Jefferson Pierce Childers
b. 23 November 1841, d. 10 December 1913
- Father: Douglas Childers b. 19 October 1819
- Mother: Amanda Cheshire b. 15 August 1822, d. 26 December 1896
- Jefferson Pierce Childers was born on 23 November 1841 in Stewart County, 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 Jefferson Pierce Childers, Reuben Childers, Mary James 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 Jefferson Pierce Childers, Reuben Childers, Mary James Childers, Adner A. Childers, William Franklin Childers, Henrietta L. Childers and Narcissa Childers.
- He was working on the farm, according to the 1860 census.
- On 29 March 1862 in Danville, he joined Capt. S. D. Wooldridge's Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA.
- He married Elizabeth Louisa Bell, daughter of James Henry Bell and Sarah Ann Elizabeth McGill, on 17 October 1866 in Montgomery County, Texas, and Jefferson's sister Adner married Elizabeth's brother Henry.
- Jefferson Pierce Childers and Elizabeth Louisa Bell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Maysfield PO, Milam County, Texas, enumerated next to Lizzie's brother Henry Bell and Jefferson's sister Adner.. Other members of the household included Thacker V. Childers.
- He was farming, according to the 1870 census.
- Jefferson Pierce Childers and Elizabeth Louisa Bell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Thacker V. Childers, Almer F. Childers, Homer W. Childers and Benjamin F. Cheshire.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Jefferson Pierce Childers died on 10 December 1913 at age 72 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 217 Huntington Street.
- He was interred at Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
- For an account of his CSA service in Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment, see his profile in Karen McCann Hett's Danville Mounted Riflemen.
- Last Edited: 29 Jan 2012
Family: Elizabeth Louisa Bell b. circa 1845
- Thacker V. Childers+ b. 28 September 1867, d. 5 July 1939
- Almer F. Childers b. July 1873
- Homer W. Childers b. 1 August 1877, d. 4 May 1966
- Mary Ross Childers b. 30 April 1883, d. 24 January 1974