Mary Amis Goodwin

(1815-1889)

At a Glance

Mary's birthplace, Abram's Plains Plantation, was adjacent to the home of Jane Speed  and Nannie Taylor Speed . Mary managed a $10,000 estate during her husband's old age.

Story

Mary Amis Goodwin and Richard Ivy Smith were first cousins who were descended from the Smith family which established Abram's Plains Plantation in Granville County. Their grandfather, Col. Samuel Smith, served in the Revolutionary War [1].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Mary Amis Goodwin was born on May 9, 1815, in Abram's Plains Plantation in Granville County, NC. She died on April 2, 1889, and was buried in Smith Family Cemetery in Hycotee, NC.

Relatives

• Spouse: Richard Ivy Smith (1800-1871), married from April 15, 1835 to July 28, 1871. Mary Amis Goodwin and Richard Ivy Smith were first cousins [2].
  Children:
  
  • six sons, Samuel Maurice Smith (b. 1838) [2], John Baptist Smith (1843-1923) [2], William Goodwin Smith (b. 1845) [2], Robert Kennon Smith (b. 1854) [2], Richard Ivy Smith, [Jr.] (1857-1857) [2] and James Richard Smith (b. 1858) [2].
  • seven daughters, Frances Elizabeth Smith (1838-1873) , Rebecca Cameron Smith (1840-1888)  [2], Mary Ivy Smith (1842-1913)  [2], Amy Webb Smith (1847-1849) [2], Mildred Isabella Smith (1848-1849) [2], Anne Wilson Smith (b. 1850) [2] and Penelope Campbell Smith (b. 1853) [2].

References

1. Smith, Jonathan Kennon Thompson. Smiths of Abram's Plains. 1988.
2. Caswell County Historical Association. Caswell County Family Tree.