Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Childers
Born: 1748 1 Died: ca 1804 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 Father: John Childers Mother: ___ Finley
Wife: Martha Lowther Married: ca 1762
Born: ca 1743 in Bucks Co, PA 1 Died: 1838 Father: Robert Lowther (1714 - 1780) Mother: Aquilla Reese (1715 - )
M Child 1: Isaac Childers 1
M Child 2: Paul Childers 1
M Child 3: William "Old Bill" Childers, Jr. Born: ca 1763 1 Died: 1839 2 (see note 1) Wife: Sudna Richards b. ca 1775 Census name: Sidnia Married: Jul- 2-1793 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
F Child 4: Martha Childers Born: ca 1765 1 Husband: Benjamin Frazier Married: Nov-20-1798 1
F Child 5: Elizabeth Childers Born: ca 1765 1 Notes 1
F Child 6: Mary "Polly" Childers Born: ca 1770 1 Husband: Michael Brown
F Child 7: Sudna Childers Also known as: Sydnea Childers 3 Born: ca 1778 1 Husband: Nimrod Frashure d. ca 1839 Also known as: Nimrod L. Freshure 3 Married: Apr- 5-1800 1
M Child 8: John Childers Born: ca 1780 1 Wife: Margaret Yerkey Married: Mar- 6-1801 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 9: Robert Childers Born: ca 1781 1 Died: Sep- 6-1850 1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Mary Tolbert Also known as: May Tolbert 4 Married: Jan-23-1806 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,5 Wife: Mary Pigott b. ca 1795 d. ca 1851 Married: Mar- 9-1847 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6,1
M Child 10: Samuel Childers Born: ca 1783 1 Died: 1820 1 Wife: Frances "Rebecca" Hughes b. ca 1791 Also known as: Rebecca Hughes Married: Apr-26-1808 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,1
F Child 11: Abigail Childers Born: Jun- 1-1789 1,8 Died: Jul- 3-1862 1,8 Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 8,9 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: John Edmond Yerkey, Jr. b. Sep-10-1787 d. Oct- 9-1865 Married: Jan-10-1809 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Sources: (1) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (2) Harrison County Court House, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 74. (5) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Robert Childers and Mary Shinn. Married Mar 9 1847. MR p. 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790900&Type=Marriage. (7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (9) Findagrave.com. Event Notes Note (1) "Descendants of Robert Lowther," by Don Norman, reports death date as December 1839. But Harrison County Chancery Case No. 83, File 9, pertaining to a land dispute between Lewis Maxwell and Jonathan Howell, contains a deposition of "Sudna Childers, widow of William Childers," dated October 23, 1839. William Childers himself had testified at the beginning of the lawsuit in 1838.Name Index