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do you know the parents of dianna lottridge?
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Sarah,
In the rush of Christmas stuff, I probably just read this and planned to respond later. Sorry if this may be the second one. You have a lot of information here which might be interesting for our Morgan County History and Genealogy Association newsletter. Who knows, maybe someone from Mooresville will read it and have an idea for you.
The angle of looking in unusual resources is also appealing for our newsletter. If you would care to include our newsletter as a destination for the article you are working on, please let me know.
Sharon Mills, board member
MCHGA
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From: "Sarah Nesnow" <squirrelroots(a)verizon.net>
To: goodpasture(a)rootsweb.com, kybath(a)rootsweb.com, INMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:31:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [INMORGAN] Goodpaster family of Bath County, KY and Morgan County, IN
I was writing this email earlier to send to someone privately, and I thought
that I should share it with more people, since it got to be so long. I plan
to write an article about this search as a case study for using unusual
sources and looking in different places. I have had to learn to apply better
methodology as my maiden name is Wilson (just a few of those!!!) and
differentiating people of the same name is really difficult sometimes.
<snip>
It is really easy to mix up the Goodpasters, since they liked reusing the
same names, and primary sources are sometimes difficult to come by. Robert
Goodpasture did a good job with his "Early Goodpastures in America" book,
and most of the data can be substantiated with primary documents. There are
a few errors; the ones I know about are in my particular line, as that is
the one I have studied most closely.
For example, Andrew Jackson Goodpaster I (b. 1822, d 1865) married Scythia
Carpenter (b 1824 d. 1887) in Bath County KY. They settled in Morgan County,
IN near a bunch of people from Bath County, KY and had 6 children: Sarah M.,
Andrew J. II, Mary M., Elizabeth Ann, Nancy J., and Lou Ann. The 1870 and
1880 census records are somewhat confusing as all the people in Scythia
Goodpaster's household are listed in age order, with no reference to family
groups. I have been able to reconstruct the actual families within the
household (which grandchild of Scythia's belongs to which child of
Scythia's) with information from deeds, probate records, vital records,
pension files, newspapers, and other primary sources. I can give you
specifics if you wish. This seems to be an unusual household as there are 4
illegitimate children, and the assumption was made that since the children
all had the Goodpaster name, they were all the progeny of AJ II. Probate and
other records show otherwise. I will talk about the daughters first.
Sarah never married, but had 2 children out of wedlock, Custis and Claude.
Custis died in Morgan County, IN about 1906. Claude moved to Chicago. Sarah
joined him before the 1920 census. She died there in 1932 and was buried in
Mooresville Cemetery, Morgan County, IN. I have a copy of her death
certificate. It states that she was a widow of John T. Goodpasture, but I
was unable to find a man of that name to match with her. I believe she
invented him when she left Morgan County (where everyone knew she was
unmarried) and moved to Chicago.
Mary had one daughter out of wedlock, Genora. Genora married Silas Portis
and died in Morgan County. Mary married Christopher Weaver in 1885. He
predeceased her. Mary died in 1913 and is buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Elizabeth Ann, aka Betsey, married Robert Richardson in 1870. She had 8
children. Robert was a Civil War vet and received a pension. He died in 1894
and she died in 1901. Robert and Betsey are buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Nancy J. was the unwed mother of my great-grandfather, Andrew J. Goodpaster
Sr. She died about 2 weeks after he was born. He was raised by his
grandmother Scythia and then by his aunt Lou. I found this little tidbit in
the probate files, which mention Andrew J Goodpaster, minor heir of Nancy J.
Goodpaster. He would only be her heir if he was her son, as the other
siblings of Nancy were still alive. I have no idea who his father is; I may
never know. Nancy is buried in Mooresville Cemetery. No one in the family
seemed to know about Nancy, as she died so young. Grandpa Goodpaster would
talk about his aunt Lou, but no one else.
Lou Ann married Charles Zook. They had 5 children. Charles was a mail
carrier in Morgan County. As I said before, Lou raised AJ III after Scythia
died. Lou died in 1953, and Charles in 1959. Both are buried in Mooresville
Cemetery.
Andrew J Goodpaster II married Phebe Tucker Burge in 1884. Phebe had two
previous marriages, to a Mr. Jones and to James Madison Leathers who died in
1880. Phebe had children from her marriage to James Leathers, but her
marriage to AJG II had no issue. I found newspaper articles about AJG II,
apparently he accidentally shot and killed his stepson (James Leathers Jr.)
during an argument with Gowdy Leathers. I believe he was acquitted.
If anyone has questions I will respond with more details. Is anyone else
descended from this line? Since AJ II did not have children, and he was the
only boy, this line has daughtered out. I would love to get someone
descended from one of AJ the first's brothers to do a DNA test. I have also
thought about using DNA to try to establish the paternity of my
great-grandfather. One of these days!!!!
One thing I did run across.In Margaret Carpenter Goodpaster's pension
application for 1812 war service, there is mention of a family bible with a
publication date of 1599. I have no idea what happened to it.It was with
Margaret's son Sylvanus, but I believe he died without issue. It then may
have gone to his brother Squire M. Goodpaster. But I would dearly love to
get my hands on it-or at least the info therein! It just may have the proof
needed for confirming (or not) Jacob's ancestry. Does ANYONE know ANYTHING
about this Bible????!!!!
Sarah Nesnow
Warwick, RI
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