Shirl, This is to continue with the material I have that has been passed down in my family, in what is said to be my grandmother's writing. (Nannie Elizabeth Childress Pace). This continues the info for the children of Benjamin Franklin Childress and Elizabeth Herndon Childress: Christopher Columbus married (1) Cassie........ who died in 1929. He later married Ava...... No children. He died in Feb, 1948 at 89, buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. William married Kate...... Lived in Richmond, VA. Children: George, who married Effie Gentry. Burford, who married Bessie Gentry. Virginia married John Johnson, Elk Hill, VA. Children: Mattie, married Mr. Overstreet, Roanoke, VA. Manie, married Willis Minter, Shores, VA. Virgie, married Harvey Ransome, Elk Hill, VA. Hervey, married Anna............, Elk Hill, VA. Annie Lee, married Gus Bowles, Elk Hill, VA. Cassie, married Ernest Burrus, Elk Hill, VA. Susan married John Minter, Shores, VA. Children: Preston, married ......... Bernard, married........... Willis, married Manie Johnson, Shores Luther, married Clara Hughes, Shores Nannie, married .............. Johnson, Shores Anne, never married. Virginia, married Jack Bugg. Kate married Parker Proffitt, Shores, VA. Children: Arthur, no information. Bessie, married Claude Proffitt (cousin). William, married Julia Cleveland. Benjamin married Nettie ......., Roanoke, VA. Children: Annie, married Mr. Barksdale, Roanoke. Addie, married George Willis, Roanoke. Ralph, married ............ Louretta, never married. Elizabeth married Charles M. Pace Children: Berta, married (1) Hammond Hulver; (2) Emmett Jackson. Edgar, married Carrie Cowart Oscar, died in childhood. Russell, married Minnie Reagan. Annie Lula, died in childhood. Angie, never married. Harvey, married Berta Ford Mae, married Wilbur McDonald Louise, married Roscoe Jackson. Annie never married. This is what I have on this generation. I'll do the next one later. Kathy Best