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Including Siffords and others, being the genealogy of Clyde Lovell Goodman's family
Early genealogy work has been done by Harry T. Sifford of Granite Quarry, N.
C. He has personally visited the European sites that he references in the family
history. Our family is very greatful to him for the research that he has done.
He plans to put the information together into a book that he intends to publish
on the Sifford Family. Some of the following is the result of his research.
The Sifford family was first identified by Mr. Sifford in Switzerland. Some
members of the family then migrated to Swabia, modern day Germany. From there
they migrated to the United States through the port of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. This migration took place before 1750. From there they scattered
all over the country.
Stephan Siefert or Syfferg, 1614 – 1679, born in Switzerland or Swabia ---- first generation
(Swabia was an independent sovereignty that was part of Prussia and was deeded over to Germany in 1806 and is now part of modern day Germany.)
Jacob Siefert, 1635 – 1718, born in Switzerland or Swabia ----second generation
Joachim Jacob Siefert, 1695 or 97 – 1760, born in Switzerland or Swabia,
died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ----third generation
Wife not identified
Jurg Ludwig Siefert
Johann Leonard Siefert 3/11/1743 - 1806 born in Odenwald, Germany, died in
Lincoln, N. C., married Ann or Catherine Ann Eddleman
Elizabeth Siefert, married a Rhus or (Reece or Reese)
? Johann Christian Siefert, married royalty, the daughter of the Duke of Erbach
(Sovereignty of Germany)
Other children not identified
(Joachim or Johann Christian Siefert, born in Switzerland or Swabia, may have been a son of Joachim Jacob Siefert. He was a missionary and in 1739, he was found to be the first pastor of St. Christiansted Lutheran Church on the island of St. Croix in the U. S. Virgin Islands. He had married royalty, the daughter of the Duke of Erbach, a sovereignty of modern day Germany, although he was a commoner. After leaving the Bahamas, he settled in Virginia. He owned about 10,000 acres in Pulaski Co., Virginia [northwest corner of the state]. This is in the Belspring Area and there is a mountain named after the family called Sifford Mountain. He then migrated to Pennsylvania and then to North Carolina.)
Jurg Ludwig Sievers (Sifford) or Siefert, 9/5/1736 – 9/18/1789, born in Swabia or Pennsylvania, buried at Organ Church in Rowan Co., N. C., the first Sifford to go to North Carolina, married to Elizabeth (No. 1) ? Eddleman ? in 1761 in Pennsylvania
Catherina Siffert, born 6/13/1762,
baptized 6/27/1762, in Pennsylvania
George Lewis Siffert, Jr., 9/19/1766 – 9/1813 in Rowan Co., N. C., baptized
10/26/1766, in Pennsylvania
John Peter Siffert, born around 1768 in Pennsylvania, died 7/1815 in Rowan Co.,
N. C., married Susan Koons on 11/23/1797. She was the daughter of Antony Koons
of East Rowan, N. C.
Christena Siffert, 10/26/1770 - 7/23/1856, born in N. C., and died in Rowan Co.,
N. C., married on 9/4/1801 to Michael Troutman in Rowan Co., N. C.
Elizabeth, the wife and mother probably died in Christena’s childbirth or soon thereafter
Jurg Ludwig Sievers (Sifford) or Siefert married to:
Elizabeth (No. 2), 3/31/1754 – 4/3/1829, buried at Organ Church, Rowan Co., N. C.
Abraham Siffert, born around 1773,
died in the 1860s in Mo., married Margaret Lentz on 4/9/1798. She was the
daughter of Bastian Lentz, Jr.
Eva Siffert, born around 1775 – 1776 in Rowan Co., N. C., died in 1843 in
Cabarrus Co., N. C., married Leonard Kluttz on 10/6/1791
Mary Elizabeth Siffert, born around 1778 – 1779 in Rowan Co., N. C., married
John Fisher
Hannah Elizabeth Siffert, 3/7/1781 – 3/8/1850 married John Kluttz
(In August, 1786, Jurg Ludwig Sievers deeded ten acres of his 701 acres “to the elders of Zion congregation (now Organ) including the meeting house, school house, and other bldgs” for five pounds. He did not live to see the church completed. The church cemetery is also on the ten acres.)
(Catherine Siffert or Sifford 10/12/1791 – 9/19/1839 born in Rowan Co., N. C. and died in Union Co., IL., married George Hileman on 9/12/1814 in Rowan Co., N. C. He was the son of William Siffert, mother unknown.) (Relationship to Peter Sifford not known at this time.)
George Lewis Siffert, Jr., married in Rowan Co., N. C., in 10/1791
Christianna (Johstin), born 10/1/1771
John George Siffert, born
9/18/1793, married on 9/14/1816 to Suffiah Bird in Rowan Co., N. C.
John Peter Siffert, born 11/8/1795
Phillip Siffert, born 12/5/1798, married Elizabeth
Catherine Siffert, born 10/20/1800, married on 10/22/1825 to Daniel Stirewalt
Elizabeth Siffert, born 1/6/1802 in Rowan Co., N. C., married on 12/30/1830 to
Jacob Lingle
Rachel Siffert, born 1/5/1804
Daniel Siffert, born 12/25/1805, married on 8/4/1830 to Lydia Freeze
John Siffert, born 3/22/1808 in Rowan Co., N. C., married Catherine Smith
Salome “Susy” Siffert, born 1/6/1810 in Rowan Co., N. C., married Andrew
Castor
Male child who died around 1796 or 1797
All of the above information was obtained from Harry T. Sifford of Granite Quarry, N. C., and his earlier research on the Siffords.
(1820 Census of Union Co., IL.)
