Nathaniel B. Childs was a son of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and Susan Ann Turner Childs. Based on a son named Arlo Bernard Childs, it is likely that his middle name was Bernard.
Nathaniel B. Childs married Elizabeth Johnson Price December 31, 1871, at Clay Grove, Lee County, Iowa; birth date of December 1, 1848, was confirmed by Census and family records, date of death is from family records as April 8, 1913, but could have been in 1912. An effort is underway to resolve this discrepancy, which might not be possible because a Death Certificate from Washington state cannot be identified and his death may not have been officially recorded.
According to the 1870 U.S. Census, Nathaniel and mother Susan (age 59) were living in Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa, as members of the household of his brother Thomas Henry Childs, age 40, his wife Anna Maria Billingsley Childs, age 35, and their children Mary, age 10; Howard age 5; and Eva, age 1.
The 1880 U.S. Census, conducted July 1, 1880, at the city of Creston, Union County, Iowa, enumerated Nathaniel, his wife Elizabeth, and children Mildred Earl Childs, Iola A. Childs, and Ora Ella (also called Ella, Dot, or Dorothy) Childs. The 1900 U.S. Census reported that John Barker, wife Mildred, daughter Maude, son Nathaniel and mother-in-law Elizabeth Johnson Price Childs were living in Ponca city, Dixon County, Nebraska on June 1, 1900. Nathaniel was enumerated at the Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, on July 14, 1900, at a unique address (he was not a boarder). This indicates he probably left Nebraska before the June 1, 1900 enumeration at Ponca.
He resided in Spokane and Asotin Counties, and cities of Hillyard, Rosalia and Spokane, from 1900-1913. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, enumerated July 14, 1900, at Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, Nathaniel B. Childs was living alone, and his occupation was listed as a farmer (his parents are incorrectly listed as born in Maine; however each of them was born in Baltimore, Maryland). His grandson Nathaniel Ervin Barker said he bred and raised race horses, and owned a race track in Spokane. His Death Certificate cannot be located, and his death may not have been recorded in State of Washington Vital Statistics records. His grave stone lists his year of death as 1912, and this is currently being researched further. His year of birth is listed there as 1868, but this is in error based on other independent records, e.g., U.S. Census.
Nathaniel was the son of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D. (1805-1864) and Susan Ann Turner (1811-1877); Henry is listed in Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758, although that entry is incomplete. Many thanks are due Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 for unraveling the history involved in the career of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D., who married Susan Ann Turner July 10, 1828, in Baltimore, Maryland. He died during the Civil War. It is possible he died April 26, 1864, in Helena, Arkansas; Karen Schneider Childs has suggested his burial may be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery-1864.
Since he had a son named Arlo Bernard Childs, it is likely his full name is Nathaniel Bernard Childs. His dates of birth and death are from private family records of Maude Tucker Barker Larson, wife of Otto Martin Larson, the daughter of John Ervin Barker and Mildred Earl Childs Barker, and grandchild of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Childs, who lived with the family in Spokane, Washington. John and Mildred divorced in 1904, and she remarried Otto Peters in 1911.
Note: The full entry in the Childs genealogy is as follows:
[Sixth Generation] 7546. vi. Dr. Henry Childs, third son and sixth child of Thomas as Temperance Inloes Childs, b. in Baltimore, Md. He learned the trade of boot and shoe making, carried on the trade for several years in Baltimore, then removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he studied medicine and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In that city he married and removed thence to Iowa. He settled on a farm in the valley of the Des Moines river of that state, and cultivated his farm, and practiced his profession. He is very successful as a physician, and has a large practice. He is a man of great religious influence, being a local Methodist preacher; he fills appointments all over the surrounding country. During the late war, he served as surgeon of the Sixth Iowa Regiment of Volunteers, The name of his wife has not reached us nor any facts of his family.
Source: Quoted from Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758. On August 28, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 advised: "There were mistakes" in the 1881 Child Childs and Childe family genealogy, in particular, that Henry Inloes Childs was not a Methodist minister, and the author relied on second-hand information.
