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Author: tunnelm1
Surnames: Childress, Polk
Classification: queries
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Message Board Post:
If there is a living male Childress "out there" who is definitely a member of the same overall Childress family as the Sarah Childress who married President Polk, it would really be great if such a Mr. Childress would take the Y chromosome DNA test via Family Tree DNA. That is probably the only way to prove to which Childers/Childress family Sarah truly belonged. There has been a lot of speculation about this over the years, and it would be nice to finally "put it to bed," once and for all. The referenced DNA test could very well bring "closure" to this topic.
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Author: mrainey72
Surnames: childress
Classification: queries
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http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.childress/442.1/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
James M Childress is my gg-grandfather. Found marriage cert in 1862 where he married Martha Handcocke. 1 child found verified via death cert James C Childress b. 1863. Are you certain of his military enlistment and death from typhoid fever? Found Martha and James C on 1870 census in Kentucky. Lists Martha as Martha Etters living with Sarah Etters and James Childress who's age shows as 8 years old. No luck yet on identifying parents of either.
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