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John Wesley Childress 1866–1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 July 1866

Birth Location: Franklin County, Arkansas, USA

Death Date: 14 Aug 1925

Death Location: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA

Father: Thomas Sr

Mother: Sarah Childress

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Lawson Childress, Sallie Childress

John Wesley Childress was born in 1866 in Franklin County, Arkansas, USA, the child of Thomas Jefferson Childress Sr And Sarah Jane Childress. John Wesley Childress had children including Lawson Childress, Sallie Estella Childress. John Wesley Childress passed away in 1925 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • John Wesley Childress was born in 1866 in Franklin County, Arkansas, USA, the child of Thomas Jefferson Childress Sr And Sarah Jane Childress.
  • John Wesley Childress had children including Lawson Childress, Sallie Estella Childress.
  • John Wesley Childress passed away in 1925 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Childress's Ancestors

Self
John Childress
1866–1925
Birth Place: Franklin County, Arkansas, USA
Parents
Thomas Jefferson Childress Sr
1826–1900
Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, USA
Sarah (Jane) Childress
1842–1913
Perry County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Joel Childress
1798–1862
, Knox, Tennessee
Nancy (Dorcas) Clark
1805–1862
Virginia
Martha (Jane) Spurlock
1816–1850
Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
John IV
1777–1840
Mary Kirby
1775–1845
James II
1777–1807
Nancy Gray
1785–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Childress
1759–1849
Dorothea ➡️
1755–1840
Richard III
1748–1811
Sarah Small
1748–1826
Sampson Clark
1755–1778
Patsy Bell
1755–1813

John Childress's Descendants

1.
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John (Wesley) Childress (3 July 1866–14 Aug 1925)
  1. 1. Lawson Childress 1894–
  2. 2. Sallie (Estella) Childress 1907–
    1. 1. Mary (Francis) Hudson 1934–2014

John Childress's Timeline

2 Records

1866
3 July 1866
Birth of John Wesley Childress in Franklin County, Arkansas, USA
Franklin County, Arkansas, USA
1925
14 Aug 1925
Age 59
Death of John Wesley Childress in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 July 1866
    Event Place: Franklin County, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Aug 1925
    Event Place: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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