On September 6, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs shared various notes in emails to Eric M. Larson, as follows:
MESSAGE #1: *17 Jan 1878 in Certified Copy of Death certificate, BK A, p 23, line3, age 69,Nobles Co., MN
*Abt 1871 in Bound for the promised land of Noble Co., MN. The lure was low cost and rich prairie land.
1872 in Olney, Nobles Co., MN
*15 Aug 1874 in 160 acres-Worthington, MN,document #3127,Twp-1 NE 5th PM no 102N 41 w sec #3-misc. doc. nr.:8047-statutory reference: 12 stat.392-act or treaty: 20 May 1862
*1875 in MN state census:Little Rock, Nobles Co.: Thomas 45 MD; Ann 38 OH; May 16 IA; Howard 9 IA; Eva 5 IA;Clyde 3 IA; Susan 64 MD; Albert Campbell 38 Conn
*Thomas H. Childs & Wm. Wigham were instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the Adrian school, those gentlemen hiring the teacher & paying her salary out of their own pockets. Three of the children being Thomas out of the 11.
First officers of the district 1878, Thomas H. Childs was treasurer.
*Guardianship of younger brother Nathaniel, Book A, pg 180, Ft Madison Courthouse (not followed up on).
MESSAGE #2: An enthusiastic meeting was held in Cedar Twp., at which Joseph Bayles presided as Chairman, and 'Henry I. Childs' acted as Secretary. Two companies were started-a company of infantry and a company of cavalry. 54 names were signed to the horse-company muster roll, and 50 to the infantry--"History of Lee County" pg 558.................
MESSAGE #3: HOMESTEAD LAND:
Susan Childs
Worthington Land Office, MN
Document 5968
Total acres 160
Misc. Doc. Nr. 10167
signature: yes
date issue 3 Dec 1880
Statutory reference 12 stat.392
Act or Treaty: 20 May 1862
Entry classification: Homestead Entry Original
MESSAGE #4: 1870 Federal census, Cedar Township, Lee Co., Iowa, 7:36 #99,,, Land records of Lee co., index shows 28 April 1873 Susan Childs sold land to John Bell but the entry is marked ' withdrawn and deed never recorded.... J:95 26 Aug. 1873, power of attorney from Susan of Nobles co., Minnesota appointing Isaac Clarke of Lee co. her attorney 17 March 1874. General Power of Attorney, William O. Childs of Grundy co., Mo., 22 May 1880, record show the connection between Thomas H., Wm. O., James D., and Nathaniel as all brothers, and all sons of Henry and Susan Childs,24 No.20 A-20 filed 20 May 1881, Nobles co., Minn.
Probate records in Lee Co. -Lee co., District court Probate record 6:535, 25 July 1864, Susan and Annie Childs waive right to administer the estate of Henry I. Childs, deceased , request that Wm. Marshall appointed adm. the estate...Land Records G:346, 14 May 1869, deed by Thomas H. and wife Annie M., William O. and wife Sarah Jane, James D. and wife Amanda H. from Van Buren co., IA. and Susan Childs to John Bell 53 1/3 acres in Lee co., recorded deed 21 Sept. 1869.
Nathaniel B. Childs married Elizabeth Johnson Price December 31, 1871, at Clay Grove, Lee County, Iowa; birth date of December 1, 1848, was confirmed by Census and family records, date of death is from family records as April 8, 1913, but could have been in 1912. An effort is underway to resolve this discrepancy, which might not be possible because a Death Certificate from Washington state cannot be identified and his death may not have been officially recorded.
According to the 1870 U.S. Census, Nathaniel and mother Susan (age 59) were living in Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa, as members of the household of his brother Thomas Henry Childs, age 40, his wife Anna Maria Billingsley Childs, age 35, and their children Mary, age 10; Howard age 5; and Eva, age 1.
