From GRF Newsletter March 1998:
James Eldridge Goyne was born in Arkansas September 26, 1861
according to his 1900 census enumeration. He was married in
Bosque County November 2, 1882 to Alice Ida “Allie” Jones,
according to Bosque County Marriage Book D, page 288. She
was the daughter of F. D. Jones, a Kentucky native, and Mary
Boykin Jones who was born in Tennessee. Alice Ida “Allie”
Jones Goyne was born in Texas February 14, 1867, according
to her death certificate. She was born in Iredell, Texas,
according to J. A. Goyne and Ella Percy. In 1893 they lived
at Walnut Springs. James Eldridge Goyne was a farmer in
Throckmorton County, Texas in 1898.
He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900
census of Throckmorton County, Enumeration District 154,
page 26. The household was rendered as:
“Goyne, James 38, born in AR in Sept. 1861
Allie I. 33, born in TX in February 1867
Arthur H. 16, born in TX in October 1883
Oscar B. 15, born in TX in April 1885
Lillie P. 13, born in TX in January 1887
James L. 11, born in TX in Dec. 1888
Ethel G. 8, born in TX in August 1891
Henry I. 6, born in TX in June 1893
Mary F. 4, born in TX in Nov. 1895
Bertha I. 3, born in TX in March 1898
Belle 0, born in TX in May 1900”
On April 22, 1904 he gave a release on property in Hamilton
County, Texas, according to Hamilton County Deed Book 26,
page 97. James Eldridge Goyne died July 23, 1924, according
to Michael J. Goyne, a great-grandson.
Alice Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne died April 29, 1935 of a heart
attack, according to Wilbarger County, Texas death records.
She was a resident of Oklaunion, Texas, according to Sidney
Jones, Wichita Falls, Texas, informant. She was buried in
the city cemetery, Vernon, Texas.
Children born to James Eldridge Goyne and Alice Ida “Allie”
Jones include:
Arthur Henton Goyne born October 14, 1883
Oscar Britton Goyne born April 21, 1885
Lillie Pearl Goyne born January 1, 1887
James Lee Goyne born December 21, 1889
Ethel Grace Goyne born August 6, 1891
Henry Ozro Goyne born June 11, 1893
Mary Frances Goyne born November 26, 1895
Bertha Ina Goyne born March 20, 1898
Essie Belle Goyne born May 22, 1900
Birdie Alice Goyne born December 29, 1903
Ruby Fay Goyne born March 7, 1907
Arthur Henton Goyne, son of James Eldridge Goyne and Alice
Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born in Bosque County October
14 1883. He was married about 1919 to Mamie Elizabeth
Philley who was born February 16, 1898 in Mississippi. They
were residents of Throckmorton County in 1920. Arthur
Henton Goyne was a railroad worker living at Leuders, Texas
in 1924 and 1927.
Arthur Henton Goyne gave a deed to property in Jones County,
Texas January 5, 1940, according to Jones County Deed Book
244, page 192. Arthur Henton Goyne and Mamie Elizabeth
Philley Goyne received a warranty deed August 11, 1951 to a
lot in Leuders, according to Jones County Deed Book 377,
page 436. Mamie Elizabeth Philley Goyne died March 8, 1956
of pneumonia while a patient at Stamford Hospital in
Stamford, Texas. She was buried in Leuders Cemetery.
Arthur Henton Goyne was remarried to Mrs. Katie Clara Reed
Box in 1957 in Collin County, Texas, according to Collin
County, Marriage Book 27, page 497. She was a daughter of
Hirman Reed and Maxine Greer Reed and was born in Texas
August 4, 1881.
Arthur Henton Goyne died February 2, 1965 at age 81 leaving
Katie Clara Reed Box Goyne, age 83, a widow. He wrote his
will June 17, 1964 and named H. G. Andrews, Jr. his ex-
ecutor, according to Jones County Probate Book 52, page 433
and 439.
Katie Clara Reed Box Goyne died of uremia April 28, 1974 at
age 92, at Stamford, Texas where she had resided for 15
years, according to Jones County Death Book 12, page 123.
Her body was returned to Collin County where she was buried
in Stoney Point Cemetery.
