John Franklin Goolsby

Brief Life History of John Franklin

When John Franklin Goolsby was born on 27 October 1877, in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States, his father, Pleasant Franklin Goolsby, was 27 and his mother, Mary Etta Caroline Avent, was 23. He married Mary Ruth Woodward on 29 October 1902, in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Beat 2, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Beat 1, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States for about 30 years. He died on 26 February 1958, in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States.

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John Franklin Goolsby
1877–1958
Mary Ruth Woodward
1881–1943
Marriage: 29 October 1902
James Franklin Goolsby
1906–1983
Ruth Mae Goolsby
1908–1994
Annie Goolsby
1913–1969
Mary Goolsby
1918–2003
Elizabeth Goolsby
1920–2009

Sources (22)

  • John F Goasby, "United States Census, 1910"
  • J. F. Goolsby, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • John Franklin Godsby, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

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Name Meaning

English: probably a shortened form of Gooldsbury, a variant of Goldsborough .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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