Mary James Childers
b. 3 August 1842, d. 28 July 1932
- Father: Douglas Childers b. 19 October 1819
- Mother: Amanda Cheshire b. 15 August 1822, d. 26 December 1896
- Mary James Childers was born on 3 August 1842 in Georgia.
- Douglas Childers and Amanda Cheshire appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Mockinson Gap, Stewart County, Georgia, enumerated next to Amanda's parents.. Other members of the household included Mary James Childers, Reuben Childers, Jefferson Pierce Childers, Adner A. Childers, William Franklin Childers, Henrietta L. Childers and Benjamin F. Cheshire.
- Douglas Childers and Amanda Cheshire appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary James Childers, Reuben Childers, Jefferson Pierce Childers, Adner A. Childers, William Franklin Childers, Henrietta L. Childers and Narcissa Childers.
- She married Thomas Jackson Spear, son of Malachi Moore Spear and Elizabeth Candler Woodley, on 20 February 1862 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- Mary James Childers became a widow at the 2 August 1862 death of her husband Thomas Jackson Spear.
- Mary James Childers died on 28 July 1932 at age 89 in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 24 Jan 2012