Thomas Lee Childs (1918 - 2010)

Born 25 May 1918 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cornelia A. (Fields) Childs — married before 1950 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

Died 6 Oct 2010 at age 92 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Thomas Childs is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Son of Reuben Lee Childs and Lillian B. Shipley.^[1]

In 1920 his father Reuben L Chiles was age 35, born in Kentucky. His mother Lillie Chiles was age 36, born in Kentucky. His sister Mattie L. Chiles was age 4. His brother Thomas Chiles was age 1.^[2]

Thomas was age 11 in 1930, living in his parents' household in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky. Reverend R L Childs was age 45, b Kentucky. His wife Lillie was age 44, b Kentucky. Son Loyd Childs was age 15, b Kentucky. Daughter Madeline was age 14 b Kentucky. Son Thomas Childs was age 11, b Kentucky. Son George Childs was age 8, b Kentucky. Daughter Lillian B. Childs was age 4, b. Kentucky.^[3]

Thomas was single, without dependents, when he registered for the World War II draft in the U. S. Signal Corps in 1942. He had had 4 years of college.^[4]

He married Cornelia A. Fields, 1918-2018

In 1950 Thomas was a science teacher in the public schools of Somerset, Kentucky. His wife Carnelia Childs was a home economics teacher. Both were age 31, born in Kentucky.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHY-RSRW : 11 February 2018), Thomas L Childs, 25 May 1918; citing Birth, Mercer, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGB-J8X : 1 February 2021), Thomas Chiles in entry for R H Chiles, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFP-HN4 : accessed 16 February 2023), Reverend R L Childs, Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 9A, line 7, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 776; FHL microfilm 2,340,511.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMXG-FMC : 5 December 2014), Thomas L Childs, enlisted 26 Jun 1942, Lexington, Kentucky, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQHW-1SCG : accessed 19 Feb 2023) Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, ED 100-4, sheet 11, lines 6-7, April 6, 1950.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT25-B3V : 12 January 2021), Thomas Lee Childs, 06 Oct 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78907430/thomas-l-childs