Henry Patton Childress was born in Orange County Virginia in 1837. His parents were: Giles R. & Sara E. (Patton) Childress. He married Virginia Elvira Tinder, Orange County, Virgnia on March 06, 1862. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in May of 1861 and served in Company I,6th Virginia Calvary. Company I, 6th VA was part of Lomax's Calvary, under the command of General W.N. Payne. H.P. participated in battles of Second Bull Run, Winchester, Front Royal, Clear Creek, Fisher's Hill, Mount Jackson, Port Republic and near Appamattox, Va. On April 09, 1865 General Payne ordered Childress to ride along the skirmish lines with orders for the CSA Colonels to ceas firing as the war was over. When he returned, Colonel Payne ordered him to blow the final "assembly call" on his bugle. He was paroled in Richmond, Va. At times he also acted as a courier for General J.E.B. Stuart.
At the end of World War I, H.P. and Union Army Bugler, Nathaniel Sisson of Maryville, Mo. sounded their bugles together in front of the Maryville Courthouse to observe the cessation of WW-I. H.P. moved to Grundy County, Il in 1881. Then to Russell County, KS, and on to Brush, CO and finally to Los Angeles to live with his daughters; Cora Trullinger and Mrs. Charles Tabnler. H.P. died of bronchial Pneumonia and left behind 21 grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren at the age of 92. 4 Gravesites purchased at Oak Hill Cemetery on May 13, 1918 for $17.50
At the end of World War I, H.P. and Union Army Bugler, Nathaniel Sisson of Maryville, Mo. sounded their bugles together in front of the Maryville Courthouse to observe the cessation of WW-I. H.P. moved to Grundy County, Il in 1881. Then to Russell County, KS, and on to Brush, CO and finally to Los Angeles to live with his daughters; Cora Trullinger and Mrs. Charles Tabnler. H.P. died of bronchial Pneumonia and left behind 21 grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren at the age of 92. 4 Gravesites purchased at Oak Hill Cemetery on May 13, 1918 for $17.50
Henry Patton Childress was born in Orange County Virginia in 1837. His parents were: Giles R. & Sara E. (Patton) Childress. He married Virginia Elvira Tinder, Orange County, Virgnia on March 06, 1862. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in May of 1861 and served in Company I,6th Virginia Calvary. Company I, 6th VA was part of Lomax's Calvary, under the command of General W.N. Payne. H.P. participated in battles of Second Bull Run, Winchester, Front Royal, Clear Creek, Fisher's Hill, Mount Jackson, Port Republic and near Appamattox, Va. On April 09, 1865 General Payne ordered Childress to ride along the skirmish lines with orders for the CSA Colonels to ceas firing as the war was over. When he returned, Colonel Payne ordered him to blow the final "assembly call" on his bugle. He was paroled in Richmond, Va. At times he also acted as a courier for General J.E.B. Stuart.
At the end of World War I, H.P. and Union Army Bugler, Nathaniel Sisson of Maryville, Mo. sounded their bugles together in front of the Maryville Courthouse to observe the cessation of WW-I. H.P. moved to Grundy County, Il in 1881. Then to Russell County, KS, and on to Brush, CO and finally to Los Angeles to live with his daughters; Cora Trullinger and Mrs. Charles Tabnler. H.P. died of bronchial Pneumonia and left behind 21 grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren at the age of 92. 4 Gravesites purchased at Oak Hill Cemetery on May 13, 1918 for $17.50
At the end of World War I, H.P. and Union Army Bugler, Nathaniel Sisson of Maryville, Mo. sounded their bugles together in front of the Maryville Courthouse to observe the cessation of WW-I. H.P. moved to Grundy County, Il in 1881. Then to Russell County, KS, and on to Brush, CO and finally to Los Angeles to live with his daughters; Cora Trullinger and Mrs. Charles Tabnler. H.P. died of bronchial Pneumonia and left behind 21 grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren at the age of 92. 4 Gravesites purchased at Oak Hill Cemetery on May 13, 1918 for $17.50
