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Transcribed by Mimi Alexander
The "GOODRUM PAPERS",
Written by Mildred Ackerman Jent, Copyright 2002

INTRODUCTION OF THE GOODRUM PAPERS SERIES.

Several years ago while visiting my OLIVER / HOLLAND cousins in Allen County, KY., I met someone who had distant connections to some of the surnames I was researching. I met, Mildred Ackerman Jent, an ex-school teacher in her late 70's who had actually taught some of my ancestors at those wonderful little old school houses in Allen County, KY..

Mildred had a deep interest in Genealogy as her own ancestral ties, (like my own), went back to those early beginnings of Allen County. This lady was a walking encyclopedia with volumes to say and volumes of knowledge to share. She had a wonderful creative style of writing, bringing the least little detail into focus, coloring it with words of beauty, expression, love, and joy. She spoke and wrote with vivacious enthusiasm about her early ancestors of Allen County.

Mildred and I exchanged letters for awhile. Then, one day I received a packet in the mail. It was a packet from Mildred. It was a packet of her wonderful personal stories telling about the life and times of her Goodrum ancestors.

The Goodrum line is not my direct or even my collateral line, yet her ancestors indeed connected to mine in other ways. My only connection to the Goodrum line is in my friendship to the lady who wrote the story of her ancestors, known as, "The GOODRUM PAPERS". The author of these papers has graciously consented and given approval for me to share her research

Mildred wrote from the heart, in a very personal style, yet filling in with her notes of personal research done over many years. Please remember.....I am only the "messenger" of her family research and have nothing more to add. This is not my work nor do I claim any part of it. It belongs solely to, Mildred Ackerman Jent. I can not add or take away any data since I know nothing of the Goodrum line. In conclusion to this, "Introduction", I leave you with this sincere statement from Mildred.

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"Because of my love for my sister, Zula Ackerman Goodrum, and her late husband, Roy Clifton Goodrum their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and future posterity, I have spent many hours in tracing the ancestry of a wonderful family and their kin. It is my desire that those who read this writing will take pride in that pioneer spirit and courage that prompted our ancestors to face the dangers and toils of those early days".

PREFACE

Why am I interested in the genealogy of the Goodrum family? Perhaps the following will explain: On June 5, 1918, my mother, my sister and I were on our way from our little home in Allen County to Temperance, one of Simpson County's most highly patronized country stores.There anyone could buy everything from a spool of thread, just the right shade, to a carpet that would cover the whole floor. And we were on our way for that very purpose. Mother wanted a new carpet for our parlor floor.

We drove old Dan, the buggy horse, at a fast trot, over the hills and through the hollows. Suddenly Roy, my sister's beau, driving a flashy young mare, appeared alongside our buggy. Very politely, he asked if Zula would care to ride with him. Unsuspecting his plan, Mother gave her consent. My sister alighted from one vehicle and rode away in another. Then laying the whip across his mare's sides, the young lovers were off in a flash. Roy's friend was waiting near old Cold Water Church in his Model T Ford to carry them to Mitchellesville, Tennessee where they were married.

Cars were rare in those days an when the engine's popping and spluttering reached poor Mother's ears she realized what was happening but, alas, it was too late. Forgetting what might become of her sixteen month old baby and old Dan, she became hysterical. Screaming and crying, we remained on that secluded country road until the newly-weds returned.

Yes, they found us on the Old Hollow Road and my sister and now husband saw us home that unforgettable June day. From then on, my brother in-law was a son, a brother, and a loved one in our family. He and Zula became the parents of a lovely daughter and four fine sons. They enjoyed a happy life together for twenty-six years.

Tragedy struck on July 30, 1944. Roy Goodrum was killed by a bolt of lightning.

Ah, the day was bright and we were happy and gay,
We knew not the sorrow that was heading our way.
A cloud then appeared directly overhead,
And tears of sadness it caused us to shed.

Yes, there he sat under a tree,
Jovial and happy in good health was he.
He did not know that God had a plan,
And was sending an angel to pick just the right man.

Then the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled,
And our dearly Beloved had given his soul,
In a lonely graveyard he lies today,
The voice is still that once was so gay.

Yet often I hear him as he speaks to me,
Perhaps it's imagination but it's plain as can be.
Yes his spirit seems to guide me when the going is tough,
He always tried to guide me when the way was rough.

