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PART 3 They Came To Missouri Descendants of Henry Childers of Virginia and Kentucky Robert Childers, Jr. and his nephew, William Pryor Childers, were probably the first of that name to settle in Scotland County, Missouri. In Adams County, IL. 20 August 1834, Robert Childers made an affidavit for Lewis Buskirk, who was applying for a Revolutionary War pension. In 1837 in dark County, MO, Robert Childers was on Grand Jury duty. On the 1850 census, Robert's daughter Martha was listed as having been born in Missouri in 1836. These dates show the areas and years where the Robert Childers family resided. Robert had gone on a trip through Illinois with his friend and church brother, William Conrad, just to see the country. He liked it and the group of Baptists in Adams County where his relatives had settled. He did not like the infighting, which at that time plagued the Williamstown, Kentucky Baptist Church. For this reason, when he returned from the trip to Illinois he made preparations to move his family there. Once arrived, however, he found the infighting had taken hold of the church in Adams County, so he again moved on, this time to Missouri and the area that is now Scotland County. Robert Childers, Jr. was born 1789 in Campbell (now Grant) County, Kentucky. His parents were Robert and Nancy (Pryor) Childers who had a farm on Grassy Creek. Later, Robert Jr., too, owned land on Grassy Creek. He married 24 January 1818 in Pendleton (now Grant) County, Kentucky to Sarah Ann Landrum, daughter of John and Mary (Collins) Landrum. residents of Pendleton/Grant County. Sarah, or Sally as she was called, was born 1800 in Louisa County, Virginia and came to Kentucky with her parents about 1810. Children of Robert and Sally numbered thirteen. The eldest was a daughter born 1819 and named Mary Collins Childers. She married her cousin, Granville Alien Draper, son of Martin and Susanna Wren (Landrum) Draper, 1 January 1835 at Vervay, Switzerland County, IN. Granvills was born 28 March 1815 in Pendleton County, KY and died 1888 in Grant County, KY with burial at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Mary (Childers) Draper died August 16, 1849 in Missouri, and Granville returned to Kentucky where he married Margaret Ann (Moore) Ratliff 1850 in Grant County. Children of Mary and Granville were Susannah W. born 29 September 1835 married 25 October 1854 to Richard James Landrum, son of Richard and Elizabeth Frakes Landrum. Richard was a brother of Mary/Polly Landrum who married Joseph Childers and to Sarah A. Landrum who married Robert Childers; Jr. Richard James was born September 1832 in Grant County, KY, and died there 3 May 1902. He married his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Eckler 29 December 1870 in Harrison County, KY. Children of Susannah were James born circa 1855; Mary Elizabeth born 1858, died 1924, married. 11 December 1874 to George "Pap" Rogers, born 1854, died 1936; Granville A. "Grant" born 7 January 1859, died 1922, married 4 December 1883 Pendleton County, Kentucky to Eliza J. Florence. Second child of Granville and Mary/Polly was Mary E. born 17 June 1836 in Missouri and died young. Martin M. born 27 May 1838 in Missouri, died 19 February 1888 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, married 25 April 185o to Louisiana Ratliffe, born 1839, died circa 1887, daughter of John Wesley and Margaret Ann (Moore) Ratliff. Their eldest child was Granville Alien born 1863, died 1910 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. He married Eliza Jane Vice, born 23 June 1863, died 28 June 1928, daughter of James M. and Ann Amerion (Moorhead) Vice. Children of Granville and Eliza Jane were Maud Pearl, married Everett Latimer; Fred Otis born March 1885; died 17 March 1936 Knoxville, Pendleton County; married 21 April 1910 at Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky to Ethel Maude Courtney, daughter of William Jervey and Martha June (Dewitt) Courtney. Ethel was born April 1894 Pendleton County and died 3 April 1985 at Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. They had four- children, Chestin Herald born 2 July 1911, married Mary J. McCormick, and then Edith Lee. Carl Guy born 24 March 1921, died in World War II. William Donald born 10 November 1925, married Reta Hart, and then Beverly Hinkson. Joyce Ruth born 21 July 1927 and married 11 July 1945 to Donald England. They are divorced. Mamie Violet, Minnie Hermoine and Lillie Dulee, children of Granville and Eliza, all died before age 30 of TB. Alien Earl married Margerite Dunn. Cecil Fern born 1899, married John Dougherty. Other children of Martin and Louisiana were: Lawrence born 1864; John Wesley born 26 July 1868, married 7 August 1894 to Anna Bennett; Mary Collins "Mollie" born 1896; Martin Tilden born 1870, married Ethel Kenney; Ida F. born 1874, married Franklin Pierce Vice; Lou Grace married Lawrence Gibson; William born 1880, married Bettie S. Gardner. The youngest child of Granville and Mary/Polly was Robert born 7 March 1844 in Missouri and died in childhood. Children of Granville and Margaret