Methodist Minister.
Married August 2, 1877 in Casey, Kentucky.
Children are-
John Wesley Godbey
Ida Godbey
Lee Godbey (1883-1969)
Fitch Godbey
Children with Anna Frances Leachman are-
William Vaughn Godbey- (1897-1971)
Emma Dawson Godbey- (1899-?)
Rev. Godbey was converted several years after his marriage. The time of his conversion we have been unable to get. He entered the ministry shortly after his conversion, and joined the Kentucky Conference at Versailles, in 1885, his first appointment being the Moreland Circuit, where he stayed four years. Here he held some great revivals, and large numbers were converted, and the churches were greatly strengthened with additions and spiritual life, and the charge was divided into two circuits in consequence of it. His next work was Clay Village or Christiansburg Circuit, where he stayed only one year on account of his wife's health, and at his own request, was moved. His next appointment was Perryville. He stayed there four years, and while there his wife died, and he was married to Miss Anna F. Leachman, November 14, 1895. He was next sent from Perryville to Chaplin Circuit, where he "fell on sleep" in the second year of his ministry, on November 28, 1899, in that quiet, still hour of the night, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. His funeral was preached at 3 p.m. the same day by the writer in his church at Chaplin. He was followed the next day by a large procession of his parishioners from the circuit to Perryville, where they mingled their tears with those of his old parish, as they placed the body to rest by the side of his first wife, to await the call, "arise ye dead and come to judgment." When I looked upon the lifeless form of my beloved comrade and fellow-laborer in the gospel, the thought entered into my mind, "He is where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are forever at rest:" and when Bro. C.H. Neal told me of the last prayer-meeting--on Wednesday night before-- how Bro. Godbey shouted the praises of God, and how a few hours before he passed away, he said, with a happy laugh: "It's all right Brother, I am ready." Then the words came to my mind, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like His." He was blessedly sanctified at Wilmore camp-meeting in the summer of 1895, and lived a happy, cheerful life. "In labors he was abundant." He knew how to persuade sinners with pathos. He spoke from the heart, and with that fervancy of zeal so necessary to reach men. He was very agreeable in private conversation, ever willing to communicate to others. There was nothing gloomy about him, but he was singularly cheerful and charitable in disposition. He was also wonderfully endued with modesty. There was no rudeness about him on the one hand, and no guile on the other. How amiable a character is this, and how desirable! Was this not the spirit of our friend and brother? Why should it not be ours? What the foundation of his integrity and sincerity? Not excellence of natural temper, not the force of education, but faith in God and a "lively hope" of an "inheritance incorruptible," etc. Truly, "he being dead, yet speaketh." Hear him to family, congregation, and all, "Be ye followers of me, as I am also of Christ."
He leaves five orphans by his first wife, and a faithful and devoted wife with two small children to mourn the loss of a loving husband, a kind father. The people of his charge at Chaplin gave him every needed attention, and paid all proper respect to his memory after his death. The families of Hudson, Eklar, and Godbey can testify that no better place can be found for a preacher and family to set sail for the palace of the King.
[W.S. Grinstead.]
Married August 2, 1877 in Casey, Kentucky.
Children are-
John Wesley Godbey
Ida Godbey
Lee Godbey (1883-1969)
Fitch Godbey
Children with Anna Frances Leachman are-
William Vaughn Godbey- (1897-1971)
Emma Dawson Godbey- (1899-?)