We miss him; we need him, that brother so dear,
His presence in Heaven is sadly missed here.

The exact date of birth of Bennett Goodrum, your Revolutionary War ancestor is not known. His wife, Sarah (GARNER) Goodrum, was born about 1763. They began their married life in Brunswick and Greensville counties in southern Virginia. Brunswick is the old county from which a chunk was cut off in 1791 and so became Greensville County.

Bennett and Sarah were parents of ten children. I have the names of seven of them but the other three are unknown. The seven are: (1) Nancy Mason Goodrum, (2) Elizabeth Goodrum, (3) Patsy Goodrum, (4) Sarah Goodrum, (5) John J. (Jackie) Goodrum, (6) James G. Goodrum, and (7) Thomas Goldsmith Goodrum.

It seems that three families: the Adams, the Goodrum, and the Cooksey families lived close together in southern Virginia. They intermarried a number of times and when Kentucky was opened to settlers many of them came to Warren County, Kentucky.

It is thought that Bennett and his wife came West with his sister, Martha (Goodrum) Adams, and her husband, Collin Adams and settled first in Sumner County, Tennessee, at least, his son John J. and daughter Patsy were both married in Sumner County. However, Bennett did not remain there but for a short time as he was in Warren County when he died in 1823. He and his wife, who died on December 27, 1851, are buried on the "Kitty Cooksey Farm" near Allen Springs about 1 1/2 miles south of the Warren County line.

One of the oldest children was a daughter, (1) Nancy Mason Goodrum, born May 29, 1781 - died October 14, 1863. In 1803, she was married to Thomas Cooksey in Virginia. He was a son of John Baptist Cooksey. Now, Thomas and Nancy were left John Baptist's plantation with the understanding that they remain in Virginia as long as John Baptist's wife lived. Therefore, Thomas and Nancy did not get to Kentucky until 1820. These two were the first owners of the old Cooksey Place mentioned above. Upon their deaths, the farm was left to one of the sons, Thomas, Jr.. (born 1822 - died 1891). Thomas Jr. married his cousin, Eliza Parmelia (Kitty) Goodrum, (born 1823 - died June 15, 1903). After the death of Thomas, Jr., the farm was known as, "The Kitty Cooksey Farm". One of the daughters, (born 1846 - died 1928), married Dr. H. C. Smith, (born 1843 - died 1910). They were the parents of Herbert Smith of Allen Springs and present owner of the "Kitty Cooksey Farm". His daughter, Lucille, married Pearl Lightfoot.

The third child of Nancy Mason (Goodrum) Cooksey and Thomas was Benjamin J. Cooksey, born March 25, 18?0, in Virginia. He died February 8, 1883. In 1835, he married Mary Willoughby (nickname Polly), born July 20, 1814-died November 13, 1883. Benjamin J. and Polly are buried side by side in a little iron pen on the old Benjamin J. Cooksey Farm 3 1/2 miles N.E. of Halfway In Allen County. The farm was on the south side of Bays Fork Creek. Benjamin and Polly had six children: Thomas J. (the 3rd Thomas), John W., Nancy J., Elizabeth A., Patsy Ann, and Susan L.. Thomas J. Cooksey married Drucilla A. Casey and lived near Whites Chapel Church. They are buried there. They had 7 children: Benjamin J., Abner Casey, Sarah Wainscott, William, Georgianna, James L., and Nancy (Nannie) Holcomb. James L. was the father of Sidney Cooksey who married Ogilvia Smith. Their son, James Garnett Cooksey was born July 30, 1939. He married Lois Bryson. They have a son, Garnett LaMarr Cooksey. Case Cooksey's children were: Charles, Fred, and Alma Cooksey Carlock. Alma married Cecil Carlock. Their sons are J.C. and Dorris Dixon Carlock. Nancy married Wilburn Holcomb. Their children were: Pearlie (Mrs. Lum Kitchens), Georgia (Mrs. A.L. Kitchens), whose son, Curtis married Margaret Cantrell, Jay Clinton Holcomb married Mildred Cooper. Their children are James David and Eddie May, (Mrs. James Alford), Lucian Holcomb married Earline Henson. Their child was DeLois. Following the death of his first wife, Lucian married Mayzelle Cooper, the youngest son Carl lived in Oklahoma.

