Elbert County GaArchives: Obituary of Louis G. Childs
8 January 1892
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Chandler Eavenson
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2 February 2004

The Elberton Star, edition of 8 Jan 1892, carried the
following obituary of Louis [Lewis] G. Childs:

"Louis [Lewis] G. Childs departed this life in prospect 
of a blissful immortality on the night of December 18, 
1891, in the 87th year of his age. 

"He was born July 7th, 1805. He married Miss Mary A. 
Brewer the 26th of April, 1836, and the good Lord 
blessed their union with eight stalwart sons and four
daughters, all of whom - but one - still survive and 
enjoy the comforts of life, the benediction of 
benignant heaven. Their descendants - living and dead - 
number more than one hundred. 

"He was an acceptable member of the Baptist church for 
more than fifty years without a single complaint 
against him. He was strictly honest, defrauded no one
in his person or property. He never sued anybody and 
was never sued, and when he died owed not a cent. His
beloved companion stood by him these long years, and 
tasted with him life's realities, its smiles and its
tears, its sorrows and its joys, its sunshine and its
storms, and still lives to mourn his loss. She was a 
helpmate indeed and in truth. 

"He said before dying that there was a crown laid up 
for him at God's right hand in heaven. He was ready
and anxious to go and receive it. 

"Peace to his ashes. Dec. 24, 1891.     J.A.C. "

[Submitter's notes: According to the Childs Family 
History and Genealogy, published 1994 by Julia Brown
Hazelwood, the children of Lewis Glaze Childs and 
Mary A. Brewer were Horatio G., John Benjamin, Hugh M., 
Margaret Catherine, Sylvanus Glaze, Lewis Seaborn, 
Susan Frances, Martha Jane, James Dunston, Sarah Ann, 
William Newton and Robert Ira Childs.]

Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson