A Standard History of Oklahoma - Charles C. Childers - Vol.3, p. 987-988

As a public official Hon. Charles C. Childers has given most loyal and effective service both in Arkansas and Oklahoma, in which latter state he represented Garfield County in both the Fourth and Fifth General Assemblies of the Legislature. He is one of the broad-minded, appreciative, and progressive citizens of Oklahoma, is here the owner of valuable farm property and has identified himself most worthily with the industrial and civic affairs of the state. In addition to giving a general supervision to his own farm properties he has for several years past had charge of the farm connected with the Oklahoma State Home for the Feeble Minded, at Enid, in which thriving little city, the judicial center of Garfield County, he maintains his residence.

Charles Clarence Childers was born in Lawrence County, Arkansas, on the 1st of September 1872, and is a son of William and Clara (WELLS) Childers, the latter of whom died at the age of forty-two years. William Childers likewise was born and reared in Lawrence County, Arkansas, a representative of a sterling pioneer family of that state, and he was long one of the honored and influential citizens of Lawrence County, where he served as county treasurer and for two years in the dual office of sheriff and tax collector. In the Civil war he was a valiant soldier of the Confederacy, and in the command of Gen. Sterling PRICE he took part in numerous engagements, including the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He continued to reside in Lawrence County until his death, at the age of sixty-one years, and he passed away in 1907. His first wife, mother of the subject of this review, passed her entire life in Lawrence County, her parents having removed from their native State of Louisiana and become pioneer settlers in Arkansas. William Childers contracted a second marriage and of the children of the first union five are now living, five children of the second marriage likewise surviving the honored father. Of the first marriage the surviving children other than he whose name initiates this article are: William S., who was foreman of concrete construction in the erection of the fine Oklahoma State Capitol; John C. is clerk of Lawrence County, Arkansas; Grover C. is a farmer at Plant City, Florida, and there also resides the one sister, Mrs. Mollie COFFMAN. Of the children of the second marriage it may be recorded that Thurman M., Carlisle and App T. reside in Grant County, Oklahoma; Nelson remains in Lawrence County, Arkansas; and Clara Lee maintains her home in Oklahoma City.

In the public schools of his native county Charles C. Childers gained his early education, which was supplemented by a course of study in the high school in the City of Memphis, Tennessee. Thereafter he was a student in the University of Arkansas until the close of his junior year, in 1893, when he returned to his native county and assumed a clerical position in the office of his father, who was then sheriff and tax collector of the county. He was elected as his father's successor in this dual office, of which he continued the incumbent for two terms of two years each, and had the distinction of being the youngest sheriff in Arkansas. He was then elected district clerk and ex-officio register of deeds of Lawrence County, and he held this position likewise for four consecutive years, his long and effective service in public office in his native county showing the estimate placed upon him and that in his case there could be no application of scriptural aphorism that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country."

In 1908 Mr. Childers came to the new State of Oklahoma and settled on a farm near Billings, Noble County. Two years later he removed to a farm near Covington, Garfield County, and after there remaining one year he established his residence in Enid, where he has since given much of his time and attention to the active supervision of the farm of the State Home for the Feeble Minded. He is the owner of a well improved farm in Grant County and also of a valuable farm property in Roger Mills County, and city property in Enid.

In 1912 Mr. Childers was made democratic nominee for representative of Garfield County; in the State Legislature to which he was elected without opposition. During the session of the Fourth Legislature he was chairman of the Committee on Levees, Ditches, Drains and Irrigation; was the author of the law that substituted electrocution for hanging in this state, and of the bill that was enacted and provides for and authorizes the organization of farmers' mutual insurance companies. It was primarily due to his earnest efforts, also, that an appropriation was secured for the erection of an additional building at the Home for Feeble Minded, an institution in which he has taken the deepest interest. In the Fifth Legislature Mr. Childers was chairman of the Committee on Insurance, and was associated with Senator William A. CHASE, of Nowata, in the authorship of a bill providing for free textbooks in the public schools, besides which he was especially active in the promotion of measures designed to establish a minimum wage scale for women employed, to place the school land income in the direct jurisdiction of the state treasurer, to enable county attorneys to adjust probate matters, to establish hospitals for railroad workers, and to pension the widows of men who were killed in a fight between officers and prisoners in the State Penitentiary at McAlester, in 1814 [sic]. Loyalty and progressiveness dominated the course of Mr. Childers as one of the efficient legislators of the state, and his record in the Legislature is one that will reflect enduring honor on his name.

