The Ely Miner, unknown date
PASSED BEYOND – Solomon S. Childers Died Yesterday Morning
Again did the grim reaper wield his scythe and cut out from our community another old timer on the Vermilion range in the person of Solomon S. Childers who died yesterday morning following a short illness of Bright's disease.
Mr. Childers was born in Woodbine, Ill., 73 years ago next January. In 1864 he was married at Galena, Ill., to Miss Agnes Thomas and from this union ten children were born. The widow and seven children viz: Mrs. P. Schaefer, Mrs. R.J. Whiteside, of Duluth, Mrs. James Hodgon, Mark, of Goldfield, Nev., and David, Townsend and Fred Childers of this city survive him. All with the exception of Mark were present at the last.
The family lived in Michigan for some time removing to Soudan, Minnesota, in 1884. Ten years ago they removed to this city. During his residence here, Mr. Childers has held many positions of trust, being special municipal judge for a term and six years ago held the position as city treasurer. At the time of his death he was truant officer for School District No. 12 and also held a commission as humane officer from St. Louis county.
The funeral will be held pending the arrival of outside relatives. Interment will probably be at Tower where a son and daughter are buried. He was a member of Tower Lodge, I.O.O.F. who will have charge of the funeral arrangements at Tower.
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Obit - Duluth News August 12, 1910
PIONEER ELY RESIDENT BRIGHT'S DISEASE VICTIM
(Range Bureau of the news Tribune)
ELY, Aug. 11 - S.S. Childers, a pioneer resident of this city, died last night of Bright's disease. He was 72 years of age and well known around Tower and Ely. He leaves a wife and seven children, Fred, Dave, T. Childers, Mrs. P. Schaefer and Mrs. Hodgon of this city, Mrs. R.J. Whiteside, Duluth, and Mark Childers, Goldfield, Nevada.
The body will be taken to Tower for interment Saturday
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The Ely Miner, August 19, 1910
Buried at Tower
The remains of S.S. Childers who died here Thursday morning of Bright's disease, were taken to Tower Saturday afternoon, interment being in the cemetery of that city. The remains were met at the depot by the Tower lodge of Odd Fellows of which the deceased had been a member for nearly 25 years.
The services here were conducted by Rev. J.D. Manly, services being held at the residence before the departure of the train . Rev. Manly also conducted the services at the grave.
Many from here, including a delegation of members of the local lodge of Odd Fellows went to Tower. The Ely city band, which was in Tower Saturday and Sunday, met the cortege at the train and escorted the lodge and friends to the cemetery.
The floral offerings were many and beautiful showing the high esteem in which the deceased was held.
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Sketch of Life written by his grandson, Warren S. Childers

Solomon "Saul" Childers was born in Woodbine, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, on January 13, 1838, and there married Agnes James Thomas, a first generation America born in Pottstown, Pa., of English (Cornish) immigrant parents. Saul was of true Pioneer American stock having descended through several generations from Childers who had immigrated to Virginia from Lancshire and Nottingham Counties in the 1630's or, possibly before; about 15 miles southwest of Richmond, Va., one can still visit the farm that was Abraham Childers' in 1653. A substantial number of Childers served in the Revolutionary War and a large number in the Civil War and succeeding wars; one Moses Childers was George Washington's cook. Toward the end of the 1700's the Childers began to migrate westward to the frontier country, some travelling over the Cumberland Gap to what is now Madison and Garrard Counties in Kentucky, by way of The Grat Trail which Daniel Boone and his contemporaries blazed and later served as guides (there is, indeed, a Daniel Boone Childers still living in Ohio). Solomon (the first) Childers settled in Madison County just a few short miles from Boonesborough, the home of Daniel and his brother Squire who ran the forge and blacksmith shop there; here Solomon took to wife an Elizabeth Richardson on April 3, 1800, as did two of his brothers in marrying two of the other daughters of Amos Richardson. Of his several sons and daughters, John migrated to Jo Daviess County, Ill., lured by the word of a boom in lead (galena); he worked here in the mines and farmed and took for his wife Catherine Shore, sister of a prominent Elizabeth, Ill., citizen named Solomon Shore; of the several of his children, Solomon Shore of this treatise was born. It is to be noted that this is the era of Ulysses S. Grant and his father and brother operating a Leather Goods store in Galena - a few short miles from Elizabeth and Woodbine - so in this sparsely populated community, it is likely that these neighbors were acquainted with one another.

MN Death: 1910-MN-012146