M O Goodman
by Charlene Sparks
I received 2 pictures of an old headstone in Goodloe Cemetery, Quitman, AR, that were taken previous to 1977 by Mildred Burfford, a descendent of the Moore/Goodman/Gooch line. Our 3rd great grandma is Mary Moore who died in Van Buren Co., about 1857, not too long after our ancestors traveled from Roane Co., TN to the Quitman, AR area.
We do know that we had a common ancestor Hugh A. Moore, born late 1700's in Ireland and married Mary "Polly" Tucker in White Co., TN 1819 & they moved to MS where he was killed on the MS River 1829. She then took her children back to TN about 1830, Her children:
1. Charlotta Moore b. 1818 TN m. Henry Goodman 1838 Monroe Co., TN
2. William Moore b. @1820 MS prob m. Polly Taylor in Roane Co., TN?
3. George W. Moore b. @1821 MS m. Minerva Goodman may 8, 1845 Roane Co., TN (Minerva was sister of Henry Goodman).
4. Hugh R. L. Moore b. @1829 MS m. Mary Conerd (I do not have date of marriage at hand).
George Moore & his wife, Minverva were in Quitman area 1850 but Henry Goodman's family, came later bringing Mary Moore & Hugh R. L. Moore and his wife about the middle 1850's. There had been a falling out over a loan by Henry Goodman to William Moore and as far as I know he did not come out here with the rest of them but settled in a nearby county along with some Moore Cousins.
By 1860 the sister of Henry & Minerva Goodman Moore, Nancy Goodman Crone was living near Henry Goodman and his family. They had apparently been living in Alabama and Nancy's husband was George Crone, I do not know when or where they married.
I do not know who the M. O. Goodman is who is buried at Goodloe Cemetery? Mildred said she had written "Goodloe Cemetery M. O. Goodman 1823-1899" on the back of the picture. You can see the old Goodloe Church in the back ground of the picture. I do not know if M. O. Goodman is connected to our Henry Goodman or to the other family of Daniel Goodman who was in the Quitman area? Daniel Goodman & his family was on the 1860 Census. Daniel's wife, Martha Goodman was born @1830 per 1860 Census? Daniel was born @ 1824 so I guess it may have been a brother of Daniel Goodman? I would really like to know who this M. O. Goodman was?
There is no M. O. Goodman on any list I have ever seen of the Goodloe Cemetery?