Rev. Godbey was converted several years after his marriage. The time of his conversion we have been unable to get. He entered the ministry shortly after his conversion, and joined the Kentucky Conference at Versailles, in 1885, his first appointment being the Moreland Circuit, where he stayed four years. Here he held some great revivals, and large numbers were converted, and the churches were greatly strengthened with additions and spiritual life, and the charge was divided into two circuits in consequence of it. His next work was Clay Village or Christiansburg Circuit, where he stayed only one year on account of his wife's health, and at his own request, was moved. His next appointment was Perryville. He stayed there four years, and while there his wife died, and he was married to Miss Anna F. Leachman, November 14, 1895. He was next sent from Perryville to Chaplin Circuit, where he "fell on sleep" in the second year of his ministry, on November 28, 1899, in that quiet, still hour of the night, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. His funeral was preached at 3 p.m. the same day by the writer in his church at Chaplin. He was followed the next day by a large procession of his parishioners from the circuit to Perryville, where they mingled their tears with those of his old parish, as they placed the body to rest by the side of his first wife, to await the call, "arise ye dead and come to judgment." When I looked upon the lifeless form of my beloved comrade and fellow-laborer in the gospel, the thought entered into my mind, "He is where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are forever at rest:" and when Bro. C.H. Neal told me of the last prayer-meeting--on Wednesday night before-- how Bro. Godbey shouted the praises of God, and how a few hours before he passed away, he said, with a happy laugh: "It's all right Brother, I am ready." Then the words came to my mind, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like His." He was blessedly sanctified at Wilmore camp-meeting in the summer of 1895, and lived a happy, cheerful life. "In labors he was abundant." He knew how to persuade sinners with pathos. He spoke from the heart, and with that fervancy of zeal so necessary to reach men. He was very agreeable in private conversation, ever willing to communicate to others. There was nothing gloomy about him, but he was singularly cheerful and charitable in disposition. He was also wonderfully endued with modesty. There was no rudeness about him on the one hand, and no guile on the other. How amiable a character is this, and how desirable! Was this not the spirit of our friend and brother? Why should it not be ours? What the foundation of his integrity and sincerity? Not excellence of natural temper, not the force of education, but faith in God and a "lively hope" of an "inheritance incorruptible," etc. Truly, "he being dead, yet speaketh." Hear him to family, congregation, and all, "Be ye followers of me, as I am also of Christ."
He leaves five orphans by his first wife, and a faithful and devoted wife with two small children to mourn the loss of a loving husband, a kind father. The people of his charge at Chaplin gave him every needed attention, and paid all proper respect to his memory after his death. The families of Hudson, Eklar, and Godbey can testify that no better place can be found for a preacher and family to set sail for the palace of the King.
[W.S. Grinstead.]
Methodist Minister.
Married August 2, 1877 in Casey, Kentucky.
Children are-
John Wesley Godbey
Ida Godbey
Lee Godbey (1883-1969)
Fitch Godbey
Children with Anna Frances Leachman are-
William Vaughn Godbey- (1897-1971)
Emma Dawson Godbey- (1899-?)
Rev. Godbey was converted several years after his marriage. The time of his conversion we have been unable to get. He entered the ministry shortly after his conversion, and joined the Kentucky Conference at Versailles, in 1885, his first appointment being the Moreland Circuit, where he stayed four years. Here he held some great revivals, and large numbers were converted, and the churches were greatly strengthened with additions and spiritual life, and the charge was divided into two circuits in consequence of it. His next work was Clay Village or Christiansburg Circuit, where he stayed only one year on account of his wife's health, and at his own request, was moved. His next appointment was Perryville. He stayed there four years, and while there his wife died, and he was married to Miss Anna F. Leachman, November 14, 1895. He was next sent from Perryville to Chaplin Circuit, where he "fell on sleep" in the second year of his ministry, on November 28, 1899, in that quiet, still hour of the night, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. His funeral was preached at 3 p.m. the same day by the writer in his church at Chaplin. He was followed the next day by a large procession of his parishioners from the circuit to Perryville, where they mingled their tears with those of his old parish, as they placed the body to rest by the side of his first wife, to await the call, "arise ye dead and come to judgment." When I looked upon the lifeless form of my beloved comrade and fellow-laborer in the gospel, the thought entered into my mind, "He is where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are forever at rest:" and when Bro. C.H. Neal told me of the last prayer-meeting--on Wednesday night before-- how Bro. Godbey shouted the praises of God, and how a few hours before he passed away, he said, with a happy laugh: "It's all right Brother, I am ready." Then the words came to my mind, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like His." He was blessedly sanctified at Wilmore camp-meeting in the summer of 1895, and lived a happy, cheerful life. "In labors he was abundant." He knew how to persuade sinners with pathos. He spoke from the heart, and with that fervancy of zeal so necessary to reach men. He was very agreeable in private conversation, ever willing to communicate to others. There was nothing gloomy about him, but he was singularly cheerful and charitable in disposition. He was also wonderfully endued with modesty. There was no rudeness about him on the one hand, and no guile on the other. How amiable a character is this, and how desirable! Was this not the spirit of our friend and brother? Why should it not be ours? What the foundation of his integrity and sincerity? Not excellence of natural temper, not the force of education, but faith in God and a "lively hope" of an "inheritance incorruptible," etc. Truly, "he being dead, yet speaketh." Hear him to family, congregation, and all, "Be ye followers of me, as I am also of Christ."