John Peter Sifford or Siffert, 11/8/1795 - 1/30/1853 - free white male over 21 yr., born in Rowan Co., N.C., came to Union Co. in 1819
2 - all other whites
0 - free people of color
0 - slaves / servants
(1830 Census of Union Co., IL. - Heads of household census index only)
Peter Sifford
(Peter Sifford was listed in the Union Co., Illinois Militia as an officer - 1st lt., 2/10/1832
(1830 Census of Cape Girardeau
County, Mo. – Heads of Family)
Caleb Sifford (Age 30 – 40)
1 – free white female (Age
30 – 40)
1 – free white male (Age 10 – 15)
Catherine Sifford
2 – free white males (Age
under 5)
1 – free white male (Age 10 – 15)
1 – free white female (Age under 5)
1 – free white female (Age 5 – 10)
2 – free white females (Age 10 – 15)
1 – slave
Lewis Sifford (Age 50 – 60)
1 – free white female (Age 50 – 60)
1 – free white male (Age under 5)
1 – free white male (Age 5 – 10)
2 – free white males (Age 10 – 15)
1 – free white male (Age 15 – 20)
1 – free white female (Age under 5)
2 – free white females (Age 5 – 10)
1 – free white female (Age 15 – 20)
Samuel Sifford (Age 30 – 40)
1 – free white female (Age 30 – 40)
2 – free white males (Age under 5)
2 – free white males (Age 5 – 10)
2 – free white females (Age under 5)
Samuel S. Sifford (Age 30 – 40)
1 – free white female (Age 30 – 40)
2 – free white males (Age under 5)
2 – free white males (Age 5 – 10)
2 – free white females (Age under 5)
(1835 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Peter Sifford - free white male (Age 31-40) married on 2/20/1820(Bk A-3) to:
Wife (Leah Elizabeth Mull) - free white female (Age 31-40)
2 Boys - free white males (Age
0-10)
3 Girls - free white females (Age 0-10)
1 Girl - free white female (Age 11-20)
(Also noted in the census: 1 person over 18 and under 45 subject to military
duty)
(Also listed "free males of color, free females of color, French Negroes
and Mulattoes held in bondage, indentured / registered servants and their
children" but none noted)
(One of the boys must have been Silas Sifford since he was born in 1827 and
therefore would have been under 10 years old and on Silas Sifford's marriage
license to Mary Elizabeth Goodman Oglesby or Oglesbey, he put Peter Sifford as
his father and Leah Mull Sifford as his mother)
(There were 3 Sifford girls that married in the 1840s. They were daughters of
Peter and Leah Sifford. John Jackson Lence (4/4/1820 – 2/2/1875 born in Union
Co., IL. and died in Jonesboro, IL.) married Elizabeth Sifford (died 9/30/1844)
on 9/6/1842 - Bk 1-134. Jacob Hileman married Tena Lavina Sifford (verified
daughter of Peter and Leah Sifford.) on 2/15/1846 - Bk 1-185. Isaac J. Sitter
(2/12/1822-3/29/1892 at 70yr, 1mo, 17d) married Anna Sifford
(11/15/1829-11/2/1870 at 40yr, 11mo, 17d) on 1/9/1848 - Bk 1-216.(Both are
buried in Casper Cem. #?) (This information is based on “History of
Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, IL.”)
(1850 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Peter Sifford 1795 - 1/30/1853, a farmer born in Rowan Co., N.C. (Casper Cem.,
#190 died at 57 yr, 2 mo, 22 days)
Leah (Mull) Sifford 2/11/1804 or 1805 - 3/11/1890 wife born in Rowan Co., N.C.
(Casper Cem. #234 died at 85 yr, 1 mo.)
Lucinda 1/1/1832 - 10/6/1867 at 35yr, 9mo, 5d) –
died in Anna, IL., married Henry Treese or Treece (1833 or 34 - 1/18/1875
born in Union Co., IL. and died in Anna, IL. at 41yr, 11mo, 18d) on 11/30/1856 (Bk
2-129) at house of Leah Sifford in Union Co., IL. (Both are buried in
Casper Cem. #?) Henry was the brother of Maston Treece, who married Sarah Jane
Sifford, and his parents were Alexander and Catherine (Hartline) Treece.
* Jackson 8/15/1834 - 2/27/1896
Leah 1836 - 1/24/1885
*Daniel (1/15/1839 - 11/28/1904)
Sarah Jane (born ~1841) - married Maston Trees or Treese or Treece (1835 -
9/28/1900 or 12/28/1900 born in Union Co., IL. and died in Anna, IL. at
64yr, 9mo, 18d) on 1/23/1859 (Bk 2-203). (Both are buried in Casper Cem., #315)
Maston was the brother of Henry, who married Lucinda Sifford, and his parents
were Alexander and Catherine (Hileman) Treece.
Hannah Clarissa (born ~1844) - married Columbus Abernathy on 6/4/1868 (Bk 3-1)
Louisa H. 1849 -5/26/1872 (Casper Cem. #188) (Age 23, died of consumption)
*(Jackson and Daniel Sifford were listed in "1862 military census" , men 18 to 45 years old and able to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War)
(1860 Census of Union Co., IL.)
John Jackson Lence or Lentz 4/4/1820 – 2/2/1875 died in Jonesboro, IL., He was the son of John and Susannah (Lookinbee) Lence, married in Union Co. on 9/6/1842 to: Elizabeth (Sifford) Lence (died 9/30/1844) (may be buried in the Casper Cem., # 189)
Jane Sarah (born ~1843) married a Lentz,
unknown date
William Carol (born ~1844)
(1850, 1860,
1870 and 1880 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Jacob Hileman 12/21/1823 – 6/21/1908, born in Anna, Union Co., IL., and died in Anna, IL., his father, Christian Hileman, was born in N. C. and his mother was Nancy(Davis) Hileman, married on 2/15/or 3/4/1846 to:
Tena Lavina (Christina) (Sifford) Hileman 10/2/1825 – 3/29/1892 in Union Co., both Jacob and Tena are buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. H, Row 1 (beginning on West, S – N)
Philip W. 10/3/1846 – 11/18/1913,
married Alice 11/17/1849 – 8/25/1888,both buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. H,
Row 6 (S – N)
John L. 1849 – 1924, on 11/13/1873, (Bk 3 – 87) married S. Maletna 1853 –
1920, both buried in the Anna. Cem., Sect. C, Row 4 (N – S)
James M. 1852 – 1913 on 2/27/1877 (Bk 4 – 230) married Maggie Mullins, she
was age 20 and he was age 24, buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. I, Row 22 (S – N)
Ellen D. 1854 – 1856 on 12/25/1881 (Bk 5 – 236) married Charles E. Staub,
she was age 25, born and living in Anna, IL., her first marriage; the groom was
age 26, a blacksmith from Anna, IL., born in Washington, son of
James and Henrietta (Hannsbury) Staub, his first marriage, buried in the Anna
Cem., Sect. H, Row 3 (N – S)
Hamilton J. 7/17/1857 – 9/14/1906, on 3/9/1879 (Bk 5 – 70) married Catherine
Elizabeth “Kitty” 5/2/1859 – 2/14/1941. He was a farmer, born
and living in Anna, IL., and this was his first marriage. She was age 20
and born and living in Anna, IL., the daughter of James and Emma (Mangold)
Fuller, and this was her first marriage. Both are buried in the Anna Cem.,
Sect. E, Row 6 (S – N)
?Mary (born ~ 1859)
George T. 1861 – 1933, buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. H, Row 3 (N – S)
Charles C. 1863 – 1930, buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. H, Row 3 (N – S)
Elizabeth 1863 – 1932, buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. H, Row 3 (N – S)
Watson or William W. (born ~ 1869 – 1870)
(Apparently either Charles C. or George T. married Hattie E. 1866 – 1928, and she is buried in the Anna Cem., with them in Sect. H, Row 3 [N – S])
(1850 and 1870 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Isaac Jackson Sitter 2/12/1822 - 3/29/1892 (buried in Casper Cem. #?, died at 70 yr, 1 mo, 17 days) son of Conrod and Elizabeth (Creiglow) Sitter and brother of Abraham L. Sitter (who married Leah Sifford), born in IL., married on 1/2 / or 1/9/1848 in Union Co. to:
Anna (Sifford) Sitter 11/15/1824 or 29 - 11/2/1869 or 1870 (buried in Casper Cem. #?, died at 40 yr, 11 mo, 17 days) born in Union Co., IL.
