Jacob Goodner, Son of Mary

2c Jacob Goodner (1776–1839)– Hester White (1769–1834). Married 2^nd Mary Ann Harwood, 8–30–1835. Married 3^rd Mrs. Zilpah Laforce 7–1–1838.

3d Michael Goodner (1807–1889). Married 1^st Catherine Conner (1808–1859).

Jacob Goodner, the second son and child of Mary and, I believe, Peter Goodner, was born apparently in Orange or Guilford County, North Carolina, in 1776. I have used the word "apparently" since there are some who believe he was born elsewhere. However in the Census Returns for the County of Ohio, State of Indiana, year 1850, his birth place is given as North Carolina. It is my personal belief, as has been explained previously under the heading of Mary Goodner, that all of her children were born in that state. Jacob was one of five children, namely besides himself, Walter, who settled permanently in Vermilion County, Illinois, Henry also lived in Tennessee, Elizabeth, who married George Swisher and followed Walter to Vermilion County, Illinois, and Mary, or Polly, of whom we know nothing.

After the death of Jacob's mother in the latter part of 1796, all the children, save Jacob, remained on the home place. Jacob married Hester White in November of 1798, and left Guilford County, apparently going to the State of Kentucky. Although he was the head of a household in 1800, his name does not so appear in the 1800 census of Guilford County, which is evidence of his absence. The marriage bond posted by Jacob, jointly with George Swisher, reads as follows:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we, Jacob Goodner, and I, George Swisher, are held and firmly bound to his Excellency Governor Ash or his Successor in office in the peanel sum of five hundred pounds Good and Lawful money of the State of North Carolina to which payment well and truly to be mead and don we bind ourselves our heirs Executives & administer jointly and firmly, Sealed with our seal and Dated this 25^th Day of November, 1798.

The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bondant Jacob Goodner G George Swisher hath the Day above written maid application for marriage License to be Celebrated between Jacob Goodner and Ester Wite and Now if it shall appear in time hereafter that there is Nothing to Obstruct said marriage then the above obligation to be Void EIs to Remean in full force and Effect. Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us.

The original quaint spelling has been copied. A facsimile of this interesting document is being reproduced, as it should be a subject of much interest to all of Jacob's descendants.

Where ever Jacob was in 1801, he returned to Guilford County in that year for he had to sign the deed covering the sale of the home place on December 12^th, 1801 to Jacob Swisher, for the sum of One Hundred Pounds "good and lawful money.” This was the same tract of land that Mary Goodner had bought from Martin Wirick on August 18^th, 1788, for the sum of Fifty Pounds. It consisted of 111 acres of land on the Reedy Fork Creek in northeastern Guilford County. This deed was also signed by Walter and Henry Goodner.

Shortly after 1802 he journeyed back to Kentucky, for his next child, Catherine, was born there in November 1804. His next two children, Michael, in 1807, and Daniel, in 1810 were also born in Kentucky, although at the time the 1810 census was taken he was residing in Washington County, Virginia, which county is contiguous to Sullivan County, Tennessee, where Conrad resided for some years and where other families from Guilford County had settled. The census returns show the following :

The male under ten years of age, shown in the census returns would be his son, Michael, and the male in the ten to sixteen bracket would be son, John. The female under ten years would be Catherine. The two males in the sixteen to twenty–six year bracket must have been either brothers to his wife, Hester, or possibly cousins, sons of the Walter Goodner who was the son of John and Annie. The female in the ten to sixteen bracket was evidently the wife of one of the males. Two Goodners are shown later to have resided in Vermilion County, Illinois, who were not sons of either Jacob or his brother, Walter, and who were born in North Carolina between 1790 and 1800. These were a Henry Goodner and a Walter Goodner.

It is not known in what part of Kentucky Jacob lived, but the distance between the Kentucky State line and Washington County, Virginia, is not great. The nearby Cumberland Gap offered a natural and convenient passage between the two places.

The spelling in this document is convincing evidence of the Pennsylvania Dutch background of these people. You will note that the name of Hester is spelled “Ester Wite,” which is exactly the way they would pronounce the name "Hester White. It is interesting, and meaningful, to note also that Jacob signed his name in English script and not in the German script, as did George Swisher as well, who at this time had married Elizabeth Goodner, and was thus Jacob 's brother–in–law.

About the year 1815, or 1816, Jacob moved to Switzerland County, Indiana, when the Cincinnati lands were thrown open for settlement. He took out grants for two tracts of land, one of which, entered March 13^th, 1815, was for the South West One Quarter of Section 19, Township 3 N, Range 1 W of 1^st P. M. line. The second one, entered December 31^st, 1817, was for the South East One Quarter of Section 25. On March 1^st, 1832, he relinquished the West one–half of the latter. The first grant was for land that lay in that part of Dearborn County which later was cut off and formed into Ohio County, and the second grant was for land in Switzerland County. The first grant read as follows:

"James Madison, President of the United States of America, to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye that Jacob Goodner of Kentucky Having deposited in the General land Office a Certificate of the register of the land Office at Cincinnati whereby it appears that full payment has been made for the Southwest Quarter of Section Nineteen of Township Three in Range One lying west of the Meridian line of the lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati by the Act of Congress entitled an act providing for the Sale of Lands of the United States in the Territory north west of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River and of the acts amendatory of the Same, there is Granted by the United States unto the said Jacob Goodner the quarter lot or section of land above described To Have and To Hold the said quarter lot or Section of land with the appurtances unto the said Jacob Goodner his heirs and assigns forever, in Testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereto affixed, given under my hand at the City of Washington the fourteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the forty first, by the President."

