NELSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA: BIBLE RECORDS – Goode Family, 1798-1959 ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Bible Records Number 25295a Goode Family Bible Record, 1798-1959 Areas covered are: Mecklenburg County Nelson County Publisher – William W. Harding Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Year Published – 1867 The Bible is in the possession of Mrs. Nancy Bland, Boydton, Virginia Colonel J. Thomas Goode was the son of William Osborne Goode of Wheatland, born September 16, 1798, died July 3, 1859, and Sarah Massie, daughter of Thomas Massie of Level Green, Nelson County, Virginia, and Lucy Waller. MARRIAGES Colonel Thomas Goode of Sunnyside, Mecklenburg County, Virginia married: 1. Sarah Ravencroft Buford, December 9, 1857 2. Carrie C. Sturdivant, October 25, 1871 3. Bessie M. Morton, October 4, 1876 4. Ida Rosalie Jones, September 1894 Bessie Morton Goode (born July 27, 1875) married Robert Lee Jeffreys August 2, 1898 Mary Henrietta Goode, married Junius P. Epes, September 25, 1883 John Thomas Goode, married Mabel Sloan, April 22, 1903 Margaret Watkins Goode, married William C. Moore, September 15, 1910 Caroline S. Goode, married John Alexander Bugg, June 29, 1905 Sara M. Goode, married Clifford C. Branch, June 7, 1906 Morton G. Goode, married Lucy Barnes Homes, April 23, 1912 Nancy Goode, married John T. Bland, July 19, 1913 Bessie Morton Goode Jeffreys, married Shelton H. Short, Jr. April 29, 1922 Milton Morton Goode, married Juanita Giles Lillian C. Moore, married David C. Maclay, September 15, 19__ Clifford Branch, married Betty Shaeffer, June 22, 1934 Lorena Bland married 1. Edward Paulette, 2. James E. Skeen, 1939 J. Goode Branch married Anne Allison, April 2, 1939 Thomas Goode Moore, married Katherine Young, July 16, 1938 Lucy Marshall Goode, married Edwin Finch, February 3, 1940 Bessie Morton Goode, married 1. Carter S. Vaden, 1939 2. Robert Bolling Cameron, July, 1946 John T. Bland, married Elaine Spencer, May 12, 1942 Nancy Goode Bland, married Oscar Turner, August 9, 1941 William Archie Bland, married Dorothy Hester, August 16, 1942 Sarah Massie Goode, married Kossen Gregory, June 25, 1943 David Morton Bland, married Aloise Boswell, February 16, 1943 Caroline O. Goode, married Greer Jackson Colonel John Thomas Goode, born July 21, 1835, married 1. Sarah Buford, born February 22, 1840 2. Carrie Sturdivant, born October 27, 1852 (no children) 3. Betty Margaret (Bessie) Morton, born April 16, 1856 4. Ida Rosalie Jones, born July 22, 1850 (no children) Children of No. 1 Juliet Virginia (Jennie) born 1858 Mary Henrietta (Mollie) born 1861 William Osborne, born 1863 Lila Buford, born April 2, 1866 Son of Mary H. and Junius Epes, William Edward Epes, born February 26, 1884 Children of No. 3 Bessie Morton, born January 15, 1878 John Thomas, born May 12, 1879 Margaret Watkins, born May 12, 1881 Caroline Sturdivant, born November 27, 1882 Sarah Massie, born August 25, 1884 Morton Graham, born June 29, 1886 Nancy, born July 21, 1888 Grandchildren Bessie Morton Goode Jeffreys, born May 4, 1899 daughter of B.M. and R.L. Jeffreys Milton Morton Goode, born March 19, 1904 John Thomas Goode, III, born September 27, 1918 son of J.T. and M.S. Goode Lillian Cobler Moore, born September 20, 1911 daughter of M.W. and W.C. Moore Thomas Goode Moore, born January 11, 1914 son of M.W. and W.C. Moore Clifford C. Branch, born April 2, 1907 James Goode Branch, born August 12, 1910 son of S.M. and C.C. Branch Lucy Marshall Goode, born January 20, 1913 Bessie Morton Goode, born January 11, 1915 Sarah Massie Goode, born March 3, 1923 Caroline