(2) Elizabeth Goodrum was born in Virginia in 1788. She was the third child and next to Nancy Mason. The Greensville Co., Virginia records give her marriage to Jesse Adams on January 29, 1811. Jesse's mother was Elizabeth Cooksey, daughter of John Baptist Cooksey. Jesse Adams and wife Elizabeth (Goodrum) Adams first got land in 1817 in Warren County on Trammel Fork of Drakes Creek. They sold this land warrant of 50 acres in 1825 to Micajah Harmon for $225. Their daughter, Liza, was born there in 1818. In 1825, the family moved nearer Bowling Green. In 1836, Jesse Adams sold out and with two other families formed a wagon train and went to McLean Co., Illinois. Here Jesse died and Elizabeth and her twelve children and grandchildren came to Iowa. But not before the pretty eighteen year old Liza had met young James Starr Rhodes who was studying for the medical profession. However, he always wanted to be like his dad, Rev. Ebenezer Rhodes who founded Bloomington, Illinois in 1823. So in middle life he became a minister. He and Liza married in 1837 and moved to Winterfest, Iowa. They had a daughter who married Nils Soderland, born in Sweden and came to America at the age of two years. The Soderland's daughter, Fae (Mrs. DeForrest C. Parrott), lives in Des Moines, Iowa. She has been a wonderful help to me in compiling these historical facts.

3) Patsy Goodrum married Robert Johnson in Tennessee and lived on an adjoining farm to her sister Nancy Mason Goodrum Cooksey near Allen Springs.

(4) Sarah Goodrum was the old maid daughter of Bennett and wife. She is buried in Allen Co.

(5) John J. (Jackie) Goodrum was born in Virginia in 1794. He was married to Marjorie Carruthers in Sumner Co., Tennessee. They had five children. His second wife was Eliza Ragsdale who bore him seven children. His third wife was Mary Ann Cornwell and to this union six children were born - eighteen in all. They were as follows:

Sarah J. Goodrum married Brins Pearson.
Martha Ann Goodrum married her first cousin, Bill Johnson.
James Read Goodrum married his first cousin, Eliza Goodrum.
Eliza Parmelia (Kitty) married her first cousin, Thomas Cooksey.
John Irvin Goodrum married (1) Eliza ?   (2) Nancy Madison.
John I. had a daughter, Fanny, who married Dr. Neel. He also had a son, Willis Goodrum who was a
prominent tobacco dealer.
Ben C. Goodrum married Clara Dixon.
Mary F. married George W. Harmon. They had one son, Briggs Harmon, who was the father of Hershel Harmon.
Nancy Goodrum married ?????
Susan Goodrum married (1) Julius Moore, (2)   ? Ayres.
Margaret Goodrum Goodrum married George William Tabor.
Andrew Jackson (Jack) did not marry. He was admitted to a mental institution.
Patsy Ann Goodrum married William I, (Bill) Dearing.
Cinderilla (Rilla) Goodrum did not marry.
Thomas Jackson Goodrum was born July 26, 1848. He was the 15th child of Jackie's by his 3rd wife - Mary Ann Cornwell. He married Drucilla W. Buckhanon. they lived in a large house two miles north of Boyce, Kentucky. They reared a large family. Among the family, Leppie Goodrum who married Cheet Lightfoot. Their children were Pearl Lightfoot who married Lucille Smith and Opal who married Garvin Ayers. They had one daughter, Tabitha Nilen Ayers. Homer Goodrum married Jeweell Goodrum, (a second cousin). They had one daughter, Hazel Queen Goodrum who married Bill Travis. Their son is Gary Dixon Travis. Cleveland Goodrum married Mallie Morgan. Their daughter, Hallene, who married Stanley Cole. Their sons are Billy and Tommy Cole.
   Elizabeth Goodrum was the tenth child of Jackie Goodrum. She married Riley Dodd. Susan Dodd was their daughter.
   Berryman Goodrum died at the age of five.
   Joe R. (Big Joe) Goodrum did not marry. He is buried beside his sister, Rilla.
   Lon D. Goodrum married late in life.
   John J. (Jackie) Goodrum's farm was in Allen County on Bays Fork Creek between Bailey and Halifax, Kentucky.
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(6) James G. Goodrum was born in Virginia in 1796. He married Elizabeth Harmon and settled in Warren County. Their children were: John Goodrum, Eliza J. Goodrum, Eli Goodrum, Ben W. Goodrum, Thomas G. Goodrum, James Willis Goodrum, Robert Goodrum, Martha Goodrum, Marion Goodrum, Sarah Goodrum, Joel R. (Joe) Goodrum, and possibly one other daughter whose name is not known.

