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Mary Esta CHILDRESS

Mary Esta CHILDRESS

Female 1885 - 1969  (84 years)

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  • Name Mary Esta CHILDRESS  [1, 2] 
    Birth 12 Jan 1885  , Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female 
    Alt. birth date 12 Jan 1888  prob Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    grave marker definitely says 1885
     
    Alt. birth place 12 Jan 1889  Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Zella Wilkerson
     
    Census 8 Jun 1900  1st Civil District, Anderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Elisha C. Childress household 
    • Childress, Mary E., daughter, white, female, born Jan 1889, age 11, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee, can read, write, speaks English.
    1900 U.S. Census - Childress    		 1900 U.S. Census - Childress
    Tennessee. Anderson Co. - Elisha C. Childress
    Census 17 Apr 1910  Dist. 6, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Marton Childress household 
    • Childress Esta, wife, female, white, age 21, married for 1st time, married 4 years, had 1 child, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee, speaks English.
    Resided 13 May 1919  Heiskell, Anderson,Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    at death of her father, Elisha Childress 
    Residence 20 May 1919  Heiskell, Anderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    at the death of her sister, Alice Selonia 
    Census 3 Jan 1920  Civil Dist. 1, Anderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    W. Masten Childress household 
    • Childress, M. Esta, wife, female, white, age 31, married, cannot read or write, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee, speaks English.
    1920 U.S. Census - Childress    		 1920 U.S. Census - Childress
    Tennessee. Anderson Co. - W. Masten Childress
    Census 16 Apr 1930  Dist. 6, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Esta Childress household 
    • Childress, esta, head, rents, living on a farm on Weaver Road, female, white, age 43, widow, age 16 at marriage, cannot read or write, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee, speaks English, labor, private family, worker.
    1930 U.S. Census - Childress    		 1930 U.S. Census - Childress
    Tennessee. Knox Co. - Esta Childress
    Census 30 Apr 1940  Civil District 9, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Esta Childress household 
    • Childress, Esta, rents $5, living on farm, head, female, white, 52, widow, no edu., b. Tenn., 1935 rural Knox Co., Tenn., not employed, housework, no earning in 1939, no additional income.
    Death Nov 1969  [2, 9] 
    Burial Hill Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USAr Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I724  richison
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2014 

    Father 14 Elisha CHILDRESS,   b. 4 Oct 1854, , Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1919, NE of Panola, Woodford, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Susannah Jane WEAVER,   b. 8 Jul 1861, prob , Anderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1900, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Masten CHILDRESS,   b. 21 Mar 1886, , , Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1927, , Anderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1905  , Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Marriage bond - Childress    		 Marriage bond - Childress
    Childress-Childress marriage
    Children 
     1. Susie CHILDRESS,   b. 14 Jul 1906   d. 23 Aug 1907 (Age 1 year)  [Birth]
     2. James Critten CHILDRESS,   b. c.1914, , , Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. c.1968 (Age ~ 54 years)  [Birth]
     3. Marvin Oba CHILDRESS,   b. ca Jul 1917, , , Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1974 (Age ~ 57 years)  [Birth]
     4. Thelma Bonnie CHILDRESS,   b. 19 Jun 1927, , , Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1978 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jan 1885 - , Knox, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. birth place - Zella Wilkerson - 12 Jan 1889 - Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Nov 1905 - , Knox, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1695] MSS notes, 18 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 1).
      Notes & miscellaneous information recorded by Zella (Wilkerson) Richison about the Wilkerson-Childress line; obtained photocopies 23 Oct 1984 by Shirley Richison Fields, her daughter. Notes in red on the document are by Fields as some of the dates and places were disproven by further research.

    2. [S1310] Find A Grave, 10 Sep 2013.
      Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 10 Sep 2013), memorial page for Mary E. Childress (1885-1969), Find A Grave Memorial no. 89,194,522, citing Hill Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee; the accompanying photograph by B. Long is materially informative, and provides a legible image of the inscribed data.

    3. [S1587] SSDI, 26 May 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      U.S. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.org: accessed: 26 May 2012), entry for Mary Childress, no. 415-28-9279, 1888-1969.