were four. Mary Frances born 1851 and married 9 June 1874 to James Mitchell Chiles, son of William and Jane (McCandless) Chiles. Their children were Walter L. married Carrie Conrad daughter of Frank W. Conrad; Ira Chancellor born 7 August 1878 Pendleton County, married Melinda Elizabeth Colvin, daughter of Nimrod Colvin; Pearl married Albred McNay, son of Doc and Betty (Grain) McNay; Mae married James West and lived at Lexington, Kentucky. Second child of Granville and Margaret was Martha Jane born 1854. Henrietta, born 1856, married 27 April 1884 to J. B. Adams. Georgia Ann born 1858, married 1 April 1884 to W.T. Payne. Margaret's children by her first husband were Louisiana born 1839, married Martin M. Draper (.see above); Sarah born 1841, married 23 December 1859 to R. H. Brombeck; and Nancy E. born 1843 or 1844, married 23 October 1861 to Smith West. Second child of Robert and Sally was James Perry Childers who went to Union County, Oregon and can be found in that segment of the Childers family history. Elizabeth's birth date is not known. She married Fountain Fox Goldsberry, son of Martin and Rhoda (Withers) Goldsberry November 18, 1842 in Scotland County, Missouri. She may have died in childbirth, for a son, Will Lam Perry Goldsberry, was born to the couple, and on September 20, 1845 Fountain, a widower, married Mary Snoot. When grown, William Perry went to Union County, Oregon where he died 20 September 1923. His wife was Isabelle Adora Scott, daughter of John and Temperance (Brady) Scott. She was born 28 March 1856 at Scottsburg, Umpqua County, Oregon and died 15 December 1927 at Portland, Oregon. Her second husband was Severine Rynerson. William had two children. Elsie Mae was born 25 December 1876 and died July 1966 Vancouver, Washington. She married Fred J. Browning, born 12 June 1866 Cass County, Missouri and died 28 May 1944 Oregon. Walter Scott Goldsberry was born May 1892 Oregon and died 1925 at Portland, Oregon. He married Nellie Amanda Brown 14 December 1902 In Union County, and his second wife was Marie Jane Anderson, born 29 April 1887 at North Powder, Union County, and died23 June 1954. Children of Walter Scott were Pauline May born 1904, died 1940; Walter Stewart born 10 January 1906 Portland, died 22 March 1985 Beaverton, Oregon; Virgil Scott born 7 June 1908 Union County, died 25 September 1993 Woodburn, Clackamas County, Oregon, married 25 September 1934 Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington to Marjorie Crantford. Sarah Ann, daughter of Robert and Sally, was born in 1826 in Grant County, Kentucky. She married in Scotland 'County, October 14, 1841 to William Martin McClain. He was born in Kentucky in 1815. Their known children were Robert born 19 March 1843 Scotland Co., MO, died 17 April 1925 and is buried at Lancaster, Missouri, married 2 March 1868 to Mary Virginia Hale, on 1880 Schuyler Co., MO, census he had wife Margaret born 1843 MO and children Walter born 1879, Riley born 1883, a female born 1885 Iowa. Daniel born circa 1844 Scotland County, Missouri, married Cora Lucretia Crouch. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sarah Ann and William Martin McClain was born 1846 Scotland Co., MO and married 14 June 1865 to Benjamin Good James A. and Lucy were twins born December 1849. James died before 1860 and Lucy married a Todd. Nancy E., sixth child of Sarah Ann and Martin McClain was born 26 June 1852 Scotland Co., MO and died 22 January 1914 at Burlington, Big Horn County, Wyoming. She married 9 November 1872 in Scotland County to Winfield Scott Myers, son of John Isaac Myers and his second wife, Mary Finley, who was an aunt of Mary Jane Williams who married Robert P. Childers. Children of Winfield Scott and Nancy Ellen Myers were Edgar born 14 August 1873, Putnam Co., MO, died 21 March 1949, married 27 June 1906 to Edith Simms; Ella Evaline born 17 September 1874 Putnam Co., MO, died 1958, married 17 September 1893 to George Mailer; Authur Scott Myers born 24 September 1876 Putnam Co, MO, died 21 April 1962 Powell, Park Co., WY, married 25 December 1897 to Elva Sophia Dickenson; Fred born 13 May 1881 Putnam Co., MO, married 8 December 1901 to Ethel Pearl Shaver; and Harley Vern born 27 May 1892Callaway, Custer Co., ME, died 24 May 1962, married 7 April 1901 to Edith Johnson. C. Wallace or Cornwallis was the fourth son of Sarah Ann and William Martin McClain. He was born 1854 Scotland Co., MO and died 23 August 1914 Newburg, Oregon. Frances was born 1856 Scotland Co., MO. Rebecca Evalina was born 13 November 1857 Scotland Co., MO and died 19 September 1924 at Warm Springs, Deer Lodge Co., MT, married in 1879 to James Henry McGee. Melissa A. born 1859 Scotland Co., MO, married 25 October 1877 to James H. Hadson. Milla C. born 6 August 1860 Scotland Co., MO, died 21 July 1925, married 1 August 1880 Schuyler Co., MO to Alexander M. Pryor. Sterling Price was born to Sarah Ann and William Martin McClain in Scotland Co., MO 3 April 1863 and died 4 July 1928 at Bennington, Kansas. He married Sadie Gravit 5 May 1889 in Schuyler Co., MO. He was a railroad worker for ten years, and later went into the grocery