Story told by great grandson James H. Childs, late of Company “C”, 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her
Story told by great grandson James H. Childs, late of Company “C”, 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her grandfather’s name, George Lee, who was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee, the distinguished commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. She very much resembles Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee.
Excerpt from:
A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, 1908, Volume 1 page 311 edited by General William Harrison Kemper
Contributor:
R Weeks
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her
Story told by great grandson James H. Childs, late of Company “C”, 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her grandfather’s name, George Lee, who was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee, the distinguished commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. She very much resembles Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee.
Excerpt from:
A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, 1908, Volume 1 page 311 edited by General William Harrison Kemper
Contributor:
R Weeks
Story told by great grandson James H. Childs, late of Company “C”, 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her
Story told by great grandson James H. Childs, late of Company “C”, 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her grandfather’s name, George Lee, who was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee, the distinguished commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. She very much resembles Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee.
Excerpt from:
A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, 1908, Volume 1 page 311 edited by General William Harrison Kemper
Contributor:
R Weeks
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her
Story told by great grandson James H. Childs, late of Company “C”, 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry
“Roland Childs, my grandfather married Millie Roleing Wallace, and my father George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went fro Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary War. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1837, and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Newhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out that spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother.”
Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as a result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil War, resides at the Village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, who was born and raised in Mason County, West Virginia. She remembers her grandfather’s name, George Lee, who was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee, the distinguished commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. She very much resembles Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee.
Excerpt from:
A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, 1908, Volume 1 page 311 edited by General William Harrison Kemper
Contributor:
R Weeks
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