The 1880 U.S. Census, conducted July 1, 1880, at the city of Creston, Union County, Iowa, enumerated Nathaniel, his wife Elizabeth, and children Mildred Earl Childs, Iola A. Childs, and Ora Ella (also called Ella, Dot, or Dorothy) Childs. The 1900 U.S. Census reported that John Barker, wife Mildred, daughter Maude, son Nathaniel and mother-in-law Elizabeth Johnson Price Childs were living in Ponca city, Dixon County, Nebraska on June 1, 1900. Nathaniel was enumerated at the Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, on July 14, 1900, at a unique address (he was not a boarder). This indicates he probably left Nebraska before the June 1, 1900 enumeration at Ponca.
He resided in Spokane and Asotin Counties, and cities of Hillyard, Rosalia and Spokane, from 1900-1913. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, enumerated July 14, 1900, at Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, Nathaniel B. Childs was living alone, and his occupation was listed as a farmer (his parents are incorrectly listed as born in Maine; however each of them was born in Baltimore, Maryland). His grandson Nathaniel Ervin Barker said he bred and raised race horses, and owned a race track in Spokane. His Death Certificate cannot be located, and his death may not have been recorded in State of Washington Vital Statistics records. His grave stone lists his year of death as 1912, and this is currently being researched further. His year of birth is listed there as 1868, but this is in error based on other independent records, e.g., U.S. Census.
Nathaniel was the son of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D. (1805-1864) and Susan Ann Turner (1811-1877); Henry is listed in Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758, although that entry is incomplete. Many thanks are due Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 for unraveling the history involved in the career of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D., who married Susan Ann Turner July 10, 1828, in Baltimore, Maryland. He died during the Civil War. It is possible he died April 26, 1864, in Helena, Arkansas; Karen Schneider Childs has suggested his burial may be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery-1864.
Since he had a son named Arlo Bernard Childs, it is likely his full name is Nathaniel Bernard Childs. His dates of birth and death are from private family records of Maude Tucker Barker Larson, wife of Otto Martin Larson, the daughter of John Ervin Barker and Mildred Earl Childs Barker, and grandchild of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Childs, who lived with the family in Spokane, Washington. John and Mildred divorced in 1904, and she remarried Otto Peters in 1911.
Note: The full entry in the Childs genealogy is as follows:
[Sixth Generation] 7546. vi. Dr. Henry Childs, third son and sixth child of Thomas as Temperance Inloes Childs, b. in Baltimore, Md. He learned the trade of boot and shoe making, carried on the trade for several years in Baltimore, then removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he studied medicine and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In that city he married and removed thence to Iowa. He settled on a farm in the valley of the Des Moines river of that state, and cultivated his farm, and practiced his profession. He is very successful as a physician, and has a large practice. He is a man of great religious influence, being a local Methodist preacher; he fills appointments all over the surrounding country. During the late war, he served as surgeon of the Sixth Iowa Regiment of Volunteers, The name of his wife has not reached us nor any facts of his family.
Source: Quoted from Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758. On August 28, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 advised: "There were mistakes" in the 1881 Child Childs and Childe family genealogy, in particular, that Henry Inloes Childs was not a Methodist minister, and the author relied on second-hand information.
On September 6, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs shared various notes in emails to Eric M. Larson, as follows:
MESSAGE #1: *17 Jan 1878 in Certified Copy of Death certificate, BK A, p 23, line3, age 69,Nobles Co., MN
*Abt 1871 in Bound for the promised land of Noble Co., MN. The lure was low cost and rich prairie land.
1872 in Olney, Nobles Co., MN
*15 Aug 1874 in 160 acres-Worthington, MN,document #3127,Twp-1 NE 5th PM no 102N 41 w sec #3-misc. doc. nr.:8047-statutory reference: 12 stat.392-act or treaty: 20 May 1862
*1875 in MN state census:Little Rock, Nobles Co.: Thomas 45 MD; Ann 38 OH; May 16 IA; Howard 9 IA; Eva 5 IA;Clyde 3 IA; Susan 64 MD; Albert Campbell 38 Conn
*Thomas H. Childs & Wm. Wigham were instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the Adrian school, those gentlemen hiring the teacher & paying her salary out of their own pockets. Three of the children being Thomas out of the 11.
First officers of the district 1878, Thomas H. Childs was treasurer.
*Guardianship of younger brother Nathaniel, Book A, pg 180, Ft Madison Courthouse (not followed up on).
