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James Axley or Ashley Goode
March 12, 1915
Sharon Ivy transcribed Obituary from:
The Goldthwaite Eagle- Mullin Enterprise, dated Saturday, April 3, 1915
ANOTHER CONFEDERATE PASSED AWAY
James A. Goode, age 88 died March 12, at his home in the Payne Gap community, in Mills County. His health has been falling for more than a year and his death was not unexpected by his family. He was a member of the Southern M.E. Church since his early days and died strong in that belief. Was also a member of the Confederate Camp at Goldthwaite. Was an honorable, upright citizen and well known all over Mills and adjoining counties, that being his home for more than thirty years. He leaves a wife and four children, Emmett and Harvey Goode of Mills County, Arthur Goode and Mrs. T. J. Burnham of San Saba county besides three sisters and a host of relatives. He was laid to rest in the Payne Gap cemetery by the side of his daughter, Mrs. T.E. Mayo, who died less than a year ago.
Note from Transcriber: He and His widow received a Confederate Penison, Applications on file at the Texas State Library-
Claimant: Goode, S. A. (Mrs)
Pension Number: 30864
Husband: James Ashley Goode
Pension Number: 05983
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Information located on file at the Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, TX
Information on Death Certificate
Book B, page 33
James A. Goode residing in Payna, Mills Co., TX
Born: June 8 (could be 18, it looks like a 12 with 8 written over it) 1831 in Mississippi
Died: Mar 12, 1915 in Mills County
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Hesiciah Goode born in Don't Know
Mother: Don't Know born in Don't know
Cause: Gangreen
Children's Birth Records for James A. Goode and Cynthia Ann Nick Goode
only one record on file and it is a Delayed birth record file in 1941
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Mills County Courthouse Birth Records
| Surname |
Name |
Father |
Mother |
Birth Date |
Book |
Page |
| Goode |
Emmett Joe |
James Axley Goode |
Cynthia Ann Nick |
July 9, 1891 |
Delayed Book 2 |
99 |
Mills County Courthouse Birth Records
Delayed Book 2 (D2), page 99 |
Name: Emmett Joe Goode
Born July 9, 1891 in Mills County, TX
Father: James Axley Goode born in Mississippi
Fathers age at time of this birth: 61
Fathers occupation: Farmer
No of children born: 7
Mother: Cynthia Ann Vick born in Lavaca County, TX
Mothers age at this birth 43
No. of children 6
" I hereby certify to the birth of this child who was born alive at ____m on the date stated above"
signature of physician signed by A.A. Goode , Rt 2, Box 61, San Angelo, TX
Affidavit A signed by A.A. Goode
Affidavit B signed by E.S. Kirby
filed for Tom Green County, on Oct 27, 1941
signed by R.J. Gerald, County Judge, Mills County, TX
Note to ponder from compiler,
James Axley Goode died at age 83 in 1915 and this delayed birth certificate states he was age 61 when Emmett was born,
that would be about 1893. This would mean that the birth date for James Axley Goode or Emmett are a couple of years off. |
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