business in partnership with his two sons, Lester and Virgil. He also had two daughters, Beatrice and Hila. The three youngest children of Sarah Ann and William Martin McClain were: Mary Bell born 1866, who married a Kirkpatrick and lived at Rolfe, IA; Julia F. born 1868, who married a Stevenson and lived at Olympia, WA; and Phoebe H. who was born January 1870 and died before 1880. Robert and Sally had another daughter, name and birth date unknown, who was born before 1830 and died in childhood. Their son, Richard, born in 1829 died en route to California to look for gold and was buried on the coast of South America circa 1850. A third son, William Alien Childers, was born to Robert and Sally 12 February 1831 in Grant County. He died March 11, 1885 in Scotland County and is buried at the Memphis Cemetery. He married Ellen Jane Justice, daughter of Joseph and Jane S. Justice, March 30, 1854 in Scotland County. Ellen was born June 6, 1838 in Columbus, Ohio and died in Scotland County 12 February 1904. She, too, is buried at the Memphis Cemetery. Two of their children died in infancy and are buried at Antioch Cemetery in Scotland County; Sarah R. born 14 March 1859 died 14 May 1859 and Richard B. born 6 January 1864 died 6 October 1864. Howard C. Childers, son of William and Ellen, was born February 29, 1856 in Scotland County, where he lived his lifetime. He died July 26, 1932. His wife was Hettie Bryan, a dressmaker, whom he married February 10, 1866. Hettie was born 13 October 1866 and died 9 March 1948. Both are buried at Memphis Cemetery. They had two daughters, Hazel born 10 April 1387 was an invalid and never married; she died 18 December 1966 at the home of her sister in Elgin, Illinois. Mabel was born 4 September 1889 and taught school in Memphis. She married Ray Walter Leedham 27 May 1919 at Memphis, and they later moved to Elgin, where she died 5 September 1978. Shirley Binkowski of AR is a daughter of this couple. William Henry Childers, son of William and Ellen, was born May 1861 in Scotland County, and he too lived there all of his life. On 11 November 1885 he married Ida Eveleth Eva Wallace, daughter of Reverend James and Nancy Lenoir (Latimer) Wallace. Rev. Wallace was minister of the Antioch Church. Eva was born 11 December 1866 in Kentucky and died 5 June 1931. She is buried at the Memphis Cemetery. Reports do not agree where Henry died; the year was 1936, and he was buried at the Memphis Cemetery. Their first child, Leroy Glen Childers, born 15 October 1886 died 3 January 1887. Their second child was Hallie Myrtle born 7 November 1887 and died 1962 in Scotland County. She married and had a son, Harry, but was later divorced and took her maiden name back. Other children of Henry and Eva Childers were: Charles Melvin, born 5 October 1889 and died October 2, 1970 in Scotland County; Ada Beulah born 27 March 1892; Floyd Wallace was born 29 June 1895 and died in Scotland County 30 September 1952; another son, Leo Alien, born 3 September 1897 died November 2 of the same year. William and Ellen (Justice) Childers adopted a daughter, Wanda Myers born 1873 in Missouri. No further data on her is known. The eighth child born to Robert (Jr.) and Sarah Ann (Landrum) Childers was Rebecca Evalina, born 18 August 1932 in Grant County, Kentucky. She married Macajah Wood 9 March 1848 in dark County, Kentucky and they lived near Fair-mount. She died in the fall of 1860. On 6 March 1861 Macajah married Sarah F. Weber. Rebecca Evalina (Childers) Wood was mother of three children, James W. born 1851, Sarah E. born 1853 and Martha M. born 1859. Robert P. Childers, fourth son of Robert and Sally, was born in 1834 before the twentieth day of August in Grant County, Kentucky. He was less than one year old when his parents set out to migrate to Illinois. On 18 February 1857 in Scotland County, Missouri he married Mary Jane Williams, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Finley) Williams who had traveled from Grant County to Missouri in 1852. Mary Jane was born in Grant County in 1839. In the fall of 1871, she and her husband were making sorghum molasses, caught consumption, and died; Robert in January of 1872 and Mary Jane in April of the same year. They left six orphans, the oldest being Walter Scott Childers, whose story is written in the Lincoln County, Washington segment of the Childers history. Sarah Jane (Childers) McCoy is also listed in the Lincoln County Childers. The two youngest children, Boon F. Childers and George Finley Childers, are found in the Oregon Childers history. A daughter, Lucy J. was born to Robert and Mary Jane in 1862.On 25 September 1881, she married William Henry Jeffries, son of William Jackson and Lucretia Jeffries. He was born in 1858 and died 1 December 1881. Lucy was struck by lightning while washing windows and died in late December 1881 or in 1882. A third daughter, Ida Bell Childers, was born to Robert and Mary Jane 1 July 1863. She lived most of her married life at Allerton, Iowa, but died at Des Moines, IA 8 February 1943. She married Cashius Pickney Merritt at Davis City, IA 10 August 1884. He died at Allerton 9 December 1936. They