1st wife: Lucinda Bennett
2nd wife: Lillian Crenshaw

Vernon Goldsmith, formerly a farmer in Green County, died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday at his home, 5507 May Court. He was 81.

Surviving are his wife, Lillian; three sons, Charles Goldsmith, Indianapolis and Alden and Eugene Goldsmith; three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Cox, Mrs. Flossie Cox, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Clara Wilkerson, Elizabethtown; a brother, Harvey Goldsmith, Upton, Ky.; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Nunnelley Funeral Home, 4327 Taylor Boulevard, with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park.

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday, September 2, 1959, Page 11, column 2

Home in 1880: Green, Kentucky
Jessa Goldsmith 32
Martha E. Goldsmith 27
Oliver Goldsmith 5
Vernon Goldsmith 1

Home in 1900: Louisville Ward 10, Jefferson, Kentucky
Veron Goldsmith 21 [Aug 1878; incorrectly transcribed as Vance, corrected to Veron]
Lucinda Goldsmith 20 [Oct 1879]
Bessie Goldsmith 3 [May 1897]
Lawrence Goldsmith 1 [Feb 1899]

Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993
Name: Vernon Goldsmith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1878
Birth Place: Hart Co., KY., USA
Marriage Date: 16 Jun 1909
Marriage Place: Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana
Marriage Age: 31
Father: James Goldsmith
Mother: Jennie Parks
Spouse: Lillian Crenshaw
FHL Film Number: 1415877
Reference ID: Item 11 Vol 7 Re 592

Home in 1910: Priceville, Hart, Kentucky
Viron Galdsmith 32
Lillion Galdsmith 20 [0 children]
Bessie P Galdsmith 13
Florie Galdsmith 8
Clara Galdsmith 5
Carra Galdsmith 1

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Vernon Goldsmith
County: Hart
State: Kentucky
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1878

Home in 1920: Cub Run, Hart, Kentucky
Vernon Goldsmith 42
Lillian Goldsmith 30
Carlie Goldsmith 11
Aldon Goldsmith 9
Benita Goldsmith 4
Charles Goldsmith 1/12

Home in 1930: Rowletts, Hart, Kentucky
Vernon Goldsmith 51
Lillian Goldsmith 46
Aldon Goldsmith 19
Beneda Goldsmith 15
Charles Goldsmith 10

Home in 1940: Jefferson, Kentucky
Residence in 1935: Rural, Hart, Kentucky
Vernon Goldsmith 62
Lillian Goldsmith 50
Charles Goldsmith 18
Eugeine Goldsmith 9

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Vernnon Goldsmith
Age: 64
Race: White
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1878
Birth Place: Green, Kentucky, USA
Residence Year: 1942
Residence: Harrison, Indiana, USA

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Vernon Goldsmith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1878
Birth Place: Hart, Kentucky
Father: Jesse Goldsmith
Mother: Martha Parker
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Aug 1942: Name listed as VERNON GOLDSMITH

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1963
Name: Vernon Goldsmith
Gender: Male
Age: 81
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1878
Birth Place: Kentucky
Death Date: 1 Sep 1959
Death Place: Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
Father: Jesse Goldsmith
Mother: Parker
Burial location: Resthaven, Louisville Ky.