Hello-
I am searching for information on Garfield and Sarah "Kitty" Quillen Goings of Tennessee. Garfield was born in or around 1879. Birth place is unknown. Kitty was born in Lee County Virginia in 1879. Garfield and Kitty lived in Hancock county Tennessee per the 1900 US census.
Garfield may have died or remarried between 1910 to 1920. The 1910 census shows Kitty living alone with their children back in Lee County Va with her parents, Wm Martin and Rebecca Ball Quillen. Kitty then moved to upstate South Carolina with their children, George Dewey, Mary, Isaac Martin(my great grandfather) and Gale. She reported as widowed in the 1920 census.
I can't find any records at all for Garfield except for the 1900 census shows him, as well as Kitty and their first son Dewey living in Hancock County, Tn. They are listed as having the last name Gomy. (misspelling). The next information I find are the censuses for Kitty and children.
Garfield is the person I would like information about. He is a blank space it seems. It is possible that his name was Goins, due to the fact that people were illiterate and seldom knew how to spell their name. Would Garfield be one of the Newman's Ridge Goins'?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Shane Goings