Many of the above named persons are buried on the Sam Duncan Farm near Drake - once the homestead of James G. Goodrum. (This is in her handwriting. She wrote- - - This graveyard is all grown up - - -on the Perkins farm. Have been there often.).

John Goodrum, oldest child of James G. and Elizabeth Goodrum, was born July 3, 1816.
He was married to his first wife, Yureane Helander Holoney Herrington, on April 28, 1841 by whom he had seven children.

1.   Nancy Elizabeth Goodrum, known as Nan or Nannie, was born October 15, 1843. She married Granderson F. Martin born August 3, 1840 near Bays Fork Creek. They were married on January 23, 1862. He was with the 26th Kentucky Mounted Infantry in the Battle of Nashville. On account of his family's condition he was discharged shortly afterward by the War Department. He owned 175 acres of good land and a store. He was elected sheriff of Allen County but refused to qualify as he did not wish to entangle himself in the railroad trouble collecting the tax. He was deputy clerk of Allen County and one of the most popular citizens of his district. Their children were Henry,   Sarah (Ogles), and James R. Martin.

2.   Joel Read Goodrum, known best as Read, was born May 11, 1845. He married Sarah Elizabeth Mayhew. They lived in Allen County.   Their children:   Bluford Goodrum married Pauline Walker. Bluford had one daughter, Lucille Borders. Sidney Asberry Goodrum born 1872 or 1873. He died February 14, 1955. Buried at Walkers Chapel Cemetery in Allen County. He married Nancy Walker. Their children:   Teletha Dora (Mrs. Cliftonn Travelstead). She lives Route 1, Adolphus, Kentucky. Beatrice Goodrum, born 1910 - died 1939. She married a Marcum. Earline Frances Goodrum married J. W. Keen lives 408 South 6th Street, Scottsville, Kentucky, and Wallace Guy Goodrum born 1920 married Dora Dinkins. He lives Route 2, Adolphus, Kentucky. Robert Goodrum married Linda Borders. Their children are: Lizzie Hammock of Bethpage, Tennessee, Zadie May married John Graves, Buel, Eva Hinton, Redie Goodrum, Cora Gow, and Asberry.

3.   William Jackson Goodrum, known as Bill, was born November 26, 1846. He died January 4, 1910. He married Mrs. Ellen Coursey. They had a daughter, Laura Etter Goodrum, born 1874 - died 1907, and two other children. Bill, wife, and Laura are buried in Coldwater Graveyard.

4. Asberry Wilson Goodrum was born June 9, 1848. He died August 16, 1896.   Age about 48 years. He married Amanda A. Buckhanon, a sister of Thomas J. Goodrum's wife, Drucie Buckhanon. Asberry and Amanda are buried on her parents' farm, the Willis B. Buckhanon graveyard in Allen County. Asberry had enlargement of the liver disease dissected by his consent for observation after his death.   Their children were: Jessie Goodrum (Pruitt), Mayme Goodrum (Spencer), Una Goodrum (Mrs. Mack Spencer). Her son is Milton Spencer, Jimmie Goodrum (Burton). Her children are James Lester Burton and Nina Berry, and Nina Goodrum.

5.   Henry Atison Goodrum was born February 20, 1850. He died at 4 months of age.

6. James W. Goodrum was born November 22,, 1852. James known as Uncle Jim, did not marry. He died July 18, 1935. He is buried at White Chapel Cemetery.

7.   Alexander Green Goodrum, known as Green, was born October 6, 1858. Green married Susan Dodd, granddaughter of John J. Goodrum, so they were second cousins. Green had a daughter, Jewell, who married Homer Goodrum, a son of Tom J. and Drucie Goodrum so they were cousins.   Another daughter Ora married Henry Moore. Their sons were Elmo and Harold Moore. Chloie Goodrum married Joel Buchanon. Their daughters were: Mae Dell, Devearl, Novice, Laverne, and Wilma. Maxin Goodrum was a son of Green and Susan Goodrum.   Green and Susan are buried at Old Liberty Cemetery in Warren County.

This completes the first family of John Goodrum.

