Joan, I have this family in my database. I have Alice as the daughter of Roxie Goad, but no father known. Descendants of Roxie Goad Generation No. 1 1. Roxie6 Goad (William5, Aaron4, Robert3, Abraham2, Abraham1) was born 1836 in Grayson County, VA. She married (1) ?. She married (2) David Sutphin November 03, 1860. She married (3) Zion Nester January 16, 1866 in Carroll County, VA, son of Jonathan Nester and Mary Eskue. He was born May 1833 in Knox County, TN. Notes for Zion Nester: Co. C, 24th VA Infantry: enlisted 5/24/1861 Lynchburg; wounded 5/5/1862 at Williamsburg; AWOL 4/10/1863 and 8/20/1863-6/26/1864; deserted 3/1865. More About Zion Nester: Census: 1870, Carroll County LF187/188 Child of Roxie Goad and ? is: + 2 i. Alice7 Goad, born March 27, 1861 in Carroll County, VA; died October 19, 1918 in Carroll County, VA. Children of Roxie Goad and Zion Nester are: 3 i. Julia Ann7 Nester, born December 02, 1866 in Carroll Co., VA. She married Emanuel Lafayette Fariss September 02, 1887 in Carroll Co., VA; born June 11, 1866 in Carroll Co., VA. + 4 ii. Mary Jane Nester, born April 06, 1868 in Carroll County, VA; died June 05, 1921 in Carroll County, VA. + 5 iii. Margaret Nester, born April 25, 1871 in Carroll Co., VA. Generation No. 2 2. Alice7 Goad (Roxie6, William5, Aaron4, Robert3, Abraham2, Abraham1) was born March 27, 1861 in Carroll County, VA, and died October 19, 1918 in Carroll County, VA. She married William Preston Dalton June 13, 1878 in Carroll Co., VA, son of William Dalton and Sarah Branscome. He was born 1859 in Carroll County, VA, and died 1941 in Carroll County, VA. More About Alice Goad: Burial: Bill Dalton Cemetery Fact 1: Buried: Bill Dalton Cemetery More About William Preston Dalton: Burial: Bill Dalton Cemetery Census: 1880, Carroll Co., VA PC15/17 Children of Alice Goad and William Dalton are: 6 i. Franklin Pierce8 Dalton, born 1879 in Carroll County, VA; died 1948 in Carroll County, VA. He married Samaria Magadelene McPeak; born 1890; died 1978 in Carroll County, VA. More About Franklin Pierce Dalton: Fact 1: Buried: Branscome Cemetery More About Samaria Magadelene McPeak: Fact 1: Buried: Branscome Cemetery 7 ii. Daniel Washington Dalton, born 1880; died 1980. He married Edna Cora Dalton April 24, 1909; born February 18, 1888 in Carroll County, VA. 8 iii. Minnie E. Dalton, born February 17, 1884 in Carroll County, VA; died June 27, 1956 in Carroll County, VA. She married James Madison Alderman; born September 28, 1884 in Carroll County, VA; died December 28, 1966 in Carroll County, VA. More About Minnie E. Dalton: Fact 1: Buried: Ballard Alderman Cemetery More About James Madison Alderman: Fact 1: Buried: Ballard Alderman Cemetery 9 iv. Charles Albert Dalton, born June 13, 1889 in Carroll County, VA; died November 29, 1972 in Carroll County, VA. He married Mary Jennings; born September 17, 1890 in Carroll County, VA. More About Charles Albert Dalton: Fact 1: Buried: Branscome Cemetery More About Mary Jennings: Fact 1: Buried: Branscome Cemetery 10 v. Ambrose A. Dalton, born April 02, 1891 in Carroll County, VA; died December 19, 1973 in Carroll County, VA. Notes for Ambrose A. Dalton: PFC, US Army More About Ambrose A. Dalton: Fact 1: Buried: Pine Grove Miss. Bapt. Church Cemetery 11 vi. John Steve Dalton, born January 06, 1895 in Carroll County, VA; died December 05, 1901 in Carroll County, VA. More About John Steve Dalton: Fact 1: Buried: Bill Dalton Cemetery 12 vii. Nancy A. Dalton, born 1897. 13 viii. Cora Dalton, born 1899. 14 ix. Early Dalton, born 1901. 15 x. Luke H. Dalton, born 1905; died 1977. 4. Mary Jane7 Nester (Roxie6 Goad, William5, Aaron4, Robert3, Abraham2, Abraham1) was born April 06, 1868 in Carroll County, VA, and died June 05, 1921 in Carroll County, VA. She married Daniel Nester June 23, 1887 in Carroll Co., VA, son of Aaron Nester and Elizabeth Howell. He was born February 13, 1869 in Carroll County, VA, and died April 19, 1927 in Carroll County, VA. More About Mary Jane Nester: Fact 1: Buried: Aaron Nester Cemetery More About Daniel Nester: Fact 1: Buried: Aaron Nester Cemetery Children of Mary Nester and Daniel Nester are: 16 i. Dorsey Cullen8 Nester, born 1888 in Carroll County, VA; died 1966 in Carroll County, VA. He married (1) Lillie Ruth Sutphin; born May 17, 1879 in Carroll County, VA; died May 21, 1961 in Carroll County, VA. He married (2) Maretta N. ?; born 1889; died Aft. April 21, 1930 in Carroll County, VA. More About Dorsey Cullen Nester: Fact 1: Buried: Aaron Nester Cemetery More About Lillie Ruth Sutphin: Fact 1: Buried: Nester Cemetery More About Maretta N. ?: Fact 1: Buried: Aaron Nester Cemetery 17 ii. Alrinda Nester, born June 14, 1898 in Carroll County, VA; died January 14, 1983 in Carroll County, VA. She married Charles Marion Goad May 06, 1917 in Sullivan County, TN; born November 24, 1894 in Carroll County, VA; died November 25, 1971 in Carroll County, VA. More About Alrinda Nester: Fact 1: Buried: John Goad Cemetery More About Charles Marion Goad: Fact 1: Buried: John Goad Cemetery 5. Margaret7 Nester (Roxie6 Goad, William5, Aaron4, Robert3, Abraham2, Abraham1) was born April 25, 1871 in Carroll Co., VA. She married William Dalton January 31, 1889 in Carroll Co., VA, son of Elias Dalton and Anna Branscome. He was born 1866. Child of Margaret Nester and William Dalton is: 18 i. Roxina A.8 Dalton, born 1893. She married Armand M. Haynes. At 07:07 PM 8/10/2001 -0600, joanmsutton@worldnet.att.net wrote: >I am interested to see if i am connected to your Goad's. I have a Alice >A. Goad who married William Preston Dalton on about 1878 in Carroll >County, Va. I am trying to locate her parents and brothers and >sisters. If you can help E-Mail me at Joanmsutton@worldnet.att.net My >thanks to you for any help you can give me thanks. Joan > > >==== GOAD Mailing List ==== >To search the GOAD-L mailing list archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=GOAD Mr. Jody A. Goad www.jodygoad.com jogoad@vt.edu Blacksburg, VA 24060 Alumnus, Virginia Tech '98 and '00