| John Houston Goodnight (1826 - )  | Noah Pethel (1825 - 1895)  | 
| Mary Simms | Mary Ann Cotton | 
| John Victor Goodnight | Sarah C. Pethel | 
| b. 11 Jan 1852 d. 5 Dec 1906 bur. Spencer, North Carolina occ. edu. rel. bp.  | b. abt 1852 d. 5 Dec 1917 bur. 6 Dec 1917, Luther's Chapel Church, North Carolina occ. edu. rel. bp.  | 
| Emma Goodnight John Columbus Goodnight Walter Goodnight Cordeely Goodnight Howard Goodnight Jane Goodnight  |