He leaves five orphans by his first wife, and a faithful and devoted wife with two small children to mourn the loss of a loving husband, a kind father. The people of his charge at Chaplin gave him every needed attention, and paid all proper respect to his memory after his death. The families of Hudson, Eklar, and Godbey can testify that no better place can be found for a preacher and family to set sail for the palace of the King.
[W.S. Grinstead.]
Married August 2, 1877 in Casey, Kentucky.
Children are-
John Wesley Godbey
Ida Godbey
Lee Godbey (1883-1969)
Fitch Godbey
Children with Anna Frances Leachman are-
William Vaughn Godbey- (1897-1971)
Emma Dawson Godbey- (1899-?)
Rev. Godbey was converted several years after his marriage. The time of his conversion we have been unable to get. He entered the ministry shortly after his conversion, and joined the Kentucky Conference at Versailles, in 1885, his first appointment being the Moreland Circuit, where he stayed four years. Here he held some great revivals, and large numbers were converted, and the churches were greatly strengthened with additions and spiritual life, and the charge was divided into two circuits in consequence of it. His next work was Clay Village or Christiansburg Circuit, where he stayed only one year on account of his wife's health, and at his own request, was moved. His next appointment was Perryville. He stayed there four years, and while there his wife died, and he was married to Miss Anna F. Leachman, November 14, 1895. He was next sent from Perryville to Chaplin Circuit, where he "fell on sleep" in the second year of his ministry, on November 28, 1899, in that quiet, still hour of the night, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. His funeral was preached at 3 p.m. the same day by the writer in his church at Chaplin. He was followed the next day by a large procession of his parishioners from the circuit to Perryville, where they mingled their tears with those of his old parish, as they placed the body to rest by the side of his first wife, to await the call, "arise ye dead and come to judgment." When I looked upon the lifeless form of my beloved comrade and fellow-laborer in the gospel, the thought entered into my mind, "He is where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are forever at rest:" and when Bro. C.H. Neal told me of the last prayer-meeting--on Wednesday night before-- how Bro. Godbey shouted the praises of God, and how a few hours before he passed away, he said, with a happy laugh: "It's all right Brother, I am ready." Then the words came to my mind, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like His." He was blessedly sanctified at Wilmore camp-meeting in the summer of 1895, and lived a happy, cheerful life. "In labors he was abundant." He knew how to persuade sinners with pathos. He spoke from the heart, and with that fervancy of zeal so necessary to reach men. He was very agreeable in private conversation, ever willing to communicate to others. There was nothing gloomy about him, but he was singularly cheerful and charitable in disposition. He was also wonderfully endued with modesty. There was no rudeness about him on the one hand, and no guile on the other. How amiable a character is this, and how desirable! Was this not the spirit of our friend and brother? Why should it not be ours? What the foundation of his integrity and sincerity? Not excellence of natural temper, not the force of education, but faith in God and a "lively hope" of an "inheritance incorruptible," etc. Truly, "he being dead, yet speaketh." Hear him to family, congregation, and all, "Be ye followers of me, as I am also of Christ."
He leaves five orphans by his first wife, and a faithful and devoted wife with two small children to mourn the loss of a loving husband, a kind father. The people of his charge at Chaplin gave him every needed attention, and paid all proper respect to his memory after his death. The families of Hudson, Eklar, and Godbey can testify that no better place can be found for a preacher and family to set sail for the palace of the King.
[W.S. Grinstead.]
Family Members
Siblings
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Nimrod Godbey
1836–1885
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Rev William Randolph Godbey
1837–1916
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James Darby Godbey
1839–1924
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Rev John Godbey
1841–1935
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Jeremiah Godbey
1843–1936
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Rev Alexander A. Godbey
1843–1913
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Hartwell Perry "Dock" Godbey
1844–1940
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Susannah Godbey Wesley
1846–1932
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Rev Josiah Godbey
1848–1924
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Joseph "Jolter" Godbey
1851–1930
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Sarah Godbey Wesley
1852–1938
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Ibby Haynes Godbey Wesley
1854–1934
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Logan Godbey
1858–1859
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