Levi (1805-1879)

Levi (1805-1879)
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The Family of Levi Childress (1805-1879)
 Brother of Obediah Childress, Sr.


(Above photo courtesy of Louis Allen and Kathleen Childress Holt)

Like several of his siblings and his father, Levi Childress lived a successful life and dabbled in the public arena of politics.  He was a Justice of the Peace and a judge.  He must have had a sense of fairness as the following tale depicts.  "A Van Winkle descendent who married a Childress told the story about his great-grandfather and another man having a fist fight. They appeared before Levi Childress, the judge. Levi disappeared for a while to consult his law books which he kept in another room.  After studying the case, he came back out and announced his verdict.  Each man had to pay a fine of $5, which both thought was fair and just.  After Mr. Van Winkle returned home and told his wife about the incident, he received a much worse verdict from his wife who was aghast that $5 had been thrown away in a fight and that he had torn his shirt too."

The following four photos were sent to me by a descendant of Levi Childress, Mrs. Lucille (Vann) Cohen (1914-1999).  Mrs. Cohen did a great deal of research on her family and contributed greatly to the family tree data base.

(Click on the thumbnail sketches below to see enlarged views.)

Childress John Snow 1825 - 1912.jpg (30588 bytes)    Childress Samuel M 1829 - 1908.jpg (30371 bytes)    Childress Elizabeth Batson 1835 - 1912.jpg (35650 bytes)    Childress Cornelia 1851 - 1937 & H. Crow.jpg (37829 bytes)

Levi Childress and his wife Susannah Montgomery had a total of fifteen children, four of whom are pictured above.  The first photograph is of John Snow Childress (1825-1912).  Never married, John Snow once walked from his home in the hill country to the Texas coast and lived among the Indians.  The second photo is that of Samuel Childress (1829-1908), whose legs were so large that his newly purchased boots had to be split at the top in order for his calves to fit, according to one of his granddaughters. Elizabeth (Childress) Batson (1835-1912) is shown next, followed by her youngest sister, Cornelia Jane (Childress) Crow (1851-1937) and her husband Henry Lafayette Crow (b. abt. 1850).

The following photograph is of the Henry Lafayette Crow family, made circa 1896.

Above photograph and following names courtesy of Louis Allen and Kathleen Childress Holt

Back Row, l to r: George Washington (b. 1882), Levi Young (b. 1875), Unknown visitor, Johanthan Eli (b. 1872), Martha (b. 1878), Henry Elizabeth (b. 1880)
Middle Row:  Samuel Lafayette (b. 1887), Alford White (b. 1881)
Front Row:  James David (b. 1892), Henry Lafayette Crow (b. 1849) Cornelia Jane Childress Crow (b. 1851)

Descendents of George L. Bayles Childress (1830 to 1877)
Son of Levi Childress

The following photographs were furnished by Kathleen Childress Holt, direct descendent of Levi Childress.  The first photo features Elizabeth Evaline Tolbert (1853-1930), wife of William Marvin Childress (1852 to 1914) who was the son of George L. Bayles Childress.  The second photo is of the three sons of William Marvin; George L.B. Childress (b. 1879), William Tolbert Childress (b. 1886) and Charles Lewis Childress (b. 1888), grandfather of Kathleen Childress Holt.  Kathleen could only provide the name of the center  individual, her grandfather, Charles Lewis Childress.  Charles Lewis' son William Charles Childress (b. 1924) is featured in the third photo, along with his daughter, Kathleen Childress Holt.  The fourth and final photograph below is of the sister to the aforementioned three men, Minnie Maude Childress (1895 to 1929).  Minnie married Sam Larry Crow (1887 to 1968) in 1911.

The rightmost photograph below is of Henrietta Childress Crow (1868 to 1949), daughter of George L. Bayles Childress and granddaughter of Levi Childress.  Henrietta would be the aunt of Minnie Maude Childress.  Lots of similarity there...

              

 

Click here to go to the Childress/Mathis Family Tree data on Roots Web for notes on the above individuals.

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For additions, corrections or comments, please send an e-mail to Patrick Childress