John Goodner, Jr.

John Goodner, the eldest child of Conrad and Elizabeth (Scherer) Goodner, was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, December 17^th, 1783.  While a very young lad, before the year 1790, his parents moved with some other families from Guilford County to Sullivan County, Tennessee, just then in the process of settlement and thus a very frontier–like country.  His father purchased land there and improved it, remaining there until the latter part of 1804 or the early part of 1805, when he removed to Smith County, Tennessee.  At this time, John was about 20 years of age.

His schooling, such as was then possible, was obtained in the backwoods schools of Sullivan County.  Mostly he helped his father on the farm, and probably served an apprenticeship with someone to learn the trade of tanner, since that was the profession he followed all his life, together with that of farming.

A few years after the family moved to Smith County, an September 10^th, 1807, he married Martha Stewart, born April 27^th, 1784, of parentage not presently known.  John, at the date of his marriage, lacked a few months of being 24 years of age.  In August, of the following year, their first child was born, whom they named Cyrus.  The second child, Elizabeth, followed on January 6^th, 1810, and on August 7^th, 1811, a second son was born, Jacob.  In all eleven children were born to Martha and John, all in Smith County.  In 1813, John was drafted into the US Army to fight against the Creek Indians, but he, because of his young family, found it inexpedient to go, and so hired his brother, James, as a substitute, paying him fifteen dollars a month, in addition to which James received his army pay.

His parents, along with some of his brothers and all his sisters, had left Smith County and removed to the Illinois Territory in about 1811 or 1812, settling in the southern part which was then being peopled by many families from the southern States.  John remained on his farm in Smith County, residing near the village of Carthage.  Here we find him in the years 1815 and 1816 with his brother, James, who had returned safely from his army service.

Some old letters reveal that the three sons who did not accompany the parents to Illinois Territory did later paid them a visit, John making the trip in the latter part of 1814 or the early part of 1815, taking his son, Jacob, along with him.  David and James made their visit in 1817.  In a letter to his parents dated May 6^th, 1815, John made mention of his trip, and also made a proposition to have Benjamin come and work with him and to learn the trade of tanner.  This did not appeal to Benjamin, and he never came.

John's inclinations and talents ran to temporal things; he was the money maker of the family.  His letters to his parents reveal this.  In the latter part of 1818 he sold his tan yard for $3, 000.00 and then purchased a tract of land near Carthage containing 1206 acres, for which he paid $6,000.00.  He informed his parents of this transaction in his letter of January 27^th, 1819, stating that he would immediately sink another tan yard and continue the business.  From this letter we also know that he owned three Negro slaves.  I have been told that in referring to his Negroes he never used the term "slaves", but always used the word "darkies.”  It is interesting to note that there are today Negro families carrying the name Goodner, who derive from these "darkies" of John or those of David, or both.  In this letter he mentioned being heavy "with a Grate burden of flesh.  Weight is near 200 lbs.  ", and that from this excess weight he was unable to do much physical work in hot weather.  It would appear from this that John must have been of short stature, for 200 pounds is not too great a weight for a man of large, or even a moderate frame.  This is the only reference we have to John's physique.  No likeness of him exists so far as we have been able to learn.

John remained in the Carthage area until the year 1836, when the Ocoee lands in Bradley County, Tennessee, were thrown open for settlement, after the removal of the Cherokee Indians by the Government.  He then sold his farm and tannery near Carthage and bought a good farm in the northern part of Bradley County, which some years later he sold to his son, John.  He remained on this place and continued his tannery, the sinking of which was his very first project after purchase, for quite a few years.  After he sold the place to John, he removed to the Chestuee Creek area in the same county, where he spent the remainder of his days, passing away on January 1^st 1861, just at the beginning of the momentous events that were to render the nation asunder for four dark years.  He was 77 years of age at his death.  Martha had died a few years previously, November 17^th, 1859.  John lies buried in the New Friendship Cemetery in Chatata Valley, about six miles from the city of Cleveland, Tennessee.

It is a great misfortune that all of the old county records of Bradley County were lost in the fire that destroyed the Court House on November 25^th, 1864.  They would have revealed considerable data on the early settlers in Bradley and on John in particular.  On the pages following immediately is a facsimile of the letter John wrote to his parents on January 27^th, 1819.

Under the Chapter on James Goodner there is a facsimile of a letter he wrote to his parents, to which letter a note was added by John, which give some further facts on his activities.  Copies of other letters will appear under the subject of "letters.”

The list of John's children, with their descendants–so far as we have been able to secure them–follow.  It is a very interesting fact that John's descendants greatly outnumber those of any of the other children.

1c    John Goodner (1783–1861).  Married Martha Stewart (1784–1859).

1d    Cyrus Goodner (1808–1898).  Married Matilda Burton.

1e    Thomas Waxie Goodner (1840–1921).

2e    Paralee Goodner (1842– [date unknown]).

3e    Tine Goodner (1844– [date unknown]).

4e    Mary Elizabeth Goodner (1846–1940).

5e    Malissa Goodner (1848–1936).

6e    Jerome Goodner (1849– [date unknown]).

7e    Lucille Goodner (1852–1883).

2d    Elizabeth Goodner (1810– [date unknown]).  Married Luther Glaves.

1e    Frank Glaves.

2e    Luther Glaves, Jr.

3e    Sarah Glaves.

4e    Samuel H. Glaves.

3d    Jacob Goodner (1811–1886).  Married Charlotte Kemp (1815–1894).

1e    Caswell Goodner (1833–1887).

2e    Lucy Jane Goodner (1835–1882).

3e    John Jairus Goodner (1837–1927).

4e    James Murphy Goodner (1839–1933).

5e    Tabitha Ann Goodner (1842– [date unknown]).

6e    Sarah Elizabeth Goodner (1844).

7e    Joseph Leal Goodner (1845–1890).

8e    Charlotte Goodner (1849–1894).

9e    Jacob Wade Goodner (1851–1917).

10e    Martha Tennessee Goodner (1853–1922).

11e    George Pierce Goodner (1855–1907).

12e    Mary C. Goodner (1857–1955).

4d    John Goodner (about  1813– [date unknown]).  Died small.

5d    James Goodner (1815–[date unknown]).  Drowned in Mississippi River.

6d    Sallie Goodner (1817– [date unknown]).  Married Berry West.

1e    Luther West.

7d    Nancy Goodner (1818–1903).  Married Thomas Dillahay.

1e    L. N. Dillahay.

2e    Wade Dillahay.

3e    John Dillahay.

8d    John Goodner (1820–1907).  Married Nancy Long.  No issue.

9d    Martha Goodner (1821–1903).  Married James York.

1e    Caroline York (1846– [date unknown]).

2e    Nancy York (1848– [date unknown]).

3e    Lotty York (1850– [date unknown]).

4e    Martha York (1852– [date unknown]).