Others who took out land grants at this time or a little later, some of which are undoubtedly of Orange and Guilford County , North Carolina, derivation, are :

Isaac Conner	Dearborn County, Indiana	2–7–1815
John Conner	Dearborn County, Indiana	8–10–1815
Daniel Conner	Switzerland County, Indiana	4–22–1801
Jacob Smith	Dearborn County, Indiana	8–10–1815
William Smith	Dearborn County, Indiana	2–20–1813
Joseph White	Dearborn County, Indiana	6–4–1817
Caleb White	Dearborn County, Indiana	7–10–1818
John White	Dearborn County, Indiana	12–13–1816
James White	Dearborn County, Indiana	7–1–1813
William S. White	Dearborn County, Indiana	2–20–1813
Alex. White	Dearborn County, Indiana	2–2–1815
John Cunningham	Switzerland County, Indiana	3–25–1817

Jacob continued to live and pass out his days in the counties of Ohio and Switzerland. According to a grandson, John Piatt Goodner, he at one time owned and operated an inn or tavern, called the 'Black Horse Inn,” or "Black Horse Tavern,” located in Aberdeen in Ohio County.

Hester, born in 1769, according to information which seems reliable, and who was thus older than Jacob, and who was the mother of all his children, died in 1834. Jacob then married Mary Ann Harwood, August 30^th, 1835, in Ohio County. She apparently died a few years later, for on July 1^st, 1838, he married for the third time, his third wife being a widow, Mrs. Zilpah Laforce. Jacob did not survive but a few months after this marriage, for he passed away the latter part of 1839, in the 63^rd year of his life.

Zilpah married the following Spring, April 30^th, 1840, Dana Jacobs, in Switzerland County, I. S. Dalrymple, Pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ.

A genealogical chart of the issue and descendants of Jacob and Hester follow, so far as it has been possible to secure the data. I regret that it is not complete:

1d John Goodner, born 1800, North Carolina, undoubtedly Guilford County; died 10–14–1852, reputedly from cholera while on a boat going down the Ohio River, and buried along the shore. As a boy, accompanied his parents to Kentucky, thence to Washington County, Virginia, in 1810, then again back to Kentucky, and thence finally to Dearborn County, Indiana, when he was 15 years of age. Here John grew to manhood on the farm. On November 9^th, 1826, he married Jane Litta, Dearborn County. Parentage of Jane is not known. On February 15^th, 1832, he entered a tract of land in adjoining Ohio County; that is, what is now Ohio County, which tract had been granted to one John Kemp, and then relinquished by him to John Goodner. This is probably the same tract of land disposed of by his heirs on April 18^th, 1867. In the 1850 census returns of Ohio County, Indiana, John is shown as head of a household, age 50, born in North Carolina, with wife, Jane, age 42, born in Pennsylvania, and children, William, age 18, Andrew, age 16, and Julia, age 14.

In the 1860 census, Jane is shown as head of the household, age 52, birth place Pennsylvania, with daughter, Julia, age 23, and with three small children, namely Willie Goodner, age 5, Arthur Goodner, age 1, and Lenoria Myers, age 12, with place of residence Coopersville. The three small children were evidently grandchildren, Lenoria being a daughter of Melissa, and the boys being sons of her son, William, who must have been deceased at the time.

We, Jane Goodner, Andrew J. Goodner and Virginia, his wife, Julia Ann Goodner, and Lenore Myers of Ohio County, Indiana, and Alexander James and Sarah James, his wife, of Gallatin County, Kentucky, in consideration of the sum of Five Thousand Four Hundred and Forty Two dollars and fifty cents unto us paid by William I. Cooper of Ohio County, Indiana, convey and warrant to the said William L.. Cooper the following real estate in the said County of Ohio, to wit: the East one half of the South east quarter of Section 14, Township 3, Range 2 West, containing 84 acres. Also the South west Quarter of said South east Quarter, containing 44 acres, except 10 acres thereof set off to William Dorrell by proceedings in partition in the Common Pleas of said County at the April tenth 1860, the said two pieces of real estate with that set off to said Dorrell being the real estate owned by John Goodner, deceased, in his lifetime. Also part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 13, in the same township and range, bounded as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Quarter and running thence East 57 60 rods to a stone in the valley; thence South 9½" W. 68 rods to a point from which a sycamore 20" in diameter "becors" S 28¼ E. 28 links distant,– etc. to the place of the beginning, containing 37 43/100 acres more or less, and being the same real estate conveyed to said Andrew J. Goodner by George W. Stewart by deed dated February 7^th, 1863.

