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Charles Lewis CHILDERS

Charles Lewis CHILDERS

Male 1883 - 1963  (80 years)

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  • Name Charles Lewis CHILDERS 
    Born 23 Sep 1883  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1918  [3] 
    farming for J. S. Meek at Avon 
    Residence 1918  Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • As a boarder, marital status widowed, in the home of James S. Meek.
    Census 1950  Webley Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Head of household with sons George, Lewis Jr, and Eugene. Marital status separated.
    Occupation farmer  [6] 
    Occupation 1950  [5] 
    farm hand 
    Residence Wythe Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 17 Oct 1963  Speedwell, Wythe Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6] 
    • "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 246, incorrectly reports death location as Doddridge County. He is identified in his Virginia death record, and in most other records, by his middle name Lewis. The name on his headstone is C. Lewis Childers.
    Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I20628  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

    Father Frank CHILDERS,   b. CA 1862,   d. Bef 1900  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Mother Ida Bird DAVIS,   b. 14 Apr 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1927, Ocean Mines, Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F20538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bertha Gay SUTTON,   b. 20 Mar 1894,   d. 30 Dec 1913, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years) 
    Married 3 Nov 1912  [2] 
    Family ID F20540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Delphia Dae DAVIS,   b. 4 Sep 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1965, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 23 Mar 1920  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Divorced Y  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. George Franklin "Frank" CHILDERS,   b. 26 Sep 1920, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 2005, Radford, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Lewis Junior "Junior" CHILDERS,   b. 28 Oct 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 2005, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +3. Delphia Adaline "Addie" CHILDERS,   b. 24 Jul 1925, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 2001  (Age 75 years)
     4. Vernon (Vernard) Guy "Peanut" CHILDERS,   b. 21 Aug 1928, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1995, Durham, Durham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     5. Worthington Eugene "Gene" CHILDERS,   b. 3 May 1934, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 2010  (Age 76 years)
     6. Paul Gerald CHILDERS,   b. 10 Feb 1937, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1937, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F7599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 246.

    3. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S310] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    6. [S56] Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 10-388 http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796113&Type=Marriage.

    10. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.