At Enid, Mr. Childers is affiliated with the Blue Lodge and Chapter of the Masonic Fraternity, and with Camp No. 35 of the Woodmen of the World. At Covington, another of the flourishing towns of Garfield County, he holds membership in the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In Lawrence County, Arkansas, November 3rd, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Childers to Miss Elizabeth WELLS, a native of Kentucky, born December 17, 1876, daughter of Ira and Emily (MORGAN) Wells, both natives of Kentucky. The father died in 1903 at Powhatan, Arkansas; the mother is still living aged seventy-two years (1916). They were parents of six sons and four daughters, all living but the youngest child, Bell, who died at the age of six years; the eldest of the family, Fred, of Oklahoma; William of Kansas; E. Jesse, of Nebraska; Nancy, of Kansas; Joseph of Kansas; (Elizabeth) Leah, of Arkansas; John of Kansas; Madison of Arkansas, and Bell, deceased.

Their only child, Ruth, born October 20, 1897, is now a student in Phillips University, at Enid, from which she graduates in June, 1917, besides being one of the popular young women in the social circles of her home city, she is a fine musician.

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas - Burrel M. Childers - Lawrence County page 780

Burrel M. Childers, a well-known and popular farmer and stock raiser, was born in Madison County, Ala., October 9, 1821. His father, John Childers, was a native of Georgia, who moved to the State of Alabama when a young man, and was there married to Miss Rutha Cown. The parents remained in Alabama until the year 1824, and then settled in Tennessee, where they resided up to 1838, when they selected Arkansas as their future home, and located in Lawrence County. The elder Childers had an eventful history in his younger days, and was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. He reared a family of eleven children, five sons and six danghters, of whom Burrel M. Childers is the only survivor. Burrel remained with his father until he was of mature age, and then enlisted in the Mexican War of 1846. After the war was over and the treaty had been made, he received his discharge, and returned to Lawrence County. He settled on his present place in 1849, when this portion of Arkansas was nothing more than a wilderness, and has lived to see it grow up [p.780] into a populous and thriving community. Mr. Childers has since then cleared up about seventy-five acres, and put them under cultivation, besides owning 160 acres adjoining. He did, at one time, own over 1,000 acres, but has divided up with his children. When war was announced between the North and South he gave his services to the Confederacy, and joined Col. Shaver's regiment. He was elected lieutenant, and held that rank until the close of hostilities. During that time he took part in the fights at Pilot Knob, Independence, Kansas City, Big Blue and Miner's Creek, where Gen. Marmaduke was taken prisoner. After the war he returned to Lawrence County, and has since then been occupied in farming. His first marriage was to Miss Narcissa Beavers, of Illinois, who died in 1856. This wife left two children, who grew to maturity, were married, and left children of their own. Mr. Childers next married, in this county, Mrs. Hopkins, a widow lady, of Indiana, who died in 1883. There are three children living by this wife, whose names are: C. F., wife of Joseph Lollar; Julis, widow of A. B. Hogard, and Hezekiah. His present wife was united to him in 1884, her former name being Aveline Grider, a daughter of Martin Grider, one of the pioneers of Randolph County. There are three children by this marriage: Maxie, Stonewall Jackson and Chaldon. Mr. Childers is a member of the Masonic order, and is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to the Eastern Star. He attends the Christian Church, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also of the Eastern Star. In the early days of his settlement in Arkansas, Mr. Childers was a hunter of no mean pretences. He made a regular business of hunting for ten years, and together with his brother, killed thirty-six bears, six panthers and a great number of wild cats, in one spring, besides a quantity of deer. He has a record of killing eleven deer in one day, while a companion of his, a Frenchman, killed eleven deer and two bears the same day. Mr. Childers is a genial and active gentleman, though well advanced in life, and is very much thought of by his neighbors. He is full of anecdote, and it is a pleasure to listen to the reminiscences of his early days, which none can tell so well as an old settler.

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas Lawrence County - page 781

William Childers, a well-known boniface and liveryman of Imboden, was born in this county in the year 1844. His parents came to Arkansas in childhood, and were located in the southwestern part of Lawrence County. He is descended from an old family of Virginians; his grandfather, Isam Childers, moving from that State to Arkansas, with his family, in 1824, where he reared his family of four boys and two girls, Alexander C. Childers, his third son, being the father of William Childers. Isam Childers was a veteran of the War of 1812, and died in 1858 at an advanced age. Alexander C. Childers was born in Virginia, in 1815, and moved to the State of Arkansas, with his father, when in his childhood. When war was declared between this country and Mexico, he was one of the first to follow the lead of Gens. Scott and Taylor in the land of cactus, and distinguished himself on many a battlefield. He died in 1860 while in the very prime of life, and left a shining example behind him for his sons to follow. James Childers, one of his brothers, represented this county in the legislature for several terms, and was one of the prominent men of Arkansas. The mother of Mr. William Childors was a daughter of Jacob Fortenbery; her name was Matilda, and she was born in Virginia in 1819, and died in 1844, when he was an infant. She left four children: Elisabeth, the wife of D. Christian; Nancy, the wife of Lee Holt, now residing in Texas; Absalom F., a Baptist minister in Alabama, and William Childers, of Lawrence County. Mr. Childers commenced to make a career of his own at the age of sixteen years, and entered the army during the war. He was a member of Company E, First Arkansas, and gallantly upheld the reputation of his forefathers as model soldiers. On August 10, 1861, he was dangerously wounded and forced to desist from fighting. He lay idle for three months, but the old fighting instinct compelled him to enter the ranks again, and he joined McCorvess' regiment, Fourteenth Arkansas, in which he fought until his capture at Port Gibson. He regained his liberty three months later, and after the fall of Vicksburg [p.781] re-joined the army at Washington, Ark. He was again made prisoner and taken to Little Rock, Ark., and transferred from there to Rock Island, Ill., where he was kept until Lee's surrender. After his release he went to Leavenworth, Kas., and made a trip across, the plains to Denver City, Col., remaining in that place six months before his return home. He has, since that time, resided in Lawrence County, where he is engaged in farming, stock raising, and as a hotel keeper and liveryman he enjoys a well-deserved reputation. He is one of the most extensive stock dealers in the county, an occupation to which he has given much attention since the war, and his was the first shipment made over the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad. He has devoted himself largely to trading in horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheep. Mr. Childers is prominent in all political matters, and was twice elected treasurer of Lawrence County by the Democrats. He was also nominated for sheriff, but was beaten by his opponent. His first business venture in this county was with W. Childers & Co., at Smithville, Ark., and the second with a firm composed of W. C. Sloan, Q. C. Jones and himself, dealers in merchandise, of which Mr. Childers was the manager. He sold his interest to W. C. Sloan two years later, and since that time has had charge of the widelyknown Delmonico Hotel and a well-equipped livery stable attached. He was married, January 15, 1865, to Miss Clara A. Wells, a lady of Lawrence County, Ark., and daughter of John Wells, of Virginia, who was one of the principal stock dealers in Arkansas, before his death in 1858. Mrs. Childers' mother was Eliza A. Grayson, of Louisiana, before her marriage. She died in Imboden in the year 1886, aged sixty years. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wells, all of them deceased excepting the wife of William Childers. Mr. Childers and his wife have had eight children, three of whom are dead, namely: Robert E. L., Nancy S. and Doney Belle. Those living are: Charles O., Mollie May, William Sloan, John Crockett and Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Childers is a charming lady and universally beloved for her kindness of heart and gentle disposition. Her husband is a Master Mason and a leader in the affairs of his county. They are generous and liberal in all their undertakings, and respected by everyone.

