BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-286 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESWilliam R. McDonald died on March 6, 1951 in Albany, Georgia and Lottie(Nelson) McDonald died on August 4, 1963 in Albany, Georgia. Ross McDonaldmarried Lillian N. Presley. Lillian was born on September 17, 1914 and isthe daughter of James E. Presley and Emma G. (Ogletree) Presley. Ross andLillian McDonald have one son: - Ross Augustus McDonald, b. October 20,1950, Albany, Georgia. Lillian (Presley) McDonald died on September 12, 1940and Ross A. McDonald died on June 10, 1976 in Albany, Georgia. Both wereburied in the Southview Cemetery in Thomaston, Georgia.Reference: 1) Internet Site, West Central Georgia Nelsons, by Sherri Ellington, JackMorgan and Brack Goolsby, November, 1999SARAH MARGARET NELSON (2.10.1.5) is the daughter of Edwin Riley Nelsonand Mary Jane (Brooks) Nelson. Sallie was born on October 3, 1857 in TalbotCounty, Georgia. Sallie Nelson married John Jefferson Goolsby of PleasantHill. John was born on June 1, 1850 in Georgia and is the son of Edwin RileyGoolsby and Mary (Cosby) Goolsby. John Goolsby was previously married toNancy Jane Waldron and they had three children: Eugene Goolsby (born 1883),Edwin F. Goolsby (born 1887) and Clifton Goolsby (born 1888). John and SallieGoolsby were the parents of five children:............Edwin F. Goolsby, b. 1887, Georgia............Julian Goolsby, b. May, 1891, Georgia............Lawrence Nelson Goolsby (2.10.1.5.2), b. January, 1894, Georgia............Mary J. Goolsby, b. February, 1895, Georgia............Joseph Pendleton Goolsby, b. April, 1898, GeorgiaFrom 1900 to 1920, John and Sallie Goolsby were living in Talbot County,Georgia. John Goolsby died on February 12, 1923 in Talbot County, Georgiaand Sallie (Nelson) Goolsby died on December 13, 1940 in Talbot County,Georgia. John Goolsby and Sallie (Nelson) Goolsby were buried in WoodlandCemetery in Woodland, Georgia. Julian Goolsby married Florence Hendricksand they had four children: - Sara Goolsby, - Pafford Goolsby, - FrancesGoolsby, - Louise Goolsby. Julian Goolsby died in 1942. Sara Goolsby marriedHenry Traylor and they had two children: - Barbara Traylor, - VanitaTraylor. Pafford Goolsby married Melba Riley and they had two adopted children:- Bobby Goolsby, - Betty Jean Goolsby. Pafford and Melba Goolsbylive in Columbus, Georgia. Frances Goolsby married Grady Sosebee and theyhad three children: - Charles Sosebee, - Mike Sosebee, - Diane Sosebee.Frances (Goolsby) Sosebee lives in Columbus, Georgia. Louise Goolsby marriedX. J. Lenoir and they had two children: - Karen Lenoir, - William Lenoir.William Lenoir was killed in World War II.Manie Goolsby married Thompson Ferguson and they had three children: -Margaret Ferguson, - Elsie Ferguson, - Vivian Ferguson. Manie (Goolsby)Ferguson died in 1970. Margaret Ferguson married Carol Sears. Elsie Fergusonmarried C. K. Comerford. Vivian Ferguson married William Russell. JosephGoolsby married Kate Adams and they had three children: - Ector Goolsby, -Alfred Goolsby, - Thomas Goolsby.