MESSAGE #2: An enthusiastic meeting was held in Cedar Twp., at which Joseph Bayles presided as Chairman, and 'Henry I. Childs' acted as Secretary. Two companies were started-a company of infantry and a company of cavalry. 54 names were signed to the horse-company muster roll, and 50 to the infantry--"History of Lee County" pg 558.................
MESSAGE #3: HOMESTEAD LAND:
Susan Childs
Worthington Land Office, MN
Document 5968
Total acres 160
Misc. Doc. Nr. 10167
signature: yes
date issue 3 Dec 1880
Statutory reference 12 stat.392
Act or Treaty: 20 May 1862
Entry classification: Homestead Entry Original
MESSAGE #4: 1870 Federal census, Cedar Township, Lee Co., Iowa, 7:36 #99,,, Land records of Lee co., index shows 28 April 1873 Susan Childs sold land to John Bell but the entry is marked ' withdrawn and deed never recorded.... J:95 26 Aug. 1873, power of attorney from Susan of Nobles co., Minnesota appointing Isaac Clarke of Lee co. her attorney 17 March 1874. General Power of Attorney, William O. Childs of Grundy co., Mo., 22 May 1880, record show the connection between Thomas H., Wm. O., James D., and Nathaniel as all brothers, and all sons of Henry and Susan Childs,24 No.20 A-20 filed 20 May 1881, Nobles co., Minn.
Probate records in Lee Co. -Lee co., District court Probate record 6:535, 25 July 1864, Susan and Annie Childs waive right to administer the estate of Henry I. Childs, deceased , request that Wm. Marshall appointed adm. the estate...Land Records G:346, 14 May 1869, deed by Thomas H. and wife Annie M., William O. and wife Sarah Jane, James D. and wife Amanda H. from Van Buren co., IA. and Susan Childs to John Bell 53 1/3 acres in Lee co., recorded deed 21 Sept. 1869.
Nathaniel B. Childs was a son of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and Susan Ann Turner Childs. Based on a son named Arlo Bernard Childs, it is likely that his middle name was Bernard.
Nathaniel B. Childs married Elizabeth Johnson Price December 31, 1871, at Clay Grove, Lee County, Iowa; birth date of December 1, 1848, was confirmed by Census and family records, date of death is from family records as April 8, 1913, but could have been in 1912. An effort is underway to resolve this discrepancy, which might not be possible because a Death Certificate from Washington state cannot be identified and his death may not have been officially recorded.
According to the 1870 U.S. Census, Nathaniel and mother Susan (age 59) were living in Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa, as members of the household of his brother Thomas Henry Childs, age 40, his wife Anna Maria Billingsley Childs, age 35, and their children Mary, age 10; Howard age 5; and Eva, age 1.
The 1880 U.S. Census, conducted July 1, 1880, at the city of Creston, Union County, Iowa, enumerated Nathaniel, his wife Elizabeth, and children Mildred Earl Childs, Iola A. Childs, and Ora Ella (also called Ella, Dot, or Dorothy) Childs. The 1900 U.S. Census reported that John Barker, wife Mildred, daughter Maude, son Nathaniel and mother-in-law Elizabeth Johnson Price Childs were living in Ponca city, Dixon County, Nebraska on June 1, 1900. Nathaniel was enumerated at the Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, on July 14, 1900, at a unique address (he was not a boarder). This indicates he probably left Nebraska before the June 1, 1900 enumeration at Ponca.
He resided in Spokane and Asotin Counties, and cities of Hillyard, Rosalia and Spokane, from 1900-1913. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, enumerated July 14, 1900, at Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, Nathaniel B. Childs was living alone, and his occupation was listed as a farmer (his parents are incorrectly listed as born in Maine; however each of them was born in Baltimore, Maryland). His grandson Nathaniel Ervin Barker said he bred and raised race horses, and owned a race track in Spokane. His Death Certificate cannot be located, and his death may not have been recorded in State of Washington Vital Statistics records. His grave stone lists his year of death as 1912, and this is currently being researched further. His year of birth is listed there as 1868, but this is in error based on other independent records, e.g., U.S. Census.
