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James Andrew Crockett Godwin 1865–1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1865

Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 15 Mar 1936

Death Location: DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America

Father: James Jr

Mother: Catherine Jaco

Spouse(s): Charlotte Camp

Children(s): Alonzo Godwin, Jimmy Godwin, Ernest Godwin, Charles Godwin, Grady Godwin, Leonard Godwin, Elmer Godwin, Samuel Godwin, Ollie Godwin, Thomas Godwin, Calvin Godwin, Claude Godwin, Wallace Godwin, Cecil Godwin

The story of James Andrew Crockett Godwin began in 1865 in Marshall County, Alabama, USA. In 1870, James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided in Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama, USA. In 1880, James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided in Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA. James Andrew Crockett Godwin married Charlotte Danielle Camp, and had children including Alonzo Edward Godwin, Calvin Benjamin Godwin, Cecil Godwin, Charles Eugene Godwin, Claude Wood Godwin, Elmer Godwin, Ernest Lester Godwin, Grady Oliver Godwin, Jimmy Alvie Godwin, Leonard Robert Godwin, Ollie Belle Godwin, Samuel James Godwin, Thomas Houston Godwin, Wallace Henry Godwin. James Andrew Crockett Godwin passed away in 1936 in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of James Andrew Crockett Godwin began in 1865 in Marshall County, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1870, James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided in Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1880, James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided in Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA.
  • James Andrew Crockett Godwin married Charlotte Danielle Camp, and had children including Alonzo Edward Godwin, Calvin Benjamin Godwin, Cecil Godwin, Charles Eugene Godwin, Claude Wood Godwin, Elmer Godwin, Ernest Lester Godwin, Grady Oliver Godwin, Jimmy Alvie Godwin, Leonard Robert Godwin, Ollie Belle Godwin, Samuel James Godwin, Thomas Houston Godwin, Wallace Henry Godwin.
  • James Andrew Crockett Godwin passed away in 1936 in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Jr
1839–1867
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
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Catherine Jaco
1844–1880
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Spouses(s)

Charlotte Camp
1868–1936
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
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Children(s)

Alonzo Godwin
1893–1975
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Jimmy Godwin
1909–1976
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Ernest Godwin
1907–1996
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
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Charles Godwin
1905–1985
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
CG
Grady Godwin
1903–1952
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
GG
Leonard Godwin
1901–1970
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
LG
Elmer Godwin
1900–
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
EG
Samuel Godwin
1895–1952
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Ollie Godwin
1891–1976
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Thomas Godwin
1889–1946
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Calvin Godwin
1887–1955
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
CG
Claude Godwin
1899–1991
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
CG
Wallace Godwin
1897–1975
Birth Location: Alabama, United States of America
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Cecil Godwin
1902–
Birth Location: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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James Godwin's Ancestors

Self
James Godwin
1865–1936
Birth Place: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
Parents
James A Godwin Jr
1839–1867
Georgia, USA
Catherine Jaco
1844–1880
Marshall County, Alabama, USA
Grandparents
James (A J) Godwin
1815–1870
Hancock County, Georgia, USA
Ann Knowling
1815–1883
Georgia, USA
John (Starnes) Jaco
1817–1883
McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Lavinia Rhea
1824–1911
Alabama
Great-Grandparents
Barnaby Godwin
1788–1829
Frances Pope
1796–1864
Brian Nowlin
1800–1877
Mary Wade
1800–1870
Brooks Jaco
1788–1875
Elizabeth Starnes
1796–1865
John Rhea
1785–
Nancy Shelton
1795–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Godwin
1748–1802
Martha Marshall
1748–1811
Samuel Pope
1775–1823
Sally Harris
1770–1835
Sherrod Nowlin
1759–1812
Anne Wade
1763–1830
David Jr
1775–1844
Charity Burford
1780–1870
John Jaco
1750–1825
Elizabeth Braswell
1766–1830
John Starnes
1741–1801
John Starns
1730–1801
John Rhea
1758–1814
Margaret Turk
1760–1799
John Shelton
1775–1837
Nancy Hurt
1768–1818