In Testimony whereof the grantors have hereunto set their hands the 18^th Signed the 18^th day of April, 1867.

Deed acknowledge by Jane Goodner, April 20^th, 1867. A. C. Downey, N. P,. John B. Covington, Recorder Ohio County, Indiana.

After the sale of the home place, Jane took up residence with her son, Andrew. The 1870 census of Ohio County shows her still living with him, age 62. At this time they resided in Aberdeen Cass Township. It is not known when she died or where buried.

1e Sarah M. Goodner, born about 1830, Ohio County, Indiana Married Alexander James, 9–18–1845, Ohio County, Indiana Ceremony performed by Thomas Griswold, JP. Resided in Gallatin County, Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Ohio County, Indiana.

1f Maud E. James, born about 1846/7, Gallatin County, Kentucky. Married Mr. Presser.

2f William James, born about 1848–9, Gallatin County, Kentucky. Married Sarah [name unknown]. Residence: 2403 Warren Street, Covington, Kentucky.

4f. Fannie James, born about 1853/4. Married Mr. Brashear. Resided in Gretter Apts, Frankfort, Kentucky.

5f Mack James, born about 1856/7. Married Lucy [name unknown]. Resided in Independence, Missouri.

2e William Goodner, born about 1832, Ohio County, Indiana. Must have died prior to 1867, when the father's land was sold, for his name does not appear as one of the grantors. Evidently he married and had issue. He is reported to have had a daughter, Cora, who married a Mr. Bennett, and who resided at 514 Sheridan Street, Greensburg, Indiana. Then, too, Jane Goodner, the mother, in 1860, had in her household two small children, Willie Goodner, or Wilea Goodner, age 5, and Arthur Goodner, age 1. It is possible that Willie, or Wilea, was a girl, maybe a nickname for Cora, and that Arthur died young, since we have no further record of him. Neither of these children were living with Andrew, as their names fail to appear in the 1870 census of his household.

3e Andrew Jackson Goodner, born 1834, Ohio County, Indiana, died 1900, in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Married Virginia Mary Smith, 9–27–1866, Ohio Co., Indiana, ceremony performed by F. J. Klein, a Catholic priest. Resided in Cass Township, in Aberdeen, in 1870, when his mother was living with him. He is reported to have been living in Brookston, White County, Indiana, in 1889, and that immediately after that year he moved with his family to Colorado. Virginia May was a daughter of James T. Smith of Ohio County, Indiana Mary lies interred in a Catholic Cemetery in La Junta, Colorado. It is reported that he and his family moved to Colorado in the early 1890's, to join his son, James Andrew. Had gone to the California Gold Fields in 1854 via New York, boat to Panama, and over isthmus by coach. An Indian carried his heavy trunk on his back and arrived Pacific side first. Worked at Placerville for 2 years. To the union of Andrew Jackson and Virginia, four sons were born.

1f James Andrew Goodner, born 8–18–1867, Rising Sun, Indiana, died 1942, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Interred in Rocky Ford. Removed from Indiana to the San Luis Valley in Colorado in 1885, where he took a contract to construct the bridges and head gates for the San Luis Irrigation Canal, which contract he successfully completed, at which time he was 18 and 19 years of age. Later worked as a carpenter and became associated with James Monroe Chritton, a contractor and builder, and whose daughter, Gertrude, he married in 1891. She was born in Neringo, Iowa, in 1873, and died in Rocky Ford, Colorado, in 1947, where she was interred. James Monroe Chritton (1842–1927) was born in Ohio, and his wife, Mary Hollowell (1845–1927), was born in Iowa.

In the early "nineties,” James Andrew purchased a steam tractor and separator and did grain thrashing in the valley. About this time his folks moved west to the area, and he had his brother, William Henry ("Harry"), operate the machine while he built and operated a blacksmith shop in the small town of Mosca nearby. In 1898, he invented a rotary steam engine, which was exhibited at the Omaha Exhibition, and which earned a Gold Medal.

At one time one of the engines was in the museum at the University of Colorado. Before it could be put on the market the steam turbine came out and made it obsolete. For a time he operated a shop in the Bessemer section of Pueblo, and in 1910 moved to Rocky Ford, Colorado, to which puce the Chrittons had already moved. There he built and operated a blacksmith and machine shop, which he called the "Eagle Shops,” in which undertaking his brother, Clifford L. joined him, followed still later by another brother, William Henry. His brother, Rupert, joined him also but remained only briefly. Here they did considerable wagon and buggy wheel work. In 1905, he invented and patented "Goodner Chain Pump,” a continuous piston pump in which the piston or plunger did not work up and down but kept continuously in the one direction. It met with instant success– it was 95% efficient–and was used throughout the western states until as late as the "twenties,” pumping irrigation water on farms. They were built with capacities as large as 1600 gallons per minute. In 1906, he invented a machine for seeding cantaloupes and cucumbers, which proved quite successful. Because of anticipated limited demand, it was not patented, and so after the Eagle Shops had built about 100 of them, it was widely copied and produced. The basic principles invented by Mr. Goodner are still in use in present day seeders.

