Individual Details

Mary Jane CHILDRESS

(31 Oct 1832 - 25 Feb 1906)

According to a letter written by Pauline Kolb Thomas in 1960, "Aunt Polly, as Mrs. Thomas (Pauline's mother-in-law) called her mother-in-law, Mary Jane Childress Barron Thomas, was really the power behind the throne. She seemed to be the boss of the family, even of the money. Babe just adored his grandmother, she had died before we married in 1918..."

Events

Birth31 Oct 1832Alabama, United States
Census1850Choctaw, Mississippi, United States
Death25 Feb 1906Choctaw, Mississippi, United States
MarriageDan A. Thomas
MarriageThomas R Barron
BurialAckerman, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States

Families

SpouseThomas R Barron (1828 - 1857)
SpouseDan A. Thomas (1832 - )
FatherObediah CHILDRESS (1792 - 1852)
MotherSarah Selah Celia Ayres (1794 - 1867)
SiblingElizabeth CHILDRESS (1816 - 1882)
SiblingWilliam Carter CHILDRESS (1816 - 1893)
SiblingJohn CHILDRESS (1816 - 1859)
SiblingObediah CHILDRESS (1825 - 1878)
SiblingEdmond CHILDRESS (1827 - 1904)
SiblingMinerva CHILDRESS (1830 - 1904)
SiblingEliza/Elvira CHILDRESS (1835 - )

Endnotes

1. Childress/Mathis Family Tree: GEDCOM file submitted by Childress/Mathis Family Tree by J. Patrick Childress as recorded on RootsWeb.com. Contact: J. Patrick Childress at: londonwildcat@@earthlink.net. Last updated 5/17/2010. Imported on 5 June 2010..

2. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives an, Roll M432_370; Page: 75B; Image: 157..

3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives an, Roll M432_370; Page: 75B; Image: 157..

4. Childress/Mathis Family Tree: GEDCOM file submitted by Childress/Mathis Family Tree by J. Patrick Childress as recorded on RootsWeb.com. Contact: J. Patrick Childress at: londonwildcat@@earthlink.net. Last updated 5/17/2010. Imported on 5 June 2010..

5. Childress/Mathis Family Tree: GEDCOM file submitted by Childress/Mathis Family Tree by J. Patrick Childress as recorded on RootsWeb.com. Contact: J. Patrick Childress at: londonwildcat@@earthlink.net. Last updated 5/17/2010. Imported on 5 June 2010..

6. Childress/Mathis Family Tree: GEDCOM file submitted by Childress/Mathis Family Tree by J. Patrick Childress as recorded on RootsWeb.com. Contact: J. Patrick Childress at: londonwildcat@@earthlink.net. Last updated 5/17/2010. Imported on 5 June 2010..

7. Childress/Mathis Family Tree: GEDCOM file submitted by Childress/Mathis Family Tree by J. Patrick Childress as recorded on RootsWeb.com. Contact: J. Patrick Childress at: londonwildcat@@earthlink.net. Last updated 5/17/2010. Imported on 5 June 2010..