Hi list, I am not related to the following, but am researching a tiny cemetery that is located where I live here in Colusa, CA. Actually it's not really a cemetery any longer, it is a park and in the corner of the park are 3 tiny headstones. Many. many years ago, the Colusa Cemetery had been removed to a new location. Every grave had been moved with the exception of the Goad children. I have been told that none of their relatives could be found for permission to move the graves. After doing a little research on-line from the information on the head stones ( of 3 Goad children who died at a very tender age), this is what I have so far: William Frank Goad born abt. 1849 and died 1885 either in here in Colusa or in San Francisco. The reason I say that is I have found that he bought thousands of acres here in Colusa County, but also had a law firm in San Francisco. I researched the S. F. web site and found where he died in in 1885 at the age of 36 (from a obit index) and his wife ( also from an obit index), whom is listed as Mrs. W. F. Goad, (but on one of the children's tomb stone her name is listed as "Mollie C. Goad" )died in 1891 either in S. F. or here in Colusa. They are listed here in the Colusa Newspaper index as well, so I'm unsure where their deaths actually occured. The 3 children at the park are: 1. William Frank Goad, Jr. b. 24 Jan 1872 d. 24 Aug 1873 2. John C. Goad b. 29 Nov 1865 d. 01 Dec 1865 3. Amanda Goad b. 30 May 1864 d. 21 Jul 1865 There are graves located at the Colusa Community Cemetery ( the relocated cemetery) with the Goad surname, one being Mollie Frank Goad??? I will need to go out there to find the location of the graves to see what is inscripted on the headstones. Perhaps the children's parent's were moved without their children???? What I am looking for is ANYONE researching this family or may have them on a little branch of your tree, please contact me! Thank you for your time!! Rose Young

I have this family, although I have William Frank born about 1832, not 1849. Here is what I have on his family and his siblings: Descendants of Peter Goad Generation No. 1 1. Rev. Peter5 Goad (Peter4, John3, John2, Abraham1) was born December 06, 1801 in Hopkins County, KY, and died July 19, 1879 in Hopkins County, KY. He married (1) Martha A. Bennett 1827 in Hopkins County, KY. He married (2) Amanda Weir Wilkins May 01, 1828 in Hopkins County, KY. She was born October 22, 1809, and died April 03, 1951 in Hopkins County, KY. Children of Peter Goad and Amanda Wilkins are: 2 i. Nancy Elizabeth6 Goad, born 1829; died 1886. She married Thomas E. Taliaferro December 23, 1856 in Hopkins County, KY. + 3 ii. William Frank Goad, born 1832 in KY; died Abt. 1885 in Colusa County, California. 4 iii. Dorothy F. Goad, born 1834. She married Lewis W. Gatlin May 13, 1858 in Hopkins County, KY. 5 iv. Amanda Ellen Goad, born 1836; died 1888. She married John M. Pennington December 14, 1859 in Hopkins County, KY. + 6 v. Peter Samuel Blackburn Goad, born July 06, 1837 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; died August 10, 1911 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. 7 vi. James Wilkins Goad, born 1839 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; died 1920 in Colusa County, California?. He married Louisa Lawrence December 08, 1865 in Greene County, Indiana; born 1844 in Indiana. + 8 vii. David Clarence Goad, born 1840 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; died April 04, 1876 in Logan County, IL. 9 viii. Abraham Lewis Goad, born 1844 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; died 1896. He married Geneva Loving. Generation No. 2 3. William Frank6 Goad (Peter5, Peter4, John3, John2, Abraham1) was born 1832 in KY, and died Abt. 1885 in Colusa County, California. He married Mary Cook April 27, 1863. She was born in KY, and died 1891 in Colusa County, California. Notes for William Frank Goad: Yvonne Neumann of California, a ggg granddaughter of J. Frank has sent me some interesting data on these men. A third brother, John C. Goad, also joined the other two in California and was apparently a minister as was Samuel, another brother back in Kentucky. Whether they rate as equally "successful" depends on one's point of view I find that Frank had other distinctions nor mentioned previously. He was for a time President of the Wells Fargo Express Company; in semi-retirement he served as president of the San Francisco Board of Education and he qualified as a lawyer to practice before the United States Supreme Court….not bad for a farmer from Kentucky! From: Rose Young <ryoung@citlink.net> : I am not related to the following, but am researching a tiny cemetery that is located where I live here in Colusa, CA. Actually it's not really a