Godfrey M. Isaacs
Godfrey M. Isaacs was the son of John Isaacs and Isabella Moore. He was born 16 February 1842 in Madison County. He enlisted in the Union Army on 19 August 1861 at Booneville, KY and served in Company D., 7th KY Volunteer Infantry. Godfrey was discharged 12 October 1864 at Indianapolis, Indiana. He married Elizabeth A. Rider in Indianapolis, Indiana, right after the war and brought her back to Jackson County to live. According to the CW deposition of his sister Deborah, Godfrey and Elizabeth moved in with his parents when he first got back from the war. Godfrey and Elizabeth left Kentucky in about 1877 and moved to Illinois. They were in Wayne County, Illinois in 1880, living next door to Godfrey's sister Deborah and her husband Andrew Isaacs, the son of Isaac Isaacs and Susannah Huff. From Illinois they moved to Missouri. Godfrey's wife Elizabeth died 17 June 1882 in Texas County, Missouri of complications of childbirth 3 days after giving birth to daughter Elisabeth Anne. Godfrey remarried 22 September 1883 to Sarah A. Smith, daughter of James O. Smith. Godfrey died in January, 1911 while living in Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri. His wife Sarah married James M. Foster 18 November, 1911. Sarah died 2 February 1940 at McDougal, Clay County, Arkansas.
Thanks to Penny Parker I have a complete list of the children of Godfrey M. Isaacs and his wives Elizabeth Rider and Sarah Smith. Her information came from Godfrey M. Isaacs' family bible.
Penny Parker has a web site at: http://www.pennyparker2.com/isaacs1.html
Children of Godfrey Isaacs and Elizabeth Rider
1. John Charles Isaacs born 18 June 1865 in Jackson County.
2. Mary Catherine Isaacs born 28 February 1867 in Jackson County.
3. Isabelah Isaacs born 6 December 1868 in Jackson County.
4. William Frances Isaacs born 8 October 1870 in Jackson County. He died 18 September 1872.
5. Elizabeth Isaacs born 20 October 1872 in Jackson County. She died 24 December 1872.
6. Margaret Isaacs born 13 February 1874 in Jackson County. She died 20 May 1875.
7. Godfrey M. Isaacs born 20 October 1875 in Jackson County. He died in June 1877.
8. Dory Fardellah Isaacs born 7 November 1877 in Jackson County. She was a twin.
9. Unnamed female Isaacs born 7 November 1877 in Jackson County. She died 13 November 1877. She was a twin.
10. Andrew Isaacs was born 10 December 1880 in Wayne County, Illinois. He died 20 November 1881.
11. Elisabeth Anne Isaacs was born 14 June 1882 in Texas County, Missouri.
Children of Godfrey M. Isaacs and Sarah Smith
1. William M. Isaacs born 1 May 1883 in Texas County, Missouri. He died 9 November 1887.
2 Phebe Fabitte Isaacs born 20 November 1884 in Stoddard County, Missouri. She married George Jones. She was living in Bernie, Stoddard County, Missouri when she died.
3. James Spencer Isaacs born 23 January 1886 in Missouri. He never married. He died from pneumonia on 23 March 1912 in Liberty Township, Stoddard County, Missouri. He is buried in the Bernie Cemetery in Stoddard County, Missouri.
4. Casbes (Cassius) M. Isaacs born 22 July 1887 in Missouri. He died 1 August 1888.
5. Lizzy Helen Isaacs born 31 December 1888 in Missouri. She married Charles Hammons.
6. Liddy Elan Isaacs born 30 January 1890 in Texas County, Missouri. She died 7 November 1890.
7. Alford Harrison Isaacs born 2 October 1891 in Texas County, Missouri. He never married. He was shot and died in 1911 in Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri. He is buried in the Bernie Cemetery in Stoddard County, Missouri.
8. Thomas Wilburn Isaacs born 10 March 1893 in Texas County, Missouri. He married Ruth Lancaster in April 1914.
9. David Rutherford Isaacs born 26 September 1894 in Texas County, Missouri. He never married. He died in 1911 from pneumonia and is buried in the Bernie Cemetery in Stoddard County, Missouri.
10. Rebekah Frances Isaacs born 9 March 1896 in Texas County, Missouri. She married Alford (surname unknown). She died in St. Louis, Missouri.
11. Godfrey Marion Isaacs born 12 August 1897 in Texas County, Missouri. He married Loyetta Byes. He died in 12 January 1965 in Clay County, Arkansas.
12. Sarah Ella Isaacs born 12 June 1901 in Texas County, Missouri. She married (1) Albert Harrison Greathousse, (2) John R. Parker (3) Alven Foster. She died 19 June 1976 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois and is buried in Opdyke, Jefferson county, Illinois.
13. Edith Rachel Isaacs born 15 December 1903 in Wayne County, Missouri. She married Oscall Jackson.
14. Henry Sumers Isaacs born 24 February 1906 in Missouri. He married Pearl (surname unknown.). He died 19 June 1977.
Civil War Pension Papers of Godfrey M. Isaacs
Affidavit
State of Missouri, County of Stoddard ss:
In the claim of Sarah E. Isaacs widow of Godfrey M. Isaacs late of Co. D, 7th Reg't., Ky Inf. Vol
On this 13th day of February, 1911, before me a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Amanda M. Scott, aged 63 years, a resident of Houston, in the County of Texas, and State of Missouri, whose Post Office address is Houston, Missouri, and Louisa Oxendine aged 41 years a resident of Houston, in the County of Texas, State of Missouri, whose Post office address is Houston, Missouri, well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declare in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
We have lived continuously in Texas County, Missouri since 1870, and sometime between 1870 and 1875 we became acquainted with the family of James Smith. We lived near this Smith family continuously till the said Sarah E. Smith was grown; and we knew her all this time, and know that she was never married till she was married to Godfrey M. Isaacs sometime in the 80's. And we know that said Godfrey M. Isaacs and his wife Sarah E. Isaacs were never divorced from each other while they lived here. they moved away from this County eight or ten years ago, as well as we remember.
We further state that we knew Godfrey M. Isaacs and his wife Elizabeth, when they first moved to this county, and know that said Elizabeth Isaacs died in this county, and afterwards said Godfrey M. Isaacs married said Sarah E. Smith.
Amanda M. Scott
Louisa Oxendine
Affidavit
State of ____________ County of _______________ [both of these were left blank]
In the Claim of Sarah E. Isaacs widow of Godfrey M. Isaacs, late of Co. D, 7th Reg't, Ky Inf Vols.
On this 24th day of February, 1911, before me, a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Debora Isaacs aged 65 years, a resident of Manila, in the County of Mississippi: and State of Arkansas whose Post Office address is Manila, Ark., well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declares in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
I have known Godfrey M. Isaacs all my life up until his death in Jan. 1911, at Bernie, Missouri. I knew his first wife, Elizabeth A. Roder, shortly after they were married, and know that neither of them were ever previously married, and that they lived together as husband and wife until her death in June 1882, and that no divorce was ever applied for or granted to either of them. Godfrey M. Isaacs was my brother and I personally know that he and Elizabeth A. Roder were married at Indianapolis, Indiana, just about the close of the Civil War, and brought her home to McKee, in Jackson County, Kentuckey [sic] where he was then living.
Immediately after Godfrey M. Isaacs and Elizabeth A. Roder were married they came and lived in my father's house for about six months and I was with them all the time during this period. I afterwards lived very close to them until they had five children, which as a period of about ten years. The last time I ever saw Godfrey M. Isaacs and his wife was about the year 1880, up in Missouri at Cotton Plant. The last time I every saw Godfrey M. Isaacs was last September, one year ago up at Bernie, Missouri.
Debora Isaacs [her mark]
Affidavit
State of Kentucky County of Jackson ss:
In the claim of Sarah E. Isaacs (widow of Godfrey M. Isaacs) late of Co. D, 7th Reg't., Ky Inf. Vol
On this 30th day of May, 1911, before me a County Court Clerk in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Henry S. Isaacs, aged 76 years, a resident of Wind Cave, in the County of Jackson: and State of Kentucky, whose Post Office address is Wind Cave, Kentucky, and William R. Lakes, aged 62 years, a resident of Wind Cave, in the County of Jackson, State of Ky., whose Post office address is Wind Cave, Ky., well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declare in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
We have known the deceased soldier, Godfry M. Isaacs, all his life from his childhood until after his second marriage. He lived in about one mile of us until he went into the Army; that he had not previously been married before he went into the army and that he married Elizabeth A. Rider about the time he was mustered out and on his way home from Army and brought her home with him when he came home from the Army; that we were frequently associated with the soldier, Godfrey M. Isaacs, both before and for some ten or fifteen year after the Civil War and if he had been married previous to the marriage to Elizabeth A. Rider, we would have known of it and that to our knowledge he had not been married previous to said marriage; that said soldier left Jackson County, Ky., some 10 or 15 year after the War and went to Missouri where, as we were informed by him, his first wife, Elizabeth A., died and he later visited here and told us he had married a second wife; that since that time, which was about 16 years ago, we have not seen the said soldier; that during the time we knew said soldier, and in fact all our life, we did and have lived in Jackson County, Kentucky, or in what is now Jackson county, Kentucky, and that he lived a near neighbor to us before his first marriage and for several years after.
