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Descendants of James Gilford Connell

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES GILFORD² CONNELL (JOHN¹) was born 1820 in Ga., and died Abt 1900 in Shelby Co., Ala.. He married (1) MARY ANN "POLLY" GOODGAME Abt 1842 in Talladega Co., Ala., daughter of JOHN GOODGAME and SARAH RASBERRY. He married (2) SARAH ANN "SALLY" GOODGAME Abt 1864 in Shelby, Alabama, daughter of JOHN GOODGAME and SARAH RASBERRY. He married (3) MARTHA SHARELL April 07, 1868 in Shelby, Ala..

Notes for JAMES GILFORD CONNELL:
James came into Talladega County, Alabama with his parents before the 1840 census was taken. The name of his father was John Connell but the name of his mother is Sarah Unknown (?).

He was born ca. 1819-1820 in Georgia and died under mysterious circumstances. It has been said that he was an old gentleman, and wandered away from home. His hat was found floating in the White's fishing Pondbuthis body was never found.

In the same general area of Fayetteville, Talladega Co., Ala. lived the Goodgames. Before the 1830's John Goodgame andhis wife Sarah Corckett had settled in Bibb Co., with their children. In the 1840 census, John Goodgame and some of the children were in Talladega Co., and Sarah Crockett had gone to Coosa Co., to be with one of her sons. John Goodgame, Jr. had married Sarah Rasberry whilethe family was in Bibb co., She is the daughter of Thomas Madison Rasberry and Sarah Spears.

James married three times and had a total of 18 children, they lived in the Shelby County, Alabama area near Spring Creek. James and the family can be found in the 1850-1860-1870-1880 census of Shelby Co., Ala.

Children of JAMES CONNELL and MARY GOODGAME are:

	i.	SARAH JANE³ CONNELL, b. 1844, Ala.; d. 1907, Jefferson, Ala.; m. JACOB FRANKLIN VANDERSLICE, March 27, 1869, Shelby, Ala. by A. Carter.
	ii.	JOHN W. CONNELL, b. 1845, Ala..
2.	iii.	WILLIAM MACK CONNELL, b. May 29, 1847, Shelby Co., Ala.; d. November 27, 1916, Shelby Co., Ala..
3.	iv.	JAMES MARION CONNELL, b. March 1849, Shelby, Ala.; d. February 12, 1902, Jefferson, Ala..
4.	v.	THOMAS J. CONNELL, b. January 1851, Shelby, Ala.; d. November 09, 1913, Jefferson, Ala..
5.	vi.	FLOYD CONNELL, b. November 15, 1854, Shelby, Ala.; d. December 12, 1927, Shelby, Ala..
6.	vii.	DOCTOR "DOC"MARDIS CONNELL, b. May 21, 1855, Shelby, Ala.; d. August 03, 1946, Thompson Beat, Fayette Co., Ala - Buried in Jefferson Co..
	viii.	GREEN BARBER CONNELL, b. 1856, Shelby, Ala..
	ix.	DANIEL R.(ROBERT) CONNELL, b. 1858, Shelby, Ala..
	x.	ELIZA CONNELL, b. 1861, Shelby, Ala..

Children of JAMES CONNELL and SARAH GOODGAME are:

7.	xi.		HENRY CLINTON³ CONNELL, b. March 15, 1865, Shelby, Ala.; d. June 02, 1930, Birmingham, Jeff., Ala..
	xii.		JOHN W.(WILLIAM) "WILL" CONNELL, b. 1867, Shelby, Ala..

Children of JAMES CONNELL and MARTHA SHARELL are:

	xiii.	FRANKLIN "FRANK"³ CONNELL, b. April 1869, Shelby, Ala.; m. ELIZABETH.
	xiv.	MARY CONNELL, b. April 1870, Shelby, Ala..
	xv.	ALABAMA CONNELL, b. 1871, Shelby, Ala.; m. SAMUEL MORRIS, July 25, 1892, Shelby, Ala..
8.	xvi.	ELIZABETH CONNELL, b. 1873.
9.	xvii.	GEORGIA ANN CONNELL, b. January 1875, Shelby, Ala.; d. Shelby Co., Ala..
	xviii.	HARVEY CONNELL, b. 1876, Shelby, Ala.; m. NORA LITTLEFIELD.

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