Henry C. (born ~1849 or 1850))
born in IL. Married Eliza Jane Norris on 3/16/1871 (Bk 3 – 189)
Columbus (born ~1850) born in IL.
Christopher Jerome (born ~1853) born in IL. Married Ferba A. Penninger on
4/29/1878 (Bk 5 – 22). The groom was age 25, a farmer and merchant from
Stokes Precinct, born in Anna, IL. The bride was age 18, born and living
in Stokes Precinct, the daughter of John and Mary (Wiggs) Penninger.
Peter A. 1/24/1855 – 1/20/1907 born in IL., of Sarratoga, married Emma
I. St. John 1/24/1864 – 7/20/1938, of Anna on 3/9/1886, both are buried
in the Anna Cem., Sect. G, Row 8 (N – S)
Francis M. (born ~1856) born in IL., married Isabel Penrod on 12/25/1878 (Bk 5
– 61). The groom was age 22, a farmer from Anna, IL., born in Union
County, IL. The bride was age 22, from Anna, IL., born in Union County,
IL., the daughter of Peter and Martha (Wheeler) Penrod.
Andrew (born ~1858) born in IL.
Lorenzo (born ~1860) born in IL.
Lemzy (born ~1862) (m) born in IL.
Tempa Alice 1/26/1863 – 9/5/1934 born in IL., and died in Union Co., IL.,
married John W. Henard on 11/20/1881 (Bk 5-232). Bride was 18, from
Saratoga, born in Union Co., daughter of Isaac J. and Anna (Sifford) Sitter. 1st
marriage. The groom was age 21, a farmer from Mt. Pleasant, born in Union
County, the son of F. M. and L. A. (Bridgers) Henard, 1st marriage.
Harrison J. 8/8/1865 – 9/17/1923, born in IL., married Mattie E.
12/25/1876 – 10/13/1902, both are buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. C, Row 5 (S
– N)
William T. 1/1/or 1/10/1867 – 2/13/1923 born in Union Co., IL., married on
11/2/1893 in Lick Creek, IL. Minnie E. Penninger (6/30/1873 – 12/4/1943), both
are buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. B, Row 4 (S – N)
Martin Van (b. 9/16/1869) born in Union Co., IL., married on 11/24/1894 in
Union Co., to Etta Trulove.
(Also living in the house in 1870 were Sayer (Sarah) Sifford (Age 60) born in N.C., and Louis Sifford (Age 20) born in IL. - relationship to this family is not yet known.)
(1850,1860,1870 and 1880 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Silas Sifford 5/24/1827 - 7/3/1904 (buried in Cobden Cem. according to death
certificate - no marker found) (dates from family Bible) married on 9/7/1848 in
Cobden to:
Elizabeth Ellen (Powell) Sifford 11/6/1831 - 1/9 or 11/1877 at 45 Yr., 2 mo., 13
D, born in Logan Co., OH., daughter of James and Annie Powell. (Cobden Cem, Blk.
3, Lot 24. No. 1)
Melvina (1849 or 1850)
Anna M. (~1849 or 1850) married James T. Hardin on 3/19/1871 (Bk 3 – 86)
Amanda (~1850 or so)
Tena L. 5/16/1851 - 10/19/1880 (Cobden Cem. Blk.3, Lot 24, No.3) married James
C. L. Davis on 10/24/1878 (Bk 5 – 50). The bride was age 26, from
Cobden, IL., born in Union County, IL., 1st marriage. The groom
was age 21, a farmer from Anna, born in Union County, IL., the son of Levi and
___ (Casper) Davis, 1st marriage.
L. Lucy (~1851 or so)
L. Laura (~1852)
Thomas (~1853)
James (~1855)
Francis (~1858)
*John F. 9/23/1863 - 1 or 11/15/1943 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 3, Lot 24, No. 4)
Lucia L. 8/14/1867 - 5/31/1911 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 3, Lot 74, No. 2) born in
Cobden, married Andrew Jackson Goodman on 5/29/1884 at age of 16 with written
permission from her father Silas Sifford.)
*(John F. Sifford married Mary A. Ford on 2/25/1890 at Jonesboro, IL. They divorced on 6/18/1894. She charged him with desertion.)
(1860, 1870 and 1880 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Abraham Leonard Sitter 4/12/1833 or 34 - 8/1/1917 (buried in Casper Cem. #318, died at 84 yr, 4 mo, 18 days) born in Union Co., IL. and died in Union Co., IL., son of Conrod and Sarah (Naylor or Naybors) Sitter and brother of Isaac J. Sitter (who married Anna Sifford), married on 5/24/1855 in Anna, IL., (Bk 2-79) to:
Leah (Tempe) (Sifford) Sitter 1836 - 1/24/1885 (buried in Casper Cem. #318, died at 48 yr, 5 mo, 20 days) born in IL. daughter of Peter and Leah (Mull) Sifford
Leah (born ~1857) born in IL.
Serena L. (born ~1857) born in Union County, IL., and from Cobden, IL., married
Nelson Dillow on 1/19/1882 (Bk 5 – 238) at age 23, 1st marriage.
The groom was age 27, from Anna, IL., born in Union County, IL., the son of
Peter and Mahulda (Trees) Dillow.
Sarah (born ~1859) born in IL.
Ellen or Ella L. (born ~1861) born in IL.
Adona E. (born ~1864) born in IL.
Dora (born ~1865) born in IL., married George H. St. John on 8/26/1890 at age 24
Yr. At the home of her father, A. L. Sitter
Zena (born ~1867) born in IL.
Elizabeth (born ~1868) born in IL.
Gilbert L. 2/12/1871 – 12/12/1951, born in IL., married Nannie L.4/12/1878 –
3/31/1933, both buried in the Anna Cem., Sect.C, Row 3 (S – N)
Lenora (born ~1873) born in IL.