10d    Andrew Jackson Goodner (1823–1900).  Married Sally died shortly after 1852 Woodall ([date unknown] - 1848).  (1) Mariah Harvey (1832–1914).

1e    John J. Goodner (1845–1930).

2e    Annie Goodner (1847–1927).

3e    Jane Goodner (1848–1882).

4e    Sarah Elizabeth Goodner (1853–1931).

5e    James Gilbert Goodner (1858–1938).

6e    Walter Goodner (1867–1958).

7e    Samuel Houston Goodner.

11d    George Washington Goodner (1825– [date unknown]).  Married Nellie Dickson–Jane Cofer–Margaret Palmer.

1e    Martha E. Goodner (1847– [date unknown]).

2e    Mary Ann Goodner (1849– [date unknown]).

3e    Cyrus Goodner (1851–1932).

4e    John Harvey Goodner (1852–1917).

5e    Emeline Goodner (1854–1942).

6e    Nancy J. Goodner (1856– [date unknown]).

7e    Isham Goodner (1859–1923).

8e    Nellie Goodner (1862–1945).

9e    Angeline Goodner (1864– [date unknown]).

10e    George Washington Goodner, Jr.  (1867–1935).

11e    Caroline Goodner (1875–1958).

12e    Lottie Goodner ([dates unknown]).

13e    Thomas Goodner (died  young).

14e    Jack Goodner (died  age 6).

1c    John Goodner, born 12–17–1783, Guilford County, North Carolina; died 1–1–1861, Bradley County, Tennessee.  Tanner and farmer.  Resided in Sullivan, Smith, and Bradley Counties, Tennessee.  Married Martha Stewart, 9–10–1807 (born 4–27–1784; died 11–17–1859).  Parentage unknown.

1d    Cyrus Goodner, born 8–24–1808, Smith County, Tennessee; died 4–5–1898.  Farmer.  Resided in Smith County, Tennessee.  Protestant.  Married Matilda Burton, 1838.  Parentage unknown.

1e    Thomas Waxie Goodner, born 1840; died 1921, from cancer.  Served in Confederate Army.  Afterwards became a merchant in Alexandria, Tennessee, and established a dry goods business there, in 1880's.  Married Angelica Brown, about 1866 (born 4–9–1846; died 4–11–1892).  Names of her parents not known, but she had a brother, John Brown, who served in the Union Forces in the Civil War and received pension for his services.

1f    James Cyrus Goodner, born about 1868; died in youth.

2f    John Goodner, born 1870, Smith County, Tennessee; died 4–15–1957, of heart failure, in Lake Worth, Florida.  Interment in Alexandria, Tennessee.  Owner and Operator of a dry goods store under name of "Goodner & Sons Dry Goods Store" in Alexandria, until his retirement, when he moved to Lake Worth, Florida.  Became shuffle board champion of that place.  Married 1^st Etta DonneII, 1895, Alexandria, Tennessee.

1g    John Donnell Goodner, born 1896; died 12–21–1950, from a heart attack.  Was in the dry goods business with his father in Alexandria, in the firm of Goodner & Sons Dry Goods Company.  Methodist.  Interred in Alexandria, Tennessee.  Married Mattie Belle [name unknown].  Res. of Mrs. Goodner, Alexandria, Tennessee.

1h    John Donnell Goodner, Jr, born 1921, at Lebanon, Tennessee.  Captain in US Army, World War II.  Now in the dry goods business in Alexandria, Tennessee.  Married Mary Elizabeth Scheuerman.

1i    William Donnell Goodner, born 11–7–1946.

2i    Mary Ann Goodner, born 9–9–1949.

3i    John Franklin Goodner, born 5–3–1953.

4i    Celia Goodner, born 3–7–1957.

2g    Louis W. Goodner, born 10–5–1899; died 5–18–1957, in Watertown, Tennessee, De Kalb County.  Dry Goods Merchant.  Protestant.  Interred in Alexandria, Tennessee.  Married Octavia Wood (born 12–21–1905, daughter of Justus Wood of Watertown, Tennessee).  Residence: Mrs.  Goodner,–Watertown, Tennessee.

1h    John Wood Goodner, born 3–26–1933.  Graduate of Vanderbilt University in Medicine, receiving degree of MD.  Is presently Captain in Army; attached to Army Medical Advisory Group in 1958, and served as intern in the District of Columbia General Hospital.  He is presently stationed in Ethiopia, in MAAG.  Address: APO 319, New York City, #5301143.  Married Elizabeth Ann Wilbur, 9–29–1956, Memphis, Tennessee.*

3g    Charles S. Goodner, born about 1901.  Merchant.  Protestant.  Residence: Smithville, Tennessee.  Married Beulah Fitts.  No issue.

4g    Lucille Goodner, born about 1904; died 1–5–1960, Ft.  Riley, Kansas.  Married Robert L. Marshall.  Separated in 1956. Mrs.  Goodner resided for some time at 2204 Fernwood, Nashville, Tennessee.  Interred in Lebanon, Tennessee.

1h    Mary Etta Marshall.  Married T. W. Wrenne, US Army.  Was stationed in Germany with Army of Occupation in 1957, but is presently stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas.  Residence: Bldg. 2081, Apt. #4, Camp Forsyth, Ft. Riley, Kansas.

1i    Mary Etta Wrenne.

2i    Thomas Wrenne.

3i    Lucille Wrenne.

John Goodner Married 2^nd Lucille Coles, 1919, daughter of Winfield Scott Coles (born 5–25–1890).  Residence of Mrs. Goodner: 711 11^th Avenue, North, Lake Worth, Florida.

5g    James Coles Goodner, born 7–14–1922.  World War II, Captain and Pilot in Air Force.  Was shot or forced down over Germany and was prisoner of war for 18 months.  Suffered severely from starvation.  Now has a small loan business in Riviera Beach, Florida.  Residence: 446 Australian Circle, Lake Park, Florida.  Owner Riviera Beach Small Loan Company.  Married Martha McAdoo.

1h    John McAdoo Goodner.  Adopted.

2h    Madelene Goodner.  Adopted.

2e    Paralee Goodner, born about 1842.  Married Mr. Yeargin.

1f    "Champ" Yeargin, died Birmingham, Alabama.  Actual name, Clarence E.  Married Elizabeth Herrick.

1g    Gertrude Yeargin; died childhood.

2g    Andy Yeargin.  Residence: Route One, Adger, Alabama.  No further information.

2f    Ida Yeargin.  Married John Bryant.  Resided in Augusta, Georgia.

1g    John Bryant, Jr.

2g    Charles Bryant.

3g    Oilie Bryant.

4g    Mabel Bryant; died childhood.

Paralee Goodner Yeargin Married 2^nd Mr. Luckey.  No issue.

