Timothy Childs

[3] He completed his studies at the Albany firm of Harmanus Bleecker,[4] afterwards practicing law in New York, first in Canandaigua, and then in Rochester.

[5] Originally a Federalist,[6] while residing in Canandaigua, Childs served in offices including Ontario County Commissioner and the judicial position of Master in Chancery.

[21][22] He died aboard the ship Emily on November 25, 1847, while en route from Saint Croix to the United States.

[30][31] In December 1830 he married Louisa Stewart (née Shepherd) Dickinson of North Carolina in a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia.

[34] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress