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- NAME: Thomas W Goodson AGE IN 1860: 12 BIRTH YEAR: abt 1848 BIRTHPLACE: Indiana HOME IN 1860: Ohio, Crawford, Indiana GENDER: Male POST OFFICE: Fredonia HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAME AGE George Goodson 61 Jane Goodson 56 Clara Goodson 19 Catharine Goodson 15 Edward Goodson 13 Thomas W Goodson 12 Nancy Goodson 10 Mary E Goldman 2
NAME: Thomas W Goodson RESIDENCE: Indiana ENLISTMENT DATE: 17 Feb 1864 RANK AT ENLISTMENT: Private STATE SERVED: Indiana SURVIVED THE WAR?: Yes SERVICE RECORD: Enlisted in Company K, Indiana 38th Infantry Regiment on 17 Feb 1864.Mustered out on 15 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY. SOURCES: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Name: Jane Sturgeon Spouse Name: Thomas Goodson Marriage Date: 20 Sep 1866 Marriage County: Crawford
NAME: Thomas Goodson AGE IN 1870: 21 BIRTH YEAR: abt 1849 BIRTHPLACE: Indiana HOME IN 1870: Jennings, Crawford, Indiana RACE: White GENDER: Male POST OFFICE: Leavenworth HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAME AGE James Goodson 53 Margaret Goodson 55 Thomas Goodson 21 Margaret E Goodson 19 Celesta Goodson 16 Celecta Goodson 11
1880 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas W. Goodson Home in 1880: Ohio, Crawford, Indiana Age: 32 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: George Father's birthplace: Kentucky Mother's birthplace: Kentucky Occupation: Works On Farm Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male George Goodson 79 Nancy C. Goodson 26 Thomas W. Goodson 32 William L. Goodson 14 Delana Froman 13
1910 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas W Goodson Age in 1910: 62 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Spouse's name: Nettie Home in 1910: Union, Crawford, Indiana Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Thomas W Goodson 62 Nettie Goodson 40 Raymond F Goodson 16 Selva A Goodson 13 Lucy G Goodson 10 Eve E Goodson 3
1920 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas W Goodson Home in 1920: Union, Crawford, Indiana Age: 72 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)[Head] Spouse's name: Nettie Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Thomas W Goodson 72 Nettie Goodson 50
Co. K., 38th Ind Volunteers
Thomas W Goodson was the son of George W. Goodson and Jane Martin. He married Jane Sturgeon on Sept 20, 1866 in Crawford county. Jane died a few years after and he married Genattie "Nettie" Roberson on July 28, 1887 in Crawford county.
Children of Thomas W Goodson and Nettie Roberson were as follows: Rufus W. Goodson, born 1888; Raymond Goodson, born 1892; Sylvia Goodson, born 1896; Lucy G. Goodson, born 1899, Frederick b 1902; and Erin E. Goodson, born abt 1907.
Obituary from the Crawford County Democrat Thursday November 10, 1927: Aged Veteran Dies: Grantsburg---Thomas Goodson, 81 years old, a soldier of the Civil War, died at his home here Saturday after two weeks of illness. The funeral was held at the home by Leonard Cummins of English. Burial was in the Grantsburg cemetery.
Mr. Goodson was born in 1846. He enlisted in the Union army January 13, 1865 at Louisville and was honorably discharged July 15, 1863 at Louisville. Shortly after the war he married Miss Jane Sturgeon, who died soon afterward. In 1887 he married Miss Nettie Roberson who survives. Besides the widow, six children survive, Rufus W. Goodson of Iowa; Raymond F. Goodson of New Albany; Mrs. Sylvia Brown, Ernest Goodson of Grantsburg; Mrs. Lucy Peterson of English; and Mrs. Erin Edith Stiles, of Logansport. Two children died in infancy.
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