On the last page of her writing regarding Sallie Goodrum and
William Craft, her error is in the spouse of Wid A. Craft. Wid
married Zula Henson not Carolyn Halcomb (Carolyn was his
daughter-in-law). The obituary of Wid's son, Deward Craft,
appeared in today's weekly hometown newspaper the "Franklin
Favorite." Here is what his obit says:
Deward "D.E." Craft, 88, of Franklin (KY), died Saturday,
May 17, 2003 at Britthaven (Nursing Home) of Bowling Green
(KY).
Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at
Booker-Gilbert Funeral Home. Burial took place in Greenlawn
Cemetery.
A native of Simpson County (KY), he was the son of the
late Wid Aaron Craft and the late Zula Henson Craft. He was
the widower of Carolyn Holcomb Craft.
He was a farmer and a member of Hillsdale Missionary
Baptist Church.
Survivors include four sisters - Bonnie Kirk of Raleigh,
N.C., Beulah Dreiser of Albuquerque, N.M., Mary Craft
Stevenson of Greenwood, Ind., and Betty Lester of
Indianapolis, Ind.; one brother, Walter G. Craft of Bowling
Green; and several nieces and nephews.
I believe that Mrs. Jent is in error in the marriage of Eli
Goodrum. She says that he married Nancy Martin, sister of
Granderson Martin. Eli married his cousin, Nancy Goodrum b.
1831 d. abt 1854. She was the daughter of John Jackson Goodrum
and Eliza Ragsdale.
Eli and Nancy Goodrum were married in Warren Co., KY on 6 Oct
1847.
Nancy M. Martin (b. 5 June 1842 d. 17 Nov 1895) married my
gggrandfather, John Wesley Goodrum on 21 May 1861 in Warren
Co., KY. They are buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Allen
Co., KY along with Enoch Martin's family. Enoch was the father
of Granderson Martin.