Charles Peter 7/30/1876 – 6/2/1960 born in IL., married Josephine
Hartline, 6/7/1876 – 1/9/1962 (They are both buried in the Casper Cem.)
Edna Augusta “Edney” (b. 3/9/1879) born in IL.
Bertha Anna 3/28/or 29/1882 – 12/13/1918 died in Anna, IL., married Fred
Dillow on 8/17/1903 in Cobden, IL.
(1870 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Joseph Sifford (Age 39) born in IL.
Norton C. Sifford (Age 36) born in IL.
Ruth Sifford (Age 36) born in IL.
James M. (Age 9) born in IL.
S. Kate (Age 7) born in IL.
T. Ann (Age 6) born in IL.
Frank T. (Age 4) born in IL.
Ida J. (Age 2) born in IL.
Levi M. (Age 2) born in IL
(It could not be determined from the census which of the 3 adults were married.)
(Calvin Wright) C. W. Sifford (11/6/1850 –
6/12/1925) born in Rowan Co., N. C., and died in Millersburg, IN., a minister,
the son of Paul A. and Margaret (Peeler) Sifford, born in Salisbury, N.
C., married on 5/2/1876 to:
Mary Rebecca (Henkel or Hinkel) Sifford (Age 29) born in IN.
Paul A. (Age 4) born in IL.
William D. (Age 1) born in IL.
Female child born 8/6/1881
Luther (born 12/20/1883)
(Rev. Calvin Wright Sifford was a co-founder of Union Academy in Anna, IL.)
(The above names were listed in the 1870 Census, but it is unknown what relationship they are to the Peter Sifford family. But it is known that C. W. Sifford was related to Jurg Ludwig Sievers [Sifford], Peter Sifford’s grandfather.)
(1880 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Jackson Sifford 8/15/1834 - 2/27/1896 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 4, Lot 53, No. 6 -
purchased in 1893) married on 5/10/1857 in Union Co. (Bk 2-143) to:
Rosena Sarah (Mull) Sifford 12/1837 - 3/4/1904 (buried in the Cobden Cem.
according to the death certificate, but no record found of that burial) daughter
of Martin and Catherine Mull.
William C. 10/6/1859 - 10/11/1892
(Cobden Cem. Blk. 4, Lot 53, No. 4)
John M. 8/24/1860 - 10/7/1915
Sarah C. 1862 - 1928 - married James E. Davis(1852 - 1925) on 7/10/1881 (Bk 5
– 202). She was age 18, from Cobden, IL., born in Union County, IL., 1st
marriage. He was age 29, a farmer from Anna, IL., born in Union County,
IL., 1st marriage. (Both are buried in Casper Cem., #208.)
Tampa (born ~1864) (m)
Frank (born ~1865)
Thomas Franklin 1/15/1870 - 11/27/1929
Ida (born ~1870)
Delia (born ~1872)
Louis Murphy 10/31/1875 - 10/28/1938 (buried in Cobden Cem. according to death
certificate and named on the side of the Jackson Sifford marker, Blk. 4, Lot 53,
No. ?)
Cora (born ~1876)
Lena Alice 12/21/1877
Anna Alice (born in 1879 or 1880)
? Edward (12th) male child 9/10/1879
Amos Clinton 9/10/1882 - 6/3/1929
(Rosena Sarah Mull Sifford was also spelled Rosanah and Rosenah and Rocinda
and Sena)
(The 1920 Census of Union County, Cobden Precinct #1 shows Frank (52 yr.), Louis
(50 yr.) and Amos (38 yr.) Sifford all single and living in the same house.)
(1870, and 1880 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Daniel Sifford 1/15/1839 - 11/28/1904 (Anna Cem., Sect. E, Row I [beginning
on West], S - N) married on 4/18/1861 in Union Co. (Bk 2-298) to
Susan Catherine (Casper) Sifford 11/8/1842 - 3/18/1923 (Anna Cem., Sect.E, Row I
[S – N]) ?Sarah Susan listed in census
Endora or Dora Ethel (born
3/23/1862) married William M. Eddleman, M.D. (born 3/22/1858) on 3/22/1887 at
her parents' home
William Ralph 9/18/1864 – 1/17/1916 ? (W. Ralph Sifford graduated from
Medical Dept. University of Tenn. 3/22/1894 ? probably the same person)
Thomas Peter 10/10/1865 – 2/17/ 1936 married Minnie English 4/25/1870 -
11/2/1929 (died in Cook Co.) on 12/23/1888 (both are buried in the Anna Cem.,
Sect. G, Row I [beginning on East], S – N)
Minnie Jane 9/6/1868 – 1904, married _____ Kerth, (Minnie is buried in
the Anna Cem., Sect. E, Row I [S – N] )
Eliza Elizabeth 7/23/1871 - 7/9/1945, married _____ Ury, (Eliza is buried
in the Anna Cem., Sect. E, Row I [S – N] )
Henry Casper 7/16/1874 -2/10/1952, married Amy E. Marks 1877 –
9/12/1958, on 10/24/1898. (1920 Census of Union County shows them living in
Township 12 1-West with no children at home.) (both are buried in the Anna Cem.,
Sect. C, Row 4 [N – S] )
male child 12/22/1876 or 1877 -12/25/1876 or 1877 (Casper Cem. #331)
Lena Dell 12/11/1877 or 1878, married John Edwin Lufkin on 12/14/1905 in Anna,
IL.
Susie Mabel 11/4 or 5/1880, married a Finch and then a Bruchhauser
Daniel Ford 12/31/1884 - 10/25/1892 (Anna Cem.)
Clarence G. 9/24 or 28/1889 - 4/17/1890 (Anna Cem.) (both Daniel and Clarence
are buried in the Anna Cem., Sect. E, Row I [beginning on West], S – N)
(1920 Census of Union County, Township 12 1-West shows Susan Catherine Casper Sifford (77 yr.) widowed and living with single daughter Elizabeth (48 yr.). Her sister Isabelle Casper (67 yr.) was living with them and single.)
Silas Sifford a farmer from Cobden, IL., born in Union County, IL.,
married (2nd marriage) on 3/21/1879 (Bk 5 – 72) at age 50 -
53 in Anna to:
Mary Elizabeth (Goodman) Oglesby Sifford (age 23) (divorced) 2/28/1856 -
6/10/1905 from Cobden, IL., born in Union Co., died "at 48 years, 0 mo., 0
d." ( buried in the Cobden Cem. according to death certificate - no marker
found) (Birth date according to family Bible)
Not known if any children from this marriage
(Mary Elizabeth was the sister of Andrew Jackson Goodman, and
daughter of Thomas and Nancy Goodman)
(1820 Census of Franklin Co., IL. - Heads of Families)
Archabald Goodman - white male over 21 yr.