On March 26, 1863, John Goodrum was married to Xantippa Harrison, known as "Tipp". They lived on the Old Martinsville Road in the White Chapel neighborhood. (This is her own handwriting, she wrote), "On the farm where Mack and Peggy Sears live. That is the Old Martinsville Road - the oldest road in the state - a lawyer once told me".

8. Andrew H. Goodrum, the first child born to John and Xantippa, was born January 6, 1864. He never married.

9. John Straighter Goodrum was born April 12, 1866. He died about 1942. On December 20, 1894, he was married to Dora Williams daughter of Thomas H. and Martha (Lightfoot) Williams in Allen county. John and Dora are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Their daughters are Mabel (Mrs. R. L. Sharpless), and Gladys (Mrs. J. H. Williams).

10. Mary H. Goodrum (twin of Lena), born on August 26, 1868. Probably died at birth.

11. Lena Goodurm , born August 26, 1868. Died October 1, 1887 at the age of nineteen. She is buried on the Sam Duncan farm the early homestead of her grandfather James G. Goodrum and later the home of James Read Goodrum who married James G.'s daughter. (They were cousins). Lena died of "galloping consumption" caused by going into a cave spring when she was too warm after gathering berries, it was believed.

12. Thomas S. Goodrum was born December 11, 1869. He died in infancy.

13. Adam Riggs Goodrum was born November 9, 1870. He also died in infancy.

14. Dora Florence Goodrum was born August 11, 1872. Dora married Frank Bowles late in life. She died of a cancerous tumor. She is buried at White Chapel Cemetery.

15. The last child born to John and Xantippa Goodrum was a son. Francis Marion Goodrum was born April 25, 1874. He married Ada Hendricks. Their son was Roy Clifton Goodrum born November 22, 1899. Ada Hendricks died in May, 1930. Marion Goodrum died in October 1952.

Roy Clifton Goodrum married Zula Ackerman, daughter of Bird M. and Nola (Dalton) Ackerman on July 5, 1918. Zula (Ackerman) Goodrum was born at Trammel in Allen County, Kentucky May 30, 1902. Their children are:
1.   Virginia Frances Goodrum born June 2, 1919. On September 25, 1938, she was married to K. D. Copas oldest son of Bert and Maude (Hammer) Copas of Warren County. Their children are:
   (1) Kendal David Copas born December 25, 1940. In 1961, he married Virginia Henson, daughter of Buck Allen Henson and Rose (Summers) Henson, of Simpson County. Their children are:   Jeffrey David;   Kristy Ann;   Kimberly.
   (2) Vonda Freida Copas born December 10, 1943. She was married to Robert Earl Moore, son of Earl and Mary Frances (Strain) Moore, on December 23, 1962.
   (3) Pamela Chyrl Copas born March 21, 1947. She married Jerry William (Billy) Sears, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sears of Alvaton, Kentucky in 1963. Their children are: Rita, Cindy, and Mima.

2. Shelby Douglas Goodrum was born September 19, 1922. He married Bettye Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hughes of Franklin, Kentucky, August 31, 1947. Their son is:
   (1) Steven Douglas Goodrum.

3. Woodford DeWayne Goodrum was born June 15, 1930. He married Mima Lee Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Clark of Drake, Kentucky, August 19, 1949.

4. Bobby Glendol Goodrum was born July 6, 1934. He married Beverly Veluzat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Veluzat of Horse Cave, Kentucky, June 7, 1959. Their children are:
Robert DeWayne Goodrum and Julia Ann.

5. James Rex (Jimmy) Goodrum was born June 25, 1936. On September 22, 1956, he married Shelvia Garrison, daughter of Dee Alex and Birdie (Allen) Garrison of Allen County.
Their children are: Janet Michelle, and James Rex Jr.

Roy Clifton Goodrum was killed by lightning on July 30, 1944. He is buried beside his parents in White Chapel Cemetery.
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Eliza J. Goodrum, daughter of James G. and Elizabeth (Harmon) Goodrum was born about 1822. She died March 9, 1892 aged 70 years, 1 month and 10 days. She married her 1st cousin, James Read Goodrum, son of Jackie Goodrum. James Read was also born about 1822. His death occurred on March 9, 1892. His age was 70 years, 1 month, and 9 days.

