Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Clark L. CHILDERS

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Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, <darbush @wizrealm.com>, 1998.
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CLARK L. CHILDERS - born in Anthonys Creek District, Greenbrier County,
October 25, 1840, is the owner of the homestead farm, the place of his
birth.  It consists of about 100 acres of good land, well improved, and
containing iron ore.  Its location is on Little Creek, five miles from
Alvon, ten from Frankford, twenty-five from Lewisburg.  William and
Rebecca Jane (PERKINS) CHILDERS, who passed long and useful lives in
this district, were his parents.  His father was born March 1800, and
died June 10, 1879; and his mother, born February 6, 1817, died February
10, 1880.  When the civil war was inaugurated, Clark L. CHILDERS at once
entered the Confederate service, serving through the entire war.  He was
engaged in the battles of Lewisburg, Fayetteville, Cold Harbor, Gaines
Mills, the Wilderness, Fishers Hill, White Sulphur Springs, Handleys,
Martinsburg, Sharpsburg, Kernstown, Strasburg, and in the second battle
of Winchester was made prisoner, in 1864, remaining a prisoner until
the close of the war.  In Pocahontas County, West Virginia, November 3,
1882, Clark L. CHILDERS and Minnie RANKIN were united in wedlock.  Her
birth was in Pocahontas County, and she is a daughter of George Washington
RANKIN of that county.  She was born in February, 1847.  The post office
address of Clark L. CHILDERS is Alvon, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.