Rufus J CHILDRESS

(b. 17 March 1879 , Kentucky, USA d. 20 August 1906 , Kentucky, USA )

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Rufus J CHILDRESS was born 17 March 1879 in Kentucky, USA

Rufus J CHILDRESS was the child of John Calhoun CHILDRESS and Sarah J LOVELL

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Rufus J married Emily Mae PONDER 7 January 1904 in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Emily Mae PONDER was born 14 August 1883 in Clay County, Kentucky, USA. Emily Mae died 31 August 1956 in Orlando, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA. Emily Mae was the child of William Robert PONDER and Rachael WARD.

Rufus J CHILDRESS died 20 August 1906 in Kentucky, USA.
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Rufus J CHILDRESS married

Emily Mae PONDER-- Date: 7 January 1904 Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
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Emily Mae PONDER was the child of William Robert PONDER and Rachael WARD

Name: Emley Ponder
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1904
Marriage Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Spouse:
Rufous Childress
Film Number: 001943514

Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965

Children of Rufus J CHILDRESS and Emily Mae PONDER:

Della Haze (Hays) CHILDRESS (b.11 September 1905, , Kentucky, USA d. 7 April 1993, Covington, Kentucky, USA)
m. Casper Cecil REAMS 1926

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1879 Birth
17 March 1879
, Kentucky, USA

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

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1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 Marriage / Partner
Rufus J CHILDRESS and Emily Mae PONDER 7 January 1904, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA

He was 24 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1905 Birth of Child
Della Haze (Hays) CHILDRESS was born 11 September 1905, , Kentucky, USA

Rufus J was 26 years old.

1906 Death
20 August 1906
, Kentucky, USA

He died at the age of 27.

Rufus is buried at: Flatrock Cemetery, Orlando, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA

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