Subj:	early lake co settlers
Date:	98-10-31 23:10:04 EST
From:	INJACK1


Greetings fellow genealogist,
       
I have not checked the Lake Co. site for some time. 
I was very impressed on the work that has been done. It  has 
got to be one of the best I've seen. Hats off to all. 

You asked for descendants well here I am. I don't how ever 
live in the area any more, but many members of the family do. 
I moved away about 10 years ago to the Indianapolis area.  
I am descendant of  Joseph Childers, one of Thomas Childers 
brothers. The Jane Childers that is listed in the first marriages 
in  Cedar Creek is their sister.  Joseph lived in Lake County at 
least before 1850,  Maybe he came with Thomas? He was mentioned 
in one local history anyway.
Also, the Jane Childers Holmns (various spellings) mentioned in 
early Lake Co. marriages listing (Lake Co. Lib.) married to a 
Wilder  in St. John twp.    they were married by a nehew of hers, 
she the Mother to the bunch. One of the founders of  a early 
church in Lowell. She was married  to a John Childers first he 
died in about 1826 or so. The family before moving to Lake Co. 
lived in Shelby County, Ohio. Many of the early settlers came 
from there or the Miami River Valley area. I've come across many 
of the same surnames in two area's. 
Any how,  Joseph was the father of John D. Childers, who was the 
father of Andrew J. Childers who lived in the Lowell area all his 
life. He was my great-grandfather. He was married to Nora Metcalf, 
she was the grand daughter to Ozra Metcalf  who was an early 
settler with his uncle. I've done a lot of work tracking some of 
these folks down. But any info about the Childers/Childress you 
find I would be happy to see. Let me know if I can help with any 
thing.

Jack Childers   -------  injack1@aol.com