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 1850 - 1913 (63 years)
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| Name |
James Franklin Goodson |
| Birth |
11 Feb 1850 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Grocier & Coffee Maker [2] |
| Occupation |
Mayor of Morristown, Tennessee [2] |
| Death |
9 Dec 1913 |
Jackson County, Florida [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Emma Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee [2] |
| Person ID |
I41486 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2015 |
| Father |
Jeremiah Goodson, b. 0___ 1824, (Lincoln County) North Carolina d. 31 Mar 1856, Cleveland County, North Carolina (Age ~ 32 years) |
| Mother |
Martha Branton, b. 0Feb 1822, North Carolina d. 27 Jun 1905, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee (Age ~ 83 years) |
| Marriage |
(Lincoln County, North Carolina) [3, 4] |
| Residence (Family) |
0___ 1850 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina [4, 5] |
| Family ID |
F15005 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | James Franklin Goodson (1850-1913)
In the 1880s, grocers James Franklin Goodson and his brother Milton were just looking for a better-tasting coffee. Before they knew it, the Goodson name was synonymous with good coffee taste. |
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| Notes |
- Here is the story that I submitted to the Cleveland County Heritage Book II in 2004 -- I have added notes here as well.
JFG Coffee
Not many people know that the JFG (of JFG Coffee) stands for James Franklin Goodson and that James F Goodson had ties to Lincoln, Cleveland, and Rutherford Counties of North Carolina.
William Goodson, supposed great grandson of Edward Goodson of VA, his wife, Mary Patton, and several children lived near Hoyles Creek, Lincoln County, NC before migrating to Rutherford County, NC. Some of their children continued on to TN and GA but a son, William Goodson, Jr. stayed in the Lincoln County area.
This second William and his wife, Rebekah Goodson, raised a large family near the Muddy Fork of Buffalo Creek in Lincoln County. This area is neat the present day town of Waco in Cleveland County. (It is not know to which Goodson family Rebekah belongs.)
One of William and Rebekah's sons was my great-great grandfather, Milton Goodson, but another son was Jeremiah. This Jeremiah married Martha Branton, had five sons (& maybe two girls), with one being James Franklin Goodson. Jeremiah lived out his life on land originally owned by his father, William Goodson Jr, near the Muddy Fork of Buffalo Creek.
Martha and her children seemed to have endured very hard times before, during, and after the War Between The States. Jeremiah, died tragically in 1856 when the tree which he was cutting crushed him. James Franklin was only three years old when his infant brother, Byles died, and six when he lost his father, Jeremiah. Although there's no marker I suspect that Jeremiah Goodson is buried near his infant son, Byles, at the Capernaum Baptist Church Cemetery near Waco. (In the Capernaum Baptist Church records Jeremiah is listed as a member in good standing.) Next James' older brother, Drury William Goodson, a CSA soldier, died in 1864 of typhoid fever at Charlottesville, VA, while fighting in the Civil War.
(This left Milton Alexander Goodoson, David Abernathy Goodson, & James Franklin Goodson. Martha married a Wm Moore in TN and lived until 1903. In the1900 Hamblin Co., TN census Martha is living with Milton A. Goodson and it indicates that Martha had 7 children with 3 alive at that time. It also states she was 78 and born in Feb 1822)
Sometime after The War Between The States, Martha with son James, and most likely her other son, Milton, began a journey west with very little money and one wagon. When they reached Morristown, Tennessee it's said that they were out of money and it was there they settled. Soon after James' other siblings joined them in Morristown.
(It is suspect that Jeremiah's father William, Jr also joined them.)
James and his brother, Milton, hired out to save money for their own business. Thus began the "J.F. Goodson & Co. Wholesale Grocers". James Franklin Goodson was the senior partner. James Franklin also served as Alderman of Morristown in 1891 and as Mayor in 1895.
According to James' daughter Meta, he didn't like the coffee he'd been buying for his grocery business. So, he went to New York to speak directly to the Arbuckle Coffee people. They gave James a mixture of green coffee beans and he began roasting coffee from these five bags of beans. Word of his tasty coffee soon began to spread.