Henry S. Isaacs [his mark]
William R. Lakes [his mark]
General Affidavit
(for two persons)
State of Kentucky County of Jackson ss:
In the claim of Sarah E. Isaacs widow of Godfrey M. Isaacs late of Co. D, 7th Reg't., Ky Inf. Vol
On this 31 day of May, 1911, before me a County Court clerk in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized to administer oats, personally appeared Sally A. Isaacs, aged 70 years, whose Post Office address is Foxtown, State of Kentucky, well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declare in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
I was well acquainted with the soldier, Godfrey M. Isaacs, from the time he was a very small boy until the Civil War and for several years afterward. He lived about 6 miles from my home and I was often in his company. He was married to Elizabeth A. Rider just after he was mustered out of Army and he was never married previous to said marriage; I was not present at his marriage, but he said he was married to Elizabeth A., Rider in Indiana. I don't know the County. I think I would have known it if he had been previously married, as I was reared up in his immediate neighborhood with him and was often with him.
Sally A. Isaacs [I think this is Sarah A. Lakes who married John Isaacs, the brother of Godfrey]
Affidavit
State of Missouri, County of Stoddard ss:
In the claim of Sarah E. Isaacs widow of Godfrey M. Isaacs late of Co. D, 7th Reg't., Ky Inf. Vol
On this 10th day of June, 1911, before me a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared H. F. Herron, aged 34 years, a resident of Bernie, in the County of Stoddard: and State of MO, whose Post Office address is Bernie, Missouri, and Elisha G. Williams, aged 50, a resident of Bernie, in the County of Stoddard: and State of MO, whose Post Office address is Bernie, Missouri, well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declare in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
That they were acquainted with Godfrey M. Isaacs. The above named decd soldier in his lifetime had lived in the same neighborhood with said Godfrey M. Isaacs and his family for about three years immediately before his death and was living in the same neighborhood when said soldier died. That they are well acquainted with Sarah E. Isaacs widow of the said Godfrey M. Isaacs. Also with the minor children of said Godfrey M. Isaacs viz: Rebekah F. Isaacs, Godfrey M. Isaacs, Sarah E. Isaacs, Edith R. Isaacs and Henry S. Isaacs. That all the children above named are still living near Bernie , Mo. That they had never been abandoned by their mother. That Sarah E. Isaacs, the claimant has not been married since the death of her husband. Godfrey M. Isaacs.
H. F. Herron
Elisha G. Williams
General Affidavit
In the pension of the children of Godfrey M. Isaacs, late Co. D. 7th Ky Infantry
State of Missouri, County of Stoddard ss:
On this 15th day of February, A.D. 1912 Personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah E. Foster who being sworn according to law says that she was the widow of Godfrey M. Isaacs, late private in Co. D 7th Ky Infantry Volunteers, who was a Pensioner on the Rolls of the Pension agency at Topeka Kansas Certificate No. 670985. That she was drawing pension together with her and Godfrey M. Isaacs' minor children certificate no. 957295 until the 18th day of November 1911 at which time she was remarried to James W. Foster of near Bernie, Mo. That she age is now 47 years and that the said minor children of her former husband Godfrey M. Isaacs, namely Rebekah F. Isaacs, Godfrey M. Isaacs Jr., Sarah E. Isaacs, Edith R. Isaacs and Henry S. Isaacs are still living and she is their mother. That she has heretofore inadvertently stated that was was married to James M. Foster her present husband on the 19th day of November 1911 which statement is an error. That a Certified Copy of her marriage Record now on file at the Topeka Kansas Pension Agency shows that she was last married Nov 18th, 1911 which is the correct date. That her post office address is Bernie in the County of Stoddard, State of Mo.
Sarah A. Foster
Certified Copy of Order
State of Missouri, County of Stoddard:
In the probate Court of said County, on the 10th day of Feb'y, 1912, the following, among other proceedings, were had, viz:
Estate of: Rebeckah F. Isaacs, Godfrey M. Isaacs, jr., Sarah E. Isaacs, Edith R. Isaacs, Henry S. Isaacs, minors----
James W. Foster, Gdn and Curator....
Application filed, order appointing Guardian and Curator; Bond $200.00 approved.
Nov on this day come James W. Foster of said county and state, who respectfully represents and shows to the court that Rebekah F. Isaacs, Godfrey M. Isaacs Jr, Sarah E. Isaacs, Edith R. Isaacs and Henry S. Isaacs are minors residing in said county and state, who have an estate requiring the care and attention of a guardian and curator, and files the application of said minors asking that he be appointed to such trust.
And the court having heard the evidence adduced, and deeming said James W. Foster a fit and suitable person to so act, doth order that said James W. Foster be and he is hereby appointed guardian of the persons and curator of the estate of said minors - same being a monthly pension payable quarterly, but before he is permitted to enter upon the discharge of the duties of said office he is required to give bond to the state of Missouri for the use of said minors in the sum of two hundred dollars with two or more sureties, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, as such guardian and curator.
And now comes the aforesaid James W. Foster and accepts such appointment and files his bond, as required by order of the court, which is in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars with Kirt Adkins and C.P. Stanley, as sureties, which bond is by the court accepted and approved, and the said James W. Foster qualifies according to law and enters upon the discharge of his duties as such Guardian and Curator.....