Son of Thomas Evans Godbold & Sarah Bolton Nunnelee
Married: Frances America Dampier 21 July 1880 in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas.
Children:
- Charles Edwin - 28 June 1881
- Barnie - 14 October 1883
- Earl - 8 May 1885
- Asa Harris - September 1892
- Thomas Burton - 4 March 1897
- Eva Ima - 9 December 1905
Excerpts from a manuscript by Mrs. Earl (Eva Godbold) McCrary for submission to "A Proud Heritage", 1975. Manuscript shared by Eva with Lucille Elaine Dampier Michie.
William Henry Godbold
William Henry Godbold, born Sept. 23, 1855, Harrison County, TX; reared near Emory, Rains County. He rode horseback from Rains County to visit brother and family, T. J. (Jeff) Godbold, who lived in Ditch Community, south of Uvalde.
Jeff Godbold and S. B. Dampier operated the sugar mill and farm on the Ditch. W. H. (Bill) Godbold arrived July 4, 1879, and worked for Hillard and Brousard Cattle Co., handling cattle.
W. H. (Bill) Godbold and oldest Dampier daughter, Frances, married July 22, 1880, in Uvalde. They lived at the Ditch for a short time and then moved to Leakey, living neighbors to the McLarens when the last Indian raid through the Leakey section happened. Mrs. McLaren and neighbor boy, Allen Lease, who was staying with her and her children while Mr. McLaren was away on business, were killed.
As everything in the house was ransacked and clothing ruined, with no way of getting a shroud, she was buried in Mrs. Godbold's wedding night gown.
About six weeks after this Indian raid, their first child, Ed, was born June 8, 1881. ... Soon after, they moved to the Moore Ranch (present Houston ranch) between Sabinal and Uvalde. Their next two children, Barney, October 14, 1883 and Earl, May 8, 1885, were born while they were there.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Godbold, parents of W. H. Godbold, had moved to Uvalde from Rains County in 1882. In 1885 W. H. Godbold and his father bought bees and moved back to the Ditch. ... While living there, their fourth child, Asa, Sept 6, 1892 was born. There was an 18 month drought, during which the wells went dry, and the Leona River dried up ...
W. H. Godbold bought cattle and fed them so they might survive the drought. Then he bought a place south of Uvalde on Batesville Road. They were to move soon and it started raining and resulted in the flood of 1894, in which some Uvalde people drowned.
W. H. Godbold and his father ... took a hammer and knocked the tops off the hives and let the bees fly out and settle in the trees. After the flood they had 50 out of 250 stands left, but neighbors let them have queens to rebuild their apiary.
Their next two children , Burton, Mar 4, 1897 and Eva, Dec 9, 1905 were born while living there. They lived on this place until their deaths, W. H. Godbold on June 15, 1929 and Mrs. Godbold in Feb 21, 1940.
By Barry Michie - G-Great Nephew
Married: Frances America Dampier 21 July 1880 in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas.
Children:
- Charles Edwin - 28 June 1881
- Barnie - 14 October 1883
- Earl - 8 May 1885
- Asa Harris - September 1892
- Thomas Burton - 4 March 1897
- Eva Ima - 9 December 1905
Excerpts from a manuscript by Mrs. Earl (Eva Godbold) McCrary for submission to "A Proud Heritage", 1975. Manuscript shared by Eva with Lucille Elaine Dampier Michie.
William Henry Godbold
William Henry Godbold, born Sept. 23, 1855, Harrison County, TX; reared near Emory, Rains County. He rode horseback from Rains County to visit brother and family, T. J. (Jeff) Godbold, who lived in Ditch Community, south of Uvalde.
Jeff Godbold and S. B. Dampier operated the sugar mill and farm on the Ditch. W. H. (Bill) Godbold arrived July 4, 1879, and worked for Hillard and Brousard Cattle Co., handling cattle.
W. H. (Bill) Godbold and oldest Dampier daughter, Frances, married July 22, 1880, in Uvalde. They lived at the Ditch for a short time and then moved to Leakey, living neighbors to the McLarens when the last Indian raid through the Leakey section happened. Mrs. McLaren and neighbor boy, Allen Lease, who was staying with her and her children while Mr. McLaren was away on business, were killed.
As everything in the house was ransacked and clothing ruined, with no way of getting a shroud, she was buried in Mrs. Godbold's wedding night gown.
About six weeks after this Indian raid, their first child, Ed, was born June 8, 1881. ... Soon after, they moved to the Moore Ranch (present Houston ranch) between Sabinal and Uvalde. Their next two children, Barney, October 14, 1883 and Earl, May 8, 1885, were born while they were there.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Godbold, parents of W. H. Godbold, had moved to Uvalde from Rains County in 1882. In 1885 W. H. Godbold and his father bought bees and moved back to the Ditch. ... While living there, their fourth child, Asa, Sept 6, 1892 was born. There was an 18 month drought, during which the wells went dry, and the Leona River dried up ...
W. H. Godbold bought cattle and fed them so they might survive the drought. Then he bought a place south of Uvalde on Batesville Road. They were to move soon and it started raining and resulted in the flood of 1894, in which some Uvalde people drowned.
W. H. Godbold and his father ... took a hammer and knocked the tops off the hives and let the bees fly out and settle in the trees. After the flood they had 50 out of 250 stands left, but neighbors let them have queens to rebuild their apiary.
Their next two children , Burton, Mar 4, 1897 and Eva, Dec 9, 1905 were born while living there. They lived on this place until their deaths, W. H. Godbold on June 15, 1929 and Mrs. Godbold in Feb 21, 1940.