Family Group Data

....... 2 Matilda Fortenberry b: Abt 1815 Lawrence Co. Missouri d: July 1844 Lawrence Co. Ark Number of children: 4
........... +Alexander Crockett Childers b: 1811 Virginia d: 1861 Lawrence Co. Ark Number of children: 4
................ 3 Elizabeth Childers b: 1837 d: Unknown
.................... +Dillo Christian
................ 3 Nancy Childers b: 1839 d: Unknown
.................... +Lee Holt
................ 3 Absalom F. "Ap" Childers b: 1841 d: Unknown
.................... +Jennie Alabama Burt
................ 3 William A. Childers b: 1844 d: November 1907 bu-Imboden, Ark

....... 2 Malinda Fortenberry b: Abt 1818 Lawrence Co. Missouri Terr d: Unknown Number of children: 10
........... +Esquire Childers b: 1814 Virginia d: Aft 1862 Denton Co. Texas Number of children: 10
................ 3 Nancy Childers b: 1837 d: Unknown
................ 3 Mary Childers b: 1839 d: Unknown
................ 3 John Childers b: 1841 d: Unknown
................ 3 Orlena M. Childers b: 1843 d: January 11, 1875
.................... +(Unknown) Farmer
................ 3 Rhoda Childers b: 1845 d: Unknown
................ 3 Isham Childers b: 1847 d: Unknown
................ 3 Jacob Childers b: September 1850 d: Unknown
................ 3 Jo Childers b: Abt 1854 d: Unknown
................ 3 Almeda Childers b: Abt 1856 d: Unknown
................ 3 Texana Childers b: Abt 1858 d: Unknown

Esquire Childers (born abt 1814 prob. VA father Isom Childers mother Mary Ritchie) married Malinda Fortenberry (born abt 1818 in Lawrence County, Arkansas father Jacob Fortenberry and Nancy Taylor) on June 18, 1837 in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Children:
Nancy Childers b. abt 1837 in AR
Mary Childers b. abt 1839 in AR
John Childers b. abt 1841 in AR
Orlena Childers b. abt 1843 in AR
Roda Childers b. 4/27/1846 in AR
Isom Childers b. abt 1847 in AR
Jacob Childers b. 1848 in AR

Isom Childers born about 1785 in VA and died abt 1858 in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Isom married Mary Ritchie (born abt 1790 in VA). It appears that this couples children were all born in Virginia and that this family moved from Scott County, Virginia to Spring River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas between 1830 and 1840.
children:
James R. Childers abt 1804 in VA died abt 1868 married Sarah Carter.
Elizabeth Childers abt 1808 in VA
Alexander Crockett Childers b. September 3, 1811 in Russell County Virginia
Esquire Childers b. abt 1814 in VA
Nancy Childers b. abt 1818 in VA
Joseph Childers b. abt 1820 in VA

As Confederate Soldiers

CHILDERS, Hiram C. -- Friday, 27 February 1863 -- Book F page 27
-----Lawrence County -- Campbell Township -- 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles -- Dead
-----Elizabeth, 22, wife; John N., 6, son; Roseman W., 3, ___; Elizabeth R., 2, daughter

SHAVER'S 7TH ARKANSAS
INFANTRY REGIMENT CSA
Company D CHILDERS, SQUIRE Pvt - Disch 16 Nov 1861
Company G CHILDERS(CHILDRESS), A.M. Pvt - age 18

ANDREW S. CHILDERS, Co. E 16th Inf. Enl 19 Oct 1861 at Carrollton, AR. Killed at Corinth, MS 3-5 Oct 1862. BURRELL CHILDERS Co.E 16TH Inf Sgt - Enl 19 Oct 1861 at Carrollton, AR. Captured 9th of July 1863 and paroled 12-13 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.