Children born to Arthur Henton Goyne and Mamie Elizabeth
Philley Goyne include:
Robert James Goyne born May 22, 1920
Punny Arthur Goyne born November 18, 1924
Sydney Towers Goyne born March 23, 1927
Minnie Mary Goyne born January 6, 1933
Robert James Goyne, son of Arthur Henton Goyne and Mamie
Elizabeth Philley Goyne, was born May 22, 1920 in Throck-
morton County. He was married to Eula Jean O’Donnell April
29, 1944 in Dallas County, Texas, according to Dallas County
Marriage Book 83, page 268. Eula Jean O’Donnell Goyne was
born at Terrell, Texas in 1925.
In 1946 Robert James Goyne and Eula Jean O’Donnell Goyne
were living at Leuders, where he was employed as an
engineer. On November 14 Robert James Goyne purchased some
property in Leuders, according to Shackelford County Deed
Book 140, page 597. The deed was also recorded in Jones
County Deed Book 515, page 43. He sold the lots for $470
January 6, 1948, according to Shackelford County Deed Book
142, page 87.
Robert James Goyne was employed as a rock quarry worker in
1948 and continued to live in Leuders. Eula Jean O’Donnell
Goyne was a storekeeper. In 1951 Robert James Goyne, pow-
erman at a rock quarry, continued to live at Leuders.
On March 17, 1964 Robert James Goyne and Eula Jean O’Donnell
Goyne, residents of Okanogan County, Washington gave a
warranty deed to Alex Dee Spicer and Minnie Mary Goyne
Spicer, his sister to lots in Leuders, according to Jones
County Deed Book 537, page 383. In February 1965 they lived
at Brewster, Washington.
Children born to Robert James Goyne and Eula Jean O’Donnell
Goyne include:
Jim Bob Goyne born December 31, 1946
Sydney Clyde Goyne born May 16, 1948
Dennis Wayne Goyne born July 22, 1951
Jim Bob Goyne, son of Robert James Goyne and Eula Jean
O’Donnell Goyne, was born December 31, 1946 at Leuders. Of
this individual nothing more is known.
Sydney Clyde Goyne, son of Robert James Goyne and Eula Jean
O’Donnell Goyne, was born May 16, 1948 at Leuders. Of this
individual nothing more is known.
Dennis Wayne Goyne, son of Robert James Goyne and Eula Jean
O’Donnell Goyne, was born July 22, 1951 at Stamford. Of
this individual nothing more is known.
Punny Arthur Goyne, son of Arthur Henton Goyne and Mamie
Elizabeth Philley Goyne, was born November 18, 1924, ac-
cording to Jones County Birth Book 10, page 449. Punny
Arthur Goyne in 1965 lived in Belfield, North Dakota.
Sydney Towers Goyne, son of Arthur Henton Goyne and Mamie
Elizabeth Philley Goyne, was born March 23, 1927, according
to Jones County Birth Book 10, page 448. He enlisted in the
U. S. Navy November 9, 1944 at Dallas. He was discharged
January 20, 1945 as an apprentice seaman, according to
Shackelford County Discharge Book 2, page 78. In 1965 Syd-
ney Towers Goyne, a single man at age 37, lived at Billings,
Montana where he was employed at East Parkway Truck Ter-
minal.
Minnie Mary Goyne, daughter of Arthur Henton Goyne and Mamie
Elizabeth Philley Goyne, was born January 6, 1933 at Ft.
Worth, according to City of Ft. Worth Birth Book O-46, page
313. On August 14, 1953 she was married to Alex Dee Spicer
at Abilene, Texas, according to Taylor County, Texas
Marriage Book 26, page 572.
On March 17, 1964 Alex Dee Spicer and Minnie Mary Goyne
Spincer “of Jones County, Texas” purchased from her brother,
Robert James Goyne some lots in Leuders, according to Jones
County Deed Book 537, page 383. On February 2, 1965 they
lived at 6919 Biscayne Drive, San Antonio, according to
Jones County Probate Book 52, page 433 and 439.
Oscar Britton Goyne, son of James Eldridge Goyne and Alice
Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born in Bosque County April 21,
1885. On August 28, 1910 he was married to Lona Mae Pearcy,
according to Bosque County Marriage Book I, page 48. Lona
Mae Pearcy was born in Bosque County in 1889.
In 1922 Oscar Britton Goyne was a railroad laborer living in
Shackelford County. Lona Mae Pearcy Goyne died in Tarrant
County, May 8, 1927, according to BVS records.
