Family Group Sheet
NameJohn Thomas Goodpaster
Birthabt 1815, Bath Co., Kentucky
Deathbef 1880, Morgan Co., Kentucky
FatherJohn Goodpaster (~1793-1848)
MotherPatience Turner (~1795-~1890)
Other spousesLucinda Payne
Marriage12 Nov 1874, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseSarah Jane Cock, 2C5R
Birthabt 1842, Virginia
Deathaft 1880
FatherWilliam Cock (1802->1860)
MotherMary “Polly” Ann Goad (~1802-1876)
Other spousesJohn L. McClain
Census Notes for Sarah Jane Cock
She is probably the Sarah Cock age 28 recorded with her brother Reuben in the 1870 census.
1870 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Hamptons Mill precinct, enumerated 10 July, lists on p. 4 as family #22:
Cock, Reuben, 35, farmer, b. Va; Cyntha A., 33, b. Ky; Hannah B., 9; James F., 7; Sarah J., 5; Sarah, 28, b. Va. All children born in Ky.
1870 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Hamptons Mill precinct, enumerated 10 July, lists on p. 4 as family #22:
Cock, Reuben, 35, farmer, b. Va; Cyntha A., 33, b. Ky; Hannah B., 9; James F., 7; Sarah J., 5; Sarah, 28, b. Va. All children born in Ky.
Notes for John Thomas & Sarah Jane (Family)
Morgan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 12 Nov 1874 of John Goodpaster and Sarah J. McClain, at William Cock’s by John Hale, witnesses Washington Ingram and Richard Ferguson.
Census
1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Hamptons Mill district 87, enumerated in June, lists on p. 4 as family #28:
Goodpaster, John, 28, laborer; Sarah, 58* (see note below), mother, widowed; Lucy A., 30, sister, single. All born in Kentucky.
Sarah is really John’s stepmother. Her age was originally entered as 38, and then “corrected”: in darker ink to 58, presumably because the census taker figured 38 was too young to be John’s mother, but really the original age was correct and the relationship wrong.
Goodpaster, John, 28, laborer; Sarah, 58* (see note below), mother, widowed; Lucy A., 30, sister, single. All born in Kentucky.
Sarah is really John’s stepmother. Her age was originally entered as 38, and then “corrected”: in darker ink to 58, presumably because the census taker figured 38 was too young to be John’s mother, but really the original age was correct and the relationship wrong.