Census Records

1840 STATE or TERRITORY: AR COUNTY: Lawrence Spring River Township CHILDRES SQUIRE 00001 / 20001 / 1 CHILDERS ISAM 000000001 / 000000001 / 0 1840 STATE or TERRITORY: AR COUNTY: Lawrence Maitt Township CHILDRES JOHN 1030001 / 2210101 / 0 CHILDERS JAMES 210001 / 002101 / 0 ------------------------------------------- 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: AR COUNTY: Lawrence Washington Township pg 204 18 195 195 Childress Frances 77 F - - - Va pg 209 9 260 260 Childress William 6 M - - - Arks living with Jacob and Orlina Falkenbury pg 213 26 316 316 Childress Hesekiah K 26 M - Farmer 500 Tenn 27 316 316 Childress Mahala 23 F - - - Tenn 28 316 316 Childress Sarah 21 F - - - Tenn 29 316 316 Childress Nancy 19 F - - - Tenn 30 316 316 Childress Mary A 17 F - - - Tenn 31 316 316 Childress William 18 M - Farmer - Tenn 34 316 316 Childress Thomas 24 M - Farmer - Tenn 35 316 316 Childress Louis C 21 M - Farmer - Tenn 36 316 316 Childress John W 25 M - Farmer - Tenn 42 318 318 Childress John W 27 M - Farmer 300 Ala 1 318 318 Childress Amy C 20 F - - - Arks 2 318 318 Childress Andrew J 7/12 M - - - Arks 3 319 319 Childress Burwell M 46 M - Farmer 400 Ala 4 319 319 Childress Narcissa 17 F - - - Ill pg 215 27 348 348 Childress James 46 M - Farmer 500 Va 28 348 348 Childress Sarah H 46 F - - - Va 29 348 348 Childress John M 18 M - Farmer - Arks 30 348 348 Childress Hiram C 15 M - Farmer - Arks 31 348 348 Childress James R 11 M - - - Arks 32 348 348 Childress Isom M 10 M - - - Arks 33 348 348 Childress Benjamin D 5 M - - - Arks pg 221 15 432 432 Childress Josaph 30 M - Farmer 50 Va 16 432 432 Childress Sarah 35 F - - - Arks 17 432 432 Childress Esquire 12 M - - - Arks 18 432 432 Childress Martha 7 F - - - Arks 19 432 432 Childress Crockett 5 M - - - Arks 20 432 432 Childress Rebecca 4 F - - - Arks 21 432 432 Childress John 3 M - - - Arks pg 231 35 568 568 Childress Alexander C 39 M . Farmer 500 Va 36 568 568 Childress Emily 35 F . . . Arks 37 568 568 Childress Elizabeth 13 F . . . Arks 38 568 568 Childress Nancy 11 F . . . Arks 39 568 568 Childress Abraham 9 M . . . Arks 40 568 568 Childress John 2 M . . . Arks

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        My John Childers should have been in Tennessee in 1830 as follows:
        John Childers        2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
        or perhaps 
        John Childers        2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

        Here is what I've found in Tennessee:                                    My John Childers?
        Cocke County:
        Childers, John       1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Possibly
        This John is no longer in this county in the 1840 census
        Anderson County:
        Childress, John      2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
        In 1840 my John is now in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
        The John Childers of Anderson County is still there.
        Madison County:
        Childress, John      1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
        Pickens County:
        Childerss, John      2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO   
        Dryer County:
        Childress, John      1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO  
        Hardin County:
        Childress, Jesse     1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
                   John Sr.     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0     NO
                   John Jr.     0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
                   Thomas      0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
                   Hezakiah    1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
        Childress, John      0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
        Knox County:
        Childress, John      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0     NO
        McMinn County:
        Childress, John      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0     NO
        Childress, John      1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO
        Sullivan County:
        Childress, John     ?8 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0     NO
        Rutherford County:
        Childress, Jno         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0     NO
        Childress, Jno W.    0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     NO

