Appendix B: The Goodwins of Washington County, Indiana; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement, 1897 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Appendix B: The Goodwins of Washington County, Indiana William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1897), pp. 68-72. This family followed, as nearly as now known, the exact route taken by the GOODWINS OF BROOKVILLE, but no relationship could be traced by the older members of the family. Aaron Goodwin was born in 1753, in Virginia. He resided, until a young man, in Virginia, removing to the Cumberland Valley, Md., where he married, 1st, Susannah Leasure, and in 1790, with his wife and family, went along the old National Road to Old Fort, now Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., and then by flatboats to Maysville, Ky. They afterwards settled at Hinkston station, Ky., where Susannah (Leasure) Goodwin died. Some of their children remained in Kentucky with their mother's people, but others went with Aaron to Champaign Co., Ohio, where, in 1803, he married, 2ndly, Mary Chapman, a daughter of Elijah and Achsah (Burden) Chapman, who had removed to Ohio from Virginia "at a very early day". Aaron Goodwin removed from Kentucky on account of his prejudice against slavery. In 1809 he went with his family to Illinois, finishing his journey at a point about twelve miles east of St. Louis. Deciding, in 1812, to return to Ohio, he stopped, on his return journey, twelve miles north of Princeton, Indiana. Being pleased with the appearance of the country, and winter approaching, he took possession of an abandoned log house, where he remained with his family through the winter, and he then settled half-a-mile north of Washington, Ind., where he remained until his death, which occurred October 26, 1828. He was a teacher and a farmer. His birthplace is given by one grandson as Hartford, Conn., but he seems not to have belonged to that family. Children by first wife: i. William; ii. Jeremiah, untraced; iii. Aaron Leasure, born 1778; married 1st, Margaret McCully; 2ndly, Page 69. Mrs. Ann (------) Redd; iv. Enoch, untraced; v. Thomas, untraced; vi. Ruth, untraced. Children by second wife: vii. Benjamin, born August 17, 1804; married Drucilla Davis; viii. Elijah, born January 16, 1807; married Jane Moore Davis; ix. Moses, left descendants, untraced; x. Lourana, born February 22, 1812; married Arthur Johnson; xi. Achsah, born 1819; married Washington Crabtree; xii. James, untraced. William Goodwin (Aaron) resided in Mason or Fleming Co., Kentucky. Children: i. Enoch, born 1807; ii. William, untraced; iii. Theopolis, untraced; iv. Edward, untraced; v. Elizabeth, untraced; vi. Rebecca, untraced. Enoch Goodwin (William, Aaron), born in 1807 in Mason or Fleming Co., Ky., resided in Curtisville, Ind., where his son, Leander, resides (1897). No further information given. Child: i. Leander. Aaron Leasure Goodwin (Aaron), born in 1778, in Maryland or Virginia, was married, in 1806, at Pittsburgh, Pa., to Margaret McCully, born near Belfast, Ireland, a daughter of William McCully. Aaron Leasure Goodwin married, 2ndly, Mrs. Ann (-----) Redd. He was a farmer, a Democrat, and a Methodist. He resided in Pittsburgh, Pa., Elizabethtown, Ohio, Washingtin, Ind., and Vevay, Ind., at which last-named place he died. Children by first wife: i. Jane, married, 1st J.L. Whitehead; 2ndly, N.D. Marehand; ii. Mary Ann, married John Waller; iii. Matilda, married N.D. Marchand; iv. William McCully, born June 15, 1818; married Marietta Wilbur; v. James A., died 1842; vi. Ruth Hendricks, married John Allen; vii. Aaron Leasure, died 1870; viii. John McCully, born January 26, 1826; married Nannie J. Pool; ix. Laura C., married Dr. C. Williams. Child by second wife: x. Matilda, married Squire Hulley. William McCully (McCullough) Goodwin (Aaron Leasure, Aaron), born June 15, 1818, in Daviess Co., Ind., was married, June 13, 1841, at Leavenworth, Indiana, to Marietta Wilbur, born August 8, 1822, in Leavenworth, Ind., a daughter of William Wilbur. By occupation he was a saddler, in politics a Democrat, and in religion an Universalist. They resided in Mississippi Co., Mo., 1842-'59; Leavenworth, Ind., 1859-'67; Cave in Rock, Ill., 1867-1886. Marietta (Wilbur) Goodwin died May 9, 1874, at Cave in Rock; William McCullough Goodwin died April 7, 1886, at Anna, Ill. Children: i. John Jefferson, born August 14, 1842; married Norah C. Mitchell; ii. William S., born November 25, 1844; died Page 70. February 10, 1862; iii. Catherine Laura, born December 23, 1847; married John H. Caldwell; iv. Jacob Aaron, born March 31, 1851; died September 19, 1851; v. James Robert, born June 18, 1853; married Alice M. Cook; vi. Millard Fillmore, born January 23, 1857; died December 17, 1881; vii. Joseph Benjamin, born October 9, 1859, died in infancy. James Robert Goodwin (William McCully, Aaron Leasure, Aaron), born June 18, 1853, in Mississippi Co., Mo.; was married, January 5, 1876, in Crittenden Co., Ky., by