Feature: Henry Lewis Goodloe
241 Years Ago: Henry Lewis Goodloe was born 10 March 1779 1 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Allen Goodloe and Dorothy Waller.2 Henry was 10-years-old when his father first appeared on the Fayette County Tax List in 1789, three years before Kentucky gained statehood.3 He later became one of the early settlers of Hopkins County, Kentucky.4
Rev. W. H. Moore (grandson-in-law of Henry) wrote “A Stroll Through Grapevine Cemetery” in 1909 in which he related information about Henry and his children. He said that Henry “came with his parents from Virginia with Capt. Emerson as leader of a small company and settled where Lexington, Ky now stands.” He added that Henry “came to Hopkins County and settled where Grapevine now stands and reared a large family who were noted for piety, honor and length of days.”5 (*4th Great-grandfather, Hankins)
March 10
60 Years Ago: Joseph Fredrick Lanier died 10 March 1960 in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina. He was buried in Cannon Memorial Park in Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina. Fred was the son of Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett. (*Great-uncle, McCauley)
157 Years Ago: Mary Madore “Mollie” Hankins was born 10 March 1863 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Albert Elvie Hankins and Isabella Jane Goodloe. (*Great-aunt, Hankins)
164 Years Ago: John Covey Howard married Mary F. Morris 10 March 1856 in Harlan County, Kentucky. He was the son of John Howard and Mary Risner. She was the daughter of Littleton Morris and Martha Mark. (*2nd Great-grandparents, Hopkins)
March 11
258 Years Ago: Nehemiah Hopkins married Elizabeth Cole 11 March 1762 in Warren, Rhode Island. He was the son of Jabez Hopkins and Bethiah. She was the daughter of Joseph Cole and Freelove Mason. (*5th Great-grandparents, Hopkins)
March 13
189 Years Ago: Delinda Younger Weeks married Elisha Shaw 13 March 1931 in Pope County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Nehemiah Younger and Hannah Osborn and the widow of James Weeks. (*4th Great-grandmother, Hankins)
March 14
18 Years Ago: Clifford Wells died 14 March 2002 in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. He was the son of Shelby Rhea Wells and Lily Vashti McCauley. (*1st Cousin, McCauley)
124 Years Ago: Shelby Rhea Wells was born 14 March 1896 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was the son of Robert Wells and Mallie Finley. (*Uncle by marriage, McCauley)
*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses at the end of each item. Please email me for additional information. Additional sources available upon request.
Sources
- Grapevine Cemetery (Hopkins County, Kentucky; Take Exit 40 from Breathitt/Pennyrile Parkway onto 2171, turn right at 336, go 1.3 miles to cemetery on left), Henry Goodloe marker, photographed by Linda McCauley, 13 Jul 2005. ↩
- Paul Miller Goodloe II, Goodloe Genealogy (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1982), C-17. ↩
- Fayette County, Kentucky, 1789 Tax List, No. 1, Thomas Goodlow; images, Early Kentucky Tax Lists, Kentucky Genealogical Society (https://kygs.org : accessed 12 June 2018). ↩
- 1810 U.S. census, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Madisonville, p. 380, Henry Goodloe; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 6. ↩
- Rev. W. H. Moore, ” A Stroll Through Grapevine,” The Hustler, Madisonville, Kentucky, 14 September 1909, p. 3, col. 4, image copy, Newspapers.com (https://newspapers.com : accessed 7 March 2020). ↩
