McCauley, Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

Isabella Jane "Janie" GOODLOE ^2906,2917

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• Residence: Hopkins County, Kentucky. Janie was born and raised in Hopkins County and lived there all of her life.

• 1850 United States Federal Census, John E. Goodloe household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Janie was living with her father, step-mother, brother and 2 sisters. She was listed as Isabella J. Goodloe (age 11). ²⁹¹⁷

• 1860 United States Federal Census, Albert Hankins household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Janie was living with Albert and their 2 sons in Madisonville. She was listed as Isabella J. Hankins, age 21, born in Kentucky. ²⁷⁹⁴

• 1870 United States Federal Census, Jane Hankins household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Janie and her 4 children, John, Lee, Jim & Mollie, were listed in Precinct #2 next to her father, John Goodloe. Janie was listed as keeping house, age 32, born in Kentucky. ²⁸⁰⁰

• 1880 United States Federal Census, Thos. R. DeVault household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Janie & her 3rd husband, Thomas DeVault were living in the Kitchen District with her daughter Mollie. Janie was listed as Janie I. DeVault, wife, age 42, born in Kentucky. ²⁹¹⁸

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Thomas DeVault household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Janie & Thomas were living on Robinson Street in Earlington along with Bessie Walker who was listed as adopted daughter. Janie was listed as Isabella J. DeVault, wife, age 61, born Feb 1839 in Kentucky, mother of 4 children, all living. Thomas & Janie both were listed as married for 44 years but they were married in 1879 so they had only been married for 21 years.

Janie's son, Jim, & daughter, Mollie, were living nearby.

[Photo: Thomas and Janie.] ⁴⁹⁶

• Newspaper Clipping: Earlington Bee on 1 October 1903 in Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky ¹⁵³⁶ Mr. Tom Goodloe, of Tradewater, visited his sister, Mrs. T. K. Devult [sic] last week.

• Newspaper Clipping: Earlington Bee on 10 October 1903 in Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky ¹⁵³⁶ Mrs. Jane Devault, of Earlington, visited her mother, Aunt Lizzie Goodloe, Wednesday. [Lizzie Goodloe was Janie's step mother.]

• Newspaper Clipping: Earlington Bee on 11 August 1904 in Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky ¹⁵³⁶ Mrs. Lizzie Goodloe is visiting her children, Em Goodloe and Mrs. T. K. Devault. [Lizzie was Janie's step-mother but she married John Goodloe when Janie was 11 years old.]

• Obituary: Published in the Earlington Bee on 27 July 1905 in Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky. ²⁹¹⁹ Died of Malaria
Mrs. Tom Devault died Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock of malarial fever and complications at her home in this city. She was 67 years of age and was a good Christian woman. She leaves a husband and four children by a former marriage, Ex-Sheriff John Hankins, of Madisonville; Rev. Lee Hankins, of Daniel Boone, and Jim Hankins and Mrs. Henry Clements, of this place, and an adopted daughter, Miss Bessie Devault. She was a daughter of Mr. Jack Goodloe, deceased, one of the early settlers of this county. Interment took place at Grapevine cemetery Monday afternoon.

• Grave Marker: T. K. DeVault & I. J. DeVault, Grapevine Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky. ²⁹¹³

Janie married Albert Elvie HANKINS, son of Houston G. HANKINS and Mary "Polly" WEEKS, on 24 October 1855 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.²⁹⁰⁶ (Albert Elvie HANKINS was born ca. 1838 in Hopkins County, Kentucky ²⁹⁰⁷ and died bet. 1863 and 1870 ²⁹⁰⁸.)

• Wedding Ceremony: 24 October 1855, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Albert and Janie were married at the home of her father, Jack Goodloe. Witnesses were Charles. Hampton & Timothy Sisk and the ceremony was performed by Rev. P. S. Loving.

View Marriage Record ²⁹⁰⁶

  Marriage Notes:

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Janie next married Thomas G. YATES on 3 January 1874 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.²⁹¹⁵

Janie next married Thomas K. DEVAULT on 23 November 1879 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.²⁹¹⁶ (Thomas K. DEVAULT was born on 18 June 1831 in Tennessee ^2912,2913 and was buried in Grapevine Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky ^2912,2913.)