JOHN KERR CHILDREY
The Childrey family was founded in Virginia in the eighteenth century.
William Childrey, of Henrico county, was the father of John Childrey,
who was the father of Stephen Childrey. Stephen Childrey, born in Henrico
county, died at age of seventy-three years, married Susan,
daughter of George Fletcher. She is now dead. Their son, John Kerr,
was born in the city of Richmond in 1832. In this city, in 1857, he
married Kate Tinsley Lyon, daughter of Allen M. Lyon, formerly of
Richmond, now deceased, and Amoret (Tinsley) Lyon. The children of
this marriage are eight: Kate Lewis, Maggie Carroll, Allen Lyon, Wm.
Irvin, Amoret, John K., Charles M., Indie Lyon.
John Kerr Childrey went to school in Henrico county, and at the Virginia
Mechanics Institute, Richmond. In 1849 he went into the tobacco
business. Through the years of the civil war he was a member of the
Governor's Mounted Guard, and served in the naval department, C. S.
A. At the close of the war he returned to the tobacco business, in which
he was engaged until 1888. In that year he was elected treasurer of the
City of Richmond, the duties of which office he is still ably discharging.
Mr. Childrey is a member of the Baptist church, and his wife is a member
of the Methodist church.