On June 4 1957 he lived on Route 4, Houston, Texas. He died
April 19, 1964 and was buried in Lockhart City Cemetery, in
Lockhart, Texas. Beside him was buried Alice Pearl Goyne,
“October 26, 1903–April 9, 1958.” Alice Pearl Goyne died
April 9, 1958 in Harris County, Texas, according to BVS File
21960.
Children born to Oscar Britton Goyne and Leona Mae Pearcy
Goyne include:
[infant] born May 26, 1912
Anna Etoyle Goyne born July 30, 1922
An infant was born to Oscar Britton Goyne and Lona Pearcy
Goyne May 26, 1912 in Bosque County, according to BVS File
15538.
Anna Etoyle Goyne, daughter of Oscar Britton Goyne and Lona
Mae Pearcy Goyne, was born July 30, 1922 at Albany, Texas,
according to Shackelford County Birth Book 3-A, page 16.
Lillie Pearl Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and
Alice Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born January 1, 1887,
probably in Bosque County. She was enumerated as a 13-year-
old in her father’s household in the 1900 census of
Throckmorton County. Of this individual nothing more is
known.
James Lee Goyne, son of James Eldridge Goyne and Alice Ida
“Allie” Jones Goyne, was born in Bosque County December 21,
1889. He was married about 1911 to Bessie Jones, who was
born in Jones County in 1894. They lived on a farm in
Throckmorton County from 1912 until 1920.
In 1950 they lived in Comanche County. James Lee Goyne and
Bessie Jones Goyne sold property March 23, 1950 for $3,150,
according to Comanche County Deed Book 256, page 230. James
Lee Goyne died October 27, 1958.
Children born to James Lee Goyne and Bessie Jones Goyne in-
clude:
Edna Lessie Goyne born July 10, 1912
Archie Lee Goyne born April 27, 1916
Thelma Adelle Goyne born May 24, 1920
Edna Lessie Goyne, daughter of James Lee Goyne and Bessie
Jones Goyne, was born July 10, 1912 in Throckmorton County.
She was married to G. G. Tallent December 17, 1930,
according to Throckmorton County Marriage Book 2, page 317.
Archie Lee Goyne, son of James Lee Goyne and Bessie Jones
Goyne, was born April 27, 1916, according to Throckmorton
County birth records.
Thelma Adelle Goyne, daughter of James Lee Goyne and Bessie
Jones Goyne, was born May 24, 1920, according to
Throckmorton County Birth Book 6, page 6.
Ethel Grace Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and
Alice Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born August 6, 1891,
probably in Bosque County. She appeared as an 8-year-old in
the household of her father in the 1900 census of
Throckmorton County.
Henry Ozro Goyne, son of James Eldridge Goyne and Alice Ida
“Allie” Jones, was born June 11, 1893, probably in Bosque
County. Henry Ozro Goyne “of Throckmorton County”, received
a warranty deed from Firl Irwin March 26, 1914 to a lot in
Greenwade City, Texas, according to Upton County, Texas Deed
Book 12, page 600. On April 2, 1914 he received a general
warranty deed from N. H. Brown to another lot in Greenwade
City, according to Upton County Deed Book 12, page 599. He
paid $50 for each lot in the town, which never developed as
far as can be determined.
Henry Ozro Goyne was married to Maude Mae Willson in 1917,
according to Tarrant County Marriage Book 35, page 377. In
1923 they lived in Everman, Texas. In February 1929 they
were living in Throckmorton County. In 1931 they lived in
Ft. Worth, Texas.
On August 14, 1934 Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson
Goyne sold some lots in Ft. Worth, according to Tarrant
County Deed Book 1233, page 101. They gave a warranty deed
December 3, 1938 to land in Tarrant County, according to
Tarrant County Deed Book 1373, page 317. They received a
warranty deed to a residence in Belmont Addition September
23, 1942, according to Tarrant County Deed Book 1537, page
43.
Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson Goyne received a
warranty deed from Ada Marie Thompson Gowin, “formerly Ada
Marie Gowin Gilliam” to a lot in Byers & McCart Addition May
16, 1944, according to Tarrant County Deed Book 1641, page
112.
Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson Goyne sold the lot in
Belmont Addition November 8, 1944, according to Tarrant
County Deed Book 1673, page 441.
Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson Goyne traded the
property they received from Ada Marie Thompson Gowin, ac-
cording to Tarrant County Deed Book 2032, page 13 and Deed
Book 2033, page 97.
Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson Goyne were listed in
the city directory of Ft. Worth for the first time in 1946,
living at 3245 Townsend Drive. He was shown as a
transferman for Railway Express Agency, a job he retained
until he retired in 1963, at the age of 70. The listing
remained the same in 1947 and 1948. In 1949 Henry Ozro
Goyne, a mechanic for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
Corporation, and “Bertha Goyne” lived at 4906 Diaz Avenue.
In 1950 he was again listed at 3245 Townsend Drive.
Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson Goyne were listed in
every subsequent edition of the Ft. Worth directory through
1973 living at 4906 Diaz Avenue. He died June 14, 1977.
Children born to Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson Goyne
include:
John C. Goyne born October 21, 1923
Leonard O. Goyne born about 1924
Willard E. Goyne born about 1926
Mary Jo Goyne born February 7, 1929
Ida Nell Goyne born December 7, 1931
John C. Goyne, son of Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae Wilson
Goyne, was born October 21, 1923 at Everman. On June 5,
1940 he enlisted in the U. S. Army at Fort Worth and served
as a truck driver in the 1949th Service Command Unit. When
he was discharged as a private November 28, 1945 he showed
his address as 3245 Townsend Drive, the address of his
parents.
He was married to Virginia Long in 1941, according to Tar-
rant County Marriage Book 82, page 389. John C. Goyne, a
driver, lived at 3245 Townsend Drive in 1946, according to
the Ft. Worth city directory.
On June 6, 1946 John C. Goyne was married to Mrs. Norene E.
Rhoads, according to Parker County, Texas Marriage Book 23,
page 454. In the 1947 city directory of Ft. Worth John C.
Goyne was listed as an employee of Century Homes. He and
Norene E. Rhoads Goyne lived in Rosemont Village.
Mrs. Virginia Long Goyne lived at 736 Clinton Avenue, Abi-
lene, Texas in 1944, according to the Abilene city direc-
tory. She was married to H. J. Allen May 25, 1949,
according to Parker County Marriage Book 27, page 33.
In 1948 John C. Goyne and Norene E. Rhoads Goyne continued
to live at 3245 Townsend Drive. He was employed as a
driver, according to the city directory. In 1949 and 1950
John C. Goyne was listed as a student, and Norene E. Rhoads
Goyne was listed as a cafe worker at Montgomery-Wards. They
lived at 334 North Henderson in 1949 and at 203 North
Sylvania in 1950.
In 1951 “Reverend” John C. Goyne was employed as an as-
sembler at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation and
lived at 531 Fairview. Apparently John C. Goyne and Norene
E. Rhoads Goyne were divorced about 1952. On April 1, 1954
John C. Goyne was married to Dora Frances Allen, according
to Tarrant County Marriage Book 113, page 2.
Mrs. Norene E. Rhoads Goyne was remarried to Glen V. Gary
May 22, 1954, according to Tarrant County Marriage Book 113,
page 168.
In 1955 and 1956 John C. Goyne was listed as an business op-
erator of “Ft. W. T. Co.”. He and Dora Frances Allen Goyne
lived at 1109 College Avenue in 1955 and at 1600 Lagonda in
1956.
In 1958 John C. Goyne was listed as a salesman for Charlie
Hillard Ford, Inc. He and Dora Frances Allen Goyne lived at
1210 Clinton. In 1959 he was employed as a salesman by
Thurman Smith Motor Company. He and Dora Frances Allen
Goyne lived at 2608 May.
In 1961 John C. Goyne appeared as a salesman for McDavid
Pontiac living at 4210 Deering Drive, an address he main-
tained through 1965. From 1962 through 1965 he was a
salesman for Ryno Motor Company. He was listed as an auto
salesman from 1969 through 1972 living at 620 Perkins
Avenue. He was listed in the 1973 city directory of Ft.
Worth as the manager of Trinity Motors, Arlington, Texas.
He continued to live at 620 South Perkins.
Leonard O. Goyne, son of Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae
Wilson Goyne, was born about 1924, probably in Everman.
Apparently he enlisted in the U. S. Army about the time of
the beginning of World War II. He “died on a Japanese
prison ship which was bombed by an American ship off the
western shore of Mindanao,” according to Tarrant County
Probate Book 16, page 257 and Book 17, page 397. His
parents were appointed administrators of his estate which
was valued at $2,668.55. He did not marry.
