Family: Thomas Goddard / Nancy Russell (F4284)
m. Bef 1856-
Male
Thomas Goddard
Birth 2 Feb 1829 Tennessee, United States Death 24 Sep 1863 Tennessee, United States Burial Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States Marriage Bef 1856 Father Mother
Female
Nancy Russell
Birth 18 Feb 1829 Tennessee, United States Death 28 Oct 1908 Burial Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States Father Ezra D. Russell | F3497 Group Sheet Mother Mary Williams | F3497 Group Sheet
Female
Martha Goddard
Birth Abt 1858 Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States Death Yes, date unknown Burial
Female
Mary Goddard
Birth Abt 1861 Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States Death Yes, date unknown Burial
Male
David Ezra Goddard
Birth 4 Nov 1861 Death 9 Sep 1937 Burial Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States Spouse Charlotte Elizabeth Davis | F2097 Marriage
Female
Melinda Goddard
Birth Abt 1863 Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States Death Yes, date unknown Burial
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Notes Married:
- Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Morgan, Tennessee; Roll M593_1552; Page: 3B; Image: 11; Family History Library Film: 553051.
Thomas Goddard probably died sometime after April 1862 since his youngest daughter was born in 1863. Months are unknown.
According to Louise Scarbrough, widow of Kenneth Scarbrough whose mother was a Goddard from Coalfield, Thomas was in the civil war and his unit was on the way to Chattanooga, TN and he stopped at Horse Tie in the Coalfield Area. Horse Tie wawas a huge rock that was about impossible to climb. According to Donna Smith Rice (in a conversation dated 06/08/2010) once you climb to the the top of the rock you can see all of Petros. Thomas tied his horse up to Horse Tie and walked home to see his family in what is now Solomon Hollow. Family legend has it that he was only spending the night with his wife. However, the same legend says he came down with pneumonia once he got home, where he worsened and died. Louise says that the Union Army didn't give him a pension because they treated him as a deserter. [Conversation at Coalfield Genealogical & Historical Society meeting 06/08/2010.}
- Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Morgan, Tennessee; Roll M593_1552; Page: 3B; Image: 11; Family History Library Film: 553051.