Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Page: 575 of 1,110
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HI ST I F A LA OU T . 4
of land, including a part ofthe Metlock and his
father's homesteads. THe and his wife have
eleven children, as`follows: Oscar M., of
Greer county, Oklahoma; Lora E., wife of
Joseph Boyd, also of Greer county, Oklahoma;
Finley E., Augusta M., Absalom,
Lannie, King David, Elvia, Eula, Donia and
George.
Mr. Floyd is a member of the I. O. O. F.,
Trinity Lodge, of Dallas, No. 198, and of the
Caddo Tribe of I. O. R. M., Dallas, Lodge
No. 8. He is a member of the Farmers'
Alliance and is vice-president of the organization
at Hutchins.
aAMES P. GOODNIGHT, deceased, settled
in Dallas county, Texas, November
19, 1854, and for many years was a
prominent citizen of the county and an inm
portant factor in promoting its best interests.
Briefly given a sketch of his life is as follows:
James P. Goodnight was born in Allen
county, Kentucky, November 21, 1831, a
son of Henry and Jane (Billingsly) Goodnight.
His father was a native of Kentucky.
His great-grandfather came to this country
from Germany on account of religious persecutions,
settling in Virginia before the
Revolutionary war and subsequently going
to Kentucky. Two of his brothers went to
the latter State at a very early period to prepare
a home for the family, and one of them
was killed by the Indians and the other was
wounded but made his escape. The mother
of our subject was a native of Allen county,
Kentucky.
Mr. Goodnight was reared on a farm and
received an academical education. He remained
with his parents until his marriage,
which event occurred September 21, 1854, to
368Miss Mary A. Hill, a daughter of Isaac and
Pelina (Carter) Hill. Her father was a
native of Virginia and a son of Jesse Hill,
a descendant of an old Virginia family that
moved to Tennessee when he was a child.
He was reared in Wilson county, that State,
and there married to the above named lady,
a native of Davidson county, Tennessee.
Her grandfather emigrated to Tennessee from
North Carolina, and was among the very first
pioneers of that part of the country.
In two weeks after their marriage, Mr.
Goodnight and his wife with several other
families started for Dallas county. They
made the journey with horse teams; the roads
were poor and bridges few, and they were six
weeks en route. Arriving here, he purchased
220 acres of land, on which was a small
field fenced in and a little log cabin. The cabin
served them as a holne for five years, after
which they built a small frame house, and
from time to time added to it until they had
a commodious and well appointed residence.
Here Mr. Goodnight followed farming the
rest of his days. For many years he was
prominent in local affairs. He was elected
the first Constable of precinct No. 7, and
served one year. Some years later he was
elected Assessor and Collector of Dallas county,
and served two terms of two years each. At
the breaking out of the late Civil war, he
entered the service and was connected with
the commissary department. in Mississippi,
Texas and at other points. After the war he
was again elected Assessor of the county and
served several years. During the war and
previous to his entering the army, he served
one term in the Legislature. His death occurred
February 11, 1885. He was a member
of Wheatland Lodge, Dallas Chapter and
the Royal Arch degree of the A. F.
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/575/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.