James Franklin Goodson's son, Floyd P. Goodson took the famous JFG coffee blend and turned it into the JFG Coffee Company. During the 1920s the JfG Coffee moved to Knoxville, TN and in 1965 it was purchased by the Reily Foods Company. Floyd P. Goodson Jr and assistant devised the formula for the JFG Instant Coffee. In 1968 Floyd P. Goodson Sr was still working part time at the JFG Coffee Company in Knoxville. "The Best Part Of The Meal" is the famous JFG Coffee motto and many know the familiar blue, white, and yellow bag.
Kathy Haynes
(If you want to check out the ongoing "Goodson Coffee" story go to: goodsonbros.com)
At the time I wrote this I did not know about the "Goodson Brothers Coffee". Floyd P. Goodson, Jr was killed tragically in a plane crash but apparently the descendants have continued the family coffee company.
Kathy [6]
- James Franklin Goodson is the original owner of JFG Coffee in Morristown, TN [1]
- Son of Jeremiah and Martha Branton Goodson.
Husband of Harriet Elizabeth Turley(1857-1937)
Children:
Meta Turley Goodson(1885-1968)
James Franklin Goodson, Jr(1887-1888)
Floyd Peck "Bud" Goodson, Sr (1890-1984)
Mary Turley Goodson(1892-1949)
In the 1880s, grocers James Franklin Goodson and his brother Milton ordered their first shipment of green coffee beans and began the search for great coffee taste—a quest that has spanned continents, involved five generations of Goodsons and lasted for more than 120 years.
James came from very humble beginnings, doing farm work in exchange for room and board and eventually working in a grocery store where he not only meet his future wife, Hattie Turley, but also saved enough money to open his own business, J.F. Goodson Wholesale Groceries. In later life, James said that many "have little conception of what it means to start with absolutely nothing and work hard for every penny. And yet I feel mine was a very valuable experience and I am thankful for it."
A progressive believer in the future of his adopted home of Morristown, TN, James eventually became the town's mayor, overseeing the establishment of the county fair and the municipal water system. The town's water works was considered a national model for both function and management. Through his civic work and his business travels, James became known both locally and nationally as a man of integrity and intelligence. A 1908 article in The American Grocer magazine recapped one of James' frequent visits to the coffee district and said of him, "It is refreshing to meet with one of the old time merchants who, while not forgetting the strict rules that govern business, at the same time throws around it a mellowness and charm that is truly refreshing." [2]
- Meet the Mayor
In the 1880s, grocers James Franklin Goodson and his brother Milton were just looking for a better-tasting coffee. Before they knew it, the Goodson name was synonymous with good coffee taste.
The Mayor Makes Coffee
In the 1880s, grocers James Franklin Goodson and his brother Milton ordered their first shipment of green coffee beans and began the search for great coffee taste—a quest that has spanned continents, involved five generations of Goodsons and lasted for more than 120 years.
James came from very humble beginnings, doing farm work in exchange for room and board and eventually working in a grocery store where he not only meet his future wife, Hattie Turley, but also saved enough money to open his own business, J.F. Goodson Wholesale Groceries. In later life, James said that many “have little conception of what it means to start with absolutely nothing and work hard for every penny. And yet I feel mine was a very valuable experience and I am thankful for it.”
A progressive believer in the future of his adopted home of Morristown, TN, James eventually became the town’s mayor, overseeing the establishment of the county fair and the municipal water system. The town’s water works was considered a national model for both function and management. Through his civic work and his business travels, James became known both locally and nationally as a man of integrity and intelligence. A 1908 article in The American Grocer magazine recapped one of James’ frequent visits to the coffee district and said of him, “It is refreshing to meet with one of the old time merchants who, while not forgetting the strict rules that govern business, at the same time throws around it a mellowness and charm that is truly refreshing.” [7]
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| Sources |
- [S5485] http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brinkley/ps03/ps03_322.html.
- [S5486] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=goodson&GSfn=james&GSmn=f&GSby=1850&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1913&GSdyrel=i.
- [S5484] http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brinkley/ps03/ps03_225.html.
- [S12041] Kathy Burns Haynes' ahnentafel, March 4, 2015, katdidnt@aol.com, retrieved or revisited, recorded & uploaded to the webs.
- [S5525] "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4Y1-M65 : accessed.
- [S5498] Kathy Burns Haynes' ahnentafel, March 4, 2015, 704.678.9951, kjbgh@aol.com.
- [S5499] http://goodsonbros.com/about-goodson/meet-the-family/meet-the-mayor/.
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