6 - all other whites
0 - free people of color
0 - servants / slaves
James Goodman - white male over 21 yr.
2 - all other whites
0 - free people of color
0 - servants / slaves
(The relationship of the above to the Clyde L. Goodman family is unknown at this time.)
(1830 Census of Union Co., IL. - Heads of household census index only)
Archibald Goodman
(Also listed Adam Goodman from Mill Creek Precinct - owned 80 acres)
(On 11/13/1828 Union Co. listed a marriage between James King Cochran and Dorcas
Goodman [Bk A – 40])
(On 5/22/1831 Bk 1-19 Archibald Goodman gave consent for marriage of Josiah
Goodman to Lotty Duncan.)
(On 5/23/1831 Josiah Goodman married Sally Duncan)
(1835 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Archibald Goodman - free white male(Age 51-60)
Wife - free white female (Age 51-60)
1 Girl - free white female (Age
11-20)
2 Boys - free white males (Age 11-20)
1 Boy - free white male (Age 21-30)
(Archibald is the only Goodman listed in Union County in the 1835 census and
I believe that he may be the grandfather of Thomas Goodman, who was the
father of Andrew Jackson Goodman)
(On 10/31/1839 Allen B. Goodman married Margaret Hileman)(Bk 1-88)
(The 1840 Census of Union Co. had listed both Archibald Goodman and Allen B.
Goodman)
(On 11/11/1841 Bk 1-120 Henry R. Bundy married Elizabeth Goodman.)
(1850 Census of Union Co., IL. showed no Archibald Goodman, but the census of Saline Co., IL. showed him in Stonefort)
Archibald Goodman (Age 66) a farmer born in N.C married on 9/27/1849
in Saline Co. to:
Nancy (Bush) Goodman (Age 51) wife born in N.C. (Vol. 1, p. 31)
(I believe this may be the same Archibald Goodman that lived in Union Co. in the
1830s and this was a different - perhaps second - wife than in the earlier Union
Co. census. Also there were no children living at home.)
(An Archibald Goodman married Pheba Nelson on 5/18/1856 in Union Co.) (Vol. 2,
p.110)
(The 1850 Census of Union Co. listed the following Goodmans: A.B., Calvin,
Dulland, Elizabeth, Felix, Jeremiah, John, Moses, and Paul. Their relationship
to our family is unknown.)
(The 1850 Union Co., IL. Mortality Index listed: Eda Goodman, age 35, married,
born in N.C., died in May from cancer, with duration of 9 mo.)
(On 1/26/1851 Paul Goodman married Lucretia Earnhart) (Bk 1-278)
(There was a listing for Martha Goodman, born 1853, daughter of deceased soldier
Calvin A. Goodman (married to Elizabeth Dixon) , given to guardian Henry C.
Brooks, brother-in-law. Also given were Daniel F., born 1856, Elizabeth America
Ellen, born 1858, Eliza Angeline B., born 1860 and Eveline D. Brooks.) (This was
actually done in 1866.)
(On 10/6/1853 Bk 2-20 Nelson D. Goodman married Rosannah Goodman.)
(On 11/22/1853 Bk 2-24 Alexander M. Halterman married Juliann E. Goodman with
consent of her parents.)
(On 2/15/1856 Bk 2-102 Noah Medlin married Mary Jane Goodman.)
(On 11/24/1856 Bk 2-125 William Glascow married Mrs. Avarilla Goodman.)
(On 3/1/1857 Bk 2-137 Robert B. Goodman married Malinda Ann Anderson.)
(On 8/8/1858 Bk 2-186 James M. Goodman married Martha Ann Holt, Paul Goodman,
groom's father gave consent.)
(On 6/14/1860 Bk 2-256 Albert Lee Goodman married Mrs. Elizabeth Hall.)
(1860 Census of Union Co., IL.)
Thomas Goodman (Age 30) born in IL, married around 1850 or 51 to:
*Nancy Elvira (Bickerstine, Biggerslack or Glascow) Goodman 1832 - 3/25/1909
(Cobden Cem. Blk 1, Lot 13, No.? - no marker found) born in Carmi, IL., and died
from “Gangreen bed sore from lying quiet in bed” and intercapsular fracture
of the right femur. (3 marriage licenses of their children give 3 different
maiden names for Nancy, their mother)
Minerva (Age 8)
Mary Elizabeth 2/28//1856 - 6/10/1905 (birth date from family Bible) (2nd wife
of Silas Sifford)
Andrew Jackson 8/11/1859 - 2/21/1925 born in Jonesboro, IL (birth date from
family Bible)
? John ? (Apparent younger brother who worked on a Mississippi river boat - he
drowned and they never recovered the body - date unknown)
(The family moved from Union Co., IL. prior to the 1870 census, and lived in
DuQuoin at the time of the 1870 census.)
(Thomas S. Oglesby married Mary E. Goodman in Perry Co. on 2/13/1871. Mary
Oglesby v. Thomas Oglesby was granted a divorce 3/15/1879 in Union Co., Circuit
Ct. Book O, pp 261 and 271)
*( Nancy bought a cemetery lot #13 in block #1 with 8 grave sites. She paid $2
on 6/12/1891, $2 on 4/9/1892, $2 on 4/15/1893 and $12 on 7/13/1893 for a total
of $18. But there are no markers and no documentation of burial for either
Thomas or Nancy. Nancy’s death certificate states that she is buried in
the Cobden Cemetery but there is no cemetery documentation and no marker to
verify this.)
(The 1860 Census of Union Co. listed the following Goodmans: Albert, Calvin,
Daniel, Henry, J.W., M.H., Monroe, Moses, Munroe, Robert, Shaw, Thomas, W.H.
Wooford, and Dorcas. Their relationship to our family is unknown.)
(The 1860 Union Co.,IL Mortality Index , Township 12 and 13, South, Range 3E,
listed: Goodum (Goodwin, Goodman) Catharine, age 6. born in IL., died Feb. from
winter fever)
(Thomas Goodman was listed in "1862 Military Census", men 18 to 45
years old able to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War.)
(Union Co., IL. men in the Civil War)
6th IL U.S. Cavalry, Comp. M. - Hardin D. Goodman
13th IL Cavalry, Comp. I - Thomas B. Goodman of Anna killed near Pine Bluff,
Ark. 2/22/1865
31st U.S.Infantry - Allen L. Goodman, Rec., Anna 1/21/1864, died at Camp Butler,
Springfield, IL. (also called Albert and Elbert)
Calvin A. Goodman, Sgt. H Union Co. 9/1/1861
Talbert T. Goodman, Rec., Anna 1/23/1864
(Miscellaneous Goodman entries in Union Co., IL.)