3e    Tina Goodner, born about 1844.  Married Benjamin ("Babe") Garrison.  No record of issue.

4e    Mary Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Goodner, born 7–19–1846; died 1–16–1940, age 93 years, 5 months, and 27 days.  Lived in Alexandria, Tennessee, and most likely interred there.  Married John (or M. E). Martin, a Carpenter.

1f    Ada Martin, born 12–13–1866; died 4–9–1954.  Married W. H. Robinson, Smithville, Tennessee (born 9–12–1859; died 10–11–1923).  Both interred in Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tennessee.  Mail Carrier.  Son of William J. Robinson.  Resided in Smithville, Tennessee.

1g    Addie Robinson, born 6–2–1883; died 5–29–1924.  Married Robert Lindsey Calhoun (his 2^nd marriage).  Salesman.  Resided in St. Louis, Missouri.

1h    Addie Bobbie Calhoun, born 5–26–1916, Smithville, Tennessee.  Married James Roth Hayes.  6–1–1933.  Mt.  Vernon, Illinois.  Residence: 1914 Taylor, Evansville, Indiana (born 1–3–1913, son of Everett and Elsie Roth Hayes).  Member Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

1i    James Robert Hayes, born 12–30–1934

2i    Kenneth Richard Hayes, born 10–15–1937.

3i    Carl David Hayes, born 3–26–1939.

2g    Fred M. Robinson, born 9–10–1887; died 10–22–1954.  No data.

3g    Vernon W. Robinson, born 6–1–1891; died 9–27–1892.

4g    Bessie Robinson, born 8–31–1894.  Smithville, Tennessee.  Married Harry Eugene Clarke, 4–19–1924, St. Louis, Missouri.  Salesman.  Members of Salvator Church.  Residence: 5209 Davison Street, St. Louis, Missouri.  (Mr. Clarke born 10–26–1900, son of Sim W. Clarke.)

1h    James Eugene Clarke, born 2–19–1929.  St. Louis, Missouri.  Lieutenant in Army.  Address: 131721A 4081^st Street W APO 864, PO Box 43, New York City.

5g    Ernest Martin Robinson, born 1–16–1906.  Married Ruth Jones 3–4–1906, daughter of Levi and Orah Jones.  Residence: Mrs.  Robinson: 3902 Walsh, St. Louis, Missouri.  Mr. Robinson left family and whereabouts unknown.

1h    Milton Robinson, born 7–19–1928, St. Louis, Missouri.  Carpenter.  Christian Scientist.  Residence: 3902 Walsh Street, St. Louis, Missouri.  Married Audrey Valeka Freebrog 10–21–1950, in St. Louis, Missouri (born 6–13–1929, daughter of Carl Freebrog of St. Louis, Missouri).

1i    David Gerald Robinson, born 2–16–1952.

2i    Linda Sue Robinson, born June 1954.

3i    Nancy Ann Robinson, born 7–7–1956.

2h    Louise Robinson, born 8–14–1930.  St. Louis, Missouri.  Married Fred Albert Zinzel 1–28–1950, at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (born 4–28–1930, son of Fred Frank and Elvie Zinzel of St. Louis,  Missouri).  Residence: RR 9 Box 577H, Melville, Missouri.  Structural Steel Worker.  Presbyterians.  Navy 3 years.

1i    Kip Grae Zinzel, born 6–21–1955.

2i    Kurt Alan Zinzel, born 1–17–1958.

3i    Clay Daryl Zinzel, born 4–22–1959.

3h    Carl Robinson, born 10–2–1932, St. Louis, Missouri.  Residence: 2124A Whitnell, St. Louis, Missouri.

2f    Nellie Martin (Cornelia Jane), born 1–3–1870.  Married James Beckwith (born 3–16–1851; died 8–18–1931; interred in Kennedy Cemetery, Smithville, Tennessee).  Farmer.  Widow living 1959, apparently in Smithville, Tennessee.

1g    Emily Alice Beckwith, born 7–22–1894.  Smithville, Tennessee.  Married Harry Henry Houser, 9–10–1919.  Smithville, Tennessee (born 4–2–1880.  Son of David Houser; died 5–11–1957 from stroke).  Served in Army.  Farmer.  Baptist.  Residence: Widow: 110 N Center Street, McMinnville, Tennessee.

1h    Annie Louise Houser, born 4–5–1921; died 6–1–1924.

2g    Willie T. Beckwith, born 10–21–1890.  Smithville, Tennessee.  Retired Merchant.  Methodist.  Married Pearl Farler, 10–27–1912 (born 9–22–1890, daughter of W. H. Farler of Dowelltown.  Tennessee).  Residence: 1907 Lebanon Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee.

1h    Ted Beckwith, born 5–22–1915.  Married Maxine Eller of Smithville, Tennessee.

1i    Peggie Beckwith, born 1938 or 1939.  Student in college in Knoxville, Tennessee.

2i    Teddy Beckwith, Jr, born 1943.  Student in Military Academy in Columbia, Tennessee.

3g    Everett Beckwith, born 10–17–1896, Smithville, Tennessee.  World War I. Merchant  Single.  Residence: 802 Overton Street, Nashville, Tennessee.

4g    Oliver Austin Beckwith, born. 11–1–1907, Smithville, Tennessee.  Army Engineers 4 years.  Bus Driver.  Baptist.  Single.  Residence: 2008 18^th Avenue S, Nashville, Tennessee.

5g    Anson Beckwith, born 11–24–1898, died  1–19–1926.  Interred in Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  Farmer.  Married Ocie Hale (born 8–16–1902, daughter of Tom and Harriett Hale).  Widow residing in Smithville, Tennessee.

1h    Ruth Garland Beckwith, born 12–5–1921, near Smithville.  De Kalb County, Tennessee.  Married J. B. Taylor, 1–27–1945 (born 3–24–1917, son of Chess and Willie Taylor).  Farmer.  Member of Missionary Baptist Church.  Residence: Route Two, Alexandria, Tennessee.

1i    Judy Carol Taylor, born 6–2–1953.

2h    Girl, died at two weeks.

6g    Mary Beckwith.  Deceased.  Married [name unknown].

1h    Daughter.  Married Mr. Ray.

1i    David Ray.  Residence: 1403 Kirkland Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee.

2h    Daughter.  Married Mr. Bland.

1i    James E. Bland.  Residence: 809 Mitchell Road, Nashville 6, Tennessee.

3f    Ida Martin.  Married Earthman Patton.  Residence: Alexandria, Tennessee.  No issue.

4f    Tobe Hayes Martin, born 8–6–1877; died 5–15–1940.  Painter and Carpenter.  Methodist.  Married Mildred Agee, 1899 (daughter of William Agee, born 8–15–1872; died 10–24–1952).  Residence: 2427 N Lafayette, Evansville, Indiana.

