THE GODBY TREE (Note: The symbol (&) is to be read “who married.”) A William Godby had two sons, John and William. John had two sons, John and William. This last named William came from Virginia about 1790, and married Sally Smith. To this union were born John & Ortha Kelly (children: W.B., John, Josiah, and Susie); Josiah; Jocephia; William; Ibby & Eli Haines; Nancy & Edmond Deboard; Tilda & Wm. Gastineau; Fannie & James Reece; Sally & John Cundiff; Malissa & Miles Wesley; Jacob C. & Tavie Jones; Harrison & a Jones & Katharine Barber; J.L. & Sallie Randolph. To Jacob C. and Tavie were born Caroline & Jesse Phelps; Thos. J. & Catharine Jones; Ephriam & Louise Wesley; Bettie & John Moore; and William & first Sarah Elliot, then Manda Carman. To Harrison were born John Monroe; Sarah & Tyler Hines; Thomas; Betsey Ann & John T. Wesley; William; Charlie; Joshua & Emily Wesley; Cyrenace & Liza Hendricks; Susie, and Martha & John Robertson. To John Monroe and his wife were born Polly & J. W. Wesley; Mile W. & Sarah Wesley; Ira & Minerva Wesley; Thomas; Fannie & Elbert Wesley; Edna & Willard Niles; and Ephrey & an Adams. To Ephriam and Louise were born Clay & Sally Wilkinson; Quintilla & Quince Jones; Jeff & Florence Barger; Bettie & a Tumberson; Della; Lemuel; Tilda; Duke; Stuben; Effie & Chas D. Lewis. To Jeff were born E. G., and Chauncey & Gay Jones. To William, brother to Ephriam J., were born Molly & Sol Bastin; Walter & Effie Rainwater & Lena Durham & Opal Elliott (children: William, Julia, and Nellie). Jake, son of William, married Artie Durham (children: Irene, Bill, Tom, Anna, Jake, and Jeff). To J.L. and Sallie Randolph were born Nimrod & Christine Wesley; William & Nannie Durham; James & Jane Jones; John & Fannie Week & Lidia Ashley; Alexander & Manda Ashley; Jeremiah & Cinna Watson; Perry (Dock) & Sally Ashley; Susanna & Ples Wesley; Josiah; Josephus; Joseph & Mary Wesley; Sarah & W. G. Wesley; Ibby & Lee Wesley; Eli; and Logan completed the family of thirteen. To Nimrod were born Nancy, Joshua (children: Elmer, Lucy, Sallie, Wallace, Henry, Flossie); Robin (children: Harlan, Orville, Nim, Ray, Rosa, Sally Ann); Frank W. (children: Ben, Eli, Ada, Beatrice, Sadie); Susie, Sally, Ples, and John. To James were born Logan, Louise, and William. To John were born Thersia, Lockie, Maggie, Dora, John, James, Amos, Emma, Florence, and Effie & Dudley Wesley. To Jeremiah were born Viola, Johnie, Thomas, Lela, and Nannie. To Perry (Dock) were born Maurice, Ambrose, Enolah, Cordelia & J.B. Foster; Naomia, Minerva, and Virgil. To Joseph were born Malissa, Isiah, Tura, Mandy, and Lela. To Eli were born Johnny, Lee, Ida, and Fitch. The children of Ples, son of Nimrod, were Riley, Everett, Ples, Min, Jim, and Wallace. To William, uncle to the William who married Sally Smith, were born Gabriel & a Croch; Marion, Benjamin, and William. To Gabriel were born Alex, William, Frank, Annie & Joab Rigney; Zaner, and Rhoda. To Timothy & Polly Frogg & an Edwards were born Wm. Robert & a Shoat (children: John, Brock, and Mattie); Carp & Bunetta Stansberry (children: Frank & Creacy Walls; Tim & Sarah Godby; Joe & Sarah Watson; Martha & Jim Hogue; Iven & Mary Watson; Isabelle & Johnny Emerson; Tilda & Jim Brown; Alex & Myrtie Ballenger; Robert & Hogue & later Henson). The children of Brock and M. Gadberry were Ola, Cyrus, Kelly, Mary, Carl, and Gertrude. The children of Tim and Sarah were Mitchell & a Henson; Mary Belle & Tyler Emerson; Herbert, and Dewitt. The children of Joe and Sarah Watson were Jim & Mary Sweeney; Johnny & B. Phelps. The children of Iven and Mary were Virgie & Sylvia Pitman; Hobert & Bershie Roberts; Sam & Mattie Ware, Sadie & Henry Phelps; Della & Jason Terry; Loyd & Ada Pitman; Nannie & Otis Ross; and Anna Mae The children of Alex and Myrtie were Eli & Lucy Hampton; Otha & Minnie Roberts; Jason; Flonnie; Effie; Charles; and Lowell. The children of Robert were Ehtel & Lewis Wilham; Robert, Jr.; Claude; and Ruby.