b: IL; d/of Charles Thomas Childress (1857 IL-1887 KS) & Margaret Williams* (ca 1858 OH; m2: William Tedford); m: 5 Jan 1911 Lawrence Co IL Walter Alvin Willerup (1 Mar 1883 CO); divorced; res: 1920 Fresno CA; ch: Margaret L (1914 CO-1997 WA m: William Thomas Legitt) & Mary (ca 1918 CA-1922 Fresno CA)