(On 9/14/1862 Bk 2-341 David Buchanan married Mrs. Martha Ann Goodman.)
(On 8/22/1863 Bk 2-385 Henry C. Brooks married Eveline D. Goodman.)
(On 4/19/1864 Bk 2-422 Frederick Baker married Elizabeth Goodman.)
(There was a listing for John L. Goodman, born 1/23/1864, son of deceased
soldier Elbert (Albert) L. Goodman, given to guardian Elizabeth J. Baker,
mother.) (This was actually done in 1878.)
(On 10/10/1864 Bk 3-71 Hardin D. Goodman married Mrs. Elizabeth Damron.)
(On 4/23/1865 Bk 3-175 Drake H. Rendleman, Jr. married Martha Jane Goodman.)
(On 7/27/1865 Bk 3-71 Monroe Goodman married Nancy Ann Rose.)
(On 8/6/1865 Bk 3-71 Robert Goodman married Martha Johnson.)
(On 3/2/1866 Bk 3-49 John Essery married Kissiah Jane Goodman.)
(On 4/25/1866 Bk 3-39 Samuel Dickson married Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman.)
(On 11/15/1866 Bk 3-25 Anderson J. Chitty married Dorcas E. Goodman. Lousa
Goodman gave the bride permission.)
(On 5/19/1867 Bk 3-187 John Silber married Mary Ann Goodman.)
(On 1/10/1868 Bk 3-72 Joseph Goodman married Mrs. Levina McFatridge.)
(Philip G. Goodman was a justice of the peace from or between 1818 and 1868.)
(The following marriages were listed in “Marriages of Union County, IL. 1818-1880”)
(On 12/30/1869 John T.S. Linn married Ellen F. Goodman.)
(On 12/30/1869 John L. Goodman married Lydia E. Freeze.)
(The 1870 Union Co., IL. Mortality Index, Union Precinct #32 listed: Elizabeth
Goodman, age 51, married, born in TN., housekeeper, died in Oct. of brain
fever.)
(On 7/13/1871 James W. Andetund married Rose Goodman.)
(On 12/13/1872 Thomas Quinlan married Mrs. Mary Goodman.)
(On 11/30/1873 Charles Goodman married Matilda Penrod.)
(On 4/20/1874 Samuel Fourtner married Elizabeth America Ellen Goodman, daughter
of Calvin A. Goodman.)
(On 10/14/1875 John C. Goodman married Sarah L. Eddleman from Dongola Precinct.)
(On 7/27/1876 John S. Copeland married Sarah J. Goodman from Union Precinct,
daughter of Robert B. Goodman.)
(On 8/22/1876 Jasper Garrett married Alice Goodman from Jonesboro, Henry and
Kisire (Keza Jeffords) Goodman gave consent.)
(On 4/7/1878 William Emery married Julie Ann Goodman from Union Point. She was
born in Union Co. the daughter of John and Harriet [Gargus] Goodman.)
(In 1878 Amanda Goodman, age 8, died in Union Co. of Remittant Fever.)
(There was a listing for Lulu Goodman, born 9/2/1882, daughter of Robert B.
Goodman, given to guardian Matilda Goodman, mother.) (This was actually done in
1895.)
(On 4/26/1883 John E. Stafford married Mrs. Betty (Goodman) Freeman from Clear
Creek, Alex. Co. She was born in Rowan Co., N.C. the daughter of Henry and
Sophia (Hartman) Goodman.)
(On 8/14/1883 Henry F. Goodman married Lydia A. Lodail. He was a farmer from
Clear Creek, Alex. Co., born in Union Co. the son of Henry and Sophia (Hartman)
Goodman.)
(On 12/13/1883 Alfred N. McNeeley married Mary A. Goodman from Clear Creek,
Alex. Co. She was born in Union Co., the daughter of Henry and Sophia (Hartman)
Goodman.)
(On 7/22/1884 Henry T. Goodman received license to marry (never returned to
county clerk) Dolly Smoot. He was from Dongola. (His mother was Kizire (Mrs.
Dennis) Karraker, the former Mrs. Henry Goodman.)
(On 5/11/1885 Thomas D. Parham married Anna Goodman from Jonesboro. She was born
in Union Co. the daughter of Tolbert and Nancy (Goodman) Goodman. The bride's
name also recorded as Sarah J Shoat on license.)
(On 6/18/1885 Andrew J. Goodman married Katie Bryant. He was a farmer from Lick
Creek, born in Union Co., the son of Hardin D. and Elizabeth (Wall) Goodman,
both deceased.)
(On 4/8/1887 William B. Huddleston married Melissa Goodman)
(Guardianship information
is from “Union County, IL. Guardianship Records 1818 – 1918”)
(1870 Census of Perry Co., IL.)
Township 6, Range 1 W, Post
Office, DuQuoin, IL.
Goodman, Thos., (41 yr.) farmer, born in Tenn., and had $200 worth of personal property, married to”
Nancy, (37 yr.) born in IL.
Mary (16 yr.) born in IL.
Audren (Andrew) (10 yr.) born in IL.
Annie (2 yr.) born in IL.
(Also listed in the same house)
Cooper, Nathan (23 yr.) mechanic, born in Tenn.
Sarah (19 yr.) born in IL.
Laura (2 yr.) born in IL.
(Note: Another Mary Goodman (15 yr.) a servant, born in IL., listed in another area – T6S R2W DuQuoin, Perry Co., IL., living with Patrick Vancil Family. It is not known if this is the daughter of Thos. and Nancy Goodman.)
(Nothing else is known at this time about the two sisters of Andrew – Minerva and Annie.)
Andrew Jackson Goodman 8/11/1860 - 2/21/1925 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 3, Lot
74, No. 1) a farmer, married on 9/28/1878 in Cobden to
Matilda (McNew) Goodman (Born ~ 1860)
Albert 1/16/1880 - 1/6/1941 (Buried in Ingram Hill Cem., Pankyville, IL - no marker found) born in Carbondale, IL
(A.J. and Matilda were divorced on 3/8/1884 - he was accused of desertion and she was given custody of their child, Albert Goodman.)
(1880 Census of Union Precinct, IL.)
Robert Newton Goodman (Age 21) farmer, born in IL. parents born in N.C.
Martha (Age 30) wife, keeping house, born in N.C., parents born in N.C.
Mary (Age 18) Widowed daughter, born in IL.
Robert (Age 10) son, born in IL.
Emma (Age 8) daughter, born in IL.
Martha (Age 3) daughter, born in IL.
John Easters (Age 14) ward, born in Mo. father born in Mo., mother born in N.C.
(1880 Census of Meisenheimer Precinct, IL.)
