An example, Felix's older brother, Christopher Columbus Goodwin (yes, you read that right...wonder who he was named after?). In a 1917 photo of this patriarch's family there are nine daughters and three sons present. According to my research, Christopher and Josephine had a total of sixteen children during their marriage!
An interesting story regarding this particular branch of the family tree is the fact that Josephine did not like her children to get married. This was told to me by a third cousin of ours named Laura Lee Meachum Birdwell (she is a daughter of Dana Goodwin in this picture). According to Laura Lee, Christopher Columbus Goodwin (whom she called "Pappy" but others called "Kit") was married to Josephine (Josie) Warren December 24, 1873 in Humphrey's County, Tennessee. Laura Lee was always told that her grandma Josephine didn't want her children to marry, and that whenever one of them would, she would "run off and hide out for a couple of days", apparently our version of throwing a "hissy fit". I am also told that sisters Ibbie, Carrie and Louise never married (I guess they decided it was easier than setting mama off!). Family stories about Josephine were that she was "a different breed of cat.....a nut!"
I am also told that one of the sons, Jay Cleveland Goodwin (also in the picture) was a very mean man (at least that is what Laura Lee's daddy always told her). He never married (I wonder why) and died at the age of eighty-two.
So there you have just one of our great-grandfather Felix's branches of the family tree. I thought the whole story of Josephine was kind of funny and reminded me of my last post...."as far as anyone knows, our family is normal"..
Christopher Columbus Goodwin was born October 7, 1850, the third of ten children born to Thomas Henry and Louisa Jane Goodwin (our great-great grandparents). Christopher (also known as "Kit") died June 21, 1939 and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
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