Henry Childers b. 4 May 1811 KY d. 25 Dec 1856 Franklin Co., MO: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Henry Childers

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  • Name Henry Childers  [1, 2] 
    Birth 4 May 1811  KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • #787 Listed with wife Sarah and 7 children, plus 4 Adams children
    USR1 Pneumonia 
    Death 25 Dec 1856  Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • Date from tombstone
    Burial Beaufort, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • Adams-Butler Cemetery, Lyons Twp.
    Person ID I1378  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2022 

    Father Capt. Thomas Goolsby Childers,   b. 3 Jan 1782, Greenbrier Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1856, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary “Polly” Richardson,   b. 20 Oct 1784, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1855, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1799  Madison Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Copy of marriage record held by Lucille Adams Smith
    Notes 
    • By Reverend Benjamin Coleman, Order Book 1773-1782 p.511 [1]
    Family ID F1118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Maupin,   b. 10 Nov 1810, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1846, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1831  Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Record, Franklin Co. Court House
    Children 
     1. Elijah Childers,   b. Abt 1833, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1905, Callaway Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     2. Nancy Theresa Childers,   b. 3 Feb 1835, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1913, Maplewood, St. Louis Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Thomas Goolsby Childers,   b. Abt 1837, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1863 (Age ~ 26 years)
     4. Mary Ann Childers,   b. 15 Sep 1837, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1870, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     5. Martha J. Childers,   b. 7 Apr 1839, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1900, Lelia Lake, Donley Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     6. John Childers,   b. Abt 1843, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1859, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 15 years)
    Family ID F990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Oct 1999 

    Family 2 Sarah Mitchell,   b. 1810, Green Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1868, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1847  Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Record, Franklin Co. Court House
    Children 
     1. Johanna Childers,   b. Abt 1850, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Melissa Childers,   b. Abt 1852, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. George Henry Childers,   b. May 1855, Beaufort, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1911, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
     4. Naomi Childers,   b. Abt 1857, Franklin Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2002 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Nov 1831 - Franklin Co., MO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Nov 1847 - Franklin Co., MO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Franklin Co., MO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 1856 - Franklin Co., MO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Beaufort, Franklin Co., MO Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • OBITUARY: THE MILLENNIAL HARBINGER, Bethany, Va, May 1857, Vol. VII, No. V, Page 299.
      Died on Thursday morning, Dec. 25, 1866 (sic), at his residence in Franklin Co., Mo., in the 45th year of his age, of Pneumonia, Henry Childers, for 25 years a consistent member of the Christian Church. He retained to within a few hours of his death his full vigor of mind, and expressed entire resignation and confidence in the Redeemer. (Sent in by E.R.C.). NOTE: The notice had the death year listed as 1866, but the date on the paper was May 1857. Henry actually died Dec. 25, 1856.

      Henry Childers, son of Thomas G. & Mary Richardson Childers. Married first to his cousin Elizabeth Maupin, the daughter of John Maupin and Elizabeth Richardson. 

      Married second to Sarah Mitchell Adams, the widow of Elijah Adams, Jr. Henry was the father of six children with his first wife, and the father of four more children with his second wife.

      Probate document from Franklin Co. Probate Court, Union, MO:
      Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned heirs of Henry Childers, deceased, do consent and agree to the selling off of one hundred and twenty acres of land belonging to said estate containing the Mansion House and all other improvements connected with the same, lying, on the said one hundred and twenty acres being as we believe equal to one-third of the real estate of said deceased. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seal this March 11, 1859.

      E.R. (Elihu) Childers seal
      B.J. Valentine seal
      T.G. Childers seal
      Mary A. Childers seal
      Joseph A. Havenner seal
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      Probably arrived in Boone Township about 1830 (see Franklin Co., MO 1878 Atlas Map, (reprint). History of Townships, Boone Township, p. 14.

      The 1850 census shows four Adams children living with Henry and Sarah: William age 12, Robert age 11, Lucy age 9 and Susan S. age 7. (Also, children Joanna 11 mo, William Adams 12, Robert Adams 11, and Lucy Adams 9.

  • Sources 
    1. [S72] Lucille Adams Smith, Childers Research Records.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73520109/henry-childers.

    3. [S35] Cemeteries of Missouri.


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