J. L. Goodman(Age 30) farmer, born in N.C., parents born in N.C.
Lydia E. (Age 28) wife, housekeeper, born in IL., parents born in N.C.
Dennis E. (Age ?) son, born in
IL., cannot write
Bradly L. (Age 7) son, born in IL.
Arther El (Age 5) son, born in IL.
Ernest (Age 2) son, born in IL.
(1880 Census of Meisenheimer Precinct, IL.)
Wm. H. Goodman (Age 48) farmer, born in N.C., parents born in N.C.
Camilla (Age 45) wife, housekeeper, born in N.C., parents born in N.C.
Martha J. (Age 22) daughter, born
in N.C.
James M. (Age 16) son. born in IL.
Mary A. (Age 13) daughter, born in IL
Sidney W. (Age 7) son, born in IL.
Albert Goodman (Age 24) a coal mine examiner and in the WPA married on
7/27/1904 in Harrisburg, IL to:
Mary (Scales) Goodman (Age 17 with consent given by her father) "Died
3/7/1906, A mother for 3 weeks, 4 days and 10 hours - Age 18 yr, 3 mo, and 8
days old" (written by Albert)
James Leroy 2/9/1906 - 2 /25/1965
Albert Goodman (Age 26) married on 11/6/1906 in Gaskins City, IL to:
Celia (Downen) Goodman (Age 16 ) (2/7/1891 - 1/16/1908) (dates are from
tombstone in Ingram Hill Cem)
Died in childbirth and neither the mother or child survived
(Mrs. Albert Goodman #2 -no first name given -died 1/16/1908 at Gaskins City, IL
at16 years. I wonder if she was 16 when they married and they have the wrong age
at death for Celia? The marriage license stated she was 16 yrs. at
the time of the marriage.)
(This information was from marriage licenses, family Bible records, death records and personal family knowledge.)
(1920 Census of Saline Co., IL.)
Albert Goodman 1/16/1880 - 1/6/1941 (buried in Ingram Hill Cem. Pankyville, IL according to death certificate - no marker found, died “by over drinking too much intoxicating liquor”) married Aug, 12, 1908 in Gaskins City or Harrisburg, IL to:
Ruth E.(Grace) 1/12/1883 - 11 or 12/12/1964 (she was the aunt of Gladys Grace Goodman Keneipp) born in Kentucky (buried in Perry Mount Park Cem., Pontiac, Mi.)
James Leroy "Roy"
2/10/1906 - 2/25/1965 (son of Mary Scales Goodman) married Delphena ? (both
buried in Perry Mount Park Cem., Pontiac, Mi.)
Violet Grace 7/2/1909 - 2/2000 at age of 90, married Darwin E. Catlin 1905 -
1991(both buried in Perry Mount Park Cem., Pontiac, Mi.)
*Blanche Elizabeth 8/10/1912 - 12/28/1990, married Lester H. Brown (both are
buried in Perry Mount Park Cem., Pontiac, Mi.)
Mildred Inez 10/23/1915 - 7/13/1984, married James Robert Carr 1st, then married
Albert O'Connor (Mildred and Albert are both buried in White Chapel Cem., Troy,
Mi.) (Her death certificate is in Oakland Co., Pontiac, Mi.)
Martha 6/1/1920, married Jerome Kreder, (d. 9/18/1965) (he is buried in Perry
Mount Park Cem., Pontiac, Mi)
George Andrew - still birth - (3/29 or 30/1922) buried in Ingram Hill Cem.,
Pankyville, IL.
Thomas - stillbirth - born between 1920 and 1922
Extension of Albert Goodman's Children
Roy married Delphena (10/13/1908 – 2/4/1991) and they had one daughter, Alberta Louise, who lived only 7 days. He later married Dell _____? They lived near Detroit and had no children. Roy died from a heart attack while shoveling snow.
Violet married Gilbert Thompson 7/17/1926. They divorced 6/21/1927. Then she married Darwin E. Catlin on 6/27/1927 in Harrisburg and they lived in Chicago at 4030 Monroe and 4328 W. Van Buren and later at 2598 Edgevale Dr, Drayton Plains, Michigan, but spent the winters in Marathon, Florida with Blanche. They had two sons, Frank Darwin who died at age 2 and is buried in the Harrisburg Cem., Sunset Hill, Lot # 358, and Dennis Wayne, who married and had two children, Michael and JoAnn. They also had a daughter, Violet Denise Griffin, and she lived with her husband, Bob, in Pontiac, Mi. They had seven children.
Blanche married Lester H. Brown (Les) "Brown" and they lived at 89 Osceola, Pontiac, Mi., 17 Boca Ceiga, Nakomis, Fl. and Marathon, Florida. They had 2 sons, one was Leslie and one was Gerald.
Martha lived in Pontiac, MI. She married Jerome M. Kreder (b. 11/21/1907) on 11/29/1946 in Angola, IN. They had no children.
Mildred married James Robert Carr in Chicago. They had one son, William Roy (born in 1942) who lived in Harrisburg, IL. He married Chi and they had a son, Jim, and a daughter, Lilia. She then married Albert O'Connor in Michigan. They had two children, Martha Ruth, born in 1948 and lives in Waterford, Mi. (married and divorced and no children) and Edward Patrick, born 10/23/1950. Edward Patrick also lived in Harrisburg, IL. Her husband, Albert, died 11/5/1974. In 1980 Mildred was ill and "no hopes of getting better". Mildred's death certificate is in Oakland Co. Michigan, in Pontiac.
Ruth E. (Grace) Goodman, Albert Goodman's wife, lived with her daughter Martha after Albert died and stayed there until her own death.
