Capt. Thomas Goolsby Childers
1782 - 1856 (74 years)-
Name Thomas Goolsby Childers [1, 2] Prefix Capt. Birth 3 Jan 1782 Greenbrier Co., WV [3] Gender Male PURC 7 Sep 1838 Franklin Co., MO - Cert No 5483 NE qtr, SE qtr Sec 21, Twp 42, R2W, 40 acres
Census 1850 Franklin Co., MO - #788 Listed age 69, with Mary age 60
MILF Y USR1 Pneumonia Death 21 Dec 1856 Franklin Co., MO Burial Beaufort, Franklin Co., MO - Adams-Butler Cemetery
Person ID I1559 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 29 Sep 2020
Family Mary “Polly” Richardson, b. 20 Oct 1784, VA d. 20 Sep 1855, Franklin Co., MO (Age 70 years) Marriage 3 Dec 1799 Madison Co., KY [3] - Copy of marriage record held by Lucille Adams Smith
Notes - By Reverend Benjamin Coleman, Order Book 1773-1782 p.511 [3]
Children 1. Childers, b. Abt 1800 2. Daniel R. Childers, b. Abt 1804, KY d. 1847, Gasconade Co., MO (Age ~ 43 years) 3. Susannah Childers, b. Abt 1807, MO 4. Sarah Childers, b. 1805, KY d. Between 1850-1860, Franklin Co., MO (Age 55 years) 5. Nancy Childers, b. 1810 d. 1845, Franklin Co., MO (Age 35 years) 6. Henry Childers, b. 4 May 1811, KY d. 25 Dec 1856, Franklin Co., MO (Age 45 years) 7. Milton R. Childers, b. Abt 1813 d. 1860, Marion Co., IL (Age ~ 47 years) 8. Mary “Polly” Childers, b. Abt 1814, KY d. Aft 1880, Gasconade Co., MO (Age ~ 67 years) 9. Benjamin P. Childers, b. Abt 1822, MO Family ID F1118 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Jan 2019
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Notes - May 1857, OBITUARY: THE MILLENNIAL HARBINGER, Bethany, Va, May 1857, Vol. VII, No. V, Page 299
Died on Sunday, Dec. 21, 1856, at the residence of his son, Henry Childers, in Franklin Co., Mo., in the 75th year of his age, Capt. Thos. G. Childers, a native of Greenbrier Co., Va., long a consistent member of the Christian Church. (Sent by E.R.C.)
Thomas Goolsby Childers, husband of Mary Richardson and father of Henry Childers. Thomas G. Childers died of pneumonia at his son, Henry Childers's home on December 21, 1856--four days before Henry died of pneumonia. His tombstone is believed to be one of the two blank bases next to Henry Childers. One of the original patent owners of Section 20, Township 43, Range 2 West.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74126757/thomas-goolsby-childers
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It has not been established if or how Thomas Goolsby is connected to the other Childers families. He could also be a son of Henry.
In Franklin Co. deed index there is entry for land sale from Thomas G. Childers to Henry Childers, and another entry for a sale to Phillip Miller. Yet another sale to Eli Valentine, who married daughter Nancy.
- May 1857, OBITUARY: THE MILLENNIAL HARBINGER, Bethany, Va, May 1857, Vol. VII, No. V, Page 299
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Sources - [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74126757/thomas-goolsby-childers.
- [S70] Lucille Adams Smith, Childers in MO.
- [S72] Lucille Adams Smith, Childers Research Records.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74126757/thomas-goolsby-childers.