Individual Details

Elizabeth CHILDRESS

(28 Apr 1816 - 26 Mar 1882)

OBITUARY
The following obituary of Elizabeth Childress Barron Griffith was contributed by Jan Key Kennedy who copied the article in Winston County, Mississippi, 12 July 1977, originally printed in THE SIGNAL (a newspaper), Saturday, April 29, 1882.

"Died near New Prospect, Mississippi, March 26th, 1882, Elizabeth Griffith. She was born in Jefferson County, Alabama. Her parents moved to Choctaw County, Mississippi in her youthful days. She was first married to James Barron and after his death to Joseph Griffith. The principle part of her life was spent in Choctaw and Winston Counties, where she was universally liked by all who knew her. Previous to her death, she was for many years, a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a long and patient sufferer from malarial poison contracted in the river bottoms of Texas, while in search of a Western home that she did not find to suit her." (by) Wm. J. B. (Dr. William Jackson Barron.)

Elizabeth Childress was the daughter of Celia (Selah) Ayers (Ayres) Childress, a pious member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (in Ackerman, Mississippi).

As a matter of note, it should be pointed out that one of Elizabeth's sons, Jefferson Barron, took his mother on a trip to Texas (see his personal notes). Perhaps that was the trip that contributed to Elizabeth's ill health.

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Lucille Vann Cohen wrote that "after the death of James Barron in circa 1855, Elizabeth Childress married Joe C. Griffith and had a son Bill Griffith, born July 15, 1855."

OTHER INFORMATION
Letters from Mrs. A. B. Horn, Regent of James Blair Chapter, DAR, Corsicana, Texas: She was searching for these names for a friend, November 3, 1942. Moses Ayres married Rachel (M cFadde(i)n); they moved from Tennessee and she is buried in Ackerman, Mississippi with her children. Rachel died 3 September 1846 and she had a daughter, Selah born (1789) and died 5 November 1862, married Obed Childress while living in Tennessee. Their son (Obed-Selah )Obed died 1878 in Arp, Texas . He married Jemima Barron. The mother of Obed (senior) was either a Mrs. Snow or married a Snow after his father died, for he has a half brother, Eli Snow buried where he is buried.

Events

Birth	28 Apr 1816	Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Residence	1850	Winston, Mississippi, United States
Marriage	Ca 1855	Mississippi, United States - Joseph C. Griffith
Residence	1880	Winston, Mississippi, United States
Death	26 Mar 1882	Mississippi, United States
Marriage		James Harrison Barron

Families

Spouse	James Harrison Barron (1812 - 1853)
Child	Obediah Barron (1838 - 1911)
Child	Catherine Barron (1840 - )
Child	Ames Barron (1842 - )
Child	James Harrison Barron (1843 - 1864)
Child	William Barron (1844 - 1851)
Child	Joseph Barron (1844 - 1910)
Child	Edmond Barron (1845 - 1846)
Child	Thomas Barron (1846 - 1861)
Child	Celia Barron (1848 - )
Child	Hanna Barron (1849 - 1912)
Child	Jefferson Davis Barron (1851 - 1918)

Spouse	Joseph C. Griffith (1823 - 1892)
Child	William M Griffith (1855 - 1937)

Father	Obediah CHILDRESS (1792 - 1852)
Mother	Sarah Selah Celia Ayres (1794 - 1867)
Sibling	William Carter CHILDRESS (1816 - 1893)
Sibling	John CHILDRESS (1816 - 1859)
Sibling	Obediah CHILDRESS (1825 - 1878)
Sibling	Edmond CHILDRESS (1827 - 1904)
Sibling	Minerva CHILDRESS (1830 - 1904)
Sibling	Mary Jane CHILDRESS (1832 - 1906)
Sibling	Eliza/Elvira CHILDRESS (1835 - )

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Elizabeth CHILDRESS

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