James Godwin's Descendants

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James (Andrew Crockett) Godwin (28 May 1865–15 Mar 1936) m. Charlotte (Danielle) Camp (14 Aug 1868–6 Feb 1936)
  1. 1. Alonzo (Edward) Godwin 1893–1975 m. Ola (Mae) Jett 1896–1983
    1. 1. Arnold (Horton) Godwin 1916–2006 m. Ida (Belle) Patterson 1918–2004
      1. 1. Arnold (Douglas) Godwin 1942–2023 m. Barbara (Faye) Wilson 1941–2010
      2. 2. Lilia (Jeanette) Godwin 1938–2025 m. Harold (Hughdon) Frederick 1934–2018 m. Jerry (E) Geer 1934–1972
    2. 2. Pauline Godwin 1914–1988 m. Sam (Henry) Smith 1907–1938
      1. 1. William (G) Smith 1931–2006
      2. 2. Gladys (Ima) Smith 1935–1997
      3. 3. Milford (Franklin) Smith 1937–2014
    3. 3. Homer (Griffin) Godwin 1929–2011 m. Mable Dean 1933–
    4. 4. Rex (Edward) Godwin 1928–2012 m. Shirley (Lee) Smith 1935–2001
    5. 5. John (L) Godwin 1926–1989 m. Lillie (Belle) Lacy 1930–2013
    6. 6. Faye Godwin 1922–2010 m. Thomas (Franklin) White 1920–1978
    7. 7. Joseph (Andrew) Godwin 1920–1965 m. Elsie (Lee) Wilkes 1928–1969
    8. 8. Ruby (Belle) Godwin 1917–2001 m. Charles (Henry) Fricks 1903–1973
  2. 2. Jimmy (Alvie) Godwin 1909–1976 m. Mattie (Eva) Jaco 1918–1996
    1. 1. Bobby (Wayne) Godwin 1936–2020 m. Dorothy (Mae) Howard 1936–2022
    2. 2. Winford (Lane) Godwin 1939–2010 m. Annie (Dora) Godwin 1943–2019
    3. 3. Nell (Corene) Godwin 1933–2010
    4. 4. Margaret ("Peggy") Godwin 1945–2012
  3. 3. Ernest (Lester) Godwin 1907–1996 m. Meda (Stella) Harper 1907–1993
    1. 1. Dorothy (Magdalene) Godwin 1927–2005 m. William (Ithell) Gilbert 1921–2004
      1. 1. Randle (Gene) Gilbert 1946–2012
    2. 2. Ernest (Rayburn) Godwin 1931–2022 m. Clara (Ruth) Alsup 1936–2014
    3. 3. Vernice (Ray) Godwin 1938–2000
    4. 4. Bernice (Mae) Godwin 1938–2021 m. Ernest (Denson) McAlpin 1935–2014
  4. 4. Charles (Eugene) Godwin 1905–1985 m. Nora Baird 1907–1990
    1. 1. Charles (J Godwin) Jr 1937–2015
    2. 2. Couglin (E) Godwin 1925–2009 m. Buelrine Goza 1930–2010
    3. 3. Mavis Godwin 1929–2021
  5. 5. Grady (Oliver) Godwin 1903–1952
  6. 6. Leonard (Robert) Godwin 1901–1970
  7. 7. Elmer Godwin 1900–
  8. 8. Samuel (James) Godwin 1895–1952 m. Lula (Ann) Fricks 1897–2000
    1. 1. James (Alton) Godwin 1919–1971 m. Betty (Kate) Johnson 1935–2017
    2. 2. Kathleen (Idell) Godwin 1922–1999 m. Glenn (Clifton) Morgan 1927–2000
    3. 3. Samuel (Wynell) Godwin 1923–2020 m. Imogene Johnson 1929–2020
      1. 1. Jerry (Wayne) Godwin 1944–2020
    4. 4. Mailyn (L) Godwin 1927–2006 m. Mary (Leen) Tims 1940–2013
  9. 9. Ollie (Belle) Godwin 1891–1976 m. Luther (Lafayette) Light 1887–1972
    1. 1. Vida (Esta) Light 1910–2001
    2. 2. Ila (Vee) Willett 1912–2003
    3. 3. Mildred Light 1920–1977 m. William (Duncan) Gay 1913–1979
  10. 10. Thomas (Houston) Godwin 1889–1946 m. Kate (Belle) Caston 1891–1949
    1. 1. Hazel Godwin 1920–2013 m. Elvis (Frank) Rutledge 1924–2003
    2. 2. Lenford (H) Godwin 1923–2018
    3. 3. Alton (G) Godwin 1912–2009 m. Ora (Hazel) Bain 1914–1980 m. Rilla Hodges 1918–1993
      1. 1. Gerald (Bain) Godwin 1940–2016
      2. 2. Charles (Duane) Godwin 1937–2004
    4. 4. Ollie (Mae) Godwin 1917–2009 m. Aus (Hinds) Bain 1912–1993
      1. 1. Barbara (Ann) Bain 1937–2010 m. Aubrey (Findley) Wicker 1937–1985
      2. 2. Joe (Wayne) Bain 1939–2010
    5. 5. Elvin Godwin 1916–
    6. 6. Novella Godwin 1916–
  11. 11. Calvin (Benjamin) Godwin 1887–1955 m. Bertie (Kate) Gilliland 1884–1959
    1. 1. Effie (G) Godwin 1909–1936 m. Thomas (Lester) Dobbs 1910–1961
    2. 2. Vera (L) Godwin 1914–2004 m. Wonnie (Lofton) Fossett 1916–1958
      1. 1. Jimmy (Gay) Fossett 1937–2017 m. Annie Fossett 1945–2023
    3. 3. Katie (Estelle) Godwin 1907–1981 m. Forney (Lester) Blackwell 1905–1993
      1. 1. Milton (J) Blackwell 1926–2003 m. Dessie Blackwell 1927–2007
  12. 12. Claude (Wood) Godwin 1899–1991 m. Lillie (Mae) Smith 1901–1981
