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Robert Henry "Lee" CHILDERS

Robert Henry "Lee" CHILDERS

Male 1906 - 1973  (67 years)


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  • Name Robert Henry "Lee" CHILDERS  [1]
    Birth 7 Mar 1906  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Birth date given in marriage record as Mar 7 1907. But his Social Security record and WW II draft registration card show it as Mar 7 1906, and the date on his headstone is also 1906. We have found no birth record for him.
    Gender Male
    Census 1920  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929  Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1940  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    WPA laborer 
    Residence 1964  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 26 May 1973  Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Burial Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I52793  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2020

    Father Frank CHILDERS,   b. CA 1884, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1957 (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Ruth Anna "Annie" MCCUNE,   b. 15 Feb 1889, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1964, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F21788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jettie SADLER,   b. 29 Oct 1906, Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1970, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [1, 9]
    Marriage 22 Jul 1929  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Edward CHILDERS,   b. 22 Jun 1930, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1991 (Age 61 years)
    >2. Fred Allen CHILDERS,   b. 23 Oct 1934, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 2015, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +3. Wilma Lee CHILDERS,   b. 8 Jun 1940, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 2003 (Age 62 years)
    Documents
    52793_LeeChilders_JettieSadler_MarriageRecord_22Jul1929.jpg    		52793_LeeChilders_JettieSadler_MarriageRecord_22Jul1929.jpg
    Family ID F21787  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1671] Death record of mother.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    8. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    9. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    10. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 251.
      Identified as Lee Childers, 23, b. Mar 7 1907 in Doddridge Co, res. Industrial (Harrison Co), son of Frank & Anna (McCune) Childers; and Jettie Sadler, 23, b. Oct 29 1906 in Doddridge Co, res. Salem, dau of Alpha & Rachel (Thompson) Sadler. Married Jul 22 1929 in Salem.