When Malinda Caroline " Carrie" Payne was born on 5 May 1851, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William R. Payne, was 48 and her mother, Matilda (Payne), was 40. She married James Whitten Goss on 23 November 1870, in Murray, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Dallas, Texas, United States in 1915 and Justice Precinct 7, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 5 November 1920, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.