Possibly Confederate States Army, Colonel. "Col. Childers fought in the Civil War with Drew Middleton, C.C. Edwards and D.W. Wristen." Obituary, 7/14/1918, p. 4.
Abilene Daily Reporter .
Obituary, "Col. Childers Died Saturday Afternoon at 5," 7/14/1918, p. 4. Birth date 9/19/1841.
Abilene Daily Reporter .
Census of 1900 - John W. Childers, Cooke County, born September 1841 in Kentucky, spouse Mary W., daughter Rosa.
FamilySearch .
John Wesley Childers, birth date 9/19/1841 in Kentucky, death date 7/13/1918 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas,
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.W. Childers (1836-1918), burial in Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Taylor County. Includes obituary in Abilene Reporter News, 7/14/1918.
Find a Grave .