As the business grew, James Andrew built an iron and brass foundry near the Santa Fe tracks, permitting raw materials to be purchased in carload quantities. He designed, and his brother, Clifford L., and he built the cupola, the cranes, and the flasks. Pending the training of a molder, James Andrew himself melted the iron and brass and poured the castings. At this time a demand developed for a pump on farms that would stand the erosive action of the silt laden Arkansas river water, it being necessary to lift the water into the canals. An ordinary pump had only a life span of a couple of years. By 1910, he had invented and was manufacturing such a pump, a new type centrifugal one capable of withstanding the erosive action of the silt, some of them remaining in efficient operation after 20 years of service.

William Henry and Clifford L., never liking shop work, wanted to get out of the business, and so the company was sold to a Mr. H. E. Levers of Roswell, New Mexico, in exchange for farm and city property. James Andrew then moved on a 480 acre farm out of Roswell, but finding the productivity of the land unsatisfactory, he in 1915 rented the farm and city property and moved back to Rock Ford, Colorado. Later the Roswell property was traded for an equity in a manufacturing plant in Trinidad, Colorado, where Diesel engines were manufactured In accordance with arrangements James Andrew was to have a certain authority in the management of the shop, but conflict and differences early arose, so his equity was traded for two good farms north east of Rocky Ford and a good assortment of wood working tools used in the making of patterns for foundry castings.

For several years, James Andrew and some of his sons, including James Russell, had been working on a new type pump which he had sketched out on paper, and in the fall of 1916, after James Andrew had returned from Twin Falls, Idaho, where he had been in charge of building the forms for the concrete foundations, and later setting the machines, for a new sugar factory being built by The La Rue Construction Company, he and his son, Monroe Harry, set up a small machine shop in the old water works building in Rocky Ford. At the end of World War I, in which all the sons had seen service, James Andrew was joined by his three sons, Charles Roy, Monroe Harry, and James Russell. They did custom work of all kinds. In 1922, Monroe Harry expressed the wish to take over the shop, and so the others sold out their interests to him. Charles Roy and James Russell accepted positions with the Great Western Sugar Company in 1923, while James Andrew took off for an extended trip to California. Because of poor business conditions the business was turned back to James Andrew in 1925, and Monroe Harry went to California where a few years later he invented the E and J Resuscitator, which is still being manufactured in Glendale, California.

During the immediate years following, James Andrew designed and built coal conveyors, onion graders, and a variety of agricultural devices, and did more work on the pressure pump. He sold the patent rights and all the equipment on the pump to the California Oil Tool County, and Charles Roy went with the company to superintend the manufacture, but because of financially bad times the pump was never put on the market. Charles Roy then went with the Connersville Blower Company as engineer and draftsman in the shop and in the field.

In 1928, James Andrew was manufacturing a new type pump which he had designed and continued to do so until 1934, w hen Theodore Chritton, his youngest son, joined him in the business. They produced besides the pump, seeding equipment, and an automatic grain and produce scale which had no knife edges. Theodore had graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Electric Engineering, and had been associated with the Western Electric Company in electronics. The business prospered, and Theodore induced his father to sell out to him, which James Andrew did, but he continued to go to the shop every day until the day of his death.

Theodore purchased the old buildings of the Goodner Pump and Machine Company in Rocky Ford, and remodeled them. At the same time, through court action, he secured control of the old name. The business continued to grow, and in 1957, at the time of Theodore's death, he was marketing some of the new electric submerged pumps he had designed and patented. His wife and son continue to operate the business under the name of the Goodner Iron and Pump Works. Physically, James Andrew was a handsome and powerfully built man,– almost six feet tall, blue–gray eyes, hair almost black–brown, trim, straight, slim waist, and with the muscular arms and chest of the blacksmith he was. His son, James Russell, states that his physique was "like the pictures in a Physical Culture" magazine. (The above is a condensation of an article by James Russell Goodner).

1g Charles Roy Goodner, born 12–24–1891, Mosca, Colorado; died 2–4–1937, Huntington Park, California. Married Ruby Watson, 1917, Rocky ford, Colorado (born 8–7–1891. Daughter of Jason Lee Watson and Edith Keffer. Mr. Goodner served in World War I. See sketch under name of father. Presbyterians and later Methodists. Widow resides at 620 Plymouth Road, Claremont, California.

1h Doris Goodner, born 12–31–1919, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Married George Andrew Hansen, 10–8–1938, at Santa Ana, California (born 8–4–1913), son of Carl Olaf Hansen, from Copenhagen, Denmark. Banker. Presbyterians. Enlisted in Navy at age 16. Residence: 7219 Cully Avenue, Whittier, California.

2h Charles Roy Goodner, Jr, born 10–23–1927, Rockyford, Colorado. Served in Marines. Presbyterian. Security Guard. Married Barbara Marie Mannagh. (born 9–3–1928), Seattle, Washington. Daughter of Robert Mannagh, born Missoula, Montana, and Marie Mannagh born Portland, Oregon. Residence: 12282 Epsilon Avenue, Garden Grove, California.

