Person:John Goddard (34)

JOHN ANDREW GODDARD (1840-1910/20) m. MARY ANN BENNETT (1840-1880/86)

Lived on Backus Mountain, Fayette County, WV.

1850 Census, Fayette County, 14th District, 21st August 1850 John Godard 44, Owns $1000 real estate S.A. Godard 35 Wm Godard 14 Saml Godard 12 Elizabeth Godard 10 JOHN Godard 9 Sarah A. Godard 7 Jane Godard 5 Nancy Godard 3 Frances Godard 2 Jacob Godard 3/12

1860 Census, Fayette County, District #4, Rocky Hill P.O., 11 August 1860 John Goddard 50, Owns $1000 Real, $500 Personal, Farmer b. Va., Can not read or write Loena 46 JOHN 17, Farm Labour Sarah A. 16 Nancy 14 Jane 15 Francis 12 Jacob 8

In the 1880 Census, Sewell Mountain, Fayette County, District 29, p. 39, John A. Goddard is a 40 year old farmer who lives with his wife Ann and their children George, Sam L., Mary E., and John A. as well as their house servant Francis Remy and her 3 year old son Marion.

Mary Ann Bennett Goddard must have died between 1880 and 1886. Per the Fayette County Courthouse Register of Marriages for the year 1886: John A. Goddard, age 44, widowed, Farmer, son of J and L, married Roda E. Holden, single, age 34 on Feb. 11, 1886. Both listed their birthplaces as Greenbrier Va., and their residence as Fayette. Her parents are not listed, but her mother lived with them as shown on the 1900 Census. Her name was Nancy Holdren, age 80 in 1900. John and Rhoda are shown on the 1900 and 1910 Census together with their children, Walter E., Norborn D. (female), Joseph E., and Noah C.

In the 1910 census, John Andrew Goddard is aged 69 and Rhoda his wife is aged 58. In 1910, John and Rhoda have 2 teenage sons, Joseph E. (16) and Noah C. (13). This also shows that John A. Goddard's father was born in Ohio.

Note: Scratch the following info: Was he in the Civil War? There is a John A Goddard listed as buried in Dayton, OH. Died 11 May 1900.

Name: John A Goddard Death Date: 11 May 1900 Veteran Service Start Date: 2 May 1864 Veteran Service End Date: 31 Aug 1864 Rank: PVT INFANTRY Last known address: VA Medical Center 4100 West Third Street Dayton , OH 45428 Interment Date: 11 May 1900 Cemetery: Dayton National Cemetery Buried At: Section M Row 2 Site 15 Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/dayton.htm

1. ↑ Shuck, Larry G. Fayette Co. (W) Virginia Marriages 1832-1853 and 1865-1903.