Eliza and Jim Read, as he was called, had nine children, but only two lived to be grown. Eliza gave birth to twins when she was 50 years old. They died in infancy. The surviving children were Edd Goodrum and his brother Fount Goodrum. Edd Goodrum married Sarah Elizabeth ? who died June 6, 1907. One of their daughters, Flora, married Will Duvall. Their daughter, Nell, married Louis Pushin of Bowling Green.

Fount Goodrum married Rumina Wright of Allen County. Their daughter, Lillie Goodrum, married Charlie Duncan, son of Sam and Buelah (Ackerman) Duncan. Buelah was the daughter of Richard and Eliza (Landrum) Ackerman. She was born March 12, 1863, and married Sam Duncan on December 4, 1884. Their son Charlie, was born September 6, 1885. Lillie (Goodrum) Duncan was born in September 1887. Their son Claude Webb Duncan was born August 13, 1907. He died October 12, 1967. On July 8, 1928, Webb Duncan married to Mabel Wright, daughter of Charlie Wright. Their children are: Wanda Glynn Duncan born March 5, 1930. She married Junior Dowell of Bowling Green. Their son is Mike Dowell. Brenda Duncan born in November 1939 married Don Webb of Bowling Green. Their children are Tracy (deceased) and Sharon Boyle.

Eli Goodrum married Nancy Martin, daughter of Enoch Martin born in Virginia in 1805. She was a sister of Granderson Fletcher Martin who married Nancy Goodrum, daughter of John Goodrum.
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Benjamin W. Goodrum was born about 1823. He died March 18, 1910. He married Elizabeth Haney Casey born May 19, 1833 - died October 16, 19197. They are buried in White Chapel Cemetery. Their children were:

1. Abner Goodrum who married Deed Henson, daughter of James Turner Morehead Henson, born 1844 and died 1864 during the Civil War. As a soldier he drank water from a poisoned spring. James Henson married Effie Jane (Kirby) Henson born April 7, 1839 - died January 7, 1926. Deed Henson was born in 1863 and died in 1958. She is buried in White Chapel Cemetery. Her husband, Abner Goodrum, is buried on the Sam Duncan farm. Their children were:
(1)   Bessie Goodrum born 1894 - died 1915.
(2)   Ottie Goodrum born 1892 - died 1938. She married Willie Carver born 1888 - died 1967. They had twin sons born in 1925. They were Hal F. Carver who died in 1925 and J. H. (Junior) Carver. Junior married a Miss Hardcastle of Warren County. They have one son.
(3)   Raleigh Goodrum
(4)   Gillis Garmon Goodrum was born March 11, 1899. He died July 25, 1960. He married Mary Johns. Their daughters were Linda and Marie Goodrum.

2.   Lute Goodrum was born January 21, 1866. He married Fannie A. Caldwell, daughter of Jonathan Hardy and Nancy (Justice) Caldwell. She was born December 25, 1872 and died April 6, 1947. Lute Goodrum died December 25, 1908. Their children were:
(1)   Eldon Goodrum born about 1891. He married Kate Buchanan. Their sons were Woodrow Goodrum and Clarence Goodrum. Eldon Goodrum is buried at Old Liberty Cemetery.
(2)   Oda Goodrum married Gladys Hazelip. Their son was Cary Milton Goodrum. Oda is buried at Beech Grove Cemetery in Allen County.
(3)   Fulton D. Goodrum was born June 19, 1896. He married Bonnie Caldwell, daughter of Luther and Bassie (Hendricks) Caldwell. Their children are:
a. Clifford Earl Goodrum born April 10, 1919. He married Lottie Chaney. Their daughter is
Carol Ann Chaney born January 29, 1953.
b. Devearl Goodrum was born September 10, 1921. She married Donald Kinnaird (divorced).
   Their son is Bobby Donald Kinnaird. Bobby married Sharon Rhea Taylor. Their son is
   Scott Goodrum.
(4)   Lively Goodrum was born May 30, 1903. He married Mrs. Jewell Walthal. Their son died in infancy. Lively Goodrum died in 1937.

3. Eliza Goodrum married ? Morris. Their children were: Willie Morris. Nola Morris married   ?   Buettner. Fred Buettner is her son.

4.   Lida Goodrum was born 1857. She died in 1934. She married T. W. Walthall late in life.

Thomas Goodrum married Elizabeth (known as Betty), Sherry. Their children were: Wess Goodrum, Rumina Goodrum who married Toad Craft. Their sons were Hubert Craft and Finis Craft. Dave Goodrum married Tizzie Henson.

