Person:Ann Childs (2)

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Ann M. Childs Gender: Female Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1840 Marriage Place: Fauquier, Virginia Father: William Childs Spouse: Alpheus J. Strother FHL Film Number: 31634 Reference ID: r5 p199

By 1860 the widow Ann Strother and three of her children, Nancy, Frances and Alpheus, were living with an older man, James Lewis, relationship not known at time of this writing, 19 Jun 2009.

By 1870 Ann has married a second time to William M. Lynn. William also had been previously married. Her son Alpheus Strother is listed as living with them, but her daughters are not.

By 1880 Ann is again a widow and is living in a large household headed by her son Alpheus, his wife and four young sons, his sister Sarah, widow with her 4 children and one 9 year old black girl marked 'servant'.

1850 Census Ashbys, Fauquier Co., Virginia Alpheus J. Strother 30 M W VA Ann L. Strother 29 F W VA Sarah J. Strother 9 F W VA Nancy L. Strother 7 F W VA Jno W. Strother 6 M W VA Francis A. Srother 4 F W VA (gender error) Alpheus W. Strother 8/12 M W VA

1860 Census North East Revenue District, Fauquier, Virginia Post Office: Thoroughfare James Lewis 67 M Farmer 16,050 41,745 VA Ann Strother 39 F Va Nannie Strother 15 F VA Frances Strother 13 F VA (gender error!) Alpheus Strother 11 M VA (Ann, now a widow, is living with her children, with James Lewis. Her family connection to James is not yet known, but Ann's mother was a Lewis. By 1870 Ann has remarried to a widower, William M. Lynn.

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Ann M. Strother [Ann M. Childs] Gender: Female Marital Status:Widowed Age: 47 Birth Date: 1820 Birth Place: Fauquier Co., VA. Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1867 Marriage Place: Fauquier County, Virginia Father: Wm. E. Childs Mother: Nancy M. Childs Spouse: Wm. M. Lynn FHL Film Number: 31635 Reference ID: p63 e8

1870 Census Gainesville, Prince William Co., Virginia Post Office: Manassas; enumerated 20 Jul 1870 Lynn, William M. 57 M W farmer 20,000. 2,855. VA Ann's 2nd husband Lynn, Anne M. 49 F W keeping house VA Strother, Alpheus 20 M W VA (step-son) Harris, Henry 23 M B farm laborer VA Valintine, James 18 M B farm laborer VA Jackson, William 20 M B farm laborer VA Pinn, Dona 23 F M domestic servant VA Akers, Robert 16 M W VA

1880 Census Dist 45, Center, Fauquier Co., Virginia Strother, Alpheus W M 30 married farmer VA VA VA Strother, Agnes C. W F 29 wife married keeps house VA VA VA Strother, Fanny E. W F 5 dau at school VA VA VA Strother, Annie M. W F 4 dau at home VA VA VA Strother, Sally C. W F 2 dau at home VA VA VA Strother, James H. W M 10/12 son at home VA VA VA LYNN, Ann M. W F 59 mother Wd at home VA VA VA Conway, Sally J. W F 39 sister Wd teaches school VA VA VA Conway, Annie S. W F 20 niece single at home VA VA VA Conway, Mary C. W F 14 niece single at home VA VA VA Conway, Alpheus V. W M 12 nephew at school VA VA VA Conway, Lula L. W F 10 niece at school VA VA VA Lewis, Jane B F 9 servant house servant VA VA VA

1900 U. S. Census Dist 0026, Center, Fauquier Co., Virginia Strother, Alpheus Head W M Jan 1850 M5yrs VA VA VA Farmer Owns Strother, ...illegible... Wife W F May 1870 30 M5yrs 0ch/0 lvg VA VA VA Strother, Annie dau W F 1878 22 S VA VA VA Strother, Agnes dau W F Aug 1882 17 S VA VA VA Strother, Jennie dau W F Feb 1884 16 S VA VA VA Strother, Stuart dau W F June 1886 13 S VA VA VA Conway, Sallie Sister W F June 1843 56 Wd 5ch/2 lvg VA VA VA LYNN, ANNIE Mother-in-law W F Aug 1821 78 Wd 6ch/3 lvg VA VA VA

1. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Ashbys, Fauquier Co., Virginia.
2. ↑ Virginia, United States. Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   birth date based on age: 1820

3. ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   Dist 0026, Center, Fauquier Co., Virginia.

   Birth date Aug 1821

4.   Gott, John K. Strother Family Bible, transcription of Bible pages in 'Virginia Genealogist'. (Vol. 24, No. 4, October 1980, p. 281).
5.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   North East Revenue District, Fauquier, Virginia.
6.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Gainesville, Prince William Co., Virginia.
7.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Dist 45, Center, Fauquier Co., Virginia.

   Ann Childs Strother Lynn, living with her son, Alpheus Strother.

8.   Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014
   Record of Alpheus Worth Strother.

   Give his mother's full name as Ann Montgomery Childs.