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1860 Census West of Arkansas – Creek Nation

1860 Free Inhabitants Creek Nation Page 1

Free Inhabitants in “The Creek Nation” in the County “West of the” State of “Akansas” enumerated on the “16th” day of “August” 1860. While the census lists “free inhabitants” it is obvious that the list contains names of Native Americans, both of the Creek and Seminole tribes, and probably others. The “free inhabitants” is likely indicative that the family had given up their rights as Indians in treaties previous to 1860, drifted away from the tribe, or were never fully integrated. The black (B) and mulatto (M) status may indicate only the fact of the color of their skin, or whether one had a white ancestors, they may still be Native American.

Childers, Frank

Frank (Merrell) Childers, 65, 1808 Oak St., died in a local hospital this morning after a two months’ illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Snodgrass Funeral home. A railroad conductor, Childers was born at Summerville, July 11, 1888 and had been a resident of Union county all his life. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen, and a World War I veteran. He is survived by two sisters, Della Wagner and Olive Childers, both of La Grande, a niece, Mrs. Adla Rose Edwards, Los Angeles; and other relatives. La Grande Observer Thursday, August 16, 1953 … Read more

Childers, Cecil – Obituary

Cecil Childers, 91, of Joseph, died at La Grande, on May 18, 1991. He was born July 6, 1899, at Lostine, the son of George and Liza (Herring) Childers. On July 24, 1921, he married his wife, Thelma Marie. He worked for the park services. Survivors include his wife, Thelma of Joseph; son, Jack, of Joseph; and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were held at the Joseph Baptist Church with vault interment following in the Lostine Cemetery. Memorial in his memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice in care of Bollman Funeral Home, in Enterprise. Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, … Read more

Childers, Mary – Obituary

Mary Childers Passes Away After Long Illness, Death Ends Suffering Well Known Woman’s Demise Occurs at Harrisburg, Oregon Mary E. Childers, formerly resident of Union county, died in Harrisburg, Oregon, Monday evening March 11. She has been ailing for several weeks and her daughter, Mrs. Irwin of Island City, was called to the bedside some time ago. Mrs. Childers was 59 years, 2 months and 21 days old at the time of her death. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. C. O. Heath at the M. E. Church at Harrisburg at 2 o’clock p.m. March 17. La Grande … Read more

Childers, Claude – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Claude Childers, Promising Young Man, Died Today No Funeral Arrangements Made at This Time – Father in the South Claude Childers died this morning of typhoid fever. He has been ailing for some time but the death was a distinct shock to his many friends and acquaintances. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Parker Childers, his father, Geo. Childers, who lives in California, his uncle, Frank P. Childers and several other relatives. Mr. Childers lived on the old McDonald place a short distance from town and was a young man of about thirty years. … Read more

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Quapaw Cession Map

The white population in Arkansas in 1817 had increased to several thousand, whose protection, as well as that of the Cherokee people living in that territory, from the continued hostilities of the Osage, required the establishment of a military post at the western border dividing the white settlements from the Osage. From Saint Louis came further news of threatened hostilities by the Osage near Clermont’s Town, and a report that Major William Bradford with a detachment of United States riflemen, and accompanied by Major Long, topographical engineer, had left that city for the purpose of establishing a military post on … Read more

Childers, Bessie – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon Mrs. Bessie M. Childers, 76, prominent Cove resident, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Daniels Funeral Home and burial will take place in Summerville cemetery. Born at Lower Cove, Mrs. Childers had lived in Union County all her life. She was a member of the Cove Baptist church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Childers, in 1947. Survivors are a son, LeRoy Childers, Cove: a daughter, Mrs. Iola Robinson, Salem: a brother, Joe Gray, La Grande: a sister, Mrs. Eugene Millering, La Grande: four grandchildren … Read more

Childers, Robert – Obituary

Robert Childers, Artist, Dies Robert Edward Childers III, 60, an artist, who designed the Hobbie Holly cloth doll while on the staff of American Greetings Inc. in New York, died Saturday in Medford. Enturnment [sic – Interment] will be in Jacksonville Cemetery with Hillcrest Mortuary, Medford, in charge of arrangements. No service is planned. Mr. Childers was born Jan. 21, 1924, in Lostin [sic – Lostine], Ore. He attended Medford schools, graduating in 1941 from Medford High School. While a student he had small parts in early Oregon Shakespearean Festival productions in Ashland. Following graduation he served in the U.S. … Read more

Childers, Betty – Obituary

Minam, Wallowa County, Oregon Small Girl Drowns In River at Minam While picking flowers with playmates near the Wallowa river at Minam last Saturday, May 8, Betty Childers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Childers lost her balance and fell down the steep bank into the stream. She had been perhaps ten feet above the river. The water was high and deep quite to the bank. The child was carried about a mile down stream where her body was found half an hour later. She would have been three years old June 2 and was born near Lostine, where her … Read more

Childers, Thelma Marie (Crow) – Obituary

Graveside services will be held at the Lostine Cemetery for Thelma Childers on Thursday, March 27, 1997 at 2 p.m. Mrs. Childers, a lifelong resident of Wallowa County was 97 years of age. Born at Hurricane Creek on December 12, 1899, the daughter of Grace and S. P. Crow, she attended and graduated from Lostine Schools. On July 24, 1921, she married Cecil Childers and has lived most of her remaining years in Joseph. She was preceded by her husband in 1991. She was a longtime member of the Eastern Star, Rebeccas, Daughters of the Nile and the Ladies Auxiliary … Read more

Childers, Mary Jane (McDowell) – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Local News In Brief Died at Summerville, Sunday, April 21, Mrs. Mary J. Childers. Deceased was one of the pioneers of Eastern Oregon. The Weekly Republican Eastern Oregon Volume XIII, Number 39 Saturday, April 27, 1901 Page 4

Childers, Earl Mrs. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Mrs. Childers Dies Of Consumption Fight Against Disease Proves Fruitless – Left Three Small Children Mrs. Earl Childers died early on the morning of Wednesday, October 23, at the family home in Enterprise. For three years she had been a sufferer from pulmonary tuberculosis. She made a brave fight against the dread disease but nothing could stay its progress. Late Tuesday she was seen to be growing faint and before the night had advanced far she lapsed into unconsciousness and life departed as she lay quietly as if sleeping. Mrs. Childers was Edna Knapp the daughter … Read more

Childers, Dale – Obituary

Dale Childers, 57, of Milton-Freewater, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1988, at his home. At Childers’ request there will be no funeral service. He was born Aug. 7, 1931, in Wallowa, to Cecil and Thelma Crow Childers. He grew up in the Wallowa Valley and graduated from Joseph High School in 1949. He attended Moler Barber College at Portland, graduating in 1950. Childers owned and operated barbershops at Klamath Falls and Arlington before moving to the Milton-Freewater area in the late 1960s. He operated Dale’s Barber Shop in Milton-Freewater for 20 years. On Nov. 5, 1973, he married Jan Hobbs at … Read more

Childers, Olive – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Daughter Of Pioneers Dies A high Salvation Army official and daughter of a pioneer Summerville family, Olive Childers, died Saturday at a local hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services will take place at the Dempsey Funeral Chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Col. John Erickson officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Born Nov. 3, 1880, Miss Childers was the daughter of Frank and Mary Childers. Childers was one-time sheriff of Union County. Miss Childers had served as a Salvation Army officer since 1898 and worked in the La Grande area from 1915 until … Read more

Childers, Ethel – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Ethel Lydia Childers, 97, of 91 Aries Lane, La Grande passed away Thursday, October 12 at the La Grande Nursing Center where she had lived for the past two and one-half years. She was born February 28, 1881 at Exeter, Nebr. to Lewis E. and Elizabeth C. Ryder. The family came west on the emigrant train in the early 1890’s, settling in the Grande Ronde Valley where Ethel lived most of her life with the exception of a few years spent in Wallowa County. She married Milton M. Bennett on December 6, 1899 at Elgin … Read more

Childers, George – Obituary

Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Another of Wallowa county’s influential citizens and pioneers was laid to rest Sunday afternoon. Perhaps no man in the county was better known than George Childers, having lived here 37 years. To know him was to become his friend. Few men have been more closely associated with the development of Wallowa county. He served on the freight lines between Wallowa county and Union county until the railroad made its appearance and he met the first train as a mail carrier to the Lostine depot. This position he served faithfully for 33 years, having failed only one-half … Read more

Childers, Adla Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Childers, Pioneer, Dies At Home Here Death removed another pioneer from the Union county ranks this morning with the passing of Mrs. Adla Childers at her home at 1808 Oak street. Born in Iowa March 25, 1861, she crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, arriving in La Grande on Sept. 8, 1862. News of her death was a sad shock to her large circle of friends throughout the valley. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Della Wagner, of Lewiston, Ida.; Olive Childers, of Seattle; Wallace P. Childers, of Dunsmuir, Cal., … Read more

Childers, Lucille C. (Sizemore) – Obituary

Former Wallowa County resident, Lucille C. Childers died July 11, 1996, at Medford. She was born May 16, 1911, at Milner, Idaho, the daughter of Frank O. and Rosella (Bennett) Sizemore. On June 6, 1929, she married Claire Childers at Enterprise. He preceded her in death on May 29, 1990. She is survived by sons, James Childers and Eugene Childers, both of Klamath Falls; sister, Ruth Bragg of Medford; grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Graveside services were held Monday, July 15, at 1 p.m. at the Enterprise Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Enterprise Christian Church in care of the … Read more

Childers, J. W. – Obituary – Obituary

J. W. Childers Is Taken By Death Resident of County for Many Years Crossed Plains In 1865. James W. Childers died early Friday morning, Oct. 4, 1929, at the Wallowa hospital where he had been taken on Thursday for an operation for cancer of the bladder, an affliction with which he had suffered for years, and for which he underwent an operation about 20 years ago. Mr. Childers had been in poor health for years but always refused to give way to his ill health and kept active in the management of his farm until a few weeks before his … Read more

Childers, Lee Roy – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon La Grande Evening Observer Saturday, January 18, 1947 Page 3, Hospital Notes Lee Childers Dies Following Illness Lee Roy Childers, Cove farmer, and life resident of Union County, died Saturday in a local hospital at the age of 62. Active in Calvary Baptist church in that city, he had served as deacon for many years. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon in Snodgrass funeral home with Rev. Howard B. Smith of Vale officiating. Burial will be in Summerville. Mr. Childers, son of George P. and Nancy A. Childers, was born Nov. 10, … Read more