Willis Goodrum married Mollie Craft. Their daughter was Mary Eliza (Lizzie), Goodrum. She married E. H. (Jack) Welty. Their daughters were: Anna Pearl Welty who married Cecil Humes. Their daughters are: Karen Humes and Cathy Humes. Mary Ruth Welty married a Mr. Barton. Willis and Mollie (Craft) Goodrum also had several sons.

Sally Goodrum married William Craft. Two of their children were Gertrude Craft who married John Henson. Their children were:
1. Buck Allen Henson who married Rose Summers. Their children were:
   (1) Virginia who married Kendal David Copas, and their children:
   Jeffrey David,   Kriston Ann, Kimberly Copas,
   (2) Shirley Henson
2. Dixie Belle Henson married.....?......
Sally Goodrum's second husband was Isaac Grace. Their sons were Sidney Grace and Ora Grace. William and Sally (Goodrum) Craft's son was ? Wid ? Sid A. (Judge) Craft who married Carolyn Halcomb. Estele Craft who married Hazel Uhls, Garland Craft who married Marhy Petty, L.E. Craft who married Lois Beach, Bonnie Driser, Inez Craft who married John Stevenson and Betty Craft who married Ira Lester.
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James Willis Goodrum married Nancy L. Casey, sister of Elizabeth Haney Casey who married Benjamin Goodrum.
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Robert Goodrum married Marie Seward. His homestead was near White Chapel, the home of his great-great niece, Virginia (Goodrum) Copas and family.
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Martha Goodrum, said to be a spinster, died February 18, 1890. She is buried beside her brother, Joel, on the Sam Duncan farm.
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Sarah J. Goodrum married Arch Hunt.
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Joel R. (Joe) Goodrum married Sarah Catherine Caldwell, daughter of David and Malinda (Davis) Caldwell.   Sarah Catharine was born September 16, 1840. She died August 15, 1922. She is buried in Old Drake Cemetery. Joel Goodrum is buried on the Sam Duncan farm. Their children were: Eliza Read Goodrum born October 1, 1870 - died October 10, 1927. Lee Goodrum born March 7, 1866 died March 28, 1940. He married Eliza Ellen ? born June 8, 1872 - died December 24, 1913. Their daughter is Una (Yates) Henson. They have several children. Herb Goodrum had three wives. His first wife was ? Stubblefield,   second wife was Georgianna Cooksey, the third wife was Bessie Turney. He and last wife had two sons:   Sterling Goodrum who married Inez Wilson. Their son is Jimmy Goodrum. Joe Goodrum married Lila Gomer. They have four children.

(7) Thomas Goldsmith Goodrum born July 15, 1802 was the youngest son of Bennette and Sarah (Garner) Goodrum. It is said that handsome young Tom was visiting his older brother, John J. in Sumner County, Tennessee where he met a young lady who was visiting her brother there also. The young lady Martha Mary Ann Freeman from Maury County, Tennessee. They married and lived in Maury County. Martha Mary Ann was from a wealthy family and soon Thomas Goldsmith and Martha Goodrum owned a large plantation south of Columbia, Tennessee and owned over fifty slaves.

They had eleven children.The fifth child was Mary (Mollie) Goodrum. On October 23, 1837, Mary Goodrum was married to Robert Maxwell. They had three children: Rosa, Robert, and Solomon Maxwell. Robert Maxwell, a farmer, enlisted in the Tennessee Confederacy, Regt. and six months later died in Indiana in a Yankee Prison Camp in March 1862. His widow, Mary, was left with three children. She taught school and boarded with Alfred Fleming's family. He and his wife had nine children. His wife Tirza died. Mary married Alfred. Then she and Alf had five children of their own making seventeen in all. She was 33 years old and he was 66.

Rosa Maxwell, daughter of Robert and Mary Maxwell, left Maury County at age of 16 and enrolled in Cedar Bluff College in Simpson County, Kentucky. Here she met young Isaac W. Hinton, one of the progressive and influential young farmers of Simpson County. He was born on December 14, 1852. He was the 3rd of 5 boys and 1 girl born to Joseph and Mary Valeria Cansasda Billingsby. His grandfather, John Billingsby was a soldier of that War of 1812. Isaac Hinton and Rosa Maxwell were married on December 14,, 1875. They had five children.

