John Childe was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1827.
He is linked in Cullum's Register of Graduates of the Military Academy.
CAPT. JOHN CHILDE, fourth child and son of Zachariah and Lydia Bigelow Child, b. in West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 30, 1802, m. Mch. 13, 1832, Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 23, 1809, dau. of James Scott and Mary Sanford Dwight of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Childe added the terminal "e" to his name, which is really the only correct addition to be made. He was a graduate of West Point. He was 1st Lieut. and Capt. in the U. S. army, and a superior civil engineer. He constructed "The Western Railroad," (from Pittsfield to Albany) the "Connecticut River Railroad," and also "The Cleaveland & Columbus Railroad," and "The Mobile & Ohio Railroad," the last (three hundred miles long) being his great work as an engineer. He was a man of high toned character, well educated, very energetic, and generous in the use of his means. Mrs. Laura D. Childe was lost in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854, with her daughter, Lelia Maria Childe, on her return voyage from a tour of pleasure through Europe. He m. Oct. 23, 1856, his second wife, Ellen Wills Healy. Capt. John Childe d. at Springfield, Mass, Feb. 2, 1858.
Children:
i. FRANCIS DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1833, d. Sept. 20, 1833.
ii. LELIA MARIA CHILDE, b. April 11, 1835; was lost at sea in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854.
iii. MARY DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Aug. 9, 1845.
By second wife:
iv. JOHN HEALY CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1858.
—Elias Child, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, published New York, 1881, p. 558; fn: "This account was taken from Dr. B. W. Dwight's Genealogy of the Dwight Family."
He is linked in Cullum's Register of Graduates of the Military Academy.
CAPT. JOHN CHILDE, fourth child and son of Zachariah and Lydia Bigelow Child, b. in West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 30, 1802, m. Mch. 13, 1832, Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 23, 1809, dau. of James Scott and Mary Sanford Dwight of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Childe added the terminal "e" to his name, which is really the only correct addition to be made. He was a graduate of West Point. He was 1st Lieut. and Capt. in the U. S. army, and a superior civil engineer. He constructed "The Western Railroad," (from Pittsfield to Albany) the "Connecticut River Railroad," and also "The Cleaveland & Columbus Railroad," and "The Mobile & Ohio Railroad," the last (three hundred miles long) being his great work as an engineer. He was a man of high toned character, well educated, very energetic, and generous in the use of his means. Mrs. Laura D. Childe was lost in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854, with her daughter, Lelia Maria Childe, on her return voyage from a tour of pleasure through Europe. He m. Oct. 23, 1856, his second wife, Ellen Wills Healy. Capt. John Childe d. at Springfield, Mass, Feb. 2, 1858.
Children:
i. FRANCIS DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1833, d. Sept. 20, 1833.
ii. LELIA MARIA CHILDE, b. April 11, 1835; was lost at sea in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854.
iii. MARY DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Aug. 9, 1845.
By second wife:
iv. JOHN HEALY CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1858.
—Elias Child, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, published New York, 1881, p. 558; fn: "This account was taken from Dr. B. W. Dwight's Genealogy of the Dwight Family."
John Childe was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1827.
He is linked in Cullum's Register of Graduates of the Military Academy.
CAPT. JOHN CHILDE, fourth child and son of Zachariah and Lydia Bigelow Child, b. in West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 30, 1802, m. Mch. 13, 1832, Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 23, 1809, dau. of James Scott and Mary Sanford Dwight of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Childe added the terminal "e" to his name, which is really the only correct addition to be made. He was a graduate of West Point. He was 1st Lieut. and Capt. in the U. S. army, and a superior civil engineer. He constructed "The Western Railroad," (from Pittsfield to Albany) the "Connecticut River Railroad," and also "The Cleaveland & Columbus Railroad," and "The Mobile & Ohio Railroad," the last (three hundred miles long) being his great work as an engineer. He was a man of high toned character, well educated, very energetic, and generous in the use of his means. Mrs. Laura D. Childe was lost in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854, with her daughter, Lelia Maria Childe, on her return voyage from a tour of pleasure through Europe. He m. Oct. 23, 1856, his second wife, Ellen Wills Healy. Capt. John Childe d. at Springfield, Mass, Feb. 2, 1858.
Children:
i. FRANCIS DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1833, d. Sept. 20, 1833.
ii. LELIA MARIA CHILDE, b. April 11, 1835; was lost at sea in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854.
iii. MARY DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Aug. 9, 1845.
By second wife:
iv. JOHN HEALY CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1858.
—Elias Child, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, published New York, 1881, p. 558; fn: "This account was taken from Dr. B. W. Dwight's Genealogy of the Dwight Family."
He is linked in Cullum's Register of Graduates of the Military Academy.
CAPT. JOHN CHILDE, fourth child and son of Zachariah and Lydia Bigelow Child, b. in West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 30, 1802, m. Mch. 13, 1832, Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 23, 1809, dau. of James Scott and Mary Sanford Dwight of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Childe added the terminal "e" to his name, which is really the only correct addition to be made. He was a graduate of West Point. He was 1st Lieut. and Capt. in the U. S. army, and a superior civil engineer. He constructed "The Western Railroad," (from Pittsfield to Albany) the "Connecticut River Railroad," and also "The Cleaveland & Columbus Railroad," and "The Mobile & Ohio Railroad," the last (three hundred miles long) being his great work as an engineer. He was a man of high toned character, well educated, very energetic, and generous in the use of his means. Mrs. Laura D. Childe was lost in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854, with her daughter, Lelia Maria Childe, on her return voyage from a tour of pleasure through Europe. He m. Oct. 23, 1856, his second wife, Ellen Wills Healy. Capt. John Childe d. at Springfield, Mass, Feb. 2, 1858.
Children:
i. FRANCIS DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1833, d. Sept. 20, 1833.
ii. LELIA MARIA CHILDE, b. April 11, 1835; was lost at sea in the "Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854.
iii. MARY DWIGHT CHILDE, b. Aug. 9, 1845.
By second wife:
iv. JOHN HEALY CHILDE, b. Jan. 18, 1858.
—Elias Child, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, published New York, 1881, p. 558; fn: "This account was taken from Dr. B. W. Dwight's Genealogy of the Dwight Family."
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JOHN CHILDE.
DIED
FEB. 2, 1858.
AGED 55 YRS.
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