Ira Bell Childs (53)was the first of seven children (Ira Bell, Isaac Elijah "Lidge", Luella Mildred, Joseph R. , Guy Truman, Clifford E. Florence V. ) born to Joseph Childs and Blanche "Tina" Clementine Peckenpaugh. His profession was that of a Pharmacist in Burt, Iowa and later after he and his bride moved to Globe, AZ where he purchased a ranch and a Tinsmith for a tin mine close by . The move was prompted by Ira's allergies.
On March 16, 1905 in Guthrie, Iowa, Ira married Estella M. Gebhardt, daughter of Bernard Griswald Gebhardt (1849 - 1894)and Sarah L. Robinson Gebhardt (1852 - 1926)of Iowa. Estella died at the age of 49. No children.
Ira invited Audrey, the only daughter of his brother, Clifford Ernest Childs, to go to attend school in Arizona. So she left Wyoming and finished her schooling in Arizona where she became a druggist. After graduation, her father came to get her to come back and live in Wyoming, however, by then Audrey had fallen in love and wanted to marry Burt Myers and stayed in Arizona.
Being Ira had no children of his own, Audrey Childs inherited the ranch of Ira Childs, which she and her husband operated until his death.
Ira's mother "Tina" Blance Clementina Peckenpaugh, also stayed with him before she died in Nov. 23, 1922.
Sources:
Historical letters written to Evelyn Rowe Nelson by her mother, Esther Childs Rowe
Esther (Childs) Rowe as well as letters from Audrey Childs Meyers to Esther Childs Rowe.
Book: Descendants of Johann Adam and Anna Maria Beckbach: Peckinpaughs, Pickenpaughs, Beckenpaughs, Peckinpahs and Peckenpaughs by Atha Peckenpaugh Brace. Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1975 p. 215
Newspaper article:
"Funeral Services For Childs To Be Held On Thursday"
Funeral services for Ira Bell Childs, 53, who died at his home on Mesquite street early this morning, will be held from St. Paul's Methodist church at 2 o'clock next Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Gordon C. Chapman preaching the sermon. The body is at the Jones Funeral Home.
Though Mr. Childs had been in failing health for several weeks his death was unexpected and came as a distinct shock to his numerous friends throughout Gila county. Many expressions of sorrow were voiced this morning as his friends learned of his passing last night.
With him at the time of his death were his brother, Lidge Childs of Coolidge, and two brothers-in-law, W.C. Gebhart and G.B. Gebhart. Mrs. Estella Childs, though critically ill, has stood the shock of her husband's death with great fortitude.
Proprietor of Shop
During recent months Mr. Childs had been proprietor of the J.C. Bruner Tin shop. He came to Globe as a tinsmith in 1915 after being graduated as a pharmacist in Logan, Iowa, where he was born July 7, 1879. Entering the employ of the Old Dominion mine as a tinsmith, at the time of its closing he was a foreman.
On March 15, 1905 he was married to Miss Mary Estella Gebhart of Bigley, Iowa.
He took the third degree in Masonry in the Sunbeam lodge of Bagley, Iowa. Last year he was president of the Masonic study club. He was a member of Arizona Temple Order of the Mystic Shrine of Phoenix; and a member of the advisory council, Globe chapter, Order of DeMolay.
Members of the Masonic lodge in Globe will meet in the Masonic temple at 1:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon to attend the services in a body and conduct the Masonic party of the ceremonies. DeMolays will meet in the upper hall at the same time to attend the funeral.
To Attend Services
Members of Globe chapter 27, Order of the Eastern Star, will attend the services, it was announced this morning by Mrs. Genevieve Gingell, worthy matron.
Mr. Childs was a trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church and a member of the building committee which planned and erected the present building. He was very active in Boy Scout work and was a member of the Apache Council of Boy Scouts.
He took his greatest pride in boy work, spending a great amount of time with DeMolays and Boy Scots. He was particularly interested in degree work, going to Tucson twice a year to assist in ceremonies staged there.
Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Estella Childs, are the father, Joseph Childs and a sister, Mrs. A.K. Lambert of Fedora, S.D.; a sister, Mrs. Gay Gordon of Tacoma Wash.; and three brothers, Guy Childs of Upton, Wyo., and Lidge Childs of Coolidge.
(Arizona Record, Aug. 23, 1932; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
On March 16, 1905 in Guthrie, Iowa, Ira married Estella M. Gebhardt, daughter of Bernard Griswald Gebhardt (1849 - 1894)and Sarah L. Robinson Gebhardt (1852 - 1926)of Iowa. Estella died at the age of 49. No children.
Ira invited Audrey, the only daughter of his brother, Clifford Ernest Childs, to go to attend school in Arizona. So she left Wyoming and finished her schooling in Arizona where she became a druggist. After graduation, her father came to get her to come back and live in Wyoming, however, by then Audrey had fallen in love and wanted to marry Burt Myers and stayed in Arizona.
Being Ira had no children of his own, Audrey Childs inherited the ranch of Ira Childs, which she and her husband operated until his death.
Ira's mother "Tina" Blance Clementina Peckenpaugh, also stayed with him before she died in Nov. 23, 1922.
Sources:
Historical letters written to Evelyn Rowe Nelson by her mother, Esther Childs Rowe
Esther (Childs) Rowe as well as letters from Audrey Childs Meyers to Esther Childs Rowe.
Book: Descendants of Johann Adam and Anna Maria Beckbach: Peckinpaughs, Pickenpaughs, Beckenpaughs, Peckinpahs and Peckenpaughs by Atha Peckenpaugh Brace. Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1975 p. 215
Newspaper article:
"Funeral Services For Childs To Be Held On Thursday"
Funeral services for Ira Bell Childs, 53, who died at his home on Mesquite street early this morning, will be held from St. Paul's Methodist church at 2 o'clock next Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Gordon C. Chapman preaching the sermon. The body is at the Jones Funeral Home.
Though Mr. Childs had been in failing health for several weeks his death was unexpected and came as a distinct shock to his numerous friends throughout Gila county. Many expressions of sorrow were voiced this morning as his friends learned of his passing last night.
With him at the time of his death were his brother, Lidge Childs of Coolidge, and two brothers-in-law, W.C. Gebhart and G.B. Gebhart. Mrs. Estella Childs, though critically ill, has stood the shock of her husband's death with great fortitude.
Proprietor of Shop
During recent months Mr. Childs had been proprietor of the J.C. Bruner Tin shop. He came to Globe as a tinsmith in 1915 after being graduated as a pharmacist in Logan, Iowa, where he was born July 7, 1879. Entering the employ of the Old Dominion mine as a tinsmith, at the time of its closing he was a foreman.
On March 15, 1905 he was married to Miss Mary Estella Gebhart of Bigley, Iowa.
He took the third degree in Masonry in the Sunbeam lodge of Bagley, Iowa. Last year he was president of the Masonic study club. He was a member of Arizona Temple Order of the Mystic Shrine of Phoenix; and a member of the advisory council, Globe chapter, Order of DeMolay.
Members of the Masonic lodge in Globe will meet in the Masonic temple at 1:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon to attend the services in a body and conduct the Masonic party of the ceremonies. DeMolays will meet in the upper hall at the same time to attend the funeral.
To Attend Services
Members of Globe chapter 27, Order of the Eastern Star, will attend the services, it was announced this morning by Mrs. Genevieve Gingell, worthy matron.
Mr. Childs was a trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church and a member of the building committee which planned and erected the present building. He was very active in Boy Scout work and was a member of the Apache Council of Boy Scouts.
He took his greatest pride in boy work, spending a great amount of time with DeMolays and Boy Scots. He was particularly interested in degree work, going to Tucson twice a year to assist in ceremonies staged there.
Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Estella Childs, are the father, Joseph Childs and a sister, Mrs. A.K. Lambert of Fedora, S.D.; a sister, Mrs. Gay Gordon of Tacoma Wash.; and three brothers, Guy Childs of Upton, Wyo., and Lidge Childs of Coolidge.
