City: Clarksville
CHILDERS, Gracey, business man, grain, railroad and steamboats; born Lyon Co. Ky., July 4, 1860; English descent; son of James Francis William and Lucy (Gracey) CHILDERS; father’s occupation, minister of the gospel; paternal grandfather William C. CHILDERS, paternal grandmother Elizabeth Orndorff (Miller) CHILDERS, maternal grandfather Mathew GRACEY, maternal grandmother Maria (Tilford) GRACEY; educated Southwestern Presbyterian University Clarksville, (Tenn.); entered grain, railroad, steamboat business in early life; married Jane Gray GLENN Nov. 14, 1900; member of Knights of Pythias and Elks; lieutenant-colonel First Tenn. Infantry N. G. S. T. 1888; colonel and inspector rifle practice First Brigade N. G. S. T. 1895; lieutenant-colonel First Tenn. Inf. N. G. S. T. 1897; lieutenant-colonel First Tenn. Inf. U. S. V. 1898; Col. 1st Tenn. Infantry U. S. V. 1899; Brig-Gen’l. N. G. S. T., retired 1910; commanded regiment during active campaigns in the Islands of Luzon, Panay and Cebu, Philippine Islands; battle of Manilla, Luzon, Feb. 5, 1899, battle and capture of Hoilo, Panay Feb. 11, 1899, and numerous expeditions and minor engagements on Island of Panay; volunteered with regiment and commanded on a five day expedition into the mountains of Cebu, in which the column captured seven mountain forts and a number of entrenched places Sept. 21-25, 1899; commanded special force Tenn. during night riders’ raids 1908-9; member of Society Sons of American Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Army of the Philippines and Spanish-American War Veterans; member Methodist Episcopal church, South.
