Families of Isaac Thomas Goodnight, III and Clara Marie Orr:Information about Jacob Goodnight
Jacob Goodnight (b. April 17, 1832, d. October 26, 1898)
Notes for Jacob Goodnight:
Source: Robert Adams
Jacob Goodnight, wife Margaret Ann Curry, and small family moved from near Frankfort, Kentucky to Tarrant County,Texas at the close of the War Between the States. Died in Rio Vista, Texas about thirty years later. At least one son William Goodnight, grew up tending cattle from Texas to Montana and was working with the Amarillo Police Force when he sickened and died about 1931.
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Source: Carl J. Grim
From Dianne Thurman GedCom:
Possibly went to Illinois first, then on to Texas later.
In notes from Robert ADAMS of Austin, Texas, he stated that the Jacob Goodnight family from Frankfort, KY went around 1867 to the Ft. Worth area of Texas. There were ten children born to Jacob Goodnight and Margaret Ann Curry, the fifth child was the grandfather of Robert Adams. He was William Mitchell Goodnight.
NOTE: I have e-mailed Dianne Thurman to inquire about this. Frankfort KY is in Shelby County, and I have not seen Goodnights of this line there. The same GedCom file lists all Jacob & Margaret Ann's children born in Kentucky in Warren County, except William Mitchell, who is listed as born in Frankfort County. This seems unlikely to me. Also, no single source lists the same children in the same way. What appears here is a compilation of all sources, and as accurate as I can make it based upon what appears to be solid data.\
Marriage Notes for JACOB GOODNIGHT and MARGARET CURRY:
Crittendon and Robert are children from Dianne Stark Thurman's list, as well as James A. and Isaac N. The other children were listed on the 1880 Census.
More About Jacob Goodnight and Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Curry:
Marriage: August 15, 1854, Warren Co., Kentucky.396, 397
Children of Jacob Goodnight and Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Curry are:
- +Nancy Ellen Goodnight, b. July 19, 1855, Warren County, Ky., d. date unknown.
- +James Allen Goodnight, b. January 29, 1857, Warren County, Ky., d. May 31, 1930, Warren County, Ky..
- Isaac Napolean Goodnight, b. September 17, 1859, Warren County, Ky., d. October 27, 1862, Warren County, Ky..
- John Curtis Goodnight, b. June 02, 1861, Warren County, Ky., d. December 18, 1931, Warren County, Ky..
- +William Mitchell Goodnight, b. Abt. 1864, Frankfort, Kentucky, d. 1931, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
- A. Walter Goodnight, b. Abt. 1869, Texas, d. date unknown.
- Julian Goodnight, b. Abt. 1872, Texas, d. date unknown.
- +Mary M. "Maggie" Goodnight, b. May 16, 1876, Texas, d. date unknown.
- Crittendon Goodnight, b. date unknown, d. date unknown.
- Robert Goodnight, b. date unknown, d. date unknown.