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Asher Sutton CHILDERS

Asher Sutton CHILDERS

Male 1844 - 1920  (~ 75 years)

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  • Name Asher Sutton CHILDERS 
    Born Dec 1844  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given as Dec 21 1844 in "Davis - the Settlers of Salem WV," p. 74. But "Cemeteries of Tenmile District," p. 80, reports birth date on headstone as Dec 27 1844. Death record indicates no birth date at all. He was age 5 in the 1850 Census.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 19 Oct 1920  [1, 3] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I53736  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2020 

    Father William CHILDERS,   b. 16 Dec 1814,   d. 21 Dec 1849, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Jane Davis SUTTON,   b. 4 May 1820, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1897, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F23983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret J. "Maggie" COOPER,   b. 1850, Goochland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1882, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)  [1] 
    Married 2 Jan 1870  Lyon Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Arthur Daniel CHILDERS,   b. 24 Aug 1870, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1950, Sheridan, Sheridan Co, WY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Mattie Stella CHILDERS,   b. 11 Sep 1880, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1967, Bartow, Polk Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F23986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rachel B. DAVIS,   b. 2 May 1863,   d. 27 Jan 1940  (Age 76 years)  [5] 
    Married 8 Dec 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Roy CHILDERS,   b. 12 Mar 1886,   d. 22 Aug 1907  (Age 21 years)
     2. Edna CHILDERS,   b. 13 Aug 1888,   d. 2 Mar 1894  (Age 5 years)
     3. Howard Davis CHILDERS,   b. 25 Dec 1903, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1996, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F22192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 74.

    2. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Asher S. Childers, 39, of Doddridge Co; and Rachel B. Davis, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 8 1884.