J. M. Childress Sr., was born on the Licking River, Kentucky. The latter was a son of John Childress, a member of an old and prominent Virginia family (speaking of J.M, Jr.). J. M. Childress, Sr., removed to Clark county, Missouri, when a young man, received a college education in his native State, and was a lawyer by profession. He was in the Clerk's office at Waterloo, Missouri, for a time, and was one of the first County Surveyors of the county, having made many important surveys. He also did a large mercantile business for many years. He was married at Waterloo, Clark county, Missouri, to Miss Martha Conyers, a lady of intelligence, education and refinement, and a member of a good family. After marriage Mr. Childress lived at Fairmont, Clark county, for a time. During the war he was a radical Democrat, having been reared in the Southern States, and, being outspoken in his belief, was taken prisoner near Union Mills. He was confined at St. Louis, Missouri, afterward taken to Indiana, where he remained until the close of the struggle, and he then found his property had been confiscated. He returned home, broken in health and spirit, and lived but a short time, dying in April 1866, at Canton, Missouri. The mother died six years previous to her husband's death. They were the parents of nine children, viz.: Newton, who served in the Southern army under General Price, was wounded by a shell and now resides at Canton, Missouri, on the old home farm; Edna, Kate, Robert, Anna, J.M., J.F., Clay and Victoria (deceased at the age of seven years).
Bigraphical History of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.
Chicago
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893
pp. 272, 273
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