Jourdan (J.D.) Childress was born in Titus County, Texas in 1859. He was the son of Obidiah (O.B.D.) Childress (1929-1909) and his wife Cynthia Ann (1833-1925). Jourdan was reared on a farm where his first recollections were of his father coming home on furlough during the Civil War. Jourdan’s father was a veteran of three wars, The United States and Mexican War, The Civil War, and the Spanis...
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