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| Vol. VII NO 1. | THE ELLER FAMILY ASSOCIATION | FEB 1993 |
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First American Generation
2. Jacob1 Eller, Sr., m.(lst) 11 Dec.| See Janine Eller Porter's letter and documentation in the next issue, showing why she believes that EVE Eller was the daughter of Jacob Eller's second wife, Barbary. |
Second Generation
3. Eve2 Eller, b. ca. 1775 (m) David Crotzer on 6-2-1795- Bondsmen John Michael Eller. David was son of John George and Eve Smith Adams Crotzer. His mother was m. (1 st) to John Adams. The Crotzers and Smiths lived on branches of the Yadkin River.
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Third Generation
4. George3 Crotzer, b. 1805; m. 16 Sept. 1928 Sarah (Sally) Bame, b. 18 1 0. George Crotzer was a blacksmith by trade. He and Sally Bame Crotzer were said to have gone to Iowa, however, the year is not known.
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Fourth Generation
11. Rosa4 Maria Crotzer, b. 183 1, d. 27 Sept. 1905; m. 22 Nov. 1852, Tobias Goodman, b. 1821, d. 20 Oct. 1863, son of George and Elizabeth Hill Goodman. Tobias m.(1st) 14 Mar. 1842, Anna Kepley. 3 children. Tobias died of an unknown illness while in service. He was in Co. D, 10th Regiment, N.C. St. 1st. Regiment N.C. Artillery. His estate was divided on 19 Nov. 1880 (17 yrs. after his death, when his son, Henry L. became of age; division included all except George, who being the oldest may have already received his share and Rosa Clementine who was deceased (her children received her share. Rosa Maria m. 8 Sep. 1867, Ebenezer Lentz, age 17, son of Tobias and Lydia Hill Lentz. Rosa was 35 years of age. No record of any children. The marriage may have been annulled. Rosa and Wiley Earnhardt Sr. had a son born 21 April 1869. The son, named Wiley Earnhardt Jr., was reared and educated by Professor Hodge at Clemmons, N.C. Wiley Jr. taught school for many years at Parks School near Shuping Mill. In 1886 or 1888 (hard to read), Rosa m. Jacob Holshouser. She and Jacob and her son Wiley Jr. are buried in Rock Grove Church Cemetery.
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Fifth Generation
19. Henry5 Love Goodman, b. 6 May 1862; d. 12 July 1920; m. 23 Aug. 1883, Mary Laura Julia Holshouser, b. 9 July 1866; d. 25 Jan. 1935. Henry Love Goodman and Mary Laura Julia Holshouser Goodman are laid to rest in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, a few miles from Salisbury, N.C. She was the daughter of Miles Monroe and Dela Troutman Holshouser, and is a descendant of the immigrant Casper Holshouser. This set of Goodmans are descendants of the immigrant Michael Goodman. Henry and Mary moved into a log house off the old Concord road. Later they built what is now known as the old Home Place on Concord road. It is said that Mary drove a team of horses with a wagon loaded with grain and other supplies over a hard frozen ground, while holding a baby on her lap less than a year old. After Henry's death Mary lived with her daughter Beulah Goodman Kuttz, and later stayed with her children.
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Sixth Generation
22. George6 Monroe Goodman, b. 19 Aug. 1887; d. 17 July 1953; m. 28 Aug. 1910, Mae Elizabeth McCombs, b. 5 Mar. 1892; d. 6 Aug. 1967; buried Kannapolis, NC, son of Henry Love Goodman and Mary Laura Julia Holshouser.
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Seventh Generation
36. Henry7 Ray Goodman, b. 4 Sept. 1920- m. 21 June 1940, Ruth Earnhardt, b. 13 Nov. 1919. Henry was raised on a farm. Schools he attended were in Landis, N.C. and Enocksville, N.C. His first employment was with the Canon Textile Plant in Kannapolis , N.C. in the late thirties and early forties. He was an Inspector of Cloth at the time he quit this plant, and began work as a Machinest helper with the Southern Railroad in Spencer, N.C. Several years later he served a Machinist Apprenticeship. He was employed for ten years by the Southern Railway before moving from Salisbury, N.C. to Rockingham, N.C. in 1956. He was then employed as a Machinest by the Seaboard Railroad for another ten years. Due to back problems he moved to Charlotte, N.C. in 1967 and began work at Asphalt Construction Company. The name of this company was changed many times, and when Henry retired in September, 1982, it was known as Crowder Construction Company. While employed by this company he was maintenance Mechanic of Heavy Machinery. He lived in Charlotte for sixteen years, and at his retirement, moved back to Rockingham, N.C. Ruth was the daughter of Walter and Cora Holshouser Earnhardt of Salisbury, N.C. Henry and Ruth were the parents of two sons, Larry Ray and Alan Carr. As a member of the First United Church of Christ, Henry has been Secretary, Vice President, and President of the Men of the Church. He was the first man in the church to hold the President's job for a second term. Henry also worked at manual labor on the Educational Building of the for a New Church in 1954, and was Assistant Scout Master of Boys Scout Troop # 445. As a member of Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Rockingham, N.C. he served as a Deacon, on the Property Committee, and taught the Men's Bible Class. On returning to Rockingham, N.C., and as a present member of the Cameronian Presbyterian Church, he has been on the Property and Grounds Committee, Search Connate, Session, Vice-President and President of the Men of the Church. Henry also helped with the Crafts in Bible School and Chairman of the Maintenance Committee, and Assistant Teacher of the Men's Class. At present he is on the Session. He has a 16 x 20 Workshop in which he spends many hours as well as staying busy with Family Research.
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Eighth Generation
44. Alan8 Carr Goodman, b. 21 Jan. 1947- m.(1st) 6 Aug. 1972, Mary Katherine "Kathy" Pate, b. 21 May 1953 (div. 1979); M.(2nd) SuHon Chin. Alan attended schools in Salisbury N.C. and Rockingham, N.C., having graduated from Rockingham High in 1967. He was employed by United Funds and as a Theatre Projectionist, before entering the U.S. Army in 1968. He trained at Ft. Bragg, N.C. and at Ft. Gordon, GA, before being sent to Vietnam in 1969, as a Communications Operator, near the DMZ. He was honorably discharged in 1070 as a Sp./5. Alan then attended Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C. On moving to /Rockingham, he attended and graduated from Richmond Technical Institute in 1974. He was a Computer Operator for Quinn Wholesale in Warsaw, N.C., and later was employed by Guilford Mills Incorporated. Still later he was employed by Burlington Industries in Rockingham, N.C. Alan plays piano and the guitar and has entered State Championship Chess Tournaments. where he won two Chess Trophies. He is presently employed by Alpha Plastics, a division of Georgia Pacific. Alan is a past Master Mason. Alan and Su have one daughter and they are now separated at present; Su and daughter are living in Fayetteville, N.C. at this writing.
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| A photo of Henry R. and Ruth E Goodman's 50th wedding anniversary and one of Sara J Goodman, age 5 yrs omitted, I could not recognize anything on the photocopy. | ||