Nathaniel was the son of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D. (1805-1864) and Susan Ann Turner (1811-1877); Henry is listed in Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758, although that entry is incomplete. Many thanks are due Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 for unraveling the history involved in the career of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D., who married Susan Ann Turner July 10, 1828, in Baltimore, Maryland. He died during the Civil War. It is possible he died April 26, 1864, in Helena, Arkansas; Karen Schneider Childs has suggested his burial may be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery-1864.
Since he had a son named Arlo Bernard Childs, it is likely his full name is Nathaniel Bernard Childs. His dates of birth and death are from private family records of Maude Tucker Barker Larson, wife of Otto Martin Larson, the daughter of John Ervin Barker and Mildred Earl Childs Barker, and grandchild of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Childs, who lived with the family in Spokane, Washington. John and Mildred divorced in 1904, and she remarried Otto Peters in 1911.
Note: The full entry in the Childs genealogy is as follows:
[Sixth Generation] 7546. vi. Dr. Henry Childs, third son and sixth child of Thomas as Temperance Inloes Childs, b. in Baltimore, Md. He learned the trade of boot and shoe making, carried on the trade for several years in Baltimore, then removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he studied medicine and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In that city he married and removed thence to Iowa. He settled on a farm in the valley of the Des Moines river of that state, and cultivated his farm, and practiced his profession. He is very successful as a physician, and has a large practice. He is a man of great religious influence, being a local Methodist preacher; he fills appointments all over the surrounding country. During the late war, he served as surgeon of the Sixth Iowa Regiment of Volunteers, The name of his wife has not reached us nor any facts of his family.
Source: Quoted from Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758. On August 28, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 advised: "There were mistakes" in the 1881 Child Childs and Childe family genealogy, in particular, that Henry Inloes Childs was not a Methodist minister, and the author relied on second-hand information.
On September 6, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs shared various notes in emails to Eric M. Larson, as follows:
MESSAGE #1: *17 Jan 1878 in Certified Copy of Death certificate, BK A, p 23, line3, age 69,Nobles Co., MN
*Abt 1871 in Bound for the promised land of Noble Co., MN. The lure was low cost and rich prairie land.
1872 in Olney, Nobles Co., MN
*15 Aug 1874 in 160 acres-Worthington, MN,document #3127,Twp-1 NE 5th PM no 102N 41 w sec #3-misc. doc. nr.:8047-statutory reference: 12 stat.392-act or treaty: 20 May 1862
*1875 in MN state census:Little Rock, Nobles Co.: Thomas 45 MD; Ann 38 OH; May 16 IA; Howard 9 IA; Eva 5 IA;Clyde 3 IA; Susan 64 MD; Albert Campbell 38 Conn
*Thomas H. Childs & Wm. Wigham were instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the Adrian school, those gentlemen hiring the teacher & paying her salary out of their own pockets. Three of the children being Thomas out of the 11.
First officers of the district 1878, Thomas H. Childs was treasurer.
*Guardianship of younger brother Nathaniel, Book A, pg 180, Ft Madison Courthouse (not followed up on).
MESSAGE #2: An enthusiastic meeting was held in Cedar Twp., at which Joseph Bayles presided as Chairman, and 'Henry I. Childs' acted as Secretary. Two companies were started-a company of infantry and a company of cavalry. 54 names were signed to the horse-company muster roll, and 50 to the infantry--"History of Lee County" pg 558.................
MESSAGE #3: HOMESTEAD LAND:
Susan Childs
Worthington Land Office, MN
Document 5968
Total acres 160
Misc. Doc. Nr. 10167
signature: yes
date issue 3 Dec 1880
Statutory reference 12 stat.392
Act or Treaty: 20 May 1862
Entry classification: Homestead Entry Original
MESSAGE #4: 1870 Federal census, Cedar Township, Lee Co., Iowa, 7:36 #99,,, Land records of Lee co., index shows 28 April 1873 Susan Childs sold land to John Bell but the entry is marked ' withdrawn and deed never recorded.... J:95 26 Aug. 1873, power of attorney from Susan of Nobles co., Minnesota appointing Isaac Clarke of Lee co. her attorney 17 March 1874. General Power of Attorney, William O. Childs of Grundy co., Mo., 22 May 1880, record show the connection between Thomas H., Wm. O., James D., and Nathaniel as all brothers, and all sons of Henry and Susan Childs,24 No.20 A-20 filed 20 May 1881, Nobles co., Minn.
Probate records in Lee Co. -Lee co., District court Probate record 6:535, 25 July 1864, Susan and Annie Childs waive right to administer the estate of Henry I. Childs, deceased , request that Wm. Marshall appointed adm. the estate...Land Records G:346, 14 May 1869, deed by Thomas H. and wife Annie M., William O. and wife Sarah Jane, James D. and wife Amanda H. from Van Buren co., IA. and Susan Childs to John Bell 53 1/3 acres in Lee co., recorded deed 21 Sept. 1869.
Nathaniel B. Childs married Elizabeth Johnson Price December 31, 1871, at Clay Grove, Lee County, Iowa; birth date of December 1, 1848, was confirmed by Census and family records, date of death is from family records as April 8, 1913, but could have been in 1912. An effort is underway to resolve this discrepancy, which might not be possible because a Death Certificate from Washington state cannot be identified and his death may not have been officially recorded.
According to the 1870 U.S. Census, Nathaniel and mother Susan (age 59) were living in Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa, as members of the household of his brother Thomas Henry Childs, age 40, his wife Anna Maria Billingsley Childs, age 35, and their children Mary, age 10; Howard age 5; and Eva, age 1.
The 1880 U.S. Census, conducted July 1, 1880, at the city of Creston, Union County, Iowa, enumerated Nathaniel, his wife Elizabeth, and children Mildred Earl Childs, Iola A. Childs, and Ora Ella (also called Ella, Dot, or Dorothy) Childs. The 1900 U.S. Census reported that John Barker, wife Mildred, daughter Maude, son Nathaniel and mother-in-law Elizabeth Johnson Price Childs were living in Ponca city, Dixon County, Nebraska on June 1, 1900. Nathaniel was enumerated at the Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, on July 14, 1900, at a unique address (he was not a boarder). This indicates he probably left Nebraska before the June 1, 1900 enumeration at Ponca.
He resided in Spokane and Asotin Counties, and cities of Hillyard, Rosalia and Spokane, from 1900-1913. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, enumerated July 14, 1900, at Spring Valley Precinct, Spokane, Washington, Nathaniel B. Childs was living alone, and his occupation was listed as a farmer (his parents are incorrectly listed as born in Maine; however each of them was born in Baltimore, Maryland). His grandson Nathaniel Ervin Barker said he bred and raised race horses, and owned a race track in Spokane. His Death Certificate cannot be located, and his death may not have been recorded in State of Washington Vital Statistics records. His grave stone lists his year of death as 1912, and this is currently being researched further. His year of birth is listed there as 1868, but this is in error based on other independent records, e.g., U.S. Census.
Nathaniel was the son of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D. (1805-1864) and Susan Ann Turner (1811-1877); Henry is listed in Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758, although that entry is incomplete. Many thanks are due Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 for unraveling the history involved in the career of Henry Inloes Childs, M.D., who married Susan Ann Turner July 10, 1828, in Baltimore, Maryland. He died during the Civil War. It is possible he died April 26, 1864, in Helena, Arkansas; Karen Schneider Childs has suggested his burial may be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery-1864.
Since he had a son named Arlo Bernard Childs, it is likely his full name is Nathaniel Bernard Childs. His dates of birth and death are from private family records of Maude Tucker Barker Larson, wife of Otto Martin Larson, the daughter of John Ervin Barker and Mildred Earl Childs Barker, and grandchild of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Childs, who lived with the family in Spokane, Washington. John and Mildred divorced in 1904, and she remarried Otto Peters in 1911.