cemetery any longer, it is a park and in the corner of the park are 3 tiny headstones. Many. many years ago, the Colusa Cemetery had been removed to a new location. Every grave had been moved with the exception of the Goad children. I have been told that none of their relatives could be found for permission to move the graves. After doing a little research on-line from the information on the head stones ( of 3 Goad children who died at a very tender age), this is what I have so far: William Frank Goad born abt. 1849 and died 1885 either in here in Colusa or in San Francisco. The reason I say that is I have found that he bought thousands of acres here in Colusa County, but also had a law firm in San Francisco. I researched the S. F. web site and found where he died in in 1885 at the age of 36 (from a obit index) and his wife ( also from an obit index), whom is listed as Mrs. W. F. Goad, (but on one of the children's tomb stone her name is listed as "Mollie C. Goad" )died in 1891 either in S. F. or here in Colusa. They are listed here in the Colusa Newspaper index as well, so I'm unsure where their deaths actually occured. The 3 children at the park are: 1. William Frank Goad, Jr. b. 24 Jan 1872 d. 24 Aug 1873 2. John C. Goad b. 29 Nov 1865 d. 01 Dec 1865 3. Amanda Goad b. 30 May 1864 d. 21 Jul 1865 There are graves located at the Colusa Community Cemetery ( the relocated cemetery) with the Goad surname, one being Mollie Frank Goad??? I will need to go out there to find the location of the graves to see what is inscripted on the headstones. Perhaps the children's parent's were moved without their children???? Children of William Goad and Mary Cook are: 10 i. Amanda7 Goad, born May 30, 1864; died July 21, 1865 in Colusa, CA. 11 ii. John C. Goad, born November 29, 1865 in Colusa, CA; died December 01, 1865 in Colusa, CA. 12 iii. Ella Wall Goad, born September 19, 1868 in Colusa County, California; died 1947 in Hillsborough, San Mateo County, California. She married Osgood Hooker February 1896 in San Francisco, CA; died 1925 in San Mateo County, California. More About Osgood Hooker: Veteran: WWI 13 iv. William Frank Goad, born January 24, 1872 in Colusa, CA; died August 24, 1873 in Colusa, CA. 14 v. Aileen Goad, born Abt. 1875 in San Francisco, California. She married Charles K. McIntosh Abt. 1897. Notes for Charles K. McIntosh: President of the Bank of California 15 vi. Genevieve Goad, born June 23, 1876 in San Francisco, California; died January 23, 1957 in Santa Barbara, California. She married (1) Andrew Donahue Martin Bef. 1901. She married (2) Richard Robinson-Riley Abt. 1901 in San Francisco, California; born November 18, 1869 in Washington, DC; died October 31, 1961 in Santa Barbara, California. Notes for Genevieve Goad: Lived in Santa Barbara, CA, and Nice, France 6. Peter Samuel Blackburn6 Goad (Peter5, Peter4, John3, John2, Abraham1) was born July 06, 1837 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and died August 10, 1911 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. He married America Independence Lacy September 13, 1859 in Hopkins County, KY. She was born 1844, and died 1912. Children of Peter Goad and America Lacy are: 16 i. Amanda Alice7 Goad, born 1860; died 1928. She married Frank P. Bussert. 17 ii. James David Goad, born 1863; died 1925. He married Sadie Clark. 18 iii. Peter Samuel Blackburn Goad, born 1865; died 1911. He married Mary S. ?. 19 iv. William Amos Goad, born August 06, 1868 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; died May 19, 1911 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. He married Mary M. Whitfield March 10, 1887 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; born February 14, 1868 in Kentucky; died August 22, 1926 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. 20 v. Dora Dale Goad, born 1874; died 1961. She married ? Middlestate. 21 vi. Lewis W. Goad, born 1879; died 1939. 22 vii. Ella Frances Goad, born 1880 in White Plains, Hopkins County, Kentucky; died in Pocatello, Idaho. She married Rheamer Clyde Hall in Pueblo, Colorado. More About Rheamer Clyde Hall: Fact 1: Buried: Memorial Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO 8. David Clarence6 Goad (Peter5, Peter4, John3, John2, Abraham1) was born 1840 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and died April 04, 1876 in Logan County, IL. He married Emma K. Stivers. Children of David Goad and Emma Stivers are: 23 i. David Clarence7 Goad. 24 ii. Lawrence Goad, born 1861; died 1929 in Cass County, Illinois. He married Mary E. Bishop September 24, 1878 in Cass County, Illinois; born 1860; died 1947 in Cass County, Illinois. Notes for Lawrence Goad: Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, along with his family.