had six children. Ethel Lucy Merritt was born 17 July 1885 at Davis City, married dark H. Puckett 30 August 1907 at Portal, North Dakota, and lived in Canada, where she died 20 March 1967 at Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dwight Leo Merritt was born 4 January 1887 Davis City, and died in 1937. He married Ada Ruth Morton in June 1909. George Herman Merritt was born December 1, 1890 at Davis City, died 16 October 1969 Clearwater, Florida. He married twice, first to Ruth Lake in Bloomington, Illinois, and then in Washington, D.C. to Mary Evans. William Floyd Merritt, born 4 March 1892 at Davis City, married Ina Belle Kimple January 22, 1914 at Alterton. She died 1 August 1921. He married Edith Wilson McGahey 16 July 1924 at Chillicothe, Missouri. They lived at Osage, Iowa. Helena Hazel Merritt, born 29 July 1895 was married in 1916 to Walter Lee Parks and lived at Des Moines, IA. Clarence Childers Merritt, youngest child of Cash and Bell, was born 27 July 1897. He died 1964 at Centerville, Iowa. His first wife was Miriam Priest, and his second wife, whom he married in 1947, was Lucille Hendershatt. The tenth child of Robert and Sally Childers was Martha A., whose story will be found in the Oregon segment. John A. Childers was born 1838 to Robert and Sally in Scotland County. The twelfth child of Robert and Sally was George W., who was born in 1841. He was living in Union County, Oregon in 1870. Katherine Jane, called Kitty, was the youngest child of Robert and Sally. Born May 1842 in Scotland County, she lived her life there, and died 1906. She married Joseph Leonard Barker, 22 November 1863. He was the son of Thomas Holeman and Rebecca (Boegle) Barker and was born 18 January 1844 or 1845 in Grant County, Kentucky. He died 12 June 1917 and is buried with Kitty in the Bible Grove Cemetery. They had eight children, one of whom apparently died in infancy. Robert Thomas Barker, born 26 December 1864, died 31 August 1866. Ermina V. Barker, born 1866, died 1883. Both are buried at Barker Cemetery in Scotland County. Demus Gale "Dick" Barker was born 10 April 1870 in Scotland County and died 3 March 1960 at Warsaw, IL. He married 27 November 1898 in Hancock County, IL to Ruth Eileen Thompson. His second wife was Katherine, surname unknown. Henrietta, fourth child of Joseph and Kitty Barker, was born 9 November 1872 and named for a cousin Henrietta, whose birthday was the same day. She married Thomas Albertus Dye in Scotland County, 20 June 1892. She died 13 November 1942 and is buried at Bible Grove Cemetery. Sarah N. Barker was born in 1875 and died 1947. She married twice, first to George M. Evans, second to Riley Meeks. Melinda Jane, the youngest daughter of Joseph and Kitty Barker, was unmarried. John William Barker, born 21 October 1885, died 21 June 1970. His wife was Eva Myrtle Palmer, who was born 22 June 1886. He is buried at Bible Grove Cemetery. Joseph Childers, son of Robert and Nancy (Pryor) Childers was born in Virginia circa 1780 to 1785. In Kentucky, he married Mary J. "Polly" Landrum, daughter of John and Mary (Collins) Landrum and sister to Sally who married Joseph's brother Robert. When the mother died, circa 1820, Polly and Joseph became guardians of her two younger brothers. About 1829 they were granted leave from the Williamstown Baptist Church in Grant County, Kentucky and went to Marion County, Indiana, then to dark County, Missouri. Polly's brothers had reached adulthood by this time and returned to Kentucky. Joseph died of cholera on a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1833 and is buried at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Joseph was a soldier in the War of 1812. Joseph and Polly were parents of six children. John Pryor Childers was born 1816 in Pendleton County, KY and married Eliza Jane Chinn 1836 in Marion County, Indiana. Their children were John R., Mary E., Julia A., Eliza J., James Prior, C. F. a son, Robert G., Sadie A., Catherine C. and Maggie. Sarah Allen was born 1813 in Pendleton County, and died January 1, 1895 at Hood River, Oregon. She married William Buskirk, son of Lawrence and Mary Ann (Norton) Buskirk, in Adams County, Illinois 22 July 1840. William was born 1 April 1820 in Pendleton County and died February 18, 1901 at Hood River. He was a farmer. They had eight children. William Henry was born 1842 in dark County, Missouri and died 1925 in Oregon. He was unmarried. John Pryor Buskirk was born 1843 in Dark County, and died in 1922. His wife was Ann Vertries, whom he married December 23, 1875 in Lewis County, Missouri. Two children died in infancy. Two, Lewis Stephen "Lee" and Stella Mae, lived to adulthood. George Washington Buskirk was born 1845 in Dark County and died, unmarried, 1866 of cholera in Little Rock, Arkansas. Stephen Oliver Buskirk was born 30 May 1849 in dark County, Missouri and died 21 December 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He married Mary "Dixie" LeFavre who was born 4 September 1861 in Canada and died 9 February 1893 at St. Joseph, MO. James Robert Buskirk, 1847-1926, married Sarah A. Walker in dark CO. 7 April 1878. Mary