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George Perry Childers

Childers Is Pneumonia Victim Here

George Perry Childers, 77, who was a member of the famous wagon train that broke the original Oregon Trail, died of pneumonia at this home, 147 First Street, at 9:25 o'clock last night.

When 11 years old, Childers crossed the plains with the train that split at Salt Lake City. One section came south to California, while the one Childers was with went on to Oregon.

The late James Perry Childers, Childers' father, came to California around Cape Horn in 1849 along with his brother, who died and was buried at sea. James Childers mined gold in California for five years, each winter living at Marysville. Later he went east to Scotland County, Missouri, where George was born. In 1865, when George was 11 years old, the family settled in Oregon, where George resided the remainder of his life except for about 10 years, which were spent in Woodland.

The Childers family was a pioneer group of the Grand Rounde [sic - Grande Ronde] Valley, Oregon. It settled around La Grande and has been one of the leading families of that section for the last three-quarters of a century.

George Childers married Nancy Ann Chase December 31, 1879, and they celebrated their fifty-second wedding anniversary last December. Eleven children were born to the couple. Nine of whom are still living. There were two sons, Claude D. and Sidney K. Childers, who are now deceased. Those living are Lulu Belle Glenn of La Grande, LeRoy [sic - Lee Roy] Childers of Cove, Ore., D. D. Childers of Woodland, Mrs. Ella Doster of Honolulu, T. H., Mrs. I. E. Kramer, Mrs. Mabel Marlin, Miss Ethel Childers and George T. Childers, all of Woodland, and Mrs. R. M. Robinson of Long Beach.

Kraft Brothers are in charge of funeral arrangements, and it has not been decided yet whether the body will be shipped to Oregon or whether it will be buried in Woodland.

There are 16 grand children and four great grand children surviving Childers.

[Perhaps Woodland] Newspaper

Saturday March 05, 1932

George P. Childers Funeral Tomorrow

Funeral Services for George Perry Childers, who died here early Friday evening, will be held in the Kraft Brothers Chapel tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, with Rev. E. L. Karstaedt officiating. Burial will be follow in Woodland Cemetery.

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Mail Of Woodland, Sunday, March 6, 1932, Page 1.

George P. Childers Laid To Rest Here

Funeral services for George P. Childers, 77-year-old pioneer, were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday a Kraft Brothers Chapel, with Rev. E. L. Karsteadt of the Christian Church officiating. Mrs. W. D. Johnson sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” and “Rock of Ages”, with Mrs. L. E. Wraith at the pipe organ.

The interment and services at the graveside in Woodland Cemetery were postponed until 5:05 p.m. so that one son, LeRoy [sic — Lee Roy] Childers, arriving on the 5:05 p.m. train could be present at the last rites.

The pallbearers were H. I. Bobb, H. A. Kramer, C. H. Clements, T. J. Pugh, Doren Issacs and Ira Nichols.

(Mail Of Woodland, Tuesday, March 8, 1932, Page 1)

(The above obituary was contributed by Tom Childers, <User633879@aol.com>.)