#OTD 1 May 1828, James C Childress, 24, married Kizziah Fry, 19, in Madison County, Alabama.

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#OTD 1 May 1828, James C Childress, 24, married Kizziah Fry, 19, in Madison County, Alabama. James was a farmer and sometime Justice of the Peace. The couple had ten children before James' death in the 1850's. Their oldest son, William, died tragically when he was thrown from a horse as a boy. One son and several daughters survived to adulthood. The Civil War tore the family apart. Two daughters, including my namesake, Elizabeth, fled to Illinois. Two daughters are lost in the records. The remaining family members migrated westward to Texas, where Kizziah died at about 67 years of age.
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