Catherine, called "Kate", was born in 1856 and married William H. Arnold. Martha Ann, called "Mattie", was born in dark Co. 1858 and died at Portland, OR 1948. She married Audubon Winans 1884 in Lewis County, Missouri. Peter A., born 1860 died about 1863. The second known son of Joseph and Polly Childers is Robert Lyon Childers, born 8 November 1821 Grant County, KY. He married Mary Macanna in dark County, MO 2 May 1844, and is thought to have lived in Knox County, MO. They had seven known children but only of Joseph, born October 1855, is a spouse known. He married Addie Windsor, who was born December 1865 in Ohio. Other children of Robert and Mary Childers were Mary E. born 1845, Martha J. born 1847, Sarah A. born 1849, Ann E. born 1852, Orpha L. born 1858 and John Mason born 3 June 1860 at Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. He was a doctor. He married Mary Elizabeth Farance 23 December 1883. He died September 1927 at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon. Oliver Perry Childers was born 1824 to Joseph and Polly Childers in Grant County, KY. He married his first wife, Catherine Sickles, 3 December 1850. She was born 1825 in New York and died 1869 in Missouri, and was daughter of Daniel and Catherine Sickles. After her death, Oliver Perry Childers married Malinda, surname unknown. A son of Oliver Perry and Catherine wit's George Guy, born 14 March 1853 or 5, who married Cordelia T. Wood 27 December 1880. Cordelia, 1865 - 1915 was the daughter Richard Julian and Sarah M. (McKee) Wood. The children of G. Guy and Cordelia were John Julian, Lapsley McKee and George G. Childers. Other sons of Oliver Perry and Catherine Childers were Albert D. born 1857 and Francis E. born 1859, both born in dark County, Missouri. Martha Ann, daughter of Joseph and Polly Childers was born in Marion County, Indiana in 1832. She married John M. Eakin in dark County, Missouri 6 February 1351. They had two children, Joanna and William M. Eakin. John M. Eakin died February 1859 in Dark County. A son of Joseph and Polly, Joseph Jackson Childers, is thought to have died 1834 in Dark County. Sarah Childers, daughter of Robert and Nancy (Pryor) Childers was born 1786 in Virginia, although some census records list her as born in Kentucky. Her parents did not move to Kentucky until about 1792. She married James J. Thomas, son of Thomas Thomas and wife, thought to be Susan Woodlief, 21 March 1805 in Pendleton County, KY. They moved to Adams County, Illinois about 1830 and to Cass County, Missouri by 1860. James Thomas was born 1778 in Virginia. His and Sally's death dates are unknown at this time, as are some of the names of their children. Their oldest child, Thomas Thomas, Jr. was born 1806 in Pendleton County, KY. He married Joana C. Masterson 6 February 1828 in Grant County, KY. After her death, he married Nancy S. (McCutcheon) Simpson, widow of George Simpson. Their children were Elizabeth who married F. F. Freeman, Sarah F. who married Samuel M. Simpson, Mary A. who married William Dores, James M., Zarelda J. who married James W. Gregg, Jorena, Nancy J. who married Mike Jordan, Ann Margaret who married John A. Tyler, nephew of O.T. Tyler of Texas, and America E. They lived in Cass County. Robert Thomas, son of James and Sally (Childers) Thomas, was born 27 August 1807 at Williamstown, then in Pendleton County, Kentucky. He died 2 March 1888 at Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. He married Rebecca Thompson at Payson, Adams County, Illinois 6 May 1830. Rebecca was born 16 April 1814 at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois and died 22 April 1888 at Carthage, IL. Their children, all born in Adams County, IL, were Melvina Jane who married James Guthrie Johnson, Melissa, William J. who married Susan C. Yates and was killed in the Civil War, Mary E. who married J. C. Yates, Robert M. and wife Sarah, Hellen E. who married Wilbur F. Wilcox, Charles M. and wife Mary, and George W. Joseph Thomas, son of Sally and James Thomas, was married December 1829 in Adams Co., IL to Martha Buskirk, daughter of Lewis Buskirk and his second wife, Sarah Berry Doughty or Doty. Their children were Sarah A., John L., Andrew J., James H., Nancy J., William S., Catherine P., Joseph, Stephen O., and Charles R., all of who were born in Illinois. William Pressley Thomas, son of Sally and James, was married in Grant County, KY 16 January 1831 to June Lockhart. He died circa 1840 in Lewis County, Missouri. Their children were James H., Mary Jane and Pressley Ann Thomas. Rebecca E. Thomas who married Willis Banks 10 March 1830 in Grant County, KY is also thought to be a daughter of Sally and James Thomas. John J. Thomas, blacksmith, who had wife Priscilla and sons John W. and Jefferson, may be a son of Sally and James Thomas. They may also be parents of James Thomas (Jr.) who resided in Adams Co., IL circa 1840. James P. Childers, youngest child of Robert and Nancy (Pryor) Childers, was born 1805 Pendleton County, Kentucky. He married his cousin, Susannah Huffman, daughter of William and Sarah (Childers) Huffman, 14 April 1825 Grant County, KY. Susannah was born 1808 in KY and died 10 December 1872 Franklin County, Missouri. Not all children of James P. and Susannah are known. Mahala at age 14 on 13 February 1840 married James Anderson and died soon after, He married Sarah E. Ferguson and had eight children by 1850. A second daughter of James and Susannah was Clarissa Jane, born 1829 Grant County, KY and married 18 February 1847 Franklin County, MO to Clayton Blackwell. Sarah born 1830, James born 1832, Henry born 1843 and Thomas born 1846 are the other known children. After Susannah's death, James P. Childers married Elizabeth (Jamieson) Smith Rhodus, widow of John Rhodus. She died 12 July 1903. James P. served in both the Mexican War and the Civil War, and died 28 January 1882 Franklin County, MO. William Pryor Childress, nephew o£ Robert Childers, Jr., accompanied his uncle Robert to Scotland County, Missouri to settle and take up fanning. William Pryor Childress was the son of John P. and Catherine (Ament) Childress and was born in Pendleton Co., KY 13 October 1817. He died 24 September 1891 in Scotland County and is buried at the Campground Cemetery. He married in Scotland County, 2 February 1845 to Melissa Justice, daughter of Solomon and Dorothy Justice. Melissa was born 6 February 1820 near Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, and died 1 May 1903 in Scotland Co., MO. Children of William Pryor and Melissa Childless were John S. born 9 November 1845 and died 22 March, 1849 in Scotland County, Melissa J. born 1846 who married 27 January 1870 to William E. Greene in Scotland County, William P. Jr. born 6 August 1849 and died 28 December 1849 in Scotland County. A second daughter, Henrietta E., was born to William P. and Melissa Childress, 9 November 1850 and died 11 September 1901 in Scotland County, MO. She married 28 December 1873 to William Duncan Briggs, who was born 3 May 1845 in Illinois and died 20 December 1937 Scotland County, MO. Their children were Thomas Hubbard Laura, Bessie, and Artie Acton who married Wallace C. Perry, Mamie, Annie M. Benjamin, Sadie F., and William Pryor Briggs. John W. Childress born 1852 or 3 to William Pryor and Melissa Childress, died 8 July 1919 in Fresno County, California. He married twice to Lucy Priscilla Dollarhide, 3 October 1878 in Merced, California, and after a divorce in Scotland County, MO 15 February 1890, they were married 26 October 1890 in Scotland County. They had four or more children, including William M. born 1879 and Joe born circa 1894. Lucy (Dollarhide) Childress died 24 October 1926 at Fresno County, CA. Other children of William P. and Melissa Childress were Minerva, born 25 December 1855, married C. C. Fogle 20 November 1870 Scotland Co.; Sarah born 1853; Cicero A. born October 1861, married in Scotland Co. 4 November 1.885 to Lula Carter and moved to Yakima, Washington in 1905; Edwin born 26 December 1866, died 21 March 1869 in Scotland Co.; Daisy born 1869; Alice C. born February 1871, married William M. Smiley 24 November 1886 Scotland Co, and Grace E. born February 1874, married J. E. Kincheloe of Liberty, Missouri 27 February 1907. Henry Thomas Childress, son of John P. and Catherine (Ament) Childress, was born 26 June 1823 in KY, died 5 August 1902 Scotland Co., MO and is buried at Dover Church Cemetery. He married Alcinda Smoot, daughter of John and Sarah Smoot, 14 December 1848 in Scotland County, MO. Alcinda was born 3 July 1823 in Virginia and died 4 March 1894 Scotland Co. Their children were Helen born 1349; John born 1850; Oscar born 1853; Catherine Alice born 1857 and died 1936, married William Albert Howard 1 February 1883 Scotland Co., MO and moved to Montana and Canada; Josiah born 1858 and died 23 July 1881 Scotland Co, MO; Harvey W. born October 1860, married Lucinda Prough 26 June 1890 Scotland Co., MO; Fannie D. born June 1861 died 10 March 1862; William M. born February 1864 or 5, died 9 October 1936, and married Ayra W. Priest 24 December 1889 Scotland County; James born 5 July 1867 and Minnie born August 1869. William M. and Ayra W. (Priest) Childress, who was the daughter of John M. and Rhoda (Downing) Priest and was born 7 November 1868 in Missouri and died 10 August 1932, had seven children. Violet Katherine and Warren Priest Childress were twins born 18 March 1891. Violet married Omar L. Cain, son of Armstead and Martha Washington (Whalen) Cain, 22 January 1911 Scotland Co., and died in St. Maries, Idaho 2 Feb. 1925. Warren Priest Childress married Nellie Clair Waide 6 December 1917 and Lived at Downing, MO where he died 6 April 1968. Their children were Warren Priest Jr. who married Bina Lou Jackson; Jewell Emogene who married L. W. Page; William Forest, Wilfred Leroy and Mary Nell. Other children of William M. and Ayra Childress were Ruthe B. born August 1893, William Milton born October 1895, Rhoda C. born March 1898, Helen and June, who married 31 October 1923 in St. Maries, ID to Jesse Franklin Easterday. John Milton Childress, son of John P. and Catherine (Ament) Childress, married Nancy Conyers 1 September 1839, Waterloo, Missouri. John M. Childress was born in KY 18 January 1816 and died at Canton, Lewis County, Missouri 15 March 1866. He is buried at the Wyaconda Baptist Church Cemetery near Canton. Nancy Conyers was born 12 April 1823 in KY and died 29 September 1860 at Fairmount, Missouri. John M. Childers remarried 23 May 1861 to Elizabeth Cooper at Wyaconda, Missouri. Newton, son of John M. and Nancy Childress, was born 2 November 1840 at Waterloo, Dark Co., MO, and died 31 January 1935 at Canton, Lewis Co., MO. He married twice, first to Mary A. Suter 1 November 1860 and secondly to Sarah E. Scott 5 July 1866. Sarah was born 6 March 1843 and died 21 September 1901. Newton served in the Civil War under Sterling Price. Newton's children were: Clarence C. born 19 June 1869, Florence born 1871, Eugene born 31 July 1881, Cora called "Cosie", and Clay. Edna Childress, born 3 March 1842, was the second child of John M. and Nancy Childress She married Abner Phillips 30 November 1862 in Clark Co., MO. Third child was Sarah Katherine, named for her two grandmothers and born 8 February 1844 MO, died 4 April 1897 Deloit, Iowa. She married in Clark Co., MO 13 July 1861 to James T. Turner. Robert Harvey Childress, son of John M. and Nancy, was named for a deceased paternal uncle. He was born 2 September 1846 in Clark Co., MO, and married at Vail, Iowa to Sarah L. Botts, daughter of Ben and Martha (Lincoln) Botts. He lived in Crawford County, IA. Nancy Ann, daughter of John M. and Nancy Childress, was named for her mother and a paternal aunt. She was born 10 September 1848 in Clark Co., MO, and died 7 May 1924. She married George Armour 12 November 1871, and after he died she married James T. Turner 21 December 1897. George Armour died 2 September 1889 and James Turner died 1907. Nancy had ten children. John Milton Childress, Jr. was born 16 June 1850 in MO and died 26 July 1931 at Deloit, Crawford County, IA. He married 5 October 1874 in Lewis County, MO to Charlotte E. Botts, daughter of Ben and Martha (Lincoln) Botts and sister to Sarah. Their children were Charles Tilden born 1876, Martha Conyers born 1879, Amy Blanche, Harry Milton born 1882, Elsie Mabel, Robert Harvey born 1886, Josephine and Charlotte Lois. James Fenly, son of John M. and Nancy Childress, was born 12 June 1852 and died 8 September 1919. tie married 25 October 1875 to Mary A. Stephens, daughter of James C. and Margaret F. (Ellis) Stephens. Mary was born 1854 at LaGrange, Lewis Co., MO, and died 4 March 1939 at Canton, Lewis Co., MO. They had two daughters and a son. Lillie May, born 18 February 1879 Lewis Co., MO, died 21 July 1970, Quincy, Adams Co., IL, and married Clarence H. Smith 18 January 1900. Lena Belle married Homer Zowell. The son died in infancy. The four youngest children of John M. and Nancy (Conyers) Childress were Mary born 4 December 1854, died 10 December 1854; William Pryor born 2 December 1855, died 30 March 1856; Victoria born 10 May 1857, died 7 July 1864, and Clay born 2 February 1860 dark Co., MO, moved to Oakland, California. Jeremiah Harmon Childress, son of John P. and Catherine (Ament) Childress, was born 10 March 1827 Pendleton County, KY and died 8 December 1908 Scotland Co., MO. In Scotland Co., 22 February 1854, he married Mary Ann Fetters, born November 1835 or 6, Starke County, Ohio, daughter of Jacob Fetters. Their oldest child, John Jacob Childress, was born 1855 in Missouri. Twins, Napoleon and Catherine were born January 1858. Napoleon died young or unmarried. Catherine married a man surnamed Mayfield and was a widow in 1900. William Thomas Childress was born1859 or 60 and died 1889. He was a minister and had one son, Earl. Louisa B. Childress, daughter of Harmon and Mary Ann Childress, was born 30 June 1862, died 4 April 1900, and married in Scotland Co., MO to Samuel B. Harris 5 October 1885. He was born 19 August 1856 and died 4 May 1926 in Scotland Co. They had six children. Alice, daughter of Harmon and Mary Ann Childress, was born 1864. Jeremiah, called "Bud" was born 30 December 1866 and died 25 June 1955. He married 1895 in Kansas to Louise (Anstatt) Baker, a widow. They had one son, Lloyd Emerson Childress, called "Jack", born 24 June 1902 Scotland Co., MO, and died there 18 May 1973. His wife was Eyvonne Fryrear. They are parents of Harold Childress of Memphis. The youngest children of Harmon and Mary Ann Childress were James born February 1869 and died 18 February 1904; Nora born 1871 died young; Caleb born 16 June 1876 died the next day; and Joshua, called "Lump," had a wife named Bertha. Oldest child of John and Catherine was Elizabeth S. Childers, born 6 June 1811, KY. Her first husband was James H. Gunnell whom she married 14 February 1834 in Pendleton County, and by whom she had one son, W. H. Gunnell! born 1834. She was divorced 3 October 1844. Her second husband was Jacob Fetters, whom she married 2 June 1848 in Scotland County, Missouri. They had a daughter, Liza Fetters, who married James F. Myers. Jacob Fetters died 16 July 1850. Elizabeth married Martin Thompson 4 June 1876 in Scotland County, MO. She died 13 October 1899. Robert Harvey, oldest son of John P. Childers, was born 28 July 1814 in KY and died 24 December 1838 at La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri. Silas Childers, son of Harmon and Sally (DeHart) Childers and grandson of Robert and Nancy (Pryor) Childers, was born in Grant County, Kentucky and moved to Clinton County, Missouri and then to Buchannan County, Missouri. His wife was Vina or Vanna, surname unknown. Their two oldest children, Perry born 1845 and William born 1848, were born in Kentucky. Sally was born in 1850. Those born in Missouri were Woodford born 1853, Esra born 1855, Newton born 1859, Benjamin born 1862, Mattie born 1867 and Ana born 1868.
