Robert A. Childs

Robert Andrew Childs was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Illinois.
Born in Malone, New York, Childs moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Belvidere, Boone County, in 1852.
He attended the common schools.
During the Civil War, he was enlisted in General Stephen A. Hurlbut's company, which subsequently became a part of the 15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and served throughout the war.
He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1870.
He was the principal and superintendent of the public schools in Amboy 1871–1873.
He studied law and was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1872, and commenced practice in Belvidere, Illinois.
He settled in Hinsdale, a suburb of Chicago, in July 1873.
He served as the member of the village board of trustees and the president of the school board.
Childs was elected as a Republican to the 53rd [United States Congress|Fifty-third] Congress.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.
He resumed the practice of law in Chicago.
He died in Hinsdale, Illinois, December 19, 1915.
He was interred in Bronswood Cemetery.
The Robert A. and [Mary Childs House] was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.