2g Dorothy Goodner, born 11–9–1893, Mosca, Colorado; died 3–28–1953. Interred in Rocky ford, Colorado. Married William Carl Johnson, 1917, in Wazette, Minnesota. He died in Minneapolis, 1924, where they were residing. Dorothy was Personnel Director at the University of Minnesota, but resigned this position in 1942 to return home to take care of her mother, after the death of her father. Graduate University of Minnesota. Phi Beta Kappa, 1917. No issue.

3g Monroe Harry Goodner, born 6–1–1897, Mosca, Colorado. Inventor and manufacturer of resuscitator used by firemen and rescue squads throughout the world. See article under name of father. Graduate Public Schools in Rocky Ford, Colorado. Presbyterian. Engineer with the Stephenson Corporation, Red Bank, New Jersey. World War I. Married 1^st Genevieve Tetedoux, 1925; died 1939. Married 2^nd Jessie Landes, 1942; died 1948. Married 3^rd Helen Lorraine Hauenstein, 1–6–1951, Highlands, New Jersey (born 4–1–1910). Daughter of Conrad and Magdalena Hauenstein of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Residence: 137 North Sunnycrest Drive, Little Silver, New Jersey. No issue.

4g James Russell Goodner, born 8–9–1898, Colorado. World War I. Worked with father. See article under name of James Andrew until 1923, when he became associated with the Great Western Sugar Company. The following article appeared in the Company house organ on his retirement. "I. R. Goodner Retires at Windsor I. R. (Pix) Goodner, master mechanic at Windsor, retired in September with 36 years of service on the mechanical staffs of five factories in Northern Colorado. A Mechanic with unusual inventiveness, Pix joined Great Western in 1923. He previously was graduated from Rocky Ford High School, attended the University of Colorado, and was an Infantryman during World War I. His first GW service was at Eaton, from 1923 to 1928, where he was electrician, chief electrician and shop foreman. In 1934, he was transferred to Fort Morgan; in 1942, to Fort Collins; and in 1943 to Longmont. In 1946 he was appointed master mechanic at Windsor, where he served until retirement". Holds one patent under his own name, and other patents held under name of his employer. Methodist. Married Louise Hoffmeister, 8–8–1923 (daughter of Louis Hoffmeister*, 1863–1942, and Lillie Miller* 1870–1942, of Rifle, Colorado). Residence: 1216 W Mountain Avenue, Ft. Collins, Colorado.

1h William Russell Goodner, 8–3–1924, Eaton, Colorado. Only child. Served in Army 3 years. Mechanical Engineer with Stearns Rogers Manufacturing. Company of Denver, Colorado. Married Phillis Berner, 6–23–1946, Arvada, Colorado. Methodists. Residence: 7495 West 61^st Avenue, Arvada, Colorado.

5g Theodore Chritton Goodner, born 3–23–1905, Rocky Ford, Colorado; died 9–16–1957, Rocky Ford. Interred in Rocky Ford. Graduate University of University of Minnesota, Electrical Engineering, 1929. Was associated with Western Electric Company in electronics for a few years, and then became associated with his father in the manufacturing of pumps and allied products, (See article under name of James Andrew Goodner) owner of the Goodner Iron and Pump Works of Rocky Ford, manufacturers of irrigation pumps and turbine pumps, irrigation pumping equipment, feed lot scales, ditch head gates, pelleting machines, onion conveyors, etc. Widow and son continue to operate the business. Married Gladys Margaret Jensen, 6–20–1929, Minneapolis, Minnesota (born 1–26–1904). Daughter of Andrew Peter and Margaret Jensen of Askov, Minnesota. Both deceased. Residence: Rocky Ford, Colorado.

1h Dorothy Jean Goodner, born 5–24–1932, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Married Dr. Robert Eason, Doctor of Psychology, 9–5–1952, San Diego, California. Residence: 2840 Amulet Street, San Diego 11, California.

2h Theodore Chritton Goodner, Jr, born 2–25–1935, Rocky Ford, Colorado Operates the business of the Goodner Iron and Pump Works, Rocky Ford. Married Shirley Jean Chappel, 8–7–1957, in Bermuda (born 10–19–1928), London, Ontario. Daughter of Leighton Joseph Chappel, deceased, and Marguerite Chappel of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Residence: Rocky Ford, Colorado.

2f William Henry (Called "Harry") Goodner, born 12–3–1868, Ohio County, Indiana. Moved west with father in the early 1890's to San Luis Valley, Colorado, died 9–30–1929, and interred in Hagerman, New Mexico. Associated with brother, James Andrew. In business for awhile (See article under name of James Andrew Goodner), but moved to Artesia, New Mexico, in the 1900's and remained there the remainder of his life, farming. Married Miss Forest Starbuck, 6–22–1902, Rocky Ford, Colorado (born 3–26–1879). Daughter of Marion and Eliza Jane Starbuck. Widow lives with daughter, Constance.

