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Joshua Childers Childress 1777 – 1856 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Aug 1777

Birth Location: Amhurst, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 6 Oct 1856

Death Location: Grant, Kentucky, United States

Father: Abraham Childers

Mother: Susannah Goolsby

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The story of Joshua Childers Childress ** began in 1777 in Amhurst, Virginia, United States. Joshua Childers Childress ** passed away in 1856 in Grant, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Joshua Childers Childress ** began in 1777 in Amhurst, Virginia, United States.
  • Joshua Childers Childress ** passed away in 1856 in Grant, Kentucky, United States.

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Joshua Childress's Ancestors

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Joshua Childress
1777 – 1856
Birth Place: Amhurst, Virginia, United States
Parents
Abraham "Henry" Childers
1729 – 1813
Buckingham, Amherst, Albemarle, Henrico, Virginia
Susannah Goolsby
1742 – 1810
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Henry Childress
1708 – 1761
Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Mary Farmer
1708 – 1803
Curles Plantation, Chesterfield, Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Colony of Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Henry Childers
1678 – 1727
Lucretia Jones\Childers
1688 – 1727
John Farmer
1688 – 1770
Susannah Cheatham
1692 – 1754
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Jones
1660 – 1689
Martha Tanner
1666 – 1729
Henry Farmer
1657 – 1734
Mary Clark
1666 – 1696

Joshua Childress's Timeline

2 Records

1777
29 Aug 1777
Birth of Joshua Childers Childress ** in Amhurst, Virginia, United States
Amhurst, Virginia, United States
1856
6 Oct 1856
Age 79
Death of Joshua Childers Childress ** in Grant, Kentucky, United States
Grant, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Aug 1777
    Event Place: Amhurst, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Oct 1856
    Event Place: Grant, Kentucky, United States

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