Joel
Childress
Born about in Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Son of Robert Childress
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Whitsett) Childress
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Anderson Childress, Susan (Childress) Rucker, Sarah (Childress) Polk, John Whitsitt Childress and Elizabeth Childress
Died about
at about age 42
in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2014
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Biography
He was the father of First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. He was a merchant and tavern-keeper. He served the town of Murfreesboro, TN as alderman and was postmaster from 1813 to 1817. He is buried in Cannonsburgh Village Cemetery in Murfreesboro. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 September 2020), memorial page for Joel Childress (22 Mar 1777–18 Aug 1819), Find A Grave: Memorial #7749582, citing Cannonsburgh Village Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Cindy King (contributor 46817864).
- Bob Whitsitt of Kirkwood, Missouri which includes info from Joan Hill Whitsitt of Memphis, Tennessee.
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7749582
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joel:
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~0.39%
William Skinner
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member williamskinner3
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~0.39%
Anonymous Kettle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A376137 [compare], Ancestry member kettletribe
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Porter Fann
Porter Fann
The three women listed as spouses - at least on the basis of their names - seem oddly coincidental, as if they might just be the same person?
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