Rev. Thomas Moore, to Alice M. Cook, born March 8, 1858, in Crittendon Co., Ky., a daughter of L.E. and P.A. (Walker) Cook. By occupation he was a manufacturer of clothing, in politics a Democrat. He resided in Missouri until he was six years old, then in Crawford Co., Ind., until thirteen years of age; in Harden Co., Ill., until twenty-six years of age; and since then in Evansville, Ind. Children: i. James Raymond, born November 4, 1876; ii. Walter Cook, born July 23, 1879; iii. Percy, born September 9, 1881; iv. Grace, born October 17, 1883. John McCully Goodwin (Aaron Leasure, Aaron), born January 26, 1826, in Washington, Indiana, was married, December 23, 1857, at Sardis, Ohio, by Rev. A.D. McCormack, to Nannie J. Pool, born September 25, 1840, in Belmont Co., Ohio, a daughter of Philip and Ann Maria (Caldwell) Pool. By occupation he was a merchant and farmer, in politics a Democrat, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Belmont Co. and Sardis, Ohio (1897). Chidlren: i. George Philip, born September 25, 1858,; married Mary A. Scharf; ii. Laura Jane, born July 31, 1860; married George Case; iii. John Pool, born September 30, 1862; married Flora M. Talbott; iv. William McCully, born July 27, 1867; married Rachel Burton. Benjamin Goodwin (Aaron), born August 17, 1804, in Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio, was married in 1824, at Washingtin, Ind., by Abner Davis, to Drucilla Davis, born November 25, 1804, in Maysville, Mason Co., Ky., a daughter of Levi Davis. By occupation he was a farmer and politician. They resided near Washington, Ind. He held a number of political offices, from constable to representative. He died in 1877. Children: i. George Washington; ii. Anderson; iii. Levi; iv. Mary Ellen, born October 30, 1836; marrried John W. Wainman; v. Elijah; vi. Alfred Davis; vii. Moses Aaron; viii. Matilda Jane; ix. Jeremiah, born April 7, 1848, married Margaret Jane Barber; x. Leatha Ann, born July 7, 1853; married Charles Rodarmel. Page 71. Jeremiah Goodwin (Benjamin, Aaron), born April 7, 1848, near Washington, Ind., was married December 8, 1875, at Cumback, Ind., by Tilman Willis, to Margaret Jane Barber, born April 10, 1853, near Cumback, Ind., a daughter of Samuel and Eleanor (Horrall) Barber. By occupation he was a farmer, and in politics a Populist. They resided (1897) in Cumback, Ind. Children: i. Ora Ellen, born April 15, 1877; ii. Samuel Benjamin, born April 7, 1879; iii. Lionel Edgar, born October 26, 1880; iv. James Weaver, born January 21, 1883; died young; v. Ulla Belva, born February 20, 1885; vi. Joseph Thomas, born October 27, 1887; vii. John Roy, born January 11, 1890; viii. Hollis Roy, born March 25, 1893. Rev. Elijah Goodwin (Aaron), born January 16, 1807, in Champaign Co., Ohio, was married August 5, 1828, in Gibson Co., Ind., to Jane Moore Davis, born July 16, 1805, in Tennessee, a daughter of David and Eleanor (Moore) Davis. By occupation he was a minister, and in religion a Christian. They resided in Indianapolis, Ind., Rev. Elijah Goodwin was one of the most noted divines in the Christian Church. Jane Moore (Davis) Goodwin died February 16, 1863, in Indianapolis; Rev. Elijah Goodwin died October 7, 1879, in Cleveland, Ohio. Children: i. Mary Eleanor, born September 20, 1829; died August 25, 1845; ii. Sarah Ann, born April 5, 1831; married Elijah Washington Knapp; iii. Melissa Jane, born October 22, 1833; married James Jefferson Reed; iv. Elizabeth, born August 26, 1836; died November 10, 1838; v. Aaron Davis, born January 22, 1839; married Emma Dale; vi. Friend Chapman, born November 13, 1841; died April 22, 1861; vii. Zeno, born April 10, 1844; died April 28, 1848; viii. Angelo Quincey, born March 31, 1847; married Louisa Jayne; ix. Moses; x. Joses, born April 28, 1850; died April 30, 1850. Sarah Ann Goodwin (Elijah, Aaron), born April 5, 1831, in Gibson Co., Ind., was married October 15, 1848, at Bloomington, Ind., by Rev. James M. Mathis, to Elijah Washington Knapp, born April 15, 1825, in Jennings Co., Ind., a son of Amos and Mary (Butler) Knapp. They resided (1897) in Irvington. Ind. Knapp children: i. Ovid Butler, born August 12, 1848; married Jennie McNeal; ii. Elijah Goodwin, born November 2, 1851; died December 17, 1867; iii. Friend Chapman, born January 31, 1854; married Lutie Moore; iv. Alvin Scott, born October 4, 1856; married Katie Holman Carry; v. Daniel Franklin, born February 2, 1860; died March 20, 1867; vi. William Wallace, Page 72. born July 18, 1862; married Margretta Tebbott; vii. Laura Melissa, born February 25, 1866; resides at Irvington, Ind.; unmarried; viii. Almira Emma, born May 31, 1875; died September 9, 1976. Angelo Quincey Goodwin (Elijah, Aaron), born March 31, 1847, in Mt. Vernon, Ind., was married to Louisa Jayne. They resided (1897) in Indianapolis, Ind. Children: not furnished. Aaron Davis Goodwin (Elijah, Aaron), born January 22, 1839, was married to Emma Dale. Aaron Davis Goodwin died June 10, 1891. Children: one son and three daughters.