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After George Childress moved to Texas he became interested in studying the law. In two years he was a successful lawyer. Then George Childress got offered to write the Texas Declaration of Independence, so he took the opportunity. ======

In 1841, at age 37 George Childress committed suicide by slicing his abdomen with a Bowie knife. George Childress committed suicide because he did not get a mission assigned to him.
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