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James Harris Childress 1855–1946 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Apr 1855

Birth Location: Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 23 Oct 1946

Death Location: Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA

Father: John Sr

Mother: Annie Childress

Spouse(s): Carrie Childress

Children(s): Tennie Childress, James Childress, Kenney Childress, Alice Childress, Ethel Blocker, Evelyn Childress, Jessie Childress, Raymond Childress, Viola Childress, Bascom Childress, Lester Childress, Edward Childress, Mina Jackson, Rufus Childress

James Harris Childress was born in 1855 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA, the child of John Childress Sr And Annie Childress. James Harris Childress married Carrie Hanna Childress, and had children including Alice Childress, Bascom Bragg Childress, Edward Holland Childress, Ethel Mae Childress Blocker, Evelyn Childress, James Scotty Childress, Jessie Childress, Kenney Bell Childress, Lester Childress, Mina Lena Jackson, Raymond Harris Childress, Rufus B Childress, Tennie Patricia Bell Childress, Viola Childress. James Harris Childress passed away in 1946 in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • James Harris Childress was born in 1855 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA, the child of John Childress Sr And Annie Childress.
  • James Harris Childress married Carrie Hanna Childress, and had children including Alice Childress, Bascom Bragg Childress, Edward Holland Childress, Ethel Mae Childress Blocker, Evelyn Childress, James Scotty Childress, Jessie Childress, Kenney Bell Childress, Lester Childress, Mina Lena Jackson, Raymond Harris Childress, Rufus B Childress, Tennie Patricia Bell Childress, Viola Childress.
  • James Harris Childress passed away in 1946 in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Childress's Ancestors

Self
James Childress
1855–1946
Birth Place: Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
Parents
John Childress Sr
1821–1915
Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Annie Childress
1827–1908
Hall co., Georgia, USA
Grandparents
William (John) Childress
1804–1904
Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Jane Jordan
1801–
South Carolina
James (A) Jordan
1784–1870
North Carolina, USA
Anna ('Annie' Anderson) Jordan
1786–1870
Horry, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Jordan
1765–1802
Robert Anderson
1750–1803
Ann McCracken
1760–1830
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert McCracken
1727–1790

James Childress's Descendants

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James (Harris) Childress (2 Apr 1855–23 Oct 1946) m. Carrie (Hanna) Childress (8 Apr 1870–04 Jan 1942)
  1. 1. Tennie (Patricia Bell) Childress 1909–1970 m. Lee (Togo) Shaw 1905–1957
    1. 1. Charles (Peter) Shaw 1937–2010 m. Mary (Ann) Blake 1943–2004 m. Janet (Sue) Rybolt 1940–2014
    2. 2. Billy (M) Shaw 1931–2012
    3. 3. Betty (Jae) Shaw 1933–2013
    4. 4. Chester (Wilson Shaw) Jr 1929–1929
    5. 5. Jesse (Lee) Shaw 1928–2020
  2. 2. James (Scotty) Childress 1905–1973
  3. 3. Kenney (Bell) Childress 1909–1970
  4. 4. Alice Childress 1888–1970
  5. 5. Ethel (Mae Childress) Blocker 1896–1993
  6. 6. Evelyn Childress 1903–
  7. 7. Jessie Childress 1889–
  8. 8. Raymond (Harris) Childress 1912–1988
  9. 9. Viola Childress 1899–
  10. 10. Bascom (Bragg) Childress 1896–1958
  11. 11. Lester Childress 1901–
  12. 12. Edward (Holland) Childress 1896–1918
  13. 13. Mina (Lena) Jackson 1887–1974 m. Thomas ("1883" "T L" "TOM") Jackson 1883–1948
  14. 14. Rufus (B) Childress 1905–

James Childress's Timeline

4 Records

1855
2 Apr 1855
Birth of James Harris Childress in Forsyth, Georgia, United States
Forsyth, Georgia, United States
1855
2 Apr 1855
Birth of James Harris Childress in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
1861
09 Oct 1861
Age 6
Birth of James Harris Childress in Forsyth, Georgia, United States
Forsyth, Georgia, United States
1946
23 Oct 1946
Age 91
Death of James Harris Childress in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA
Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Apr 1855
    Event Place: Forsyth, Georgia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09 Oct 1861
    Event Place: Forsyth, Georgia, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Apr 1855
    Event Place: Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Oct 1946
    Event Place: Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA

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