Re: Reece Clinton Childs b. 1893 GA
-
In reply to:
Reece Clinton Childs b. 1893 GA
Dorothy Shafer 5/27/10
i have been doing reasearch on my family here recently and from talking to family members, the reece childs you are looking for is my great grandfather, and from research i have done on ancestery.com i have seen on the 1900 u.s. census that he was born in aug. 1893 in tennessee. family members told me that he ran away from his family here in tennessee after having a family of 8 kids with nellie moore of kentucky. i have found him living here in tennessee in the 1940 u.s. census, ad then getting married to a miss burdette in w. virginia in 1941, this go right along with what i have been told of him leaving when my grandfather was about 10 years old. it would not surprise me that he would might lie about where he was not born. also, i have been trying to find out information about a son miss burdette and reece had together. i have been told that my grandfather had a half brother born of the second marriage that he did not want to talk to, if you have any info on that, i would appreciate it. i have also found info on reece dying in w. virginia in feb. 1942 on ancestry.com. i was also told by family that reece died in a coal mine accident and that miss burdette was the daughter of a coal mine owner if that helps make a connection.