Timothy Childs
Timothy Childs | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Kempshall |
Succeeded by | Thomas J. Paterson |
Constituency | 28th district |
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839 | |
Preceded by | Frederick Whittlesey |
Succeeded by | Thomas Kempshall |
Constituency | 28th district |
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |
Preceded by | Daniel D. Barnard |
Succeeded by | Frederick Whittlesey |
Constituency | 27th district |
Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department | |
In office 1837–1839 | |
Preceded by | Albert Gallatin Hawes |
Succeeded by | Richard P. Marvin |
Member of the New York State Assembly | |
In office January 1, 1833 – December 31, 1833 Serving with Levi Pond, Milton Sheldon | |
Preceded by | Samuel G. Andrews, Ira Bellows, William B. Brown |
Succeeded by | Elihu Church, Fletcher Mathews Haight, Jeremy S. Stone |
Constituency | Monroe County |
In office January 1, 1828 – December 31, 1828 Serving with Ezra Sheldon Jr., Francis Storm | |
Preceded by | Peter Price, Abelard Reynolds, Joseph Sibley |
Succeeded by | John Garbutt, Heman Norton, Reuben Willey |
Constituency | Monroe County |
District Attorney of Monroe County, New York | |
In office 1821–1831 | |
Preceded by | None (position created) |
Succeeded by | Vincent Mathews |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US | January 1, 1790
Died | November 25, 1847 At sea aboard the ship Emily | (aged 57)
Political party | Federalist Anti-Masonic Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Adams Louisa S. Dickinson |
Alma mater | Williams College Litchfield Law School |
Profession | lawyer |
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Timothy Childs Jr. (January 1, 1790 – November 25, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from New York. He represented Monroe County for eight non-consecutive terms in Congress between 1829 and 1843.
Early life
[edit]Childs was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1790.[1] He was the son of Rachel (née Easton) Childs (1760–1852) and Timothy Childs (1748–1821), a Revolutionary War officer who studied at Harvard, became a physician and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
He graduated from Williams College in 1811[2] and Litchfield Law School in 1814.[3] He completed his studies at the Albany firm of Harmanus Bleecker,[4] afterwards practicing law in New York, first in Canandaigua, and then in Rochester.[5]
Career
[edit]Originally a Federalist,[6] while residing in Canandaigua, Childs served in offices including Ontario County Commissioner and the judicial position of Master in Chancery.[7]
He served as Monroe County, New York District Attorney from 1821 to 1831, the first to hold this position.[8][9] He served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1828,[10] and in the late 1820s he also served as Monroe County Judge.[11][12][13]
Childs was elected as an Anti-Mason to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).[14][15] After his term expired he returned to practicing law in Rochester.
In 1833, he was elected again to the New York State Assembly.[16]
In 1834, he was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress.[17] He was reelected as a Whig in 1836,[18] and served from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1839. During his 1837 to 1839 term, Childs was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.[19]
Childs was elected to Congress again as a Whig in 1840 and served one term, March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843.[20] He resumed practicing law following the completion of his final term in Congress.
Death
[edit]In the late 1840s, Childs traveled to Saint Croix, where he went to improve his health.[21][22] He died aboard the ship Emily on November 25, 1847, while en route from Saint Croix to the United States.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Personal life
[edit]In 1817, he married Catherine Adams.[30][31]
In December 1830 he married Louisa Stewart (née Shepherd) Dickinson of North Carolina in a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia.[32][33] Louisa was the widow of Joel Dickinson.[34]
References
[edit]- ^ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, birth entry for Timothy Childs, retrieved via Ancestry.com, October 4, 2013
- ^ William Thomas Davis, Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 2, 1895, page 291
- ^ Marian C. McKenna, Tapping Reeve and the Litchfield Law School, 1986, page 189
- ^ "From Saint Croix" (PDF). Oneida (N.Y.) Morning Herald. December 8, 1847.
- ^ Blake McKelvey, Rochester on the Genesee: The Growth of a City, 1993, page 21
- ^ Rochester Historical Society, Publications, Volume 21, 1943, page 63
- ^ Index to the Newspapers Published in Geneva, New York, Volume 1, 1981, page 19
- ^ William Farley Peck, Semi-Centennial History of the City of Rochester, 1884, page 369
- ^ William Farley Peck, History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York, Volume 1, 1908, page 358
- ^ W. H. McIntosh, History of Monroe County, New York, 1877, page 39
- ^ Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegram, Legal Notices, April 1829
- ^ Batavia Republican Advocate, Legal Notices, April 1829
- ^ National Youth Administration, Index to Newspapers Published in Rochester, New York, 1818-1897, digitized 2006, page 271
- ^ E. and G. W. Blunt, The American Annual Register for the Year 1829-30, 1832, page 473
- ^ Sherry Penney, Patrician in Politics: Daniel Dewey Barnard of New York, 1974, page 17
- ^ Edwin Williams, editor, Williams's New York Annual Register, 1833, page 278
- ^ Niles' Weekly Register, Elections, Volume 47, November 15, 1834, page 166
- ^ Niles' Weekly Register, Elections, Volume 51, December 10, 1836, page 177
- ^ Perry M. Goldman, James S. Young, editors, The United States Congressional Directories, 1789-1840, 1973, page 337
- ^ Niles' Weekly Register, Elections, Volume 59, November 21, 1840, page 170
- ^ Judy J. Stebbins, Painesville Telegram microfilm transcript, Dec. 8, 1847 Wed., May 8, 2012, pages 203 (two entries)
- ^ Watertown Chronicle, Death notice, Hon. Timothy Childs, December 22, 1847
- ^ Oneida Morning Herald, From Saint Croix, December 8, 1847
- ^ Chapin Family Association, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data: With Brief Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Volume 1, 1924, page 179
- ^ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, death entry for Timothy Childs, Esq., 1848, retrieved via Ancestry.com, October 4, 2013
- ^ Geneva Courier, A Telegraphic Despatch Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, December 8, 1847
- ^ Batavia Republican Advocate, Legal Notices, April 1829
- ^ National Youth Administration, Index to Newspapers Published in Rochester, New York, 1818-1897, digitized 2006, page 274
- ^ Note: Some sources indicate that Childs died in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. This seems unlikely, given the newspaper references to his travel to the West Indies and his death aboard ship. Vera Cruz, Mexico is also unlikely, given that the Mexican-American War was happening at the time of Childs's death, meaning he wouldn't have gone there to restore his health.
- ^ Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva Newspaper Index Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, entry Childs, Timothy, April 9, 1817, retrieved October 4, 2013
- ^ Some Finger Lakes NY Genealogy, Transcript of Marriages for 1817, retrieved October 4, 2013
- ^ George Hobart Tucker, Abstracts from Norfolk City Marriage Bonds 1797-1850, 1934, page 122
- ^ Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy Trails, Miscellaneous Marriages Archived October 4, 2013, at archive.today, published in the National Intelligencer, January 1, 1831
- ^ Charles Poytnz Stewart, Historic Memorials of the Stewarts of Forthergill, Perthshire, and their Male Descendants, 1879, page 148
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Timothy Childs (id: C000355)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Timothy Childs, Jr., Litchfield Historical Society, The Ledger: A Database of Students of the Litchfield Law School and the Litchfield Female Academy
- Timothy Childs at Find a Grave
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