    4. [S1832] 1900 U.S. Census, 24 Aug 2010 (Reliability: 2).
      1900 U.S. census, Anderson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 1st Civil District, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 3B, dwelling 54, family 55, Elisha C. Childress household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jun 1900); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1557.

    5. [S45] 1910 U.S. Census, 2 Apr 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      1910 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, population schedule, Dist. 6, enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 2A, dwelling 20 family 20, Marton Childress household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 2 April 2012), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1508.

    6. [s1854] Obituary.
      From El Paso Journal May 15, 1919, on microfilm at El Paso Illinois Public Library

      Elisha Childress

      Last Tuesday Elisha Childress died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.H. Parsley, northeast of Panola. He was born in Tennessee on October 4, 1854. He was an active member of the Southern Baptist church for thirty-five years, his membership being at the Mt. Zion Baptist church near Knoxville, Tenn. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Mary Smith of El Paso; seven children, William B. Childress of Lowell, Ind.; Oba Childress of Woodford county; Mrs. H.J. Wilkerson of Muncie, Ind.; Mrs. M.L. Childress of Heiskell, Tenn.; Mrs. Bazil Caldwell of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. C.M. Daniel and Mrs. S.H. Parsely of this county. He was a devoted father and an exemplary citizen in every way.

      Funeral service was held from the Parsley home on the Charles Abbott farm this morning at 10:00 o’clock, Rev. H.W. Hines in charge. Interment was in the Baughman cemetery.


      From El Paso Journal, May 22, 1919 on microfilm at El Paso Illinois Public Library

      Death of Shiloh Lady

      Last Monday Mrs. C.M. Daniel died at her home on the Ed Engel farm in Panola township. Her father, Elisha Childress, passed away only a few days before, as noted in last week’s Journal.

      Alice Childress was born in Tennessee on June 30, 1883. She was united in marriage to C.M. Daniel March 1, 1902 and to this union seven children were born, Paul, Frank and Claude, deceased, and Florence, Pearl, Trent and Clarence who are left to mourn with their father. The deceased also leaves four sisters and two brothers, Mrs. H.J. Wilkerson of Muncie, Ind.; Mrs. M.L. Childress of Heiskell, Tenn.; Mrs. Carson Caldwell of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. S.H. Parsley of Panola township; W.B. Childress of Lowell, Ind.; and Oba Childress of this county. She was a member of the Baptist church for the past twenty years, her membership being in Zion Hill church near Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Daniel had made many friends since coming to Panola and was highly regarded by all who knew her.

      Funeral services were held from the home this morning at 11:00 o’clock, Rev. H.W. Hines of El Paso in charge. Interment was in the Baughman cemetery.
      CHILDRESS, Elisha Pharoh: 16

    7. [S1854] Obituary, 26 Mar 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      "Death of Shiloh Lady, Mrs. C. M. Daniel," obituary, El Paso (Illinois) Journal, 22 May 1919; courtesy of David Fever.

    8. [S238] 1920 U.S. Census, 18 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      1920 U.S. census, Anderson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 1, sheet 1A, enumeration district (ED) 1, dwelling 1, family 1, W. Masten Childress household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 18 January 2012), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T625, roll 1728.

    9. [S1587] SSDI, 18 Jan 2012.
      Social Security Administration. "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.org: accessed: 18 January 2012), entry for Mary Childress, died Nov 1969, SS no. 415-28-9279, issued before 1951 by Tennessee.

    10. [S1310] Find A Grave, 10 Sep 2013.
      Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 10 Sep 2013), memorial page for Mary E. Childress (1885-1969), Find A Grave Memorial no. 89,194,522, citing Hill Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee; the accompanying photograph by B. Long is materially informative, and provides a legible image of the inscribed data.
      This is next to a flat stone for W. M. Childress, Mary Esta's husband, William Masten Childress.

    11. [S1901] Marriage, 2 Apr 2012.
      "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950, index, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 2 April 2012), entry for Maston Childress and Esta Childress, married 4 November 1905, Knox County, citing FHL microfilm 1,020,966.


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