Clarence Hinton went West as a young man. He married Lillie Seymore. They had three children. James Edward, Evelyn, and Loraine.

Roy Hinton married Forlenier Herrington. Their son was Earl Hinton. Earl's mother died when he was two years old. She had typhoid fever. Earl Hinton married Mary Lillian Alexander on July 8, 1928. Earl Hinton was born May 21, 1911. Mary Lillian (Alexander) Hinton was born September 12, 1909. Their children are:

1. Hollis Hinton born July 23, 1929. He married Sally Reed.
2. Harold Hinton was born February 25, 1931. He married Patricia Lansing.
3. Kathleen Hinton was born August 24, 1936. She married Granville Russell.

Earl Hinton's father, Roy Hinton, was born November 13, 1882 - died February 7, 1962.
Clarence Hinton, Roy's brother, was born August 7, 1878. He died February 14, 1942.

Mayme Hinton born August 30, 1885 - d.November 13, 1966. She married Willie Williams. Their children were: Virginia who married Earl Mayfield. Their daughter is Gayle Mayfield. Howard Williams married Rose Mayfield.
Their sons are: Warner, Alan, Joe, Tom, and Bob Williams. Mary Sue Williams married Lloyd C. Kemp. Their children are Amy, deceased Nancy and Lloyd Kemp. Billy Williams married "Chick" Russell. Their children are Elaine and Mark Williams.

Bessie Hinton born September 4, 1890, d- December 20, 1966. She married Sam Copas. Their children were: Harry and Rebecca Copas. Harry's son is Richard Copas. Rebecca's children and Buddy and Linda Austin.

Judy Hinton was born September 18, 1898. She married Roy Ellis who was born September 24, 1894, on June 7, 1916. Roy Ellis died October 11, 1964. Their children are Jack and Margaret Ellis. Jack married Dianne Jones. Margaret married Phillip Holloway.

Thomas Goldsmith Goodrum and wife Martha (Freeman) Goodrum are buried in a cemetery near McCains Church just off the Pulaski Pike (Highway 31), in Tennessee. Their gravestone bears the Freeman Coat of Arms. Some of their descendants own "Cedar Lawn", the old Goodrum plantation (1000 acres), west of Emporia, Virginia.

..............THE END................

So ends the story of Sarah and Bennett,
Who heard of Kentucky and wanted to be in it.
As far as I know all statements are true,
Mistakes may be found but it's the best I can do !

Note: Mrs. Jent's family record is from her personal knowledge and memory. As in all printed works, errors will occur, are not intentional, and information should be verified with other sources.

Corrections: From Betty Raines 5/22/2003 "On the last page of her writing regarding Sallie Goodrum and William Craft, her error is in the spouse of Wid A. Craft. Wid married Zula Henson not Carolyn Halcomb (Carolyn was his daughter-in-law). The obituary of Wid's son, Deward Craft, appeared in today's weekly hometown newspaper the "Franklin Favorite." Here is what his obit says: Deward "D.E." Craft, 88, of Franklin (KY), died Saturday, May 17, 2003 at Britthaven (Nursing Home) of Bowling Green (KY). Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at Booker-Gilbert Funeral Home. Burial took place in Greenlawn Cemetery. A native of Simpson County (KY), he was the son of the late Wid Aaron Craft and the late Zula Henson Craft. He was the widower of Carolyn Holcomb Craft. He was a farmer and a member of Hillsdale Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include four sisters - Bonnie Kirk of Raleigh, N.C., Beulah Dreiser of Albuquerque, N.M., Mary Craft Stevenson of Greenwood, Ind., and Betty Lester of Indianapolis, Ind.; one brother, Walter G. Craft of Bowling Green; and several nieces and nephews. I believe that Mrs. Jent is in error in the marriage of Eli Goodrum. She says that he married Nancy Martin, sister of Granderson Martin. Eli married his cousin, Nancy Goodrum b. 1831 d. abt 1854. She was the daughter of John Jackson Goodrum and Eliza Ragsdale. Eli and Nancy Goodrum were married in Warren Co., KY on 6 Oct 1847. Nancy M. Martin (b. 5 June 1842 d. 17 Nov 1895) married my gggrandfather, John Wesley Goodrum on 21 May 1861 in Warren Co., KY. They are buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Allen Co., KY along with Enoch Martin's family. Enoch was the father of Granderson Martin."