1g Constance Goodner, born 3–27–1903, Rocky Ford, Colorado Graduate University of Colorado 1927. Married James Frank Frost, 6–11–1927, Golden, Colorado (born 4–14–1902), son of Frank Frost of Golden, Colorado. Mining Engineer. Methodist. Member of ROTC in college. Residence: 3600 South 2210 East, Salt Lake City, Utah.

2g Vera Goodner, born 9–22–1904; died 12–12–1909. Interred Rocky Ford, Colorado.

3g Jewell Goodner, born 7–23–1917, Colorado. Married Horace Elmer Gibson, 5-4-1940, Denver, Colorado. Son of H. E. Gibson, Sr, of Pueblo, Colorado. Printer. Served in 15^th Air Force World War II (Italy). Residence: 1803 Garwood, Pueblo, Colorado.

4g Leona Goodner, born 1910, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Married Herbert Thomas Taylor, 1927. Barber. Methodist (born 1903). Son of Robert Edward and Mary Bell Taylor. Residence: 1005 King Drive, Roswell, New Mexico.

1h Herbert Thomas Taylor, Jr, born 1928. Residence: 1809 Illinois Avenue, NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2h Harry Robert Taylor. Residence: 504 Val Verde, SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

3h Shirlene Rosetta Taylor. Married Jimmy R. Isler. Residence: 908 Vest Drive, Warrensburg, Missouri.

4h Betty Joyce Taylor. Single. Residence: 1515 N Michigan, Roswell, New Mexico.

5h William Raymond Taylor. Residence: 712 Buena Vista SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

6h Janet Lee Taylor. Married Chas. A. Desrosiers, Kentucky, Roswell, New Mexico.

5g Virginia Josephine Goodner, born 7–23–1917. Married Morris Leighton Carpenter, 8–4–1940, Raton, New Mexico (born 7–7–1913), Chadron, New Mexico, son of Stephen and Kate Carpenter. Real Estate Salesman. Methodist. Residence: 1514 S Adams, Roswell, New Mexico.

3f John Rupert Goodner, born about 1870, Ohio County, Indiana; died 1919, and interred in Catholic Cemetery in La Junta, Colorado. Single.

4f Clifford Ludwig Goodner, born 2–3–1877, Ohio County, Indiana; died 3–10–1954, age 77 years. Interred in Anderson, California. Married Mary Grace Morrow, 7–21–1908, Rocky Ford, Colorado, at St. Peters Church, by Father Felix Dilly (born 4–19–1880, died 8–2–1919, daughter of David Morrow of Mission Valley, Iowa). See article under name of his father for early activities. Moved to California shortly after 1912 and took up farming. Lost his wife in 1919 and reared himself his family of five children. Resided near Anderson, California. Catholic.

1g Catherine Grace Goodner, born 4–16–1909, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Married Joseph L. Morrison, 9–12–1944 (born 11–8–1906), son of James H. Morrison of Fargo, North Dakota, and Long Prairie, Minnesota. Married at Riverside, California. Radio and Television Technician. Catholic. Residence: 4338 Glen Street, Riverside, California.

2g David L. Goodner, born 10–28–1910, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Army, World War II. Serving in Philippines when it fell to the Japanese. Captured and taken to Japan, and was made to work in a steel mill in Northern Japan for duration of war and was severely ill of malnutrition at time of liberation. Farmer. Single. Residence: PO Box 13, Millville, California. Catholic.

3g Rupert Joseph Goodner, born 7–28–1912, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Service in Navy, 1942– 1947. Stationed in Hawaiian Islands. Attended schools in Rocky Ford and La Junta, Colorado. Farmer and Carpenter. Catholic. Married Rowena Louise Stevenson, 7–10–1948, Reading, California (born 12–13–1925). Daughter of Thaddeus and Edith Stevenson of Millville, California. Residence: Route One, Box 1527, Anderson, California.

4g Virginia May Goodner, born 12–28–1913, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Married John O. Kurtz, 9–15–1933, Raton, New Mexico (born 4–2–1912), son of John Kurtz of Hungary. Painter. Catholic. Residence: 690 W Grand, Pomona, California.

1h Elizabeth Catherine Kurtz, born 11–1–1934, in Colorado. Married Mr. Smith. Has 3 boys and 1 girl.

2h Joseph Robert Kurtz, born 4–2–1936, California. In Armed Services, stationed at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.

3h Alice Mary Kurtz, born 8–22–1937, California. Married Mr. Smith. Has 2 boys and 1 girl.

5g Clifford Blaze Goodner, born 2–3–1917, Roswell, New Mexico. Served in Air Force World War II. Carpenter. Catholic. Married Charlotte Bernice Rhoades, 8–1–1942. (born 7–2–1923). Daughter of Oney Rhoades of Burney, California. Clifford attended University of Illinois. Residence: Route One Box 3607N, Redding, California.

4e Melissa Goodner, born Ohio County, Indiana. Married Peter Myers, 9–14–1818, Ohio County, Indiana, Samuel Records, Minister. Melissa died rather young, before 1860. Place of residence most likely Ohio County, Indiana.