1g    E. J. Martin, born 7–21–1903.  Full name – Ewing Jackson, born Alexandria, Tennessee.  Engineer.  Lutheran.  Married Ethel Sanders  7–23–1951 (born 10–6–1905), daughter of Frank Sanders of McLeansboro, Illinois).  Residence: 5920 W Mill Road., Evansville, Indiana.  No Issue.

2g    Eula Mai Martin, born 6–4–1901.  Alexandria.  Tennessee.  Married William Frederick Browe,  2–5–1944, at Evansville, Indiana (born 7–19–1899. son of Ray Browe of San Antonio, Texas).  Zoo Keeper.  Member Missionary Baptist Church.  Residence: 2200 Harding, Evansville, Indiana.  No issue.

3g    Robbie Frances Martin.  Married Mr. Pierce.  Residence: 3880 Greenwood St., San Diego 10, California.

5f    Harry Martin, born 2–20–1879, at Alexandria, Tennessee.  Painter and Carpenter.  Member of Missionary Baptist Church.  Married Lewis Davis, 1900 (born 9–9–1887; daughter of Henry Davis) in Alexandria, Tennessee.  Residence: Alexandria, Tennessee.

1g    Irene Martin, born 5–3–1908.  Alexandria, Tennessee.   Married 1^st Frank Lovell of Nashville, Tennessee, in Virginia (born 10–27–1899, son of Benjamin).  Employed in Cutting Department.

1h    Virginia Dean Lovell, born 12–12–1927 at St.  Louis.  Missouri.  Married Paul Burks 12–21–1947, Franklin, Kentucky..  Boilermaker by trade.  Employed as Heating Engineer at Wright–Patterson AFB.  Fairborn, Ohio.  Methodists.  Mr. Burks, born 7–4–1921, son of Ben and Beulah Burks.  Residence: 1237 Beach Street, Fairborn.  Ohio.

1i    Donald Paul Burks, born 7–17–1951.  Twin of Ronald.

2i    Ronald Dean Burks, born 7–17–1951.  Twin of Donald.

3i    Thomas Carl Burks, born 12–31–1953.

Irene Martin Lovell Married 2^nd Eugene Fielder.  10–12–1934.  at Franklin, Kentucky (born 3–17–1911.  Son of Thaniel Fielder).  Boilermaker.  Member Church of Christ.  Residence: 3324 Valley Pike.  Dayton, Ohio.

2h    Jackie Fielder, born 6–18–1941.  Graduate of Mad River High School Montgomery County, Ohio.  Spring of 1959.

6f    John Martin, born 9–23–1885; died 6–6–1935.  Interred in Alexandria.  Tennessee.  Salesman.  Moved to San Antonio.  Texas.  lived there briefly, and then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where both he and wife died.  Married Myrtle Marks (born 2–14–1888; died 9–15–1948).  Interred in St. Louis, Missouri).

1g    J. D. Martin, born 7–26–1906, in Watertown, Tennessee.  Manufacturers Representative  Baptist.  Residence: 5827 Devonshire Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri.  Married Mary E. Calhoun,  6–6–1938, in St. Louis, Missouri.  No issue.

2g    Annabelle Martin, born 10–14–1908.  Alexandria, Tennessee.  Married Edd Tremaine, 5–16–1927, in Union, Missouri (born 3–2–1905, son of Frederick E. Tremaine).  Buyer of House wares at Famous & Barr Dry Goods Company, St. Louis.  Baptist.  Served with US Coast Guard.  Residence: Route Three, Box 213, Chesterfield, Missouri, Sycamore Drive.

1h    John Edward Tremaine, born 2–l0–1928, St. Louis, died 2–22–1953.  US Marines 4 years, and in Navy Reserve, 3 years.  Baptist.  Was salesman for Chesterfield Cigarettes, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.  Single.

7f    Zeke Martin.  Last known address: 387 Richards Street, Atlanta, Georgia.  No data.

8f    Joseph Martin.  Deceased.  Married [name unknown].  Resided in Mt.  Vernon, Illinois.  No issue.

5e    Malissa Goodner, born 5–8–1848; died 10–10–1936.  Interred in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Texas.  Married Ben Mullinax, 3–6–1873 (born 4–19–1846; died 11–1–1932.  Interred in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Texas.  Son of Isaac Mullinax).  Farmer.  Residence: San Antonio, Texas.

1f    Jerome Justice Mullinax, born 6–12–1874; died 11–19–1950.  Married Mrs.  Brenda Lane Vinson.  Residence: San Antonio, Texas.  No issue.

2f    Hugh Mullinax, born 3–23–1878, Round Top, Wilson County, Tennessee.  Machinist.  Baptist.  Married Mary Susan Leak, 10–19–1905 (born 6–10–1874, daughter of Elijah Hise and Sidney Jane Leak.  Deceased.  Interred in San Jose Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas).  Residence:  123 Pacific Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.  No issue.

3f    E. B. Mullinax.  Residence: 246 Fair Oaks, San Antonio, Texas.  Married 1^st [name unknown].

1g    Carolyn Mullinax.  Residence: 305 S Mendenhall, Greensboro, North Carolina.  Married [name unknown] Brown.

1h    John Brown.

2h    Thomas Brown.

Married 2^nd Anna [name unknown].

2g    Ernest Mullinax, DDS.  Residence: Denver, Colorado.  Has 5 children.

4f    Carolyn Mullinax, born 8–27–1880; died 4–25–1935.  Interred in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Texas.  Married Thomas E. Lyons, 5–10–1905; died  7–19–1951.  Inventor and Manufacturer of the soft drink "Delaware Punch."  Residence: San Antonio, Texas.

1g    Hazel Lyons, born 5–14–1910, San Antonio, Texas.  Married 1^st Alton Brooks Parker, 4–20–1928.  In Real Estate Business.  Divorced 3–10–1954.  Episcopalian.

1h    Brooks Parker, born 9–30–1930.  Employed by Southern Bell Telephone Company, at Clarksville, Tennessee.  Single.  Residence: Clarksville, Tennessee.

2h    Lamar Parker, born 4–20–1934.  Married Marjorie Hoke Stewart (born 10–9–1937, daughter of Myles Stewart of San Antonio, Texas).  Residence: 1220 B Tucson Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona.

Hazel Lyons Parker Married 2^nd Ernest Leland Anderson, 12–27–1956 (born 4–26–1912, son of Ernest Leland Anderson, Sr).  Engineer, and Dealer in Heavy Machinery, Caterpiller tractors, Heister Trucks.  Has eight branches in States of Sonora and Sinoloa, Mexico.  Residence: Apurto Postal No. 24, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.  No issue.

5f    Georgia Ellen Mullinax, born 2–23–1882, Franklin, Kentucky.  Married William Duncan Hailer, 5–7–1905, at Franklin, Kentucky.  Retired Bus Operator (born 5–13–1882, son of James N. Haner).  Baptist.  Residence: 215 Pacific Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.