Osborne Goode, born August 15, 1925 The above four are daughters of Morton G. and Lucy H. Goode Mary Buford Epes, born October 18, 1910 daughter of William Edward and Emma Hardy Epes Lorena Williams Bland, born May 3, 1914 John Thomas Bland, born January 6, 1816 Nancy Goode Bland, born August 24, 1919 William Archibald Bland, born September 22, 1921 David Morton Bland, born January 23, 1924 The above five are the children of Nancy Goode and John Thomas Bland Shelton Hardaway Short, III, born November 9, 1926 son of Bessie Morton Goode Jeffreys and Shelton Hardaway Short, Jr. William Osborne Goode, born June 22, 1939 son of Milton and Juanita Goode William Osborne Goode Branch, born May 4, 1935 John Clifford Branch, born December 28, 1940 son of C.C. and Betty Shaffer Branch James E. Skeen, Jr., born November 22, 1939 son of Lorena Bland and James E. Skeen Margaret Alice More, born December 10, 1939 daughter of T.G. and Katherine Young Moore Thomas (Teddy) Goode Moore, Jr., born June 11, 1942 and john William Moore, born April, 1948 sons of T.G. and Katherine Young Moore. Elizabeth Morton (Betsy Goode) Vaden, born January 1, 1942 daughter of Bessie Morton Goode Vaden and Carter Vaden Oscar Downey Turner, Jr., born August 31, 1944 and Lewis Thomas Turner, born July 4, 1947 sons of Nancy Goode Bland and Oscar D. Turner Lem Goode Branch, born June 12, 1944 son of J. Goode Branch and Ann Allison Rebecca Branch, born April 15, 1947, daughter of J. Goode Branch and Ann Allison John Charles Skeen, born October 8, 1945 son of Lorena and J.E. Skeen Susanne Rochette Skeen, born August 28, 1950 daughter of Lorena and J.E. Skeen John Spencer Bland, born March 10, 1943 son of John Thomas Bland and Elaine Bland Barbara Elaine Bland, born July 12, 1946 daughter of John Thomas Bland and Elaine Bland Thomas Howard Bland, born June 26, 1951 son of John Thomas Bland and Elaine Bland Bruce Boswell Bland, born August 18, 1949 son of D. Morton Bland and Aloise Bland Martha Norton Bland, born May 12, 1954 daughter of D. Morton Bland and Aloise Bland Kessen Gregory, born March 20, 1949 son of Sarah M.G. Gregory and Kessen Gregory Elizabeth Marshall Gregory and Martha Claiborne Gregory, daughters of Sarah M.G. Gregory and Kessen Gregory Robert Russell Bland, born November 24, 1946 William Goode Bland and Thomas Henry Bland, born November 2, 1948 Richard Lee Bland, born August 18, 1950 Sons of W.A. Bland and Dorothy Bland Robert Bolling Cameron, born December 17, 1947 son of Bessie Morton Goode Cameron and R. Bolling Cameron Gabrielle Cameron, born September 13, 1949 daughter of Bessie Morton Goode Cameron and R. Bolling Cameron Ann Marshall Finch, born October 24, 19— daughter of Lucy Marshall Goode Finch and Edwin Finch Morton Goode Jackson, born ----, son of Caroline Goode Jackson and Greer Jackson Caroline Osborne Jackson, born February 20, 1959 daughter of Caroline Goode Jackson and Greer Jackson Joe Ben Bland, born August 28, 1917 son of Nancy Goode Bland and John Thomas Bland DEATHS Colonel J. Thomas Goode, died April 3, 1916 Bessie Morton Goode, died July 14, 1890 Sarah Buford Goode, died April 19, 1868 Carrie Sturdivant Goode, died June 5, 1874 Ida Rosalie Jones Goode, died April 14, 1937 Juliet Virginia Goode Daniel, died August 12, 1939 Mary H. Goode Epes, died March 4, 1895 William Osborne Goode, died May, 1895 Lila Buford Goode Mitchell, December 29, 1934 Bessie Morton Goode Jeffreys, died December 16, 1930 and her husband Robert Lee Jeffreys, died April 7, 1932 Joe Ben Bland, Died May 20, 1919 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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