Daughter of Samuel Burton Dampier & Martha Hodges
Married: William Henry "Bill" Godbold 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
Frances and brother Milton Oliver were at home in Florida with their mother during the civil war. Their father, Samuel Burton Dampier, had been away a little over two years, served in many engagements with his Florida regiment, captured in a skirmish after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864) and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he sat out the remaining months of the war. He had to make his way home on his own. Arriving home he knocked on the door. Four year old Frances opened it. She ran shrieking in terror to the back of the house not recognizing the gaunt, ragged unkempt "bummer" standing there as her father.
After the civil war she accompanied her family to Texas who after a few years settled near Uvalde. Her father operated a sugar mill with Thomas Jefferson Godbold, her future husband's brother. This is undoubtedly how she met Bill.
After marriage in 1880 she lived with Bill outside Leakey where a neighbor's wife and another neighbor's boy were killed about May of 1881 in one of the last Indian raids in the area. Frances provided her wedding night gown as a shroud for the burial of the unfortunate woman. Her brother, Milton Oliver Dampier, joined the Texas Rangers about this time for what is known as The Victorio Campaign, perhaps motivated by his sister's near brush with death.
She and Bill partnered with her father-in-law, Thomas Evans Godbold, in bee keeping and also raising cattle. In later life she cared for her father-in-law administering to his last needs for which she received special praise in his obituary.
Also, see long bio under husband, William Henry Godbold.
By Barry Michie - G-G Nephew
Married: William Henry "Bill" Godbold 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
Frances and brother Milton Oliver were at home in Florida with their mother during the civil war. Their father, Samuel Burton Dampier, had been away a little over two years, served in many engagements with his Florida regiment, captured in a skirmish after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864) and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he sat out the remaining months of the war. He had to make his way home on his own. Arriving home he knocked on the door. Four year old Frances opened it. She ran shrieking in terror to the back of the house not recognizing the gaunt, ragged unkempt "bummer" standing there as her father.
After the civil war she accompanied her family to Texas who after a few years settled near Uvalde. Her father operated a sugar mill with Thomas Jefferson Godbold, her future husband's brother. This is undoubtedly how she met Bill.
After marriage in 1880 she lived with Bill outside Leakey where a neighbor's wife and another neighbor's boy were killed about May of 1881 in one of the last Indian raids in the area. Frances provided her wedding night gown as a shroud for the burial of the unfortunate woman. Her brother, Milton Oliver Dampier, joined the Texas Rangers about this time for what is known as The Victorio Campaign, perhaps motivated by his sister's near brush with death.
She and Bill partnered with her father-in-law, Thomas Evans Godbold, in bee keeping and also raising cattle. In later life she cared for her father-in-law administering to his last needs for which she received special praise in his obituary.
Also, see long bio under husband, William Henry Godbold.
By Barry Michie - G-G Nephew
Daughter of Samuel Burton Dampier & Martha Hodges
Married: William Henry "Bill" Godbold 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
Frances and brother Milton Oliver were at home in Florida with their mother during the civil war. Their father, Samuel Burton Dampier, had been away a little over two years, served in many engagements with his Florida regiment, captured in a skirmish after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864) and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he sat out the remaining months of the war. He had to make his way home on his own. Arriving home he knocked on the door. Four year old Frances opened it. She ran shrieking in terror to the back of the house not recognizing the gaunt, ragged unkempt "bummer" standing there as her father.
After the civil war she accompanied her family to Texas who after a few years settled near Uvalde. Her father operated a sugar mill with Thomas Jefferson Godbold, her future husband's brother. This is undoubtedly how she met Bill.
After marriage in 1880 she lived with Bill outside Leakey where a neighbor's wife and another neighbor's boy were killed about May of 1881 in one of the last Indian raids in the area. Frances provided her wedding night gown as a shroud for the burial of the unfortunate woman. Her brother, Milton Oliver Dampier, joined the Texas Rangers about this time for what is known as The Victorio Campaign, perhaps motivated by his sister's near brush with death.
She and Bill partnered with her father-in-law, Thomas Evans Godbold, in bee keeping and also raising cattle. In later life she cared for her father-in-law administering to his last needs for which she received special praise in his obituary.
Also, see long bio under husband, William Henry Godbold.
By Barry Michie - G-G Nephew
Married: William Henry "Bill" Godbold 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
Frances and brother Milton Oliver were at home in Florida with their mother during the civil war. Their father, Samuel Burton Dampier, had been away a little over two years, served in many engagements with his Florida regiment, captured in a skirmish after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864) and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he sat out the remaining months of the war. He had to make his way home on his own. Arriving home he knocked on the door. Four year old Frances opened it. She ran shrieking in terror to the back of the house not recognizing the gaunt, ragged unkempt "bummer" standing there as her father.
After the civil war she accompanied her family to Texas who after a few years settled near Uvalde. Her father operated a sugar mill with Thomas Jefferson Godbold, her future husband's brother. This is undoubtedly how she met Bill.
After marriage in 1880 she lived with Bill outside Leakey where a neighbor's wife and another neighbor's boy were killed about May of 1881 in one of the last Indian raids in the area. Frances provided her wedding night gown as a shroud for the burial of the unfortunate woman. Her brother, Milton Oliver Dampier, joined the Texas Rangers about this time for what is known as The Victorio Campaign, perhaps motivated by his sister's near brush with death.
She and Bill partnered with her father-in-law, Thomas Evans Godbold, in bee keeping and also raising cattle. In later life she cared for her father-in-law administering to his last needs for which she received special praise in his obituary.
Also, see long bio under husband, William Henry Godbold.
By Barry Michie - G-G Nephew
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