Zilman Douglas Goodgion of Cass
County, Texas and Matilda Anne Elizah Collins of Cass County, were married
June, 1867 at the residence of A. W. Goodgion. Z. D. was born February 17, 1846
in Douglass County, Mississippi, and M. A. E. Goodgion, December 1, 1848, in
Macon, Georgia. To this union were born the following:
Julius Montague, June 27, 1868,
Panola County;
Mary Ellen
Z., March 5, 1871, Cass County (see G. W.
Myers);
Robert Luch, August 21, 1873, Cass County;
Claud W.,
December 11, 1874, Hopkins County;
Ophelia
Zalmunia, April 8, 1876, Hopkins County;
Medora Annie,
December 24, 1877, Rains County;
John Douglas, January
26, 1880, Paris, Lamar County;
Elgin Author, December
30, 1881,
Hopkins County;
Edwin Percy, November 13,
1883, Hopkins County;
Talbot Z., August 28, 1885, Hopkins
County;
Katie Valeria, December 31, 1888, Hopkins
County;
Travis Homer, September 2, 1889, Hopkins
County (
see
Travis Homer Goodgion);
James
Horace, February 8, 1893, Delta County.
Z. D. died January 29, 1899. He had been
a teacher
and a farmer. M. A. E. Goodgion, died March 4, 1927 at
Trickham.