Some Descendants of Experience "Pede" Johnson (Amos, Reuben, Isaac, Lieut. Joseph, Nathaniel, Sgt. Humphrey, John) and Capt. Ebenezer Childs of Farmington, Franklin, Maine
James Upham
Childs was born on 19 Oct 1840. [Ref,
p. 272] James, the son of Ebenezer Childs and Pede Johnson, died on
30 May 1904, age 64, in Farmington of paralysis. [Ref]
He married Ellen F. Unknown. In 1850 James W. was nine and living with his parents in Farmington. [Ref] In 1870 James, age 29, and Ellen F., age27, were living in Farmington with their daughter. James was a merchant tailor with real estate worth $1,500 and a personal estate of $500. [Ref] In 1880 James was a widower, living in a hotel in Farmington. He described his occupation as "mowing machine ag.". [Ref] In 1900 James, age 59, was living in a boarding house in Farmington. [Ref] James lived in a home for disabled volunteer soldiers in Togus, Kennebec, Maine from 19 Oct 1900 to 22 Mar 1901. He said that he had been a clerk. [Ref] James was a soldier in the Civil War. [Ref, p. 272] He enlisted from Farmington as a sergeant on 14 Aug 1862 in Company G, Maine 16th Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant and then to 1st lieutenant. He was mustered out on 5 Jun 1865 at Arlington Heights, Virginia. [Ref] James was 5'8" tall with a dark complexion, hazel eyes and black hair. [Ref] James's sole child must have died young as she does not appear in the 1880 census and in 1900 James lists his brother Calvin as his closest relative [Ref]. |