(Arizona Record, Aug. 23, 1932; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
Ira Bell Childs (53)was the first of seven children (Ira Bell, Isaac Elijah "Lidge", Luella Mildred, Joseph R. , Guy Truman, Clifford E. Florence V. ) born to Joseph Childs and Blanche "Tina" Clementine Peckenpaugh. His profession was that of a Pharmacist in Burt, Iowa and later after he and his bride moved to Globe, AZ where he purchased a ranch and a Tinsmith for a tin mine close by . The move was prompted by Ira's allergies.
On March 16, 1905 in Guthrie, Iowa, Ira married Estella M. Gebhardt, daughter of Bernard Griswald Gebhardt (1849 - 1894)and Sarah L. Robinson Gebhardt (1852 - 1926)of Iowa. Estella died at the age of 49. No children.
Ira invited Audrey, the only daughter of his brother, Clifford Ernest Childs, to go to attend school in Arizona. So she left Wyoming and finished her schooling in Arizona where she became a druggist. After graduation, her father came to get her to come back and live in Wyoming, however, by then Audrey had fallen in love and wanted to marry Burt Myers and stayed in Arizona.
Being Ira had no children of his own, Audrey Childs inherited the ranch of Ira Childs, which she and her husband operated until his death.
Ira's mother "Tina" Blance Clementina Peckenpaugh, also stayed with him before she died in Nov. 23, 1922.
Sources:
Historical letters written to Evelyn Rowe Nelson by her mother, Esther Childs Rowe
Esther (Childs) Rowe as well as letters from Audrey Childs Meyers to Esther Childs Rowe.
Book: Descendants of Johann Adam and Anna Maria Beckbach: Peckinpaughs, Pickenpaughs, Beckenpaughs, Peckinpahs and Peckenpaughs by Atha Peckenpaugh Brace. Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1975 p. 215
Newspaper article:
"Funeral Services For Childs To Be Held On Thursday"
Funeral services for Ira Bell Childs, 53, who died at his home on Mesquite street early this morning, will be held from St. Paul's Methodist church at 2 o'clock next Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Gordon C. Chapman preaching the sermon. The body is at the Jones Funeral Home.
Though Mr. Childs had been in failing health for several weeks his death was unexpected and came as a distinct shock to his numerous friends throughout Gila county. Many expressions of sorrow were voiced this morning as his friends learned of his passing last night.
With him at the time of his death were his brother, Lidge Childs of Coolidge, and two brothers-in-law, W.C. Gebhart and G.B. Gebhart. Mrs. Estella Childs, though critically ill, has stood the shock of her husband's death with great fortitude.
Proprietor of Shop
During recent months Mr. Childs had been proprietor of the J.C. Bruner Tin shop. He came to Globe as a tinsmith in 1915 after being graduated as a pharmacist in Logan, Iowa, where he was born July 7, 1879. Entering the employ of the Old Dominion mine as a tinsmith, at the time of its closing he was a foreman.
On March 15, 1905 he was married to Miss Mary Estella Gebhart of Bigley, Iowa.
He took the third degree in Masonry in the Sunbeam lodge of Bagley, Iowa. Last year he was president of the Masonic study club. He was a member of Arizona Temple Order of the Mystic Shrine of Phoenix; and a member of the advisory council, Globe chapter, Order of DeMolay.
Members of the Masonic lodge in Globe will meet in the Masonic temple at 1:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon to attend the services in a body and conduct the Masonic party of the ceremonies. DeMolays will meet in the upper hall at the same time to attend the funeral.
To Attend Services
Members of Globe chapter 27, Order of the Eastern Star, will attend the services, it was announced this morning by Mrs. Genevieve Gingell, worthy matron.
Mr. Childs was a trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church and a member of the building committee which planned and erected the present building. He was very active in Boy Scout work and was a member of the Apache Council of Boy Scouts.
He took his greatest pride in boy work, spending a great amount of time with DeMolays and Boy Scots. He was particularly interested in degree work, going to Tucson twice a year to assist in ceremonies staged there.
Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Estella Childs, are the father, Joseph Childs and a sister, Mrs. A.K. Lambert of Fedora, S.D.; a sister, Mrs. Gay Gordon of Tacoma Wash.; and three brothers, Guy Childs of Upton, Wyo., and Lidge Childs of Coolidge.
(Arizona Record, Aug. 23, 1932; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
On March 16, 1905 in Guthrie, Iowa, Ira married Estella M. Gebhardt, daughter of Bernard Griswald Gebhardt (1849 - 1894)and Sarah L. Robinson Gebhardt (1852 - 1926)of Iowa. Estella died at the age of 49. No children.
Ira invited Audrey, the only daughter of his brother, Clifford Ernest Childs, to go to attend school in Arizona. So she left Wyoming and finished her schooling in Arizona where she became a druggist. After graduation, her father came to get her to come back and live in Wyoming, however, by then Audrey had fallen in love and wanted to marry Burt Myers and stayed in Arizona.
Being Ira had no children of his own, Audrey Childs inherited the ranch of Ira Childs, which she and her husband operated until his death.
Ira's mother "Tina" Blance Clementina Peckenpaugh, also stayed with him before she died in Nov. 23, 1922.
Sources:
Historical letters written to Evelyn Rowe Nelson by her mother, Esther Childs Rowe
Esther (Childs) Rowe as well as letters from Audrey Childs Meyers to Esther Childs Rowe.
Book: Descendants of Johann Adam and Anna Maria Beckbach: Peckinpaughs, Pickenpaughs, Beckenpaughs, Peckinpahs and Peckenpaughs by Atha Peckenpaugh Brace. Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1975 p. 215
Newspaper article:
"Funeral Services For Childs To Be Held On Thursday"
Funeral services for Ira Bell Childs, 53, who died at his home on Mesquite street early this morning, will be held from St. Paul's Methodist church at 2 o'clock next Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Gordon C. Chapman preaching the sermon. The body is at the Jones Funeral Home.
Though Mr. Childs had been in failing health for several weeks his death was unexpected and came as a distinct shock to his numerous friends throughout Gila county. Many expressions of sorrow were voiced this morning as his friends learned of his passing last night.
With him at the time of his death were his brother, Lidge Childs of Coolidge, and two brothers-in-law, W.C. Gebhart and G.B. Gebhart. Mrs. Estella Childs, though critically ill, has stood the shock of her husband's death with great fortitude.
Proprietor of Shop
During recent months Mr. Childs had been proprietor of the J.C. Bruner Tin shop. He came to Globe as a tinsmith in 1915 after being graduated as a pharmacist in Logan, Iowa, where he was born July 7, 1879. Entering the employ of the Old Dominion mine as a tinsmith, at the time of its closing he was a foreman.
On March 15, 1905 he was married to Miss Mary Estella Gebhart of Bigley, Iowa.
He took the third degree in Masonry in the Sunbeam lodge of Bagley, Iowa. Last year he was president of the Masonic study club. He was a member of Arizona Temple Order of the Mystic Shrine of Phoenix; and a member of the advisory council, Globe chapter, Order of DeMolay.
Members of the Masonic lodge in Globe will meet in the Masonic temple at 1:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon to attend the services in a body and conduct the Masonic party of the ceremonies. DeMolays will meet in the upper hall at the same time to attend the funeral.
To Attend Services
Members of Globe chapter 27, Order of the Eastern Star, will attend the services, it was announced this morning by Mrs. Genevieve Gingell, worthy matron.
Mr. Childs was a trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church and a member of the building committee which planned and erected the present building. He was very active in Boy Scout work and was a member of the Apache Council of Boy Scouts.
He took his greatest pride in boy work, spending a great amount of time with DeMolays and Boy Scots. He was particularly interested in degree work, going to Tucson twice a year to assist in ceremonies staged there.
Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Estella Childs, are the father, Joseph Childs and a sister, Mrs. A.K. Lambert of Fedora, S.D.; a sister, Mrs. Gay Gordon of Tacoma Wash.; and three brothers, Guy Childs of Upton, Wyo., and Lidge Childs of Coolidge.
(Arizona Record, Aug. 23, 1932; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
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