Mary Emily Ellen Warford

Female26 July 1871–15 June 1909

Brief Life History of Mary Emily Ellen

When Mary Emily Ellen Warford was born on 26 July 1871, in Sevier, Arkansas, United States, her father, John Warford, was 52 and her mother, Cornelia Ann McElroy, was 37. She married William Edward Childers on 26 December 1886, in Gillham, Sevier, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jefferson Township, Sevier, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Choctaw Nation Reservation, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. She died on 15 June 1909, at the age of 37, and was buried in Howe, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Edward Childers
1858–1930
Mary Emily Ellen Warford
1871–1909
Marriage: 26 December 1886
Fred Childers
1887–1904
John Clifton Childers
1890–1962
Verda Ethel Childers
1892–1970
Estelee Childers
1893–1966
Sidney E. Childers
1895–1915
Maud Childers
1897–1897
Orin Childers
1898–1964
Edna Jewel Childers
1901–1951
Herschel Howard Childers
1903–1977
Irene Alta Childers
1906–1974

Sources (5)

  • Emily Wofford in household of John Wofford, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Emily Warford Childers, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ellen Warford in entry for Estelee Jessie Childers, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 December 1886Gillham, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
  • Children (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 1

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1872 · The Amnesty Act

    Age 1

    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 11

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    Name Meaning

    English (Suffolk): habitational name possibly from Woodsford (Dorset) rather than from Warford (Cheshire). The placename probably derives from the Old English personal name Wīgheard (genitive Wīgheardes) + Old English ford ‘ford’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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