WDC GenWeb - Benjamin Childress

WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Benjamin Childress


* Benjamin Childress I b. Hanover Co VA; d. abt 1783 Albemarle Co VA
     Lived at Joplin's Ford near Rockfish VA
  m. Eliza Joplin b. abt 1734 Rockfish, Louisa Co VA
        Fought in Revolutionary War
  *  Lucy Childress b. abt 1760
     m. Mar 10 1779 Charlottesville VA, Andrew Wright d. Nov 25 1816
  *  Benjamin Childress Jr
     b. Apr 3 1764 Albemarle Co VA
     d. Mar 25 1857 Esmont, Albemarle Co
        Ran away twice to join the army, his father brought him back home
        each time. Begining Oct 1780 he served for 2 months as a private in
        Capt. John Christian's Co. Summer 1781 was in Capt. John Lamphier's
        Co., Virginia service
     m. Ann Key Johnston Dec 22 1792 Fredericksburgh VA
        b. Dec 3 1770 Spottsylvania Co VA; d. Jan 28 1843 Esmont VA
     *  Dorothy Waller Childress b. May 28 1794
     *  Eliza Carr Childress b. Mar 7 1796
     *  John Waller Childress b. Oct 8 1797 d. Feb 23 1817
     *  Anne Buford Nancy Childress b. Dec 14 1799
     *  Agnes Carr Childress b. Sep 1 1801 d. Feb 6 1895
     *  Benjamin Waller Childress
        b. Jul 22 1804 Albemarle Co VA; d. Mar 31 1881 Amhurst Co VA
        m. Susan T Brown Dec 18 1832 Albemarle Co
           b. Oct 23 1813 Albemarle Co
        *  Millie B Childress b. Nov 7 1833 Albemarle Co VA
              Living in Albemarle Co 1884
        *  Lucy Ann Childress b. Feb 28 1835 Albemarle Co VA
              Living in Amhurst Co VA 1884
        *  Susan Eliza Childress
           b. Jan 14 1838 Albemarle Co VA; d. Apr 8 1866
        *  Aurelia A Childress b. Feb 28 1840 Albemarle Co VA; d. Dec 5 1864
        *  Martha Henry Childress b. Apr 17 1842 Albemarle Co VA
              Living in OH 1884
        *  Thomas Benjamin Childress b. Apr 23 1845
              Living in Amhurst Co VA 1884
        *  Willie P Childress b. Jul 17 1847 Albemarle Co VA
              Living in OH 1884
        *  Bettie L Childress b. May 15 1849 Albemarle Co VA
              Living in Amhurst Co VA 1884
        *  Waller D Childress b. Feb 16 1851 Amhurst Co VA; d. Jul 3 1855
        *  Franklin P Childress b. Oct 20 1852 Amhurst Co VA; d. Jun 23 1853
        *  Emory Bascom Childress b. Mar 10 1855 Amhurst Co VA
              Living in Amhurst Co 1884
     *  Henry Johnston Childress b. Oct 30 1806
     *  Sophronia J Childress b. Oct 14 1808
     *  Mildred Childress
     *  Robert Morrison Childress
        b. Nov 1 1811 Esmont VA; d. Dec 28 1890 Whitehall VA
        m. Lucy Ann Overton Minor May 23 1839
           b. Dec 25 1815 Spottsylvania Co VA; d. Feb 12 1856 Esmont VA
        *  Thomas Henry Childress
           b. May 4 1840 Esmont VA
           d. Sep 2 1926 Temperance Bridg, Fluvannah Co VA
           m. Mary Amanda Mollie Clarke Jan 8 1867
              b. May 11 1847 Whitehall VA; d. Jul 19 1926 Esmont VA
           *  three children birth dates unknown, d. bef Sep 2 1926
           *  two sons & three daughters, dates unknown
           *  Cliff Childress
              m. - -
              *  James Childress
           *  Benjamin David Childress
              b. Mar 4 1885 Esmont VA; d. Jun 3 1964 Ruckersville VA
              m. Nov 15 1911 Marvel L Frye b. Nov 23 1889 Marlboro MA
              *  Beverly Childress b. Nov 9 1916 Pittsburgh PA
                 m. Ferdinand Heim Diebold Nov 3 1941 Pittsburgh PA
                    b. Sep 3 1907
           *  Lula Childress
        *. Dorothy Minor Dolly Childress
           b. Jul 5 1842 Esmont VA; d. Apr 19 1916
           m. Feb 22 1868 William O Wingfield b. Apr 2 1836 d. Jan 22 1910
        *  John Waller Childress b. May 11 1844 Esmont VA
           m. Nov 6 1872 Fannie B Tompkins
        *  Dabney Lucien Childress b. Jul 29 1846 Esmont VA; d. Nov 10 1862
        *  Maria Emily Childress b. Aug 8 1848 Esmont VA; d. Nov 9 1892
           m. Charles D Clark Jan 8 1867
        *  Sallie Richard Childress
           b. Sep 5 1850 Albemarle Co VA
           d. Apr 10 1915 (Typhoid) Scottsville VA
           m. John Franklin Pierce Tyler Dec 10 1879 Albemarle Co
              b. Nov 3 1852 near Boyd's Tavern, Albemarle Co
              d. Jan 15 1941 Bremo Bluff VA
           Descendants of Sallie Childress and John Tyler
        *  Lucy Ida Childress b. Nov 15 1854 Esmont VA; d. Apr 23 1937
           m. Dec 13 1883 Peter Porter Turner b. Feb 27 1833 d. Nov 11 1899
           *  Sallie Agnes Turner
           *  Robert Henry Turner
           *  Lucy Isabelle Turner
              b. Sep 11 1886 Albemarle Co VA; d. Nov 23 1930 Hamburg PA
              m. Ross Linwood Bugg Sr Dec 7 1904
                 b. 1885 Howardsville VA; d. 1924 Albemarle Co VA
           *  Mary Frances Turner
           *  Dorothy Ada Turner
        2nd wife of Robert Morrison Childress:
        m. Ann Eliza Wyant Mar 17 1857
           b. abt 1821 d. Mar 6 1883 Albemarle Co VA
        *  Ella Frances Childress b. Dec 16 1857 VA; d. Jun 29 1897
           m. William D Maupin Nov 9 1881
           *  Mary Maupin
              m. Jarman Bowen
           *  Virdie Maupin
              m. Aubrey Magann
           *  Cornelia Maupin d. Oct 3 1976
              m. J T Ballard
           *  Agnes Maupin
              m. Mannis Bibb
           *  William D Maupin Jr
              m. Grace Clark
           *  Ann Eliza Maupin d. Apr 22 1892
        *  Benjamin David Childress
           b. Feb 22 1860 VA; d. Apr 5 1883 Hinton WV
              buried Mt. Moriah, Whitehall Co VA
  *  Royal Childress
  *  Samuel Childress b. abt 1765
     m. Nancy Hamner Mar 21 1811 Albemarle Co VA
     *  Jenny Childress
        m. Joseph Colver Oct 1 1789 Campbell Co VA


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