Willard E. Goyne, son of Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae
Wilson Goyne, was born about 1926, probably at Everman. He
was married to Imogene Thorton in January 1941, according to
Tarrant County Marriage Book 82, page 362. In 1946 Willard
E. Goyne and Imogene Thornton Goyne lived at 3245 Townsend
Drive, rear, Ft. Worth, the address of his parents.
In 1948 Willard E. Goyne, a driver, continued to live at
3245 Townsend Drive, rear. In 1949, 1950 and 1951 he was
listed in the U.S. Army with residence at 309 North Cherry,
according to the Ft. Worth city directory. Nothing more is
known of Willard E. Goyne.
On December 29, 1951 Mrs. Imogene Thornton Goyne was married
to Steve Walter Whitsett, Jr., according to Parker County
Marriage Book 28, page 467. Apparently this second marriage
did not work out. By 1955 she had resumed her previous
name.
Imogene Thornton Goyne was listed as a bookkeeper for
Schooler Automotive Electric at Burleson, Texas, according
to the 1955 city directory of Ft. Worth. In 1957 she lived
on Route 2, Burleson and was employed by Family Security In-
surance Company. She continued with the insurance company
in 1958 and lived at 911 West Petersmith. She lived at the
same address in 1959, but was a clerk employed at Gause-Ware
Company.
In the 1961 and 1962 she was listed in the city directory as
a supervisor at Family Security Insurance Company. She
lived at 3912 Sydney in 1961 and at 3418 Bideker in 1962.
In 1963 she was an auditor at Sears and lived at 4620
Crenshaw Avenue. On March 14, 1966 Imogene Thornton Goyne,
“a femme sole of Tarrant County” received a warranty deed
from Agee Construction Company to a residence in Burton
Acres Addition, according to Tarrant County Deed Book 4189,
page 33. She was listed as a payroll clerk for Sears in the
1967 city directory of Ft. Worth living at 4104 Comanche
Street.
Imogene Thornton Goyne was married to Weldon Ross Harbison
January 26, 1967, according to Tarrant County Marriage Book
142, page 38.
Children born to Willard E. Goyne and Imogene Thornton Goyne
include:
Durwood Eugene Goyne born July 24, 1944
Durwood Eugene Goyne, son of Willard E. Goyne and Imogene
Thornton Goyne, was born in Tarrant County, July 24, 1944,
according to BVS File 84367. He was an inventory employee
at Leonard’s in 1960. He and Imogene Thornton Goyne lived
at 911 West Petersmith, according to the 1960 city directory
of Ft. Worth. In 1965 he was employed as an electrician at
Lewis Electric Service and lived at 3809 Byers with Juanita
Goyne.
Durwood Eugene Goyne was married to Mrs. Janet Joann Younger
September 27, 1971, according to Young County, Texas
Marriage Book J, page 349. Apparently they were divorced
shortly afterwards. Mrs. Janet Joann Younger Goyne was
remarried to Victor Sully Lovern July 27, 1972, according to
Young County Marriage Book J, page 392.
Mary Jo Goyne, daughter of Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae
Wilson Goyne, was born February 7, 1929 in Throckmorton
County, according to the Throckmorton County Birth Book
7, page 105. She was married to Billy Ray Young in Decem-
ber 1943, according to Tarrant County Marriage Book 88,
page 411.
Ida Nell Goyne, daughter of Henry Ozro Goyne and Maude Mae
Wilson Goyne, was born in Tarrant County, December 7, 1931,
according to Ft. Worth City Birth Book 0-45, page 152. Of
this individual nothing more is known.
Mary Frances Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and
Alice Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born November 26, 1895,
probably in Bosque County. She appeared as a four-year-old
in the 1900 census of Throckmorton County, living in her
father’s household.
Bertha Ina Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and Alice
Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born March 20, 1898, according
to Throckmorton County Birth Book 4, page 162. She appeared
in the 1900 census of Throckmorton County as a three-year-
old living in her father’s household.
Essie Belle Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and Al-
ice Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born May 22, 1900 in
Throckmorton County, according to BVS File 342166. She
appeared in her father’s household in the 1900 census of
Throckmorton County as “age 0”.
Birdie Alice Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and
Alice Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born December 29, 1903.
Ruby Fay Goyne, daughter of James Eldridge Goyne and Alice
Ida “Allie” Jones Goyne, was born March 7, 1907.
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