Andrew Jackson Goodman (Age 24) a farmer born in Jonesboro, living in
Cobden, and died from “Aletectosis” and chronic bronchitis, and buried in
the Cobden Cem., Blk. 3, lot 74, married on 5/29/1884 (Bk 6 – 210) in
Jonesboro, IL to:
Lucy (Sifford) (Age 16 with written permission from her father, Silas Sifford)
born and living in Cobden and died from “Pulmonary Tuberculosis” and buried
in the Cobden Cem., Blk. 3, Lot 74
Grace 10/27/1887 - 5/5/1934
(Cobden Cem. Blk. 4, Lot 106, No. 1)(as Mrs. Grace Rader) born in Cobden
Clyde (female) 9/5/1891 - 5/11/1908 (Cobden Cem. Blk.3, Lot 74, No.3) born in
Cobden
Arthur Franklin 2/13/1893 - 9/21/1959 (Cobden Cem. Blk.3, Lot 74, No.6) born in
DuQuoin
Paul H. 2/11/1898 - 11/6/1962 or 64 (Cobden Cem. Blk.3, Lot 24, No.8) born in
Cobden
Harry Edward 9/10/1895 - 11/4/1964 born in Cobden
Elmer Clifford 11/25/1902 - 2/10/1974 born in Villa Ridge
Extension of Andrew Jackson Goodman’s Children
Grace married Robert F. Rader (8/5/1882 - 11/25/1935)(Cobden Cem. Blk. 4, Lot 106, No. 2) on 12/2/1906. They had 6 children: Robert L.8/7/1907, he married Ruth Sullens and they had 1 girl, and they divorced and he married Claudine, and they had 1 girl; Alma Lucille 3/17/1909, and she died at 9 mo. 3 days (Cobden Cem. Blk. 3, Lot 74, No. 8), Melva Lorene 9/15/1911, she married A. Monroe Brown and they had children; Frances Aline 7/1/1918, she married Claude Keller and they had 2 boys and 1 girl; Lucy Maxine 7/31/1920 - 5/9/1972, she married Irvin Morgan and they had 2 girls and 1 boy; and Marcella Grace 11/17/1923, she married Gene Sorrells and they had 1 boy and 1 girl. Grace's husband, Robert F. Rader, had a brother Albert J. Rader 3/7/1884 - 5/30/1954 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 4, Lot 106, No. 5) who lived with them.
Clyde died at age 16 years, 8 months, and 6 days.
Paul served in the Army, in Quartermaster Corps. in WW 1. He was married twice. He and his first wife, Marilyn, had a daughter, Arleen (Mrs. Raymond Caron) lived in Westbrook, MA. (Both Arleen and her husband are deceased.) They divorced and then he married Marie Burton Morrissey in Boston, MA., (she was born in Mansfield, MA.) and they had a daughter Lucy born in 1937. Marie died 2/26/2004 and her cremated remains were buried on top of her husband, Paul in the Cobden Cem. Paul died from “Bronchopneumonia, terminal, due to Edema of Brain, due to Cerebral Hemorrhage”.
Harry served in the Army in WW 1. He married Eva and they had no children. Eva came from Southern IL. They lived in Portland, Maine, and then in Jacksonville, IL. They are both buried in Jacksonville, IL.
Elmer Clifford served in the Navy in WW 1. He married Rose. They had 3 children: Elaine, Harry and Elmer. Both Elmer and his wife, Rose are buried in Philadelphia, Pa.
(Divorce Index, 1818 - 1918, Union Co., IL.)
John L. Goodman v. Mary K. (Wright) Goodman, granted 3/4/1885, she was
accused of committing adultery. They married 2/14/1882. Chancery Book S, pp10 -
11,20, 23 and 24;
John L. Goodman v. Samantha B. Goodman, granted 3/8/1888, she was accused of
desertion since 2/15/1886. Chancery Book S, pp 436 - 437;
John L. Goodman v. Martha L. (Davis) Goodman, granted March term of 1889, she
was accused of committing adultery. Martha was given custody of their son,
Robert Burley Goodman, and he was to pay her $5 a month support. They married
3/25/1888. Chancery Book T. pp79 and 110;
John W. Goodman v. Clarissa E. Goodman, granted 11/20/1893, she deserted him
10/22/1890. (Then John L. Goodman married Martha Kelley on 5/27/1889, and they
are both buried in the Casper Cem.)
Marilda J. (alias Marinda) Goodman v. Robert Newton Goodman, granted
6/21/1899, he was accused of cruelty and habitual drunkeness, frequently being
on sprees of drinking, fighting and quarreling. Her name was restored to Marinda
J. Slaughter. They married 5/2/1893 and separated 10/19/1897. Chancery Book W, p
291)
(Moses Goodman died on 3/3/1888 in Anna of senile gangrene at the age of 81 yr.
5 mo. 6 d. He was retired, married, born in N.C. lived in IL. for 33 yr. and was
buried in Anna.)
Arthur Franklin Goodman married on 9/21/1915 in Anna to
Golda May (Cooley) 1894 - 10/19/1920 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 3, Lot 74, No. 7) died
from “Pulmonary T. B. and flu”.
Arthur Eugene 7/23/1916 -
10/28/2001 (Cobden Cem. Blk. ?)
Corrinne May 1/4/1919 - 10/26/2002. (Cobden Cem. Blk. ?)
(1920 Census of Union County shows Clifford Goodman, single, age 17, living
with Arthur and Golda.)
Arthur Franklin Goodman (he died from an acute M. I., posterior, due to
Coronary Thrombosis, due to Coronary Atherosclerosis and Essential Hypertension)
He married on 1/26/1922.
Gladys Eloise (Grace) 11/26/1900 - 8/9/1991 (Cobden Cem. Blk. 3, Lot 74,
No. ?) (she died from a CVA due to Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease)
Kenneth Harold 7/5/1923 -
7/10/1997 (Buried in Cape Girardeau, Mo.)
Arthur Jr. 11/14/1924 - 6/17/2001 (Buried in Jonesboro Cem., Jonesboro, IL.)
Clyde Lovell 5/2/1927.
Extension of Arthur Franklin Goodman’s Children
Arthur Eugene never married. He died from Congestive Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation.
Corrinne May married Ralph W. Rich, and they had 1 boy, Ralph W., Jr. She died from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Congestive Heart Failure.
Kenneth H. married Rudell Berry, they divorced, and he married Geneva Morgan, and they had 1 girl, Debra Gay, they divorced, and he married Linda Dickens on 1/31/1976. There were no children from that marriage.
Arthur Jr. married Vana Lee Zwahlen, they had 2 boys, Dennis Michael and Gary Stephen and 1 girl, Tina Marie, they divorced, and he married Carla Oliver, they divorced, and he married Shirley, they divorced and he married Barbara, they divorced. There were no children from the other marriages. He died from “ASCAD”.
Clyde L. married Isabelle Muller on 7/1/1946, the marriage was annulled. Then he married Jacqueline J. Berry on 7/8/1948, and they had 1 girl, Sherran Christine, they divorced, and he married Carol Lynn Warren on 7/9/1976. There were no children from that marriage
Compiler's note:
I will update this as I get more dates, etc. but all information except the Archibald Goodman information is verified on the back of marriage licenses or on birth or death certificates, or obituary notices, and other books that document early county history/records. I have listed many marriages and divorces and deaths that involve someone with the Goodman or Sifford names. Some of them or all of them may be related to this family but I have not yet been able to verify their connection. But they are still listed. This has been a fascinating adventure looking for all of the documents to prove information. We have been a lot of places and to a lot of court houses and libraries and cemeteries and on the internet, but we are not yet finished !!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope that you enjoy this bit of history.
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