By Barry Michie - G-Great Nephew
Son of Thomas Evans Godbold & Sarah Bolton Nunnelee
Married: Frances America Dampier 21 July 1880 in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas.
Children:
- Charles Edwin - 28 June 1881
- Barnie - 14 October 1883
- Earl - 8 May 1885
- Asa Harris - September 1892
- Thomas Burton - 4 March 1897
- Eva Ima - 9 December 1905
Excerpts from a manuscript by Mrs. Earl (Eva Godbold) McCrary for submission to "A Proud Heritage", 1975. Manuscript shared by Eva with Lucille Elaine Dampier Michie.
William Henry Godbold
William Henry Godbold, born Sept. 23, 1855, Harrison County, TX; reared near Emory, Rains County. He rode horseback from Rains County to visit brother and family, T. J. (Jeff) Godbold, who lived in Ditch Community, south of Uvalde.
Jeff Godbold and S. B. Dampier operated the sugar mill and farm on the Ditch. W. H. (Bill) Godbold arrived July 4, 1879, and worked for Hillard and Brousard Cattle Co., handling cattle.
W. H. (Bill) Godbold and oldest Dampier daughter, Frances, married July 22, 1880, in Uvalde. They lived at the Ditch for a short time and then moved to Leakey, living neighbors to the McLarens when the last Indian raid through the Leakey section happened. Mrs. McLaren and neighbor boy, Allen Lease, who was staying with her and her children while Mr. McLaren was away on business, were killed.
As everything in the house was ransacked and clothing ruined, with no way of getting a shroud, she was buried in Mrs. Godbold's wedding night gown.
About six weeks after this Indian raid, their first child, Ed, was born June 8, 1881. ... Soon after, they moved to the Moore Ranch (present Houston ranch) between Sabinal and Uvalde. Their next two children, Barney, October 14, 1883 and Earl, May 8, 1885, were born while they were there.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Godbold, parents of W. H. Godbold, had moved to Uvalde from Rains County in 1882. In 1885 W. H. Godbold and his father bought bees and moved back to the Ditch. ... While living there, their fourth child, Asa, Sept 6, 1892 was born. There was an 18 month drought, during which the wells went dry, and the Leona River dried up ...
W. H. Godbold bought cattle and fed them so they might survive the drought. Then he bought a place south of Uvalde on Batesville Road. They were to move soon and it started raining and resulted in the flood of 1894, in which some Uvalde people drowned.
W. H. Godbold and his father ... took a hammer and knocked the tops off the hives and let the bees fly out and settle in the trees. After the flood they had 50 out of 250 stands left, but neighbors let them have queens to rebuild their apiary.
Their next two children , Burton, Mar 4, 1897 and Eva, Dec 9, 1905 were born while living there. They lived on this place until their deaths, W. H. Godbold on June 15, 1929 and Mrs. Godbold in Feb 21, 1940.
By Barry Michie - G-Great Nephew
Married: Frances America Dampier 21 July 1880 in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas.
Children:
- Charles Edwin - 28 June 1881
- Barnie - 14 October 1883
- Earl - 8 May 1885
- Asa Harris - September 1892
- Thomas Burton - 4 March 1897
- Eva Ima - 9 December 1905
Excerpts from a manuscript by Mrs. Earl (Eva Godbold) McCrary for submission to "A Proud Heritage", 1975. Manuscript shared by Eva with Lucille Elaine Dampier Michie.
William Henry Godbold
William Henry Godbold, born Sept. 23, 1855, Harrison County, TX; reared near Emory, Rains County. He rode horseback from Rains County to visit brother and family, T. J. (Jeff) Godbold, who lived in Ditch Community, south of Uvalde.
Jeff Godbold and S. B. Dampier operated the sugar mill and farm on the Ditch. W. H. (Bill) Godbold arrived July 4, 1879, and worked for Hillard and Brousard Cattle Co., handling cattle.
W. H. (Bill) Godbold and oldest Dampier daughter, Frances, married July 22, 1880, in Uvalde. They lived at the Ditch for a short time and then moved to Leakey, living neighbors to the McLarens when the last Indian raid through the Leakey section happened. Mrs. McLaren and neighbor boy, Allen Lease, who was staying with her and her children while Mr. McLaren was away on business, were killed.
As everything in the house was ransacked and clothing ruined, with no way of getting a shroud, she was buried in Mrs. Godbold's wedding night gown.
About six weeks after this Indian raid, their first child, Ed, was born June 8, 1881. ... Soon after, they moved to the Moore Ranch (present Houston ranch) between Sabinal and Uvalde. Their next two children, Barney, October 14, 1883 and Earl, May 8, 1885, were born while they were there.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Godbold, parents of W. H. Godbold, had moved to Uvalde from Rains County in 1882. In 1885 W. H. Godbold and his father bought bees and moved back to the Ditch. ... While living there, their fourth child, Asa, Sept 6, 1892 was born. There was an 18 month drought, during which the wells went dry, and the Leona River dried up ...
W. H. Godbold bought cattle and fed them so they might survive the drought. Then he bought a place south of Uvalde on Batesville Road. They were to move soon and it started raining and resulted in the flood of 1894, in which some Uvalde people drowned.
W. H. Godbold and his father ... took a hammer and knocked the tops off the hives and let the bees fly out and settle in the trees. After the flood they had 50 out of 250 stands left, but neighbors let them have queens to rebuild their apiary.
Their next two children , Burton, Mar 4, 1897 and Eva, Dec 9, 1905 were born while living there. They lived on this place until their deaths, W. H. Godbold on June 15, 1929 and Mrs. Godbold in Feb 21, 1940.
By Barry Michie - G-Great Nephew
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