Brief Life History of Charity A
When Charity A Childress was born in December 1834, in Mount Airy Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Childress, was 40 and her mother, Frances Vest, was 41. She married William Martin Griffith Sr on 28 December 1854, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She was buried in Mount Airy Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States.
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- Charity Griffith in household of Wm Griffith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charity A Childress - Published information: Funeral program: birth: 1838; Virginia, United States
- Charity Childress Or Cheldress, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: metathesized form of Childers . This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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