childs, gene
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- Childs, Gene; Gene Childs
- Record count
- 11
- Sources
- census-1920,life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Buffington; Dexter; Liberty
- First event date
- 1911-02-22
- Last event date
- 1930-04-04
Timeline — 9 events
- 1911-02-22 Dexter. Neighbor from Kentucky; his dog Sport the subject of 'A Hospitable Dog.' Quote: "Our neighbor, Gene Childs, is from Kentucky"
- 1913-07-16 Dexter. Gene Childs is named as the editor's neighbor of six years in the paper's humorous 'We'll Not Stand For It' column Quote: "We have lived on speaking terms with Gene Childs for six years"
- 1913-07-16 Dexter. named in an unsigned letter to the editor as the writer's next-door neighbor of six years; the letter recalls Gene Childs trying to pull Ira White out of the mud edgeways with a wisp of straw. (the letter is written in a humorous vein; facts unverified) Co-mentioned: Ira White. Quote: "Gene…
- 1915-08-20 Named as a fisherman in the 'fishing dog' tale; a drift from Fisk to St. Francis, Ark Co-mentioned: Ira White; George Smith. Quote: "catch more fish in a day than Ira White and Gene Childs can in a drift from Fisk to St. Francis, Ark."
- 1915-11-26 Dexter. Promised readers a show treat soon; readers directed to his ad in this issue [date from clip_id] Quote: "Gene Childs is going to give you a show treat soon. Read his ad in this issue."
- 1916-09-22 Buffington. Gene Childs and Geo. Evans brought back some fine bass from Buffington this week Co-mentioned: Geo. Evans. Quote: "Gene Childs and Geo. Evans brought back some fine bass from Buffington this week."
- 1928-03-09 Dexter. The editor's garden column looks for Gene Childs to spring up out of the ground next door to the editor's hut and go to grovelling in the soil most any day now; the editor's Spitzbergen Cheese Hound, with a penchant for boring in the soil, can help Gene any time he howls Quote: "We look for…
- 1929-05-03 Dexter. Gene Childs told of an Arkansas fisherman who revived a nearly-dead minnow with a drop of 'Forty Rod, Bottled-in-Barn,' caught a four-pound bass with it, the minnow sinking 'his eye teeth into the bass back of his ears.' Quote: "Gene never was a heavy drinker, although a Kentuckian"
- 1930-04-04 Dexter. Alderman in the first Ward in the April 6, 1910 election Quote: "Aldermen in the bloody first Ward"
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.