From Ancestry.com Childer's Message Board: John childers Author: elaine Date: 23 Jan 2001 9:25 PM GMT John met and married Rutha Gown in Madison co, Ala. they had ten children, one of whom was my ggrandmother, Martha Matilda Childers. they lived for awhile inTn, and then moved to Ar. I have been told that John's parents may have been a John Childers and Sarah Colbert. that is what I have been trying to find out. Here are the rest of John Rutha's children: Lucinda Orlena,Burrell Martin,John Willburn, Hezekiah Richard, Telitha Cuma, Sarah, Reuben G., William R. and Nancy Elizabeth. Martha Matilda married my ggrandfather, Wiley Logan Sr, on nov.5,1846 in lawrence co, ar. I would just like to go back a little further on the Childers side as I have hit a deadend with the Logan side. Thanks for responding, elaine From IGI Files: JOHN CHILDERS JR. Male Event(s): Birth: 1795 , , Georgia Death: 1849 Parents: Father: JOHN CHILDRESS SR. Mother: SARAH COLBERT Messages: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter. JOHN CHILDERS JR. Male Event(s): Birth: 1795 , , Georgia Death: 1849 Messages: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

From: Mother of counties By Lawrence Co. Historical Society JAMES CHILDERS FAMILY. James Childers was born in 1804, in Virginia and on June 18, 1825, he married Sarah Carter. In 1828, they sold their land on Copper Ridge along Clinch River in Scott County, Virginia and moved to Lawrence County, settling along the Strawberry River. His parents, Isom and Mary Childers, were also early settlers of Lawnrece County and the Childers played an important part in the settlement of the Lower Strawberry Valley. James was prominent in the affairs of the community in Old Walnut Ridge and Powhatan, being chosen to represent the county in the Lower House of Legislature, 1846-1848 and 1858-1960. Their children were: Mary Jane, who married John Campbell in 1846; Ersula married John Blakely in 1845; John was a Methodist minister and they moved to Drew County; John Morgan; Hiram Crockett married Elizabeth Finley in 1856; Hiram was killed in the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861; James R. married Sarah Cox, 1857; Isom and Benjamin. John Morgan Childers, son of James and Sarah, married Seletha Jane Hardin August 5, 1854. Their childrens were Nancy, Ersula, Mary, James Simon "Jim", who married martha Hennessee; Johseph "Joe", Sarah, John Crockett "Crock" married Mollie Hennessee, Emma Lou "Em" married J. C. Rains then William Jennings Pryor. Jim, Joe, Crock, and Em were called "The Singing Childers" because of their love of music and God-given ability to sing. Joseph Holmes Childers, son of John Morgan and Seletha Childers was born May 1, 1862 and died October 9, 1949. On December 14, 1887, he married Eliza Josephine Farrar, born November 18, 1961, died January 31, 1916, the daughter of Reverend Nimrod Farrar and Demarius Jane Yarbrough. E. B. ANDREWS FAMILY. Edward Myron Andrews was the first of nine children born to Calvin Jones and Cynthia Elizabeth Andrews. Edward Byron Andrews was born in a Confederate Cavalry tent near Valley Head, Alabama, in November 1864. "By", as he was called, lived in Walker County, Georgia, until 1868, when he came with his family to Arkansas. In the mid 1870s, the family moved back to Georgia, but found out they missed Arkansas and moved back to sstay around 1878. In the late 1880s, which teaching school in Ravenden, By met Mollie John Childers and in November, 1890, they were married. Mollie was born in January 1871 to John and Elvira Janes Childers of Ravenden. Mollie's great-grandparents, Isom Childers and John Janes, were some of the earliest settlers in Lawrence and Randolph Counties. Mollie's father died when she was just a baby and her mother married a Mr. Vinsel, he too passed on and she then married Mr. Fuller, a circuit preacher. Later after Mollie married, Mr. and Mrs. Full moved to Haskell Texas, where Elvira Janes Childers Fuller died in November 1928.