Virginia Rosealind Gravitt

     

Virginia Rosealind Gravitt was also known as Jenny Gravitt.¹

Virginia Rosealind Gravitt was also known as Rose Gravitt.¹ She was born on 13 September 1871 at Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa.^3,4,5,6,7,8 She was the daughter of James Henson Gravitt and Elizabeth Bell.^1,2

Virginia Rosealind Gravitt was listed as the daughter of James Henson Gravitt on the 1880 Census recorded 7 June 1880 at Wyacondah Township, Davis Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 1 Jun 1880. Other members of the household were Elizabeth Gravitt, James Bell Gravitt, Nancy Elizabeth Gravitt, Samuel Andrew Joseph Risen Christopher Columbus Gravitt, Angeline Cordelia Gravitt, Mina Lucinda Gravitt, Albert N. Gravitt and Belle Myra Gravitt.⁹

Virginia Rosealind Gravitt was enumerated with James Henson Gravitt as Virginia Gravitt, daughter on the Census of 7 June 1880. She was shown as age 9 and born in Iowa. She attended school during the census year..⁹

Virginia Rosealind Gravitt was enumerated with James Henson Gravitt as Virginia Gravitt on the Census of 1885 at Wyacondah Township, Davis Co., Iowa. She is shown as age 12 and born in Davis County, Iowa.¹⁰

Rosy Gravitt and Louis Emmitt Goode obtained a marriage license on 24 February 1891 at Davis Co., Iowa.¹¹

Rosy Gravitt married Louis Emmitt Goode on 25 February 1891 at Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, when she was 19.^11,5,12,13,8

Virginia Rosealind Goode was listed as the wife of Louis Emmitt Goode on the 1900 Census recorded 20 June 1900 at Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 01 June 1900. Other members of the household were Dessie Looee Goode, Dossee Rozee Goode, Dillmer Doyle Goode and Dewey Emmit Goode.⁴ Virginia Rosealind Goode was enumerated as Rosy Goode. on the Census of 20 June 1900. She is a white female age 28. Her date of birth is Sept. 1871. She is married and has been married 9 years. She has given birth to 5 children of which 4 are living. She was born in Iowa. Both of her parents were born in Kentucky. She can read and write and speak English..⁴

Virginia Rosealind Goode lived at Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, on 30 December 1907.¹⁴

Virginia Rosealind Goode was shown as the daughter of Elizabeth Gravitt in Elizabeth's obituary on 30 December 1907 at Centerville, Appanoose Co., Iowa.¹⁴

Virginia Rosealind Goode was listed as the wife of Louis Emmitt Goode on the 1910 Census recorded 26 April 1910 at Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 15 Apr 1910. Other members of the household were Dimple Dottie Goode, Dessie Looee Goode, Dossee Rozee Goode, Dillmer Doyle Goode, Dewey Emmit Goode, Dortha Dewdrop Goode, Dale Zook Goode, Dean Moody Goode, Doran Breech Goode and Janis (?) Branch.¹⁵ Virginia Rosealind Goode was enumerated as Rosa Goode on the Census of 26 April 1910 at Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa. She is age 37. Her marital status is "M1" and the number of years is 19 for her present marriage. She was born in Iowa. She can read and write..¹⁵

Virginia Rosealind Goode and Louis Emmitt Goode were credited with establishing the local Church of the Nazarene. Their home which was built in 1909 was twice used for district assemblies of the church.⁵

Virginia Rosealind Goode was shown as the daughter of James Henson Gravitt in James Henson's obituary in April 1913 at Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa. She was listed as Mrs. L. E. Goode of Bloomfield, Iowa.¹⁶

Virginia Rosealind Goode was president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.⁵

Nancy (Stogdill) and Rosie (Goode) outlived their husbands and in the 1950s lived together in a house in Bloomfield. It was a four-plex and Nancy lived upstairs and Rosie lived downstairs in two of the units. It was half a block from the Elementary school and a great place to stop for cookies and milk on the way home from school.¹⁷

Virginia Rosealind Goode was selected as a candidate from Davis County as the Mother of the Year for Iowa in 1962.⁵

Virginia Rosealind Goode died on 30 July 1962 at Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, at age 90 years, 10 months and 17 days.^5,6,8 She was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, on 3 August 1962.¹³

On 2 August 1962 at Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, Louis Emmitt Goode was named as Virginia Rosealind Goode's husband in Virginia Rosealind's obituary. Belle Myra Whicker was/were named as Virginia Rosealind Goode's sister in Virginia Rosealind's obituary. