis L. Smith, who was born 1924 and died 1983. Their children were Cindy, Douglas A., Lori and Timothy Steven.

Ella Rosetta, sixth child of George and Nancy Childers, was born 26 June 1892 in Union Co. She married a Doster but was divorced. She was a nurse, served in France in World War I, and retired in her 60's from Woodland Memorial Hospital. She died in Woodland, OR, 4 December 1975.

Bessie Violet, third daughter of George and Nancy Childers, was born 8 February 1895 in Union Co. She died in Woodland October 27, 1975. Her first husband was John Witte of Imbler, OR. and her second husband was Irvin E. Kramer, by whom she had two children, Clifton in 1920 and Irvin in 1922, both born in California.

Mabel Clara, eighth child of George and Nancy Childers, was born 12 July 1896 in Union Co. and died at Woodland 10 October 1976. Her first husband was Thomas Martin, by whom she had two children, George born 1920 who was wounded in World War II and is in a veteran's hospital, and Thomas Clair born 1922. Mabel's second husband was Dom Isaacs and they were divorced in 1925.

George and Nancy's next child was Eathel Thelma, born 17 February 1898. In 1920 she was committed to Napa State Hospital where she died about 1940.

The youngest daughter, Rhoda Fay Childers, was born January 1, 1902, and was a nurse. She married in 1921 to Farra J. Eady. Her second husband, in 1932 was R. Robinson. Her third husband was her cousin, George Childers (above). She had no children. She died 1974 in Woodland, California.

George Thomas Childers was the youngest child of George and Nancy, and was born 14 August 1903 in Union County. He was a saloon proprietor for eight years, an office clerk for one year, and other occupations. He married Leota Irene Barbee 9 November 1923, and they were divorced in 1944. He married Augusta Chess in 1945, and they were divorced in 1952. In 1953 he married Fern F. Rosko. He died 26 April 1954 in Woodland, CA He was the father of twins, Leiand Beverly and Leslie Danton, torn 9 October 1926 at Woodland. He had a daughter, Lorraine Tyrell Childers, and another child whose name is not known at this time.

The fifth son of James P. and Mary Jane Childers was Cyrus Delaney born 1857 in Scotland County, Missouri. He married Clara Loop and was divorced. He died 21 August 1926 at Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona.

The sixth son of James P. and Mary was Frank P. Childers, born 15 August 1858, Scotland County, Missouri. He was for several years sheriff of Union County. He died at La Grande, Oregon 27 February 1915 of Brights Disease. He married in 1876 to Mary Adla Baker, daughter of John and Margaret (Goodman) Baker. Mary was born 25 March 1861 in Iowa, and died at La Grande 18 September 1931 or 1933. They had six children.

Flora Delia Childers was born 28 July 1878 at Summerville, and married Fred (C. A.) Wagner, a barber at La Grande. She died at La Grande 19 November 1960. Olive Carolyn Childers was born 3 November 1880, and was a Salvation Army officer forty-two years, retiring as Brigadier General. She died 29 July 1961. Wallace P. born February 1885, Oregon; died October 1945 Dunmuir, California; married Hazel Corbett. Their daughter Adiarose Martin married (name unknown.) Edwards and died 1992 at Capistrano Beach, CA.

Jessie Belle born April 16, 1882 died March 12, 1898 in a hospital at Portland, OR. Frank Merrill, fifth child of Frank and Adla Childers, was born 11 July 1885 at Summerville and died 5 August 1953 at La Grande. The youngest child was Adia Ruth, born 26 September 1886 and died May 1905 at La Grande.

Martha Ann Childers, daughter of Robert and Sarah A. (Landrura) Childers was born 3 May 1836 in Clark (now Scotland) County, MO. She died in 1903 at Damascus, Clackamas County, OR. Her first husband was Nekton Childers, born in 1830 in Grant County, Kentucky to Harmon and Sarah (DeHart) Childers and a cousin to Martha. They were married 1 December 1853 at her father's home in Scotland County, Missouri. Their first child was Laura June born 1855 Scotland County, MO. Her first marriage was to Philip Augustus Marquam, son of Alfred and Olive (Burbage) Marquam. Philip was born 12 October 1851 at Marquam, Clackamas County, OR and died 22 March 1928 San Francisco, CA. Laura's second marriage was to William Henry Warner, 16 July 1892 at Portland, Oregon. He was born 17 July 1852 at Allentown, Lehigh County, PA, and died 29 September 1893. He was the son of Samuel and Mary (Spinner) Warner. Laura next married Herman H. Feldbush 15 September 1887 in Portland, Oregon. He was born 1863 San Francisco, CA, and died there 16 June 1916.

Children of Laura were: Virgil born 1874, died 25 August 1880 Summerville, OR; Bertha Gertrude born 3 November 1876 Clackamas County, OR, died 30 November 1902 Portland, OR, and married Robert Gillian, son of John and Janet (Paton) Gillian. Robert was born 28 February 1868 at Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton, Scotland. Myrtle, born 1878, died 28 December 1974 Marin County, California, married Hugh Thomas Copeland who died 10 May 1937 Marin County. Iris, fourth child of Laura died young.

Robert Harmon Childers, second child of Martha and Newton, was born 30 April 1865 in Missouri. He married Mary Ellen Maguire 25 December 1900 San Francisco County, CA. He died 27 July 1930.

Sarah E. Childers, third child of Martha and Newton, was born circa 1866 in Marion County, OR, and married Warren T. Slatten, a dentist, born 1857 Illinois and died 19 December 1928 Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR. Sarah died 7 July 1943 North Hollywood, CA. Her second husband was (name unknown), Applegate. One of Sarah's two children was Echo Lavern Tice who married Gilbert Tuers (born 6 November 1881 in New Jersey and died 22 May 1955 in Los Angeles, California 17 July 1913). The other child Arlene, was born September 1899, and married (name unknown) Tucker.

Martha's second husband was Jacob Skirvin (who is probably a descendant of the Grant County, KY family of that name). They were married 20 November 1868 in Linn County, OR. Jacob's first wife, Margaret, died 7 April 1867 Linn County at age 33. Her children were Enoch born 1854 (Iowa); John born 1857 (Iowa), died 1928; Mary T. born 1862 (Iowa); Elizabeth born 1862 (Iowa), died 1894; Anna born 1864 (Oregon); and Martha born 1865 (Oregon), died circa 1899.

Children of Martha and Jacob were three. William A. born September 1869 Clackamas County, Oregon and was drowned 6 February 1901, while working near the Portland docks. He married 4 January 1898 in Clackamas County to Eugenia Morton and their children were Olin born 1898 and Audrey born 1900. Eugenia remarried 12 September 1903 to A. L. Gibson.

Harvey L. Skirvin was born 1891 and died in Marion County, Oregon 9 May 1911. Susan C. was born 1873, died 16 May 1917 Oregon City, and married 2 July 1892 in Clackamas County to D. Griffin. Nancy was born 26 November 1874 Clackamas County, died 1 December 1947, married 20 January 1891 to Joseph Grant Mumpower. They were divorced. Their children were Paul, Veryle and Genevieve.

After Jacob died Martha married 17 June 1877 to Alfred Houck/Howk, born 1817 and died 1896. They had a son James Irwin, born 1879 and died 1934. He was married twice, to Maud C. Mock and to Opal Jennings. His son, Lavere Irwin Howk of Portland, Oregon, carried on the family plumbing business.

George W. Childers, younger brother of James Perry Childers, was born 1841 in Missouri. He was listed as living in the household of his brother in Union County, OR on the 1870 census. He was age 29, a teamster, and unmarried. Nothing more is known about this George Childers, except that Walter Scott Childers and family, coming from Missouri in 1887 went first to Walter's uncle George in Oregon. He was at that time living near Island City.

Boon Fowler Childers, son of Robert P. and Mary Jane (Williams) Childers, was born September 1866 in Scotland County, MO. He was six years old when his parents died. In 1893 he was at Almira, Washington where his brother, Walter Scott Childers had homesteaded three years earlier. Boon went to Oregon where in 1898 he married Violet Maud Hearing. Maud was a native Oregonian, born near Sweet Home, in April 1880. Boon and Maud lived on Mill Street in Joseph, OR, where Boon was a laborer and operated a livery stable. Boon died 24 June 1912. Maud remarried to Oliver Wood.. Maud died 4 September 1920 at Lostine, OR.

Their eldest child was Howard Boon born 21 April 1899 Oregon, died May 1967 Kennewick, WA. His wife was Minnie M. Bailey. They had a son, Howard Jay who married Imogene (surname unknown). Jay was winner of Borleske Athletic Trophy at Whitman College in 1951. Howard Boon's daughter, Gay M. married (name unknown) Van Schoiack and lives at Hermiston, OR.

Paul Kenneth, son of Boon and Maud, was born 30 September 1902 and died 2 November 1902, Lostine, Oregon. Georgia Naomi was born 11 August 1905 at Joseph, Oregon and died 3 June 1975 at Enterprise, Oregon. She married Uley McGinnis, son of A. L. and Amanza G. McGinnis. Uley was born 26 May 1903 and died April 1971. Their children were Howard, James Patrick, Gordon, Marilyn and Lolita.

Lulu Alice Childers was born 12 October 1907 and died 3 February 1979 at Walla Walla, Washington. She married Maurice O'Dell Dimick. Pauline Childers was born 1911 Oregon. She married James W. Cruzan and lived in Portland, Oregon. Maud had two daughters by Oliver Wood, namely Ruth and Norma.

The youngest son of Robert P. and Mary Jane (Williams) Childers was George Finley Childers, born September 8, 1868 in Scotland County, Missouri. He came west with his brother, Boon, and settled in northeast Oregon. He was married 23 October 1896 to Mary Eliza Hearing, sister of Maud who married George's brother Boon. Eliza was born at Sweet Home, OR, 2 February 1878 and died 28 November 1953. George and Eliza resided on Water Street in Lostine, OR, where George served as rural mail carrier. George died 24 October 1931.

Their oldest child, Vera Fay Childers, was born 19 September 1897 at Lostine. Her first husband was Edward Miles, and after he died she married a Pierson. She lived at Portland, and had one daughter, Dorothy Louise, who married J.E. Galvin. They had three children, Russell, Douglas and Roxanne.

Cecil Elmer Childers was born at Lostine 6 July 1899. He married Thelma Crow, and they had three children, Jack, Lois and Dale.

A second daughter was born to George and Eliza Childers 13 January 1902. She was named Mary Maxine. She married Murray Carter, and they had one daughter, Onda Marie. Maxine died 6 September 1977 at Kelso, WA.

Twins, Claire B. and Clarice were born 12 June 1905. Clarice died 16 October of the same year. Claire married Leon Plass. One daughter, Geraldine, was born to this couple. Claire died 12 October 1962.

The sixth child of George and Eliza Childers was a son, Russell Gesner, born 6 May 1913. He died of a brain tumor at Lostine 5 July 1924.

Verda Marie was the youngest child of George and Eliza Childers. She was born at Lostine 9 October 1917 and married Vernon Merrill Davis 19 September 1935. He was born 1 March 1915 and died 12 January 1967 at Emmett, ID. They operated a dairy ranch, now run by their son, Richard Gail Davis, who was their eldest child, born 5 September 1938. Lucinda Marie was born 17 March 1942 and Lynette Louise was born 6 September 1945.

Moving from Franklin County, Missouri to Lane County, Oregon was Thomas Griffin Childers, born 10 July 1810 Pendleton County, Kentucky to William G. and Elizabeth (Graham.) Childers. Thomas arrived in Oregon 15 October 1852 and settled his land claim 16 November 1854. He died in 1885" and is buried at Inman Cemetery, Lane County. He married #1 on 28 November 1831 to Polly Ann Hinton, who was born 25 April 1813 in Virginia. Her parents were Clayton Burke and Sarah (Richardson) Hinton. He married 14 February 1850 to Nancy J. Mitchell, who was born 1821 Kentucky. Both marriages were in Franklin County, MO.

First child of Thomas G. was Albert born 1 April 1835 Missouri. Second child was Henry Marion born 20 November 1836 in Missouri and died 23 August 1914 in Coos County, Oregon. He served in Second Oregon Mounted Volunteers in the Indian Wars. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Maupin who died in 1876. He married Jane Pair in 1883 and she died in 1885. In 1901 he married Mrs. Helen Mann-Jackson.

The children of Thomas and Elizabeth were: Thomas Lee who lived at Bandon, Coos County, OR; Mary Jane married (name unknown) Fulbright of Richfield, ID; and Nancy Alice who married (name unknown) Enzell or Angell. Thomas and Jane had a son, Paul who was an attorney at The Dalles, Oregon. He had a wife, Nora (name unknown) and died October 1943 at age 58.

Third child of Thomas G. Childers was Victoria Ann born 9 December 1839 Missouri; died 20 April 1917; married 16 August 1855 in Lane County, Oregon to Simpson S. Brown. Sarah Elizabeth born 19 May 1843 Missouri; died 12 January 1886; she married Richard Clayton Richardson who was born 1824 Franklin County, Missouri and died 1907 Pullman, Whitman County, Washington. Emily Lucy born 1854 Oregon, died in 1886 Burns, in Harney County, Oregon. She married 14 November 1875 to George W. Maupin, son of Boyd Maupin. George was born 9 May 1852 and died in Canyon County, Idaho 19 May 1925. their children were William Virgil; Amanda Jane who died young; Thomas Boyd; May Ann; Nannie Lucinda; and Perry Phillips.

Descendants of Joseph Childers of Virginia

John Anderson Childers came to Oregon on a wagon train, which arrived in Union County 11 September 1864. He was born 29 April 1824 in Grant County, Kentucky the son of Joseph Henry and Margaret (Conyers) Childers. He moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois and as an adult to Scotland County, Missouri and then to Oregon, where he died 14 August 1893 in Union County. He married Margaret P. Humphrey, his first wife, 8 January 1852 in Adams County, Illinois. She died 4 January 1857 in Scotland County, Missouri. He married Rachel E. Hudnall in Scotland County, 27 January 1858. The daughter of Wilson M. and Martha Hudnall, she was born 7 May 1831 in Virginia and died 22 September 1874 and is buried at Island City, Oregon. John's third wife was Amanda J. (Hammack) See, widow of George See whom she married in 1865, in Wayne County, IA. Her parents were James and Elizabeth (Moore) Hammack. She was born 29 April 1848 in Wayne County, and died 9 May 1916. She is buried at La Grande, Oregon. After John Childers died, Amanda married Joseph Weathers in 1894. He was born October 1831 in Iowa and died in 1900. Amanda then married William T. Grider 6 September 1903 at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon. William was the son of Waitsville Grider of La Grande.

Two children by Margaret predeceased their father. Children of John and Rachel were five. Charles born 1859 Missouri, died between 1870 and 1880. Martha Hudnall Childers was born 23 January 1863 Scotland County, MO, and died 22 July 1932 at La Grande. She married 2 May 1880 at La Grande to Charles Edmon Golden.

Cora Elizabeth was born 29 April 1865 at Island City, Oregon and died there 18 March 1896. She married 8 June 1884 to Henry Arthur Thomas. Clara was born circa 1866 and Lulu Adeline was born 9 June 1867 Oregon; died 22 June 1905 at La Grande; and married James Edward Reynolds, February 1885.

The children of John and Amanda numbered three. Joanna was born 4 March 1880 at La Grande and died 13 April 1968 at New Orleans, Orange County, IN. She first married Henry Heil, later (name unknown) Mitchell, and finally Donald A. McLachen. Nancy E., born 13 February 1882 at La Grande, died 13 November 1904 in Union County, Oregon. She married Jesse W. Spencer in August 1898 in Union County. Grace P., born 3 October 1885 in Union County, died there 30 March 1963. She married first to William H. Deal and second to Edward Strieff.

References used to compile this segment:

Cemetery records. Summerville, Oregon

Doster, Ella. "The Childers Story.”

Oregon census records.

Viles, Jonas. A History Of Missouri. (written for high schools).

Oregon Donation Land Claims.

Kentucky and Missouri vital records and census.

Research of Lorlei Metke, Betty Jean Pfeifer Eugene Dodge, Cindy Jenson, Tom Childers.

Franks, Lloyd, ed. The Journal Of Elder William Conrad Pioneer Preacher. Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY.

Census of Missouri and Oregon.

Oregon vital records.