His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records John Quinton Goodpaster, age 44, residence R.R. 7, (town illegible), Butler Co., Ohio, born 4 June 1874, occupation still operator, employer Hamilton Otto Coke Co., nearest relative Erbie C. Goodpaster, same address.

His death certificate records John Quentin Goodpaster, age blank, born 4 June 1874 in Indiana (Bath crossed out), died 26 June 1946 in rural Owingsville, Bath Co., Ky, widowed, late wife Earby Robinson, farmer, father Mason Goodpaster, birthplace not known, mother’s maiden name Shrout, born in Ky, cause of death pulmonary inestion (sp?), informant Willie B. Goodpaster, Owingsville, Ky, burial in Polksville Cemetery.

1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 27 June, lists on p. 25A as family #519/522:
Goodpaster, John, 24, b. May 1876, farmer; Elva, wife, 25, b. Feb 1875, married 4 years, mother of 2 children, 2 living; Lottie T., dau, 4, b. Jan 1896; Mary Ruth, dau, 1, b. Apr 1899. All born Ky Ky Ky.