Hello Rose, Thank you very much for your concern. William Frank Goad, Sr. is my gr gr uncle. In actuality, are the children of Wm. Frank Goad, Sr. to whom you refer. Mr. Goad was born in 1831 in KY & died 2 August 1898, according to a front page article in both the San Francisco newspapers at the time, in San Rafael, Marin Co., CA; , his wife Mary "Mollie" Cook Goad preceded him in death in San Francisco-5 Oct. 1891, also shown in the 2 San Francisco newspapers. The 3 children you refer to are his children. Long before he was a lawyer in San Francisco, he was a lawyer in Colusa and started the Colusa County Bank (next to your county courthouse. As I remember, it is once again a law office in the year 1999). This Mr. & Mrs. Goad were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco until greed captivated the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and after 35 years of trying to close Laurel hill, home of the pioneers, they finally succeeded. They moved all of the cemetery residents to Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, where they are basically in a semi-common grave known as "The Laurel Hill Mound." I was told that was why the children were left at the original burial site. I have bad feelings as to how and why the parents had to be moved, much less these innocent children. The "new" Colusa Cemetery contains the remains of William Frank Goad's brother, James Wilkins Goad and his Wife, Ella B. Wall. (James W. also used the Colusa County Bank, for his law offices). Their first child was Mollie Frank Goad, who lived only 1869-1870 born and died in Colusa. In 1875 their second daughter, Hattie Belle Goad was born, she married Charles Albert de St. Maurice (also a Colusa County government official). Hattie Belle died in 1947. Is there some reason someone thinks the graves should be moved, at this time? When I first learned of their graves being in a city park & not with their parents, I too, was saddened. However, the closest living relative should really be contacted. Her name is Yvonne & she can be reached at yvoneu@aol.com These people are of her direct line. I would also like to be kept posted on the outcome of this problem. It would be wise to remember, if it can happen in a city the size of San Francisco, our forefathers remains are vulnerable anywhere! Sincerely yours, Pat Holland genedig@worldnet.att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Rose Young <ryoung@citlink.net> To: <GOAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:26 PM Subject: [GOAD-L] William Frank Goad > Hi list, > > I am not related to the following, but am researching a tiny cemetery that is located where I live here in Colusa, CA. Actually it's not really a cemetery any longer, it is a park and in the corner of the park are 3 tiny headstones. Many. many years ago, the Colusa Cemetery had been removed to a new location. Every grave had been moved with the exception of the Goad children. I have been told that none of their relatives could be found for permission to move the graves. > After doing a little research on-line from the information on the head stones ( of 3 Goad children who died at a very tender age), this is what I have so far: > > William Frank Goad born abt. 1849 and died 1885 either in here in Colusa or in San Francisco. The reason I say that is I have found that he bought thousands of acres here in Colusa County, but also had a law firm in San Francisco. I researched the S. F. web site and found where he died in in 1885 at the age of 36 (from a obit index) and his wife ( also from an obit index), whom is listed as Mrs. W. F. Goad, (but on one of the children's tomb stone her name is listed as "Mollie C. Goad" )died in 1891 either in S. F. or here in Colusa. They are listed here in the Colusa Newspaper index as well, so I'm unsure where their deaths actually occured. > > The 3 children at the park are: > > 1. William Frank Goad, Jr. b. 24 Jan 1872 d. 24 Aug 1873 > 2. John C. Goad b. 29 Nov 1865 d. 01 Dec 1865 > 3. Amanda Goad b. 30 May 1864 d. 21 Jul 1865 > > There are graves located at the Colusa Community Cemetery ( the relocated cemetery) with the Goad surname, one being Mollie Frank Goad??? I will need to go out there to find the location of the graves to see what is inscripted on the headstones. Perhaps the children's parent's were moved without their children???? > > What I am looking for is ANYONE researching this family or may have them on a little branch of your tree, please contact me! > > Thank you for your time!! > > Rose Young >