His parents were Thomas Goodrum and Carolina Elizabeth Powell. Left his boyhood home in Blairsville, Ga. in 1861 for Savanah where he worked for one year before being commissioned Captain in the Quartermaster Department at this post. "The main duty of this office was to furnish transpostation to a large number of convalescent soldiers to the front, Newnan having had at the time two hospitals for sick and wounded men of the army."
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Coweta County for many years. "This board was the first to inaugurate road improvement and contruction work in Coweta. For twenty years he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education on Newnan, Georgia." He married Mary Ellen Simril in 1865.
His poem is listed on page 530 of the Coweta Co. Chronicles. He is also on page 326 (TM Goodrum picture) & page 328, & 698. On page 260 it mentions that JJ Goodrum of the Library Association opened a new Library on Feb. 16, 1884.
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James J Goodwin
United States Census, 1870
Name James J Goodwin
Event Type Census
Event Year 1870
Event Place Georgia, United States
Gender Male
Age 32
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1837-1838
Birthplace Georgia
Page Number 7
Household
James J Goodwin M 32 Georgia
Mary E Goodwin F 23 South Carolina
Carrie Goodwin F 4 Georgia
Baley Goodwin M 1 Georgia [actually says "baby" instead of Baley when you look at the census and not the transcription]
Ellen Simrel F 62 South Carolina
* * * *
about his family:
"Descended from John Lewis of Hanover County, Virigina, one of the four Lewis brothers who emigrated from Wales in the 17th Century. Two of these brothers, John and General Robert Lewis, settled in Virginia." Descended from the Rowlands and Taliaferros of Carolina and Virginia. This is from the book "Coweta Co. Chronicles".
His grandfather was Ransom Powell.
*****
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 79
page 37
Mrs. Caroline Goodrum Mccrory.
DAR ID Number: 78091
Born in Newman, Ga. Wife of Isaac C. McCrory.
Descendant of Thomas Rowland.
Daughter of James Jefferson Goodrum (b. 1839) and Mary Ellen Simeril
(b. 1847), his wife, m. 1865.
Granddaughter of Thomas Goodrum (1800-88) and Caroline Powell (1820-99),
his wife, m. 1836.
Gr-granddaughter of Ransom Powell and Miriam Rowland (1780-1845),
his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Thomas Rowland and Mildred McCoy Lewis (1759-1847),
his wife, m. 1777.
Thomas Rowland (1750-1836) served as private, and when taken prisoner by the
Tories escaped hanging through the friendship of a Tory captain. He was born
in Hanover County, Va., and he and his wife are buried on their homestead in
Greenville, S. C.
Also Nos. 31219, 66421.
* * * *
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Coweta County for many years. "This board was the first to inaugurate road improvement and contruction work in Coweta. For twenty years he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education on Newnan, Georgia." He married Mary Ellen Simril in 1865.
His poem is listed on page 530 of the Coweta Co. Chronicles. He is also on page 326 (TM Goodrum picture) & page 328, & 698. On page 260 it mentions that JJ Goodrum of the Library Association opened a new Library on Feb. 16, 1884.
* * * *
James J Goodwin
United States Census, 1870
Name James J Goodwin
Event Type Census
Event Year 1870
Event Place Georgia, United States
Gender Male
Age 32
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1837-1838
Birthplace Georgia
Page Number 7
Household
James J Goodwin M 32 Georgia
Mary E Goodwin F 23 South Carolina
Carrie Goodwin F 4 Georgia
Baley Goodwin M 1 Georgia [actually says "baby" instead of Baley when you look at the census and not the transcription]
Ellen Simrel F 62 South Carolina
* * * *
about his family:
"Descended from John Lewis of Hanover County, Virigina, one of the four Lewis brothers who emigrated from Wales in the 17th Century. Two of these brothers, John and General Robert Lewis, settled in Virginia." Descended from the Rowlands and Taliaferros of Carolina and Virginia. This is from the book "Coweta Co. Chronicles".
His grandfather was Ransom Powell.
*****
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 79
page 37
Mrs. Caroline Goodrum Mccrory.
DAR ID Number: 78091
Born in Newman, Ga. Wife of Isaac C. McCrory.
Descendant of Thomas Rowland.
Daughter of James Jefferson Goodrum (b. 1839) and Mary Ellen Simeril
(b. 1847), his wife, m. 1865.
Granddaughter of Thomas Goodrum (1800-88) and Caroline Powell (1820-99),
his wife, m. 1836.
Gr-granddaughter of Ransom Powell and Miriam Rowland (1780-1845),
his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Thomas Rowland and Mildred McCoy Lewis (1759-1847),
his wife, m. 1777.
Thomas Rowland (1750-1836) served as private, and when taken prisoner by the
Tories escaped hanging through the friendship of a Tory captain. He was born
in Hanover County, Va., and he and his wife are buried on their homestead in
Greenville, S. C.
Also Nos. 31219, 66421.
