Subsequent to the death of his first wife, Seth relocated in 1870 with his son, Dr. Samuel Godwin, from Maury Co. to Obion Co., TN, where he died. He has been reported as having been interred at Godwin Cemetery at Union, Maury Co., TN (see #20350053). No marker was reported in a 1964 survey of such cemetery, but the purported interment was added to a 1987 survey, without the benefit of a marker (or dates), and it appears such addition was purely speculative in consideration of his prior residency (presumably without knowledge of his relocation) and his first wife's interment (for whom a marker does exist, as well as for his children interred there). An obituary was published in Maury County's The Herald and Mail (Columbia, TN) on July 6, 1877, nine months after his death:
Seth Godwin was born in North Carolina, Nov. 13, 1787; was born again Aug. 19, 1824, at which time he joined the Methodist Church, and lived therein a consistent Christian until his death, Sept. 27, 1876. Father Godwin was one of the links which united us to the past. He immigrated to Tennessee in 1817; married Miss Nancy M. Vestal in 1820, with whom he lived until 1870, at which time she died in peace. He married again to Mrs. Amanda Gallop, in 1873, who survives to mourn with his children his death. The name of Godwin is a synonym of Methodism, at least so far as I know, all the family being members, and most of them, officers in the Methodist Church. Father Godwin was deeply pious, and at almost every conversation contrived to say something about religion. He was not ashamed of his Master, and, though timid and shrinking, he was powerful in prayer. I hardly ever heard him pray in public, but some in the congregation were moved to tears. But he is gone. We shall miss his counsels and prayers, but loss is his eternal gain. Though he died suddenly, his consistent life and constant trust in the Saviour, leave behind the testimony that he is at rest. This removal but places a beacon-light upon the headlands of glory to urge his children, already on the way, and surviving companion, to press on to meet him. May God bless and bring them all together at last. -- J. E. Beck.
Home Guard, CSA (Maury Co.).
Sons also include Dr. Samuel Winn Godwin #137378321 and Dr. David George Godwin #148437263.
Seth Godwin was born in North Carolina, Nov. 13, 1787; was born again Aug. 19, 1824, at which time he joined the Methodist Church, and lived therein a consistent Christian until his death, Sept. 27, 1876. Father Godwin was one of the links which united us to the past. He immigrated to Tennessee in 1817; married Miss Nancy M. Vestal in 1820, with whom he lived until 1870, at which time she died in peace. He married again to Mrs. Amanda Gallop, in 1873, who survives to mourn with his children his death. The name of Godwin is a synonym of Methodism, at least so far as I know, all the family being members, and most of them, officers in the Methodist Church. Father Godwin was deeply pious, and at almost every conversation contrived to say something about religion. He was not ashamed of his Master, and, though timid and shrinking, he was powerful in prayer. I hardly ever heard him pray in public, but some in the congregation were moved to tears. But he is gone. We shall miss his counsels and prayers, but loss is his eternal gain. Though he died suddenly, his consistent life and constant trust in the Saviour, leave behind the testimony that he is at rest. This removal but places a beacon-light upon the headlands of glory to urge his children, already on the way, and surviving companion, to press on to meet him. May God bless and bring them all together at last. -- J. E. Beck.
Home Guard, CSA (Maury Co.).
Sons also include Dr. Samuel Winn Godwin #137378321 and Dr. David George Godwin #148437263.
Subsequent to the death of his first wife, Seth relocated in 1870 with his son, Dr. Samuel Godwin, from Maury Co. to Obion Co., TN, where he died. He has been reported as having been interred at Godwin Cemetery at Union, Maury Co., TN (see #20350053). No marker was reported in a 1964 survey of such cemetery, but the purported interment was added to a 1987 survey, without the benefit of a marker (or dates), and it appears such addition was purely speculative in consideration of his prior residency (presumably without knowledge of his relocation) and his first wife's interment (for whom a marker does exist, as well as for his children interred there). An obituary was published in Maury County's The Herald and Mail (Columbia, TN) on July 6, 1877, nine months after his death:
Seth Godwin was born in North Carolina, Nov. 13, 1787; was born again Aug. 19, 1824, at which time he joined the Methodist Church, and lived therein a consistent Christian until his death, Sept. 27, 1876. Father Godwin was one of the links which united us to the past. He immigrated to Tennessee in 1817; married Miss Nancy M. Vestal in 1820, with whom he lived until 1870, at which time she died in peace. He married again to Mrs. Amanda Gallop, in 1873, who survives to mourn with his children his death. The name of Godwin is a synonym of Methodism, at least so far as I know, all the family being members, and most of them, officers in the Methodist Church. Father Godwin was deeply pious, and at almost every conversation contrived to say something about religion. He was not ashamed of his Master, and, though timid and shrinking, he was powerful in prayer. I hardly ever heard him pray in public, but some in the congregation were moved to tears. But he is gone. We shall miss his counsels and prayers, but loss is his eternal gain. Though he died suddenly, his consistent life and constant trust in the Saviour, leave behind the testimony that he is at rest. This removal but places a beacon-light upon the headlands of glory to urge his children, already on the way, and surviving companion, to press on to meet him. May God bless and bring them all together at last. -- J. E. Beck.
Home Guard, CSA (Maury Co.).
Sons also include Dr. Samuel Winn Godwin #137378321 and Dr. David George Godwin #148437263.
Seth Godwin was born in North Carolina, Nov. 13, 1787; was born again Aug. 19, 1824, at which time he joined the Methodist Church, and lived therein a consistent Christian until his death, Sept. 27, 1876. Father Godwin was one of the links which united us to the past. He immigrated to Tennessee in 1817; married Miss Nancy M. Vestal in 1820, with whom he lived until 1870, at which time she died in peace. He married again to Mrs. Amanda Gallop, in 1873, who survives to mourn with his children his death. The name of Godwin is a synonym of Methodism, at least so far as I know, all the family being members, and most of them, officers in the Methodist Church. Father Godwin was deeply pious, and at almost every conversation contrived to say something about religion. He was not ashamed of his Master, and, though timid and shrinking, he was powerful in prayer. I hardly ever heard him pray in public, but some in the congregation were moved to tears. But he is gone. We shall miss his counsels and prayers, but loss is his eternal gain. Though he died suddenly, his consistent life and constant trust in the Saviour, leave behind the testimony that he is at rest. This removal but places a beacon-light upon the headlands of glory to urge his children, already on the way, and surviving companion, to press on to meet him. May God bless and bring them all together at last. -- J. E. Beck.
Home Guard, CSA (Maury Co.).
Sons also include Dr. Samuel Winn Godwin #137378321 and Dr. David George Godwin #148437263.
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