The James Goad Family

January 1914 at Christian County, Illinois. A known relative is Mrs. ThelmaGardner, 624 West Poplar, Taylorville, Illinois 62568.(3) King Goad was born 12 February 1848 in Crawford County, Arkansas.(4) Moses D. Goad was born in Crawford County on 18 February 1850. He nevermarried. He died on 14 August 1878.(5) Isabelle Goad (called Belle) was born 27 January 1852 in Crawford County,Arkansas. She married Mr. Williams and nothing else is known.I have been told that old Uncle Matt and his wife Rebecca were killed by Civil War 4guerrillas (bushwhackers) about 1863 5 . The children were taken from Crawford Countyand raised in an orphanage in Christian County, Illinois.Margaret GoadMargaret (Peggy) Goad was the youngest child of James and Margaret Shockley Goad.She was born about 1819 in White County, Tennessee. She married George W. Woodabout 1834. This family lived in the Bowen Township of Madison County, Arkansas in1850 and 1860.The children of George and Margaret Goad Wood are:(1) Catherine Wood was born in Arkansas about 1835.(2) James Wood was born in Arkansas about 1837. He married aMiss Mary___________ and lived in Madison County in 1860 and 1870.(3) Emaline Wood was born in Arkansas about 1838.(4) Ibbey Wood was born in Arkansas about 1839.(5) William E. Wood was born in Arkansas about 1840. He may have served inthe Civil War.4 The Civil War in the mountains of Arkansas was a terrible time, a lawless time. Much of the region wasvirtually empty of people. Impact of the Civil War on Farmers of the Arkansas River Valley andNorthwest Arkansas (p. 41) describes some aspects of this time.5 Rebbecca died in childbirth before the war and “Old Uncle Matt” was killed near the end of the war in1865. Evidence of this is found in the records of the orphanage the Goad children were taken to, the Homefor the Friendless, in Springfield, Illinois. (Mike Goad)14