* * * *
His parents were Thomas Goodrum and Carolina Elizabeth Powell. Left his boyhood home in Blairsville, Ga. in 1861 for Savanah where he worked for one year before being commissioned Captain in the Quartermaster Department at this post. "The main duty of this office was to furnish transpostation to a large number of convalescent soldiers to the front, Newnan having had at the time two hospitals for sick and wounded men of the army."
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Coweta County for many years. "This board was the first to inaugurate road improvement and contruction work in Coweta. For twenty years he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education on Newnan, Georgia." He married Mary Ellen Simril in 1865.
His poem is listed on page 530 of the Coweta Co. Chronicles. He is also on page 326 (TM Goodrum picture) & page 328, & 698. On page 260 it mentions that JJ Goodrum of the Library Association opened a new Library on Feb. 16, 1884.
* * * *
James J Goodwin
United States Census, 1870
Name James J Goodwin
Event Type Census
Event Year 1870
Event Place Georgia, United States
Gender Male
Age 32
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1837-1838
Birthplace Georgia
Page Number 7
Household
James J Goodwin M 32 Georgia
Mary E Goodwin F 23 South Carolina
Carrie Goodwin F 4 Georgia
Baley Goodwin M 1 Georgia [actually says "baby" instead of Baley when you look at the census and not the transcription]
Ellen Simrel F 62 South Carolina
* * * *
about his family:
"Descended from John Lewis of Hanover County, Virigina, one of the four Lewis brothers who emigrated from Wales in the 17th Century. Two of these brothers, John and General Robert Lewis, settled in Virginia." Descended from the Rowlands and Taliaferros of Carolina and Virginia. This is from the book "Coweta Co. Chronicles".
His grandfather was Ransom Powell.
*****
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 79
page 37
Mrs. Caroline Goodrum Mccrory.
DAR ID Number: 78091
Born in Newman, Ga. Wife of Isaac C. McCrory.
Descendant of Thomas Rowland.
Daughter of James Jefferson Goodrum (b. 1839) and Mary Ellen Simeril
(b. 1847), his wife, m. 1865.
Granddaughter of Thomas Goodrum (1800-88) and Caroline Powell (1820-99),
his wife, m. 1836.
Gr-granddaughter of Ransom Powell and Miriam Rowland (1780-1845),
his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Thomas Rowland and Mildred McCoy Lewis (1759-1847),
his wife, m. 1777.
Thomas Rowland (1750-1836) served as private, and when taken prisoner by the
Tories escaped hanging through the friendship of a Tory captain. He was born
in Hanover County, Va., and he and his wife are buried on their homestead in
Greenville, S. C.
Also Nos. 31219, 66421.
* * * *
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Coweta County for many years. "This board was the first to inaugurate road improvement and contruction work in Coweta. For twenty years he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education on Newnan, Georgia." He married Mary Ellen Simril in 1865.
His poem is listed on page 530 of the Coweta Co. Chronicles. He is also on page 326 (TM Goodrum picture) & page 328, & 698. On page 260 it mentions that JJ Goodrum of the Library Association opened a new Library on Feb. 16, 1884.
* * * *
James J Goodwin
United States Census, 1870
Name James J Goodwin
Event Type Census
Event Year 1870
Event Place Georgia, United States
Gender Male
Age 32
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1837-1838
Birthplace Georgia
Page Number 7
Household
James J Goodwin M 32 Georgia
Mary E Goodwin F 23 South Carolina
Carrie Goodwin F 4 Georgia
Baley Goodwin M 1 Georgia [actually says "baby" instead of Baley when you look at the census and not the transcription]
Ellen Simrel F 62 South Carolina
* * * *
about his family:
"Descended from John Lewis of Hanover County, Virigina, one of the four Lewis brothers who emigrated from Wales in the 17th Century. Two of these brothers, John and General Robert Lewis, settled in Virginia." Descended from the Rowlands and Taliaferros of Carolina and Virginia. This is from the book "Coweta Co. Chronicles".
His grandfather was Ransom Powell.
*****
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 79
page 37
Mrs. Caroline Goodrum Mccrory.
DAR ID Number: 78091
Born in Newman, Ga. Wife of Isaac C. McCrory.
Descendant of Thomas Rowland.
Daughter of James Jefferson Goodrum (b. 1839) and Mary Ellen Simeril
(b. 1847), his wife, m. 1865.
Granddaughter of Thomas Goodrum (1800-88) and Caroline Powell (1820-99),
his wife, m. 1836.
Gr-granddaughter of Ransom Powell and Miriam Rowland (1780-1845),
his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Thomas Rowland and Mildred McCoy Lewis (1759-1847),
his wife, m. 1777.
Thomas Rowland (1750-1836) served as private, and when taken prisoner by the
Tories escaped hanging through the friendship of a Tory captain. He was born
in Hanover County, Va., and he and his wife are buried on their homestead in
Greenville, S. C.
Also Nos. 31219, 66421.
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