5e Julia Ann Goodner, born about 1836, Ohio County, Indiana. Apparently went to Vermilion County, Illinois, to visit her relatives, for she married there, 7–30–1867, Jacob F. Illk. Officiating Minister was P. D. Hammond of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

1f Huldah Illk, born about 1869. Married Mr. Phillips. Resided in 814 C Avenue, National City, California.

2f Arthur B. Illk. Married and had at least one son. Place of residence not known.

2d Catherine Goodner, born 11–13–1804, possibly in Kentucky; died 12–11–1841, in Illinois. Lived for a time in Ohio County, Indiana, and moved about 1826 to Vermilion County, Illinois, where on 1–18–1827, she married William Simpson Pate, ceremony performed by Joel Decoursey, Justice of the Peace. Catherine was interred in the Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Illinois. After death of Catherine, Mr. Pate married Lidy Carpenter. He lies buried in the Pate Cemetery in Caitlin, Illinois.

1e George Washington Pate, born 3–9–1831, Vermilion County, Illinois; died 3–7–1902. Interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. Name of wife not available, but she was born in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Vermilion County, Illinois.

1f Frank M. Pate, born 2–3–1869, Vermilion County, Illinois; died 7–7–1948. Interred in Myrtle, Minnesota. Married Mary Neal (born 2–11–1874, daughter of William Neal). Family resided in Illinois, and in Minnesota, at Dayton Bluff Station No. 4, St. Paul. Widow living in 1959, but in feeble health, in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

1g Ernest W. Pate, born 3–22–1893, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. Retired. Methodist. Married Pauline Vincent 6–14–1916, at Hampton, Iowa (born 9–21–1893). Daughter of John Vincent of Hampton, Iowa. Residence: Lane, South Dakota.

1h Lossie Mary Pate, born 11–28–1918, Stillwater, Minnesota. Married William Ammon, 6–8–1940, Hampton, Iowa (born 2–16–1906), son of Fred and Bertha Ammon of Woonsocket, South Dakota. Methodists. Residence: Alpena, South Dakota.

2h Howard Pate, born 7–1–1922. Residence: 818 N 28^th Place, Phoenix, Arizona. No further data.

2g Clarence Pate, born 3–6–1895, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. Farmer. Methodist. Served in Army. Married Hilda D. Balbach, 2–26–1919, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (born 11–4–1900). Daughter of Otto Balbach of Waupun, Wisconsin. Residence: RFD Three, Sullivan, Indiana.

1h Patsy Jane Pate, born 6–7–1928, St. Paul, Minnesota. Married 1^st Mr. Smith.

1i Paula Gertrude Smith, born 3–5–1946. Married 2^nd Willis Lee Martin, 4–9–1948, at Dillon, South Carolina (born 10–24–1921), son of Rosa Alice Martin of Dycusburg, Kentucky. Career man in Army; in service 17 years. Members of Mt. View Baptist Church. Residence: 5701 Elkton Way, El Paso, Texas.

2h Betty Jean Pate, born 7–7–1935, Memphis, Tennessee. Married 1^st Mr. Strevel, 5–21–1949, Memphis, Tennessee.

1i Rebecca Ann Strevel, born 9–19–1950. Adopted by Betty Jean's second husband. Now carries the name of Powell. Married 2^nd John Walter Powell, 10–21–1952 (born 6–4–1920), son of James Allen Powell of Forest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas. Mechanic. Baptist. Mr. Powell had two children by a previous marriage; Linda Faye, born 12–27–1945, and John Walter, Jr, born 11–25–1947. Residence: 329½ North 12^th Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

3h Mary Joyce Pate, born 10–30–1940, Memphis, Tennessee. Married Larry Dean Beverstock, 4–11–1959, at Switz City, Indiana (born 9–25–1940, son of Bard Beverstock). Navy Veteran. Methodists. Residence: Route Three, Sullivan, Indiana. No issue.

4h Franklin Scott Pate, born 6–9–1945, Memphis, Tennessee. Residing at home.

3g George Herman Pate, born 3–31–1900, Oakwood, Illinois. Manager of an Appliance Department. Methodist. Married Cora Jane Peak, 6–12–1923, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (born 1–17–1903). Daughter of George Peak of Fithian, Illinois. Residence: 3713 N Osceola Avenue, Chicago 34, Illinois.

1h Theresa L. Pate, born 11–9–1924, St. Paul, Minnesota. Married William Kestrel Sizelove, 10–4–1947, at Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (born 11–26–1928, son of Jesse E. and Ferne Dines Sizelove of Bismarck, Illinois). Residence: Box 52, Bismarck, Illinois. Proprietor of a Ditching Service. Members of First Church of Christ. Served as Sergeant in Korean Campaign. No issue.

2f Elizabeth Pate, born 1862; died 1884. Interred in a small cemetery in Vermilion County, Illinois. Married William Snyder (died February, 1935, San Francisco, California, and interred there).