1g    Thomas William Hailer, born 5–16–1908.  Electrician.  Baptist.  Married Cecelia Breland, 6–15–1945 (born 9–23–1907, daughter of Joseph Breland of Natchez, Mississippi).  Residence: PO Box 1057, Sinton, Texas.  No issue.

6f    Pleamon Harris Mullinax, born 1–11–1885; died 10–22–1952; died in Center Point, Texas.  Interred in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Texas.  Married Mary J. Evans, 12–13–1911 (born 7–4–1889).  Residence: of widow: Springdale, Arkansas.  No issue.

6e    Jerome Goodner, born about 1849.  Large handsome man, over 6 feet tall, with long black hair.  Is reported to have served with the Union Forces during the Civil War.  After the War he became a Federal Revenue Agent, and was ambushed and killed, presumably by Billy Mitchell, a noted "bootlegger."  The murderer was never apprehended for lack of evidence.  Married Emma Reeves, daughter of Tom Reeves of Statesville, Tennessee.

1f    Kate Goodner, born about 1872–5.  Married and lived in Nashville, Tennessee.  No data.

2f    Dola Goodner, born about 1874–76.  Married James Moody.

1g    Hassie Moody, adopted. 

Dola married 2^nd (late in life) John Bryant, a brother–in–law to Champ Yeargin.  Resided in Augusta, Georgia.

3f    Jerome Goodner, Jr. known as "Boss", born about 1876–8.  Married Maggie Parsley, born 1879; died  2–25–1950, daughter of Thomas N. and Mary Ann Parsley, née Woolbright.  Maggie interred in Willow Mount Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee.  Resided for a time in Pleasant Grove Community near Shelbyville, Tennessee.  Later in Alabama.

1g    Lorene Goodner.  Married Mr. Dillahay.  Mrs.  Dillahay resides at 308 Marshall Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee.

7e    Lucille (“Lou”) Goodner, born about 1852; died January, 1883.  Married Leonard Robinson (born 1–17–1843; died 10–6–1886, near Alexandria, Tennessee).  He was a private in the 10th Regiment, Company K, 1^st Middle Tennessee Infantry, later known as the 10^th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Federal Forces, Civil War, enlisting 10–13–1862, and honorably discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, 6–1–1865.  (War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Report 11–2–1935)

1f    Artemus Ward Robinson, born 4–28–1870; died 1878.

2f    William Hays Robinson, born 3–15–1872.  Dry Goods Merchant in Auburn, Tennessee.  Firm name was W. Ho and C. K. Robinson Dry Goods Company.  After death of brother, C. K, he sold out and moved to Chattanooga and entered the grocery business, in which he remained until his retirement.  Married 1^st Stella Fite, daughter of John A. and Cynthia (Coble) Fite.

1g    Bonnie May Robinson, born 12–5–1895.  Married Jesse Houston Jones, December, 1920, of Auburn, Tennessee.

1h    Stella Faye Jones, born 12–7–1923, Auburn, Tennessee.  Married Elbert McAdoo, 8–24–1942 (born 10–1–1919, son of Earl and Anna McAdoo, née Simpson of Auburn, Tennessee).

1i    Russell Clark McAdoo, born 1–8–1945, at Auburndale, Tennessee.

2i    John William McAdoo, born 10–18–1948, Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee.

3i    David Jackson McAdoo, born 11–13–1950, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee.

2h    Robert Kerry Jones, born 1928, Auburn, Tennessee.  World War II, Navy Reconnaissance Pilot in Korean Conflict.  Attended University of Tennessee, 2 years.  Graduate of Draughtens' Business College in Nashville, Tennessee.  On 3–3–1950, started pilot training at Connally AFB, Waco, Texas.  Awarded pilot wings at Enid, Oklahoma, 3–24–1951, and commission as 2^nd Lieutenant.  Killed in plane crash 5–17–1956, while acting as co–pilot, near Denver, Colorado.  Interment at Stones River National Cemetery near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  Was also in World War II, in the Navy.  Married Richardean Nichols, 3–16–1949, an X–ray technician at Good Samaritan Hospital of Woodbury, Tennessee.

1i    Karen Jones, born 6–23–1952.

3h    McKnight Jones, born 9–25–1932, at Auburntown, Cannon County, Tennessee.  Married Evelyn Brandon, 1–7–1953, of Burt, Tennessee.

1i    Candace Irene Jones, born 3–5–1958, Pontiac, Michigan.

William Hays Robinson married 2^nd Una Jane Adams.  8–5–1900, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, daughter of James Braswell and Nolia Owen (Overall) Adams of Auburn, Tennessee (born 8–14–1885; died 6–6–1942.  Interment in Donnell Cemetery, Auburn, Tennessee).  Baptists.

Mr & Mrs. Gurney O. Kiger

2g    Wenzola Robinson, born 8–8–1901, Auburn, Tennessee.  Married Gurney Oscar Kiger.  Born 7–8–1899, son of Henry Edward and Jeanetta Cordelia (Phillips) Kiger of Shoals, Surry County, North Carolina.  Mrs. Kiger is employed by the Chattanooga Publishing Company, newspaper publishers.  Home address: 4027 SW Sunbeam Avenue, Chattanooga Tennessee.  Business address: 117 E 10^th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1h    Carolyn Ann Kiger, born 8–3–1930.  Married Roy Lee Alley, 8–23–1948, son of Roy Point and Margaret Lee (Shipp) Alley of Chattanooga, born 5–8–1930.  Graduate of University of Chattanooga.  Manager of Policy Division of Interstate life Insurance Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Residence: Chattanooga, Tennessee, 3526 Pinellas Lane.

1i    Lee Ann Alley, born 10–8–1954, at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

2i    Linda Jane Alley, born 5–22–1958, at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

3g    Reinza Robinson, born 1–12–1905.

4g    James Leonard Robinson, born 12–29–1906.  Married Ethel Eva Kendrick, 1929 (born 6–30–1913, daughter of A. W. and Daisy Kendrick, née Campbell, of Chattanooga, Tennessee).  Residence:  1802 Biscayne Boulevard, Chattanooga Tennessee.

1h    William Hayden Robinson, born 2–5–1930.  Served in Korean War; wounded in Korea and spent several months in a hospital in Japan convalescing.  Discharged, reenlisted in Army in 1955, and presently stationed in a Field Artillery Battalion in Germany, near Schweinfurt; arrived there September, 1955.  Married Wilma Baldwin of Grandview, Tennessee.

1i    William Leonard Robinson, born 3–17–1955, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

2i    Stephen Christopher Robinson, born 2–25–1956, in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

3i    David Kevin Robinson, born 1–30–1957, in Schweinfurt, Germany (See Appendix).

