Samuel Alfred Thomas Godwin, Sr.

1848 - 1929  (81 years)

• Name	Samuel Alfred Thomas Godwin  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	28 Jan 1848	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census with parents	1850	Accomack Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	He was shown as Samuel T. Godwin, age 2 in HH#347 headed by Obediah Godwin, a 28 year old farmer.
  Census with parents	1860	Accomack Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	He was shown as Alfred Godwin, age 12, in HH#1144 headed by O.W. Godwin, a 38 year old farmer.
  Record ID	14461
  Death	2 Sep 1929  [3]
  	Samuel A. Godwin, aged 81 years of Bloxom, died recently. Services were conducted by the Rev. E.C. Wilmer with interment in the Parksley Cemetery. In 1874 he married Miss Clarenda Chase, daughter of Captain and Mrs. Teagle Chase, and in 1880 he married Demeriah Davis. 4 surviving sons were listed (E.S. News, 6 Sep 1929).
  Burial	Parksley Cemetery, Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I14461	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Obediah William 'O.W.' Godwin,   b. 1821, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1891 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Bloxom,   b. Abt 1828, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 Jun 1892, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1844  [1]
  Family ID	F4391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Clarenda F. Chase,   b. 6 Aug 1857, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 7 Dec 1878, Accomack Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1874	Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	He was shown as Samuel A. Godwin, a 26 year old sailor, the son of O.W. & Elizabeth Godwin and she was shown as Clarinda S. Chase, age 16, the daughter of Teagle R. & Eliza Chase.
  Children	+ 1. Lemuel Adolphus 'Dody' Godwin,   b. 1874, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 15 Sep 1959, Pocomoke City, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 85 years) + 2. William P. Godwin,   b. 1876, Bloxom, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1949 (Age 73 years)   3. Bruce M. Godwin,   b. 24 Nov 1878   d. 13 Feb 1951 (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F5198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Demeriah P. Davis,   b. 11 Dec 1856, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 24 Jul 1926 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1880	Conquest Chapel, Hallwood, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	He was shown as Samuel A. Godwin, a 32 year old widowed farmer, the son of Obediah W. & Elizabeth Godwin and she was shown as Damariah Davis, age 24, the daughter of Alfred & Emaline Davis.
  Children	1. Samuel Alfred Thomas Godwin, Jr.,   b. 1896   d. 1935 (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F5199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Gordon Warren Godwin Chesser, Chesser, Gordon Warren - Godwin Ancestry, (Widtman Press, Inc., Utica, New York, 1972), 49. [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987), 502. [S7] 1860 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (National Archives Microfilm), 7. [S551] Miles & Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), 551.