Note: The full entry in the Childs genealogy is as follows:
[Sixth Generation] 7546. vi. Dr. Henry Childs, third son and sixth child of Thomas as Temperance Inloes Childs, b. in Baltimore, Md. He learned the trade of boot and shoe making, carried on the trade for several years in Baltimore, then removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he studied medicine and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In that city he married and removed thence to Iowa. He settled on a farm in the valley of the Des Moines river of that state, and cultivated his farm, and practiced his profession. He is very successful as a physician, and has a large practice. He is a man of great religious influence, being a local Methodist preacher; he fills appointments all over the surrounding country. During the late war, he served as surgeon of the Sixth Iowa Regiment of Volunteers, The name of his wife has not reached us nor any facts of his family.
Source: Quoted from Genealogy of the Child Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, by Elias Child (Utica, New York: Published for the Author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, 1881), page 758. On August 28, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs #47708662 advised: "There were mistakes" in the 1881 Child Childs and Childe family genealogy, in particular, that Henry Inloes Childs was not a Methodist minister, and the author relied on second-hand information.
On September 6, 2021, Karen Schneider Childs shared various notes in emails to Eric M. Larson, as follows:
MESSAGE #1: *17 Jan 1878 in Certified Copy of Death certificate, BK A, p 23, line3, age 69,Nobles Co., MN
*Abt 1871 in Bound for the promised land of Noble Co., MN. The lure was low cost and rich prairie land.
1872 in Olney, Nobles Co., MN
*15 Aug 1874 in 160 acres-Worthington, MN,document #3127,Twp-1 NE 5th PM no 102N 41 w sec #3-misc. doc. nr.:8047-statutory reference: 12 stat.392-act or treaty: 20 May 1862
*1875 in MN state census:Little Rock, Nobles Co.: Thomas 45 MD; Ann 38 OH; May 16 IA; Howard 9 IA; Eva 5 IA;Clyde 3 IA; Susan 64 MD; Albert Campbell 38 Conn
*Thomas H. Childs & Wm. Wigham were instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the Adrian school, those gentlemen hiring the teacher & paying her salary out of their own pockets. Three of the children being Thomas out of the 11.
First officers of the district 1878, Thomas H. Childs was treasurer.
*Guardianship of younger brother Nathaniel, Book A, pg 180, Ft Madison Courthouse (not followed up on).
MESSAGE #2: An enthusiastic meeting was held in Cedar Twp., at which Joseph Bayles presided as Chairman, and 'Henry I. Childs' acted as Secretary. Two companies were started-a company of infantry and a company of cavalry. 54 names were signed to the horse-company muster roll, and 50 to the infantry--"History of Lee County" pg 558.................
MESSAGE #3: HOMESTEAD LAND:
Susan Childs
Worthington Land Office, MN
Document 5968
Total acres 160
Misc. Doc. Nr. 10167
signature: yes
date issue 3 Dec 1880
Statutory reference 12 stat.392
Act or Treaty: 20 May 1862
Entry classification: Homestead Entry Original
MESSAGE #4: 1870 Federal census, Cedar Township, Lee Co., Iowa, 7:36 #99,,, Land records of Lee co., index shows 28 April 1873 Susan Childs sold land to John Bell but the entry is marked ' withdrawn and deed never recorded.... J:95 26 Aug. 1873, power of attorney from Susan of Nobles co., Minnesota appointing Isaac Clarke of Lee co. her attorney 17 March 1874. General Power of Attorney, William O. Childs of Grundy co., Mo., 22 May 1880, record show the connection between Thomas H., Wm. O., James D., and Nathaniel as all brothers, and all sons of Henry and Susan Childs,24 No.20 A-20 filed 20 May 1881, Nobles co., Minn.
Probate records in Lee Co. -Lee co., District court Probate record 6:535, 25 July 1864, Susan and Annie Childs waive right to administer the estate of Henry I. Childs, deceased , request that Wm. Marshall appointed adm. the estate...Land Records G:346, 14 May 1869, deed by Thomas H. and wife Annie M., William O. and wife Sarah Jane, James D. and wife Amanda H. from Van Buren co., IA. and Susan Childs to John Bell 53 1/3 acres in Lee co., recorded deed 21 Sept. 1869.
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