Descendants of Joseph Childers of Virginia Squire Perry Childers, son of Joseph H. and Mary (McClone) Childers was born 19 August 1834 in Adams County, Illinois and died 13 October 1914 in Scotland Co., MO. The father of Joseph H. Childers is thought to be a cousin of Robert Childers, Sr. of Virginia and Kentucky, who married Nancy Pryor, but this is not documented at this time. Squire Perry Childers married twice. He and Nancy Minerva Gunn were married in Scotland County 1 January 1865. After she died, he married Mary Jane Johnston. She was born 9 March 1852. in Canada and died 17 March 1913. Children of Minerva were Claudia born 1865, died 6 May 1876; Joseph A. born January 1868, died 1941 and had wife Sallie; Millie Minerva born January 1870, died 1943, married William Suter 3 October 1887 Scotland Co., MO. Children by Mary were Nellie Lee born January 1881, died 1965, married William A. Forrester; Blanche born 18 August 1883 died 9 December 1884 Scotland Co.; Hugh Perry born Nov. 1885, died 1974, married Amy McClamroch; and Robert Ernest born 21 January 1888, died 10 April 1977 Scotland Co., MO, married 1 Nov. 1915 at Kahokia, MO to Edna Matlick. Richard Childers, son of Joseph and Mary (Hicks or Hix) Childers, was born 3 October 1818 in Virginia, and died 17 March 1890 at Unionville, Putman County, Missouri. He, too, is thought to be a cousin of Robert Childers, Sr. of Virginia and Kentucky. Richard's first wife was Elizabeth Patrick, whom he married 28 January 1838 in Decatur County, Indiana. Their sons Robert P. and Benjamin, born 1839 and 1841 respectively, died young. Mary E. born 7 July (843, married Lewis Bradshaw 25 July I860. Henry Hudson, born 28 May 1847 Decatur Co, IN, died 27 January 1892 at Lemons, Missouri. He was a Union Army veteran. He married Lydia Black 9 January 1867. Richard Childers took as his second wife Elizabeth Black, born 1 September 1831 Shelby County, Kentucky and died 21 February 1907 at Unionville, Putman County, MO. Their children were Rebecca J. born 4 August 1854; twins Andrew and Amy born 17 November 1856 and may have died young; Sarah A. born 1858 married Joe Smith; William Oliver Terrel born 1861 at Unionville, died at Torrington, Wyoming, married March 1883 at lemons, MO to Angelina McNaab. James Wesley was born 22 March 1863 at Unionville, died 8 August 1940 at Lemons, and married Mary Etta Cutting 22 March 1894. Joseph Warren Childers born 6 October 1865, Richard Childers born 1868 at Unionville, and Calvin Bentley Childers born 23 October 1873 at Unionville complete the family. Calvin Bentley was named after the Reverend Calvin Bentley who was Richard Childers' brother-in-law. Calvin Bentley Childers married Cecelia Calkin 1896 at Green City, Missouri and died 1958 at Bentonville, Arkansas. Calvin Bentley and Cecelia are parents of Virgil Childers who lived at Granger, Washington. William Meredith Childers, son of Joseph and Mary (Hicks or Hix) Childers, was born about 1824 in Kentucky. He died 9 December 1895 in Missouri. Me married 12 October 1843 in Ripley County, Indiana to Elizabeth Verguson, daughter of Jesse and Melinda Verguson. Elizabeth was born about 1825 in Ripley County and died 5 November 1909 in Missouri. Their children were: Reuben O. (born 1847 in IN), John, Marietta, and Eliza Jane, who married Thomas Kerr and moved to The Dalles, OR by covered wagon. When one of the horses died after leaving Idaho, they had to use the milk cow in harness to help pull the wagon and finish the trip. Other children of William Meredith and Elizabeth Childers were William Martillis, Meredith, and Silas born 25 November 1844 in Decatur Co. Silas was a veteran of the Civil War. He married Mary E. Hiney 21 January 1866 at Unionville, MO. References for the Missouri information: Research of Eugene Dodge, Lorlei K. Metke, Terry England, Shirley Binkowski, Jan Wilbur, Jane Kemer, Pat Muncy, June Dye Kline, Harold Childress, Edith Daniels, Betty Jean Pfeifer, Michael Neil, Carolyn Altenheimer, Victor Childers, Arthur A. Childers, Jeanatta Nelson, Virginia Zeboski, Donna Maxine Gilman. Missouri and Kentucky census. The Journal Of Elder William Conrad, Pioneer Preacher , edited by Lloyd W. Franks, in Margaret I. King Library, Lexington, Kentucky. Grant County Kentucky and Scotland County Missouri land deeds. Vital records of Pendleton and Grant Counties Kentucky, Adams County Illinois And Scotland County, Missouri. Doster, Ella. “The Childers Story.” Scotland County cemetery records. Bibles of John Milton Childers and Joseph Henry Childers.
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