2h    Betty Jane Robinson, born 10–22–1931.  in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Married Andrew McCorkle, 2^nd.  Residence: Route 2, Gallatin, Tennessee.

1i    Andrew Jackson McCorkle, born 8–7–1951.

2i    Leonard Anthony McCorkle, born 11–15–1952.

3i    Pamela Jane McCorkle, born 10–15–1953.

3h    Tames Leonard Robinson, Jr, born 10–19–1933.  Married Anna Hampton, daughter of Hughes Hampton of Chattanooga.  Residence: C/O 1802 Biscayne Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

4h    Robert Lee Robinson, born 8–20–1937.  In US Army, in 86^th Infantry Regiment, Overseas.  To Germany in August 1955; presently stationed near Schweinfurt.  Married Christine Mock, May 1957, in Germany, a German girl.

1i    Robert Lee Robinson, Jr, born 4–16–1958, in Germany.

5h    Daniel Wesley Robinson, born 5–14–1939.  Graduate of Military Police Training Center at Ft. Gordon, Georgia, April, 1957.  Stationed at Stuttgart, Germany.  Not married.

6h    Nancy Louise Robinson, born 12–13–1943.

7h    Daisy Dianne Robinson, born 8–11–1945.

5g    Lincoln Frank Robinson, born 1–30–1909; died 12–23–1909.

6g    Owen Overall Robinson, born 2–5–1911.  Married Ruth Carden, daughter of Emmett G. Carden of Chattanooga.

1h    Elizabeth Ann Robinson, born 6–21–1932, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Married John Walter Olson, son of Emanuel Olson of Penns Grove, New Jersey.  Graduate of Tri–State College, Angola, Indiana.  World War II, Marines; action in Guam and China.  Electrical Engineer for TVA, Tullahoma, Tennessee.

1i    John W. Olson, born 3–26–1953.

2i    Victor Emmanuel Olson, born 1955; died in infancy.

3i    Rosanna Ruth Olson, born 2–2–1957.

4i    Elizabeth Ann (“Beth”) Olson, born 8–22–1958; died: 7–9–1959.

2h    Emmett Owen Robinson, born 11–19–1934.  Married Jo Ann Walston, 6–4–1955, daughter of 1–C. Walston of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1i    Sandra Kay Robinson, born 1956.

7g    Jeanette Robinson, born 10–13–1913.  Married Newton C. Gray, later divorced.  Residence: 4027 Sunbeam Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1h    Joan Carol Gray, born 2–16–1933.  Married Robert Lee Lockaby, son of Rafe P. Lockaby of Hendersonville, North Carolina.  Chief Clerk Southern Railway at Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Residence: Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Elaine Road.

1i    Robert Lee Lockaby, Jr, born 9–12–1953.

2i    David Allen Lockaby, born 7–29–1956.

2h    Marilyn Lucretia Gray, born 1–30–1937.  Married Ira Lee, son of John Lee of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Divorced.

1i    Robert E. Lee, born 7–5–1955; died at birth.

Marilyn married Richard Lee Harvey, 7–19–1958, at Chattanooga.  He is a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana.

2i    Richard Lee Harvey, Jr, born 6–27–1959, Indianapolis, Indiana.

8g    Kenneth Wayne Robinson, born 2–14–1919.  World War II; Quartermaster Corp at Ft. Lee, Virginia.  Presently auditor for Classified Parking System of the South.  Married Doris Powell, 10–7–1945, daughter of Orville E. and Hannah (Timmons) Powell of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Residence: Dallas, Texas.

1h    Kenneth Wayne Robinson, Jr, born 2–12–1947, at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

3f    Charles Knight Robinson, born 6–29–1875; died 5–17–1921.  Was in the dry goods business in Auburn, Tennessee, until his death, in a partnership with his brother.  Married Lillie Catherine Fite, daughter of John A. and Cynthia (Coble) Fite.

1g    Otis KilIman Robinson, born April 1899.  Married Charlotte Fitzgerald of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Residence: 1408 Chambrin Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee.  No issue.

2g    Grace Truman Robinson, born 11–23–1900, Wilson County, Tennessee.  Married George Virgil Kuykendall of Scottsboro, Alabama.  Residence: 1408 Chambrin Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee.  No issue.

3g    Nellie Izora Robinson, born 1–3–1903, Wilson County, Tennessee; died 4–8–1952.  Married John Danile Odom of Woodbury, Tennessee (born 6–2–1956).  Interment in Prosperity Cemetery, Prosperity, Tennessee.  Baptists.  Resided in Nashville, Tennessee.

1h    John Danile Odom, Jr.  Married Barbara Thompson of Chattanooga, Tennessee, daughter of James Clifford Thompson.

1i    John Danile Odom, 3^rd, born about 1953.

2i    David Lee Odom, born about 1955.

3i    Stephen Sherman Odom, born about 1957.

4g    Reffer Darden Fite Robinson, born October, 1904, Wilson County, Tennessee.  Refinery Sales and Production Manager of Omaha Division of Amour & County, Omaha, Nebraska; died 2–5–1958 from brain tumor in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Internment in Greenwood Cemetery.  Never married.

5g    John Robinson; died Infancy.

6g    Charles Sherman Robinson, born about 1907, Auburn, Tennessee.  Treasurer of City of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Graduate of University of Chattanooga in Law.  Single.  Residence: 1408 Camberlain Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

7g    Evelyn Oleta Robinson, born 12–12–1912.  Married Robert Anthony Pierson, 6–26–1943, of Canton, Ohio.  World War II  Was stationed in England.  No issue.

8g    Edith Eugenia Robinson, born 4–10–1914, Auburn, Tennessee; died 6–3–1948.  Baptist.  Interment in Prosperity Cemetery, Prosperity, Tennessee.  Never married.

4f    Lelia Robinson, born 4–6–1880, Wilson County, Tennessee; died 1–17–1957.  Married Marvin M. Turner, Wilson County, Tennessee, son of Jerome and Sara (Mullinax) Turner.  Moved to Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1930, where Leila died, interment being in Memorial Park Cemetery in Tupelo, Mississippi.  Mr. Turner died September, 1934, and was interred in Statesville, Tennessee.

1g    Willie Eunice Turner, born 1–16–1904.  Married Frank Blinn 8–5–1936 (died April, 1956 in California).  No issue.  Married 2^nd Dr. Earl Smith of Los Angeles, California, October, 1956.  No issue.

2g    Ida Lurline Turner, born 10–29–1907, Wilson County, Tennessee.  No further record Apparently never married.

3g    Sanford Leon Turner, born 5–5–1913.  Married Pauline (Polly) Aldridge of Tupelo, Mississippi.

1h    Charles Leon Turner, Adopted.