1g Ellen Snyder, born 12–6–1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Robert Landree, 1–1–1910, Santa Cruz, California (born 11–24–1882), son of Charles Landree of Macon County, Missouri) Upholsterer. Methodist. Residence: 134 Solano Street, Brisbane, California

1h Hazel M. Landree, born 11–20–1912. Married Leslie Gull, Railroad Engineer. Residence: 4053 San Francisco Avenue, Brisbane, California.

2h Donald R. Landree, born 3–19–1920. Pharmacist. Married Thelma [name unknown]. Residence: 2114 Arthur Avenue, Belmont, California.

2g Lola Snyder, born 8–14–1881; died 5–9–1954. Interred in Salinas, California. Married William John Nicklas (born 7–10–1882). Son of John and Mary Nicklas. Interred in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

1h Ethel L. Nicklas, born 2–16–1880, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Chester Otto Nail, 9–6–1927, San Francisco, California (born 1–11–1905), son of Charles and Alta Nail of Attica, Indiana. Carpenter. Presbyterians. Residence: PO Box 182, Twain Harte, California.

1i Jack Russell Nail, born 8–2–1937. Serving in Air Force, A/2c, at Mainstrom AFB, Montana. Married Patricia Ann Peterson, 1–6–1959. Residence: Great Falls, Montana.

2h Harry Nicklas, born 10–14–1908, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Government Supervisor. Presbyterian. Married Anita M. Case, 11–16–1932, Salinas, California (born 12–25–1911, Anaconda, Montana. Daughter of George Case). Residence: PO Box 432, Marina, California.

1i James Martin Nicklas, born 7–29–1937, at Salinas, California. Employed by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. Married Georgiana [name unknown]. Residence: 456 Watson, Monterey, California.

2i Ronald Bruce Nicklas, born 1–25–1941, Salinas, California. Student at Monterey Peninsular College. Residence: Home.

3g Fred Snyder, born 1882, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. Cattle Man–Retired. Married Anna E. Curry, daughter of J. Curry. Southern Baptists. Residence: 1087 Iron Spring Road Prescott, Arizona.

3f Scott Pate. Married Hattie C. Stears (or Steams) (born 4–4–1868; died 2–14–1918, daughter of Jonathan). Resided in Vermilion County, Illinois.

1g Oscar Pate, born 10–19–1890, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. Farmer. War Veteran. Never married. Residence: Route One, Fairmont, Vermilion County, Illinois.

2g Lee S. Pate, born 7–5–1893, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois; died 4–22–1944. Interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Danville, Illinois. Operated a trucking line in Danville. Married Miss Thrapp (born 3–19–1898, daughter of James and Maxy Thrapp).

1h Vivian M. Pate, born 1–14–1916, Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Joseph Woodrow Cox, 7–31–1935. Truck Driver (born 10–31–913, son of William Cox of fountain City, Indiana). Members Calvary Baptist Church. Residence: 112 East 10^th Street Danville, Illinois.

2h Oscar Pate, born 5–29–1917, Vermilion County, Illinois. Residence: 1636 Killen Place Compton, California.

3h Maxine Pate, born 10–10–1918, Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Lowell Calhoun, a cousin, a descendant of Walter Goodner line of Vermilion County, Illinois. Mr. Calhoun was born 4–11–1912, son of Flossie Meeker Calhoun of Danville, Illinois. His 2^nd marriage. Residence: 1622 Clymen Lane, Danville, Illinois.

4h William Pate, born 9–14–1921, Vermilion County, Illinois. Residence: 116 East 11^th Street Danville, Illinois.

5h La Verne Pate, born 10–2S–1925, Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Mr. Lindley. Residence: 510 Willis Street Tilton, Illinois.

6h James Pate, born 10–18–1931, Vermilion County, Illinois. Residence: 55 Maplewood, Danville, Illinois.

7h Jvon Pate, born 3–29–1935, Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Mr. Pheifer. Residence: 533 Webster Street Aurora, Illinois.

4f Hulda Pate, born Vermilion County, Illinois. Married Mr. Finley, a farmer. He is deceased. Hulda resides at 4376 S Gennesee, Grand Blanc, Michigan. Has two daughters, one of whom lives with her mother, and the other in Florida.

2e Rosanna Pate, born about 1833–5; died near Rising Sun, Indiana, Ohio County. Married Mr. Liggett. Resided in Ohio County, Indiana.

5f Marie C. Liggett. Deceased. Married Mr. Probst. Residence: Rising Sun, Indiana.

3e Mary Ann (Polly) Pate, born about 1835–7, Ohio County, Indiana; died near Windom, Kansas. Married Mr. Cox.

2h Harry Nicklas, born 10–14–1908, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Government Supervisor. Presbyterian. Married Anita M. Case, 11–6–1932, Salinas, California (born 12–25–1911, Anaconda, Montana, daughter of George Case). Residence: PO Box 432, Marina, California.

3f Sarah Cox. Married Mr. Cole. Residence: Route One, Box 1420, Burbank, California.

Males	Females
1 under 10	1 under 10
1 10– 16	1 10– 16
2 16– 26	1 26–45
1 26–45

Recorded in VoI. 17, Page 402	James Madison
	Josiah Meigs, Comm. of the General
	Land Office.