Childse
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing
Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",
published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
EDWIN B. CHILDS is a retired
farmer of Lincoln county. He has a large estate at Hesseltine, which
is rented. Mr. Childs is well known through the country as one of
the early settlers and is a man who has labored very faithfully in the
development of the country and in gaining a good holding here. He
was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1849. The father,
H. G. O. Childs, was born in New York in the early forties where he became
interested in the manufacture of farm wagons. The mother, Barbara
(Harper) Childs, was born in the Shetland Islands. Her people were
wealthy farmers in Wisconsin. After a good thorough education, our
subject engaged in the manufacture of carriages. He followed that
until 1886, the year in which he came to Lincoln county. He settled
on a pre-emption, which is now a part of his estate. He added thereto
by purchase, all of which has been put under cultivation and is first class
wheat land. Mr. Childs has spent considerable of his time in Spokane
and other places as well as in Lincoln county. He has the following
brothers; W. O., a farmer in Hesseltine; M. L., living in Spokane, and
W. H., a mining man of Cedar Canyon. Mr. Childs started in life a
very poor boy, and has gained his present gratifying holding, entirely
by his own industry and wisdom. He has so conducted himself that
he has won the confidence and respect of all and is one of the honored
citizens of this county.
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