4g    Alma Juanita Turner, born 4–21–1915, at Bryantsville, Kentucky.  Married John Cordius Sanders, 12–22–1937 in Tupelo, Mississippi (born 5–21–1913 in Aiken, South Carolina, son of Daniel Judson Sanders).  Residence: 914 Overman, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1h    Juanita Carolyn Sanders, born 9–27–1938, Tupelo, Mississippi.

2h    Marvin Judson Sanders, born 11–13–1941, at Cleveland, Mississippi.

3h    John Cordius Sanders, Jr, born 3–10–1947, at Cleveland, Mississippi.

4h    Jemmy Mary Sanders, born 12–18–1951, at Cleveland, Mississippi.

5g    Florence Ray Turner, born 8–2–1919.  Married Hugh Mays Randall, 1–15–1938.

1h    Robert Hugh Randall, born 4–28–1939.

2h    Charles Leon Randall.

3h    Lelia Jane Randall.

4h    Margaret Ann Randall.

6g    Charles Hudson Turner, born 10–10–1921.  Rejected by Army because of his excessive height of 6' 8.”  Married Virginia Ruth Alexander of Paris, Tennessee, 4–18–1948.  Residence: Raleigh, Tennessee.

1h    Stephen Haley Turner, born 11–10–1950.

2h    Charlotte Ann Turner, born 12–4–1952.

5f    Cornie Robinson, born 3–25–1878; died 8–12–1906.  Married Charles Reynolds.

1g    Clarice Reynolds.

6f    Ida Robinson, born 4–10–1882, Wilson County, Tennessee; died 9–19–1959.  Married Tom Adamson, 5–28–1898 (born 3–29–1877, son of Will and Pheenie Adamson, née Trewhitt, of Wilson County, Tennessee).  Residence: 731 Saipan, San Antonio, Texas.

1g    Ray Adamson, born 6–26–1900.  Married Hattie White (died  1935).  Residence: 1213 Stainback, Nashville, Tennessee.

1h    John Thomas Adamson, born 1921.  Married Hester Curtis.  Has 3 children and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

2h    Elizabeth Lucille Adamson, born 1924.  Married and resides in Falls Church, Virginia.  Has three children, Elizabeth, John and David.  Name of husband is Johnny Grotts.

3h    Georgia Adamson.  Married, had 5 children, and lives in Hayward, California.  Married Harry Grotts

4h    Ruth Douglas Adamson.  Married, has 4 children, and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.  Married Dennis Jones.

2g    Oscar Adamson, born 8–19–1903; died 8–3–1959, Nashville, Tennessee.  Married Maggie Smith, Portland, Tennessee.  Divorced.

1h    Rebecca Adamson.  Married and has one child.  Lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

2h    William Adamson.  Lives in Indiana.

3g    Marvin G. Adamson, born 8–14–1905, near Fountain Head, Tennessee.  Captain in the US Army, Retired.  Enlisted in Army 10–9–1922, and served as an enlisted man until 10–23–1942, when he was commissioned as a 2^nd Lieutenant.  Served in World War II in Persia, 7–10–1943 to 1–26–1946; in Korea from 8–4–1950 to 4–1–1952.  In service 30 years and 7 days.  Retired in October, 1952 as a Major.  Residence: 107 Moss Drive, San Antonio, Texas.  Married Lela Beard, 4–16–1930, at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas (born 2–12–1906, daughter of A. L and Kate Beard).  No issue.

4g    Corynne Adamson, born 3–20–1910, Sumner County, Tennessee.  Married Reverend Prator Hardin, 8–7–1926 at Long Point, Illinois (born 7–9–1903, son of Levi and Eva Hardin, née King).  Minister of Church of the Firstborn.  Residence: 3115 Hillside Drive, Nashville, Tennessee.

1h    Ruth Elaine Hardin, born 9–3–1927.  Married Charles W. Marshall.

1i    Randy Marshall.

2i    Perry Joe Marshall.

2h    Evelyn Hardin, born 11–19–1930.  Married Chester H. Cole.

1i    Elaine Cole.

3h    Larry Donald Hardin, born 9–25–1946.

5g    Pleamon Adamson, born 12–20–1913, Portland, Tennessee; died 1960.  Assembler at John Deere Harvester Plant at East Moline, Illinois.  Married Virginia Higgins 12–20–1935, Cambridge, Illinois (born 6–26–1918, daughter of Ralph Higgins).  Baptists.  Residence: RR One, Box 185, Port Bryon, Illinois.

1h    Ida Marie Adamson, born 10–1–1936 at Genesco, Illinois.  Married Earl Smith, 1955, at Muscatine, Iowa.

1i    Richard Earl Smith.

2i    Steven E. Smith.

2h    Herald E. Adamson, born 8–18–1938, Osco, Illinois.

3h    Donna Mae Adamson, born 10–6–1939, Erie, Illinois.

4h    Mary E. Adamson, born 2–28–1940, at Hoopole, Illinois.  Died at birth.

5h    Eva Jean Adamson, born 4–17–1942, Hoopole, Illinois.

6h    Robert Y. Adamson, born 11–26–1943, Genesco, Illinois.

7h    Barbara K. Adamson, born 1–29–1945, Morrison, Illinois.

6g    Juanita Adamson, born 7–20–1916.  Married Perry Theodore Cooper, 11–13–1937 (born 12–29–1913, son of J. O. Cooper).  In Base Supply Lackland AFB, Texas.  Served 16 years in military service.  Retired due to disability.  Resided for a time in San Antonio, Texas.  Residence: Box 247, Hollywood, New Mexico, but residing at Cuigoso, New Mexico.

1h    Perry Donald Cooper, born 6–30–1938.

7g    Vera Adamson, born 4–15–1919) at Dana, Illinois.  Married Huey Neuton Hart, 1–11–1940 (born 10–5–1909) son of Otto and Ida Hart).  Retired from Civil Service after 22 years.  Residence: 731 Saipan, San Antonio, Texas.

1h    Huetta Sue Hart, born 2–11–1942.  Married Robert Lee Conner of San Antonio, Texas, 5–10–1958.  Residence: Houston, Texas.  No issue.

2h    Gloria Jean Hart, born 12–9–1943.

3h    Sherry Lynne Hart, born 6–11–1956.

8g    Raymond Adamson, born 2–16–1921, Portland, Tennessee.  Master Sgt. US Air Force.  Member Pentecostal Church.  Married Juanita M. Jones 10–31–1942 (born 9–1–1922, daughter of John A. Jones).  Residence: 2117 W Mitchell, Hallaman AFB, New Mexico.

1h    Joyce Ann Adamson, born 9–7–1943.

2h    Raymond C. Adamson, Jr, born 6–12–1948.

3h    David Lee Adamson, born 4–6–1950.

9g    James Adamson, born 6–6–1924, Portland, Tennessee.  Operator of a dry cleaning plant.  Married Jacqueline Collins, 11–13–1948 (born 1932, daughter of Adeline Collins).  Residence: 107 Edgebrook Lane) San Antonio, Texas.  Divorced, 1959, and living in Cuidoso, New Mexico.  Mailing Address, Box 247, Hollywood, New Mexico.