    1. 1. Robert (Melvin) Godwin 1921–2003 m. Bertha (Marie) Phillips 1918–2007
    2. 2. Bonnie Godwin 1924–2010 m. McCoy Noles 1919–1991
    3. 3. Willie (Ray) Godwin 1926–2012 m. Mary (Imogene) Armstrong 1927–2021
    4. 4. G (R) Godwin 1930–2007 m. Vivian (Irene) Puckett 1935–2010
    5. 5. Barbara (Ann) Godwin 1940–1940
  13. 13. Wallace (Henry) Godwin 1897–1975 m. Mollie (Myrtle) Patterson 1902–2000
    1. 1. William (Howard) Godwin 1927–1987 m. Mary (Ellen) Bailey 1929–2019
    2. 2. Donald (Lavan) Godwin 1931–2014
    3. 3. Floyd (Amos) Godwin 1921–2006 m. Lamell (Aline) Cherry 1924–2005
      1. 1. Roger (Michael) Godwin 1951–1973
    4. 4. Iris (Opal) Godwin 1919–2001 m. Thomas (Carroll) Stanfield 1917–1970
      1. 1. Jerry (Rogers) Stanfield 1949–2014
      2. 2. Billy (Thomas) Stanfield 1946–1997
      3. 3. Richard (Dale) Stanfield 1951–2019
    5. 5. Edna (Joy) Godwin 1923–2018 m. Gordon Baird 1923–2012
    6. 6. Betty (Jean) Godwin 1934–2010 m. William (Keith) Godwin 1931–2007
  14. 14. Cecil Godwin 1902–

James Godwin's Timeline

8 Records

1865
28 May 1865
Birth of James Andrew Crockett Godwin in Marshall County, Alabama, USA
Marshall County, Alabama, USA
1870
1870
Age 5
James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided here in Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama, USA
Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama, USA
1880
1880
Age 15
James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided here in Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA
Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA
1900
1900
Age 35
James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided here in Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
1910
1910
Age 45
James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided here in Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
1920
1920
Age 55
James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided here in Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
1930
1930
Age 65
James Andrew Crockett Godwin resided here in Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA
Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA
1936
15 Mar 1936
Age 71
Death of James Andrew Crockett Godwin in Grove Oak, Marshall County, Alabama, USA
Grove Oak, Marshall County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1865
    Event Place: Marshall County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: T625_28; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 132
    [3] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0020
    [4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: M593_29; Page: 192B; Family History Library Film: 545528
    [5] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0093
    [6] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: T624_25; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1374038
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [8] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 45, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: M593_29; Page: 192B; Family History Library Film: 545528

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: 23; Page: 125B; Enumeration District: 248

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0093

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: T624_25; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1374038

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Kirby, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: T625_28; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 132

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0020

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1936
    Event Place: Grove Oak, Marshall County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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