1h    Allan Drake Adamson, born 9–30–1949, at San Antonio, Texas

2d    Elizabeth Goodner, born 1–6–1810; died about  1848.  Second child of John and Martha Stewart Goodner.  Married Luther Glaves, about  1828–30.  (Newspaper account says her husband's name was Peter Glaves).

1e    Frank Glaves, born about 1831–2.  No data.

2e    Luther (or Peter) Glaves, born about 1832–3.  No data.

3e    Sarah Glaves, born about 1835.  In the 1850 Census returns of Bradley County, Tennessee., it shows that Sarah was living with her grandparents, John and Martha.  No further data.

4e    Samuel H. Graves, born 1849.  In the 1850 Census Returns of Bradley County, Tennessee, it shows that Samuel H. Graves, age 1 year, was living with his grandparents, John and Martha Goodner, which would indicate decease of the mother.  (No additional data could be learned on this branch of the family.  A wide search was made, but it was not fruitful.)

3d    Jacob Goodner, born 8–7–1811, Smith County, Tennessee, died 1886, Bradley County, Tennessee.  Third child of John and Martha (Stewart) Goodner.  Farmer and land owner.  When a small child, his father took him to Illinois on a visit to his grandparents, Conrad and Elizabeth (Sherer) Goodner, in St. Clair County, Illinois.  This was in 1815 or 1816.  Accompanying them was Patsy Goodner.  In Tennessee State Archives, for Jackson County, in 1837, in a Petition from Jackson County, praying for an amendment to Make a New County, Jacob's name appears as one of the signers.  Jackson County lies adjacent to Smith.  Later on in the year 1837, he moved with his family to Bradley County, accompanying his parents who also moved there.  He was one of the pioneer settlers in the Ocoee District, which had been opened up by the removal of the Cherokee Indians.  Married Charlotte Kemp, about  1832, possibly in Smith County. Tennessee (born 2–27–1815; died 1894, Bradley County, Tennessee, daughter of Murphy and Sarah Kemp.  See Appendix on more of the Kemp family).

1e    Caswell Goodner, born 1–7–1833, Smith County. Tennessee, died 10–10–1887.  Employed for 25 years by the old East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad.  Resided in Bradley County, Tennessee.  Married Mary King, about 1855 (born 11–10–1833; died 3–9–1888).  Mary King was a granddaughter of Abigail Lee, who was an Aunt to General Robert E. Lee.  Abigail Lee married William King; Alfred King, son, married Susan Matthews, and Mary was their daughter.

1f    William Caswell Goodner, born 3–8–1857; died 1–14–1919.  Married Susan Josephine ("Josie") Morris, about  1881–2 (born 4–5–1857; died 8–25–1945).  Residence: Knoxville, Tennessee.

1g    Alfred Brawner Goodner, born 12–31–1883, Knoxville, Tennessee, died 8–25–1925, at McAlester, Oklahoma.  Was Traffic Manager of Pittsburgh County Railway at McAlester, Oklahoma.  Mason.  Knight Templar, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Methodist.  Resided in McAlester, Oklahoma.  Married Maud Thurman of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  (died  4–22–1922).  No issue.

2g    Willard Hill Goodner, born 3–26–1888, Knoxville, Tennessee, died 4–30–1955, in Miami, Oklahoma, from an heart attack.  Interred in Miami, Oklahoma.  Left Tennessee in 1904 and went to Chicago.  Married there in 1920, and in 1925 moved to McAlester, Oklahoma, where he lived until 1938, when he moved to Miami, Oklahoma.  Attended law school in Chicago but did not graduate.  He specialized in Transportation law, and because of that was authorized to practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission.  He worked for a time with the Pittsburgh County Railway Company in McAlester, Oklahoma, after a vacancy left by the death of his brother.  Acted as Executor of the Northeast Oklahoma Railroad, and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Short line Railway Assn, and a Director of the Tri-State Traffic Club of which he was a past president.  Was a Veteran Scouter for more than 30 years, and was Vice President of the Cherokee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and National Council Representative for many years.  Was recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America for outstanding work for the boys.  Member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, and past president of that organization.  Active in Civic and Community affairs; past President of the lions Club, and held at various times positions in Red Cross, in which he served as District Director, and in the March of Dimes program.  A Veteran of World War I, a Mason, member of the White Shrine, Rotary Club, and the First Methodist Church.  He resided at times in Newport and Monterey, Tennessee.  Chicago, McAlester, Oklahoma, and Miami, Oklahoma.  Widow resides at 315 E Street NW, Miami, Oklahoma.  Married Elsie M. Prayer, 4–17–1920, in Chicago, Illinois (born 11–2–1897, in Chicago, daughter of E. Prayer)

1h    Willard Robert ("Bill") Goodner, born 9–19–1930.  Graduate of Miami, Oklahoma, High School in 1948, Northwestern A & M in 1950, and University of Oklahoma, in 1952.  A journalism student.  He edited the Norse Wind, a campus newspaper, and was Assistant Editor of the Sooner Magazine, the alumni publication at the University of Oklahoma.  Was a member of Sigma Delta Chi.  Served in Navy Intelligence; Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Korean War; died 8–8–1959, from a circulatory ailment after an illness of two weeks.  Interred in Miami, Oklahoma.  Married Jacqueline M. Hixson, 6–22–1957 (born 8–18–1930, daughter of Thomas Hixson).  No issue. 

William Caswell Goodner and his wife, Susan Josephine, were apparently divorced (she outlived him) for later he married a Miss Hampton, by whom there was no issue.

2f    Jacob Alfred Goodner, born. 6–26–1865, Bradley County, Tennessee; died 4–11–1935 in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Railroad Engineer.  Methodist.  Resided in Knoxville, Tennessee, at Central and Oklahoma Sts.  Married Ella Cook, of Cleveland, Tennessee (born 4–20–1871, Polk County, Tennessee; died 1–18–1918, Knoxville, Tennessee)

1g    Charles Alfred Goodner, born 4–5–1897; died 12–10–1957.  Interred in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Tennessee.  Was in World War I.  Took officers' training at Camp Zachary Taylor.  In business was a Business Manager.  Married 1^st  Gladys Ford, daughter of J. C. Ford.

1h    Sarah Jane Goodner, born 11–23–1922, at Knoxville, Tennessee.  Married Robert Neil, 4–2–1940, Ironton, Ohio (born 11–21–1912, son of R. L. and Honore K. Neil).  Residence: Lockwood, West Virginia.

1i    Sarah Jane Neil, born 7–8–1941.

2i    Robert Bryan Neil, born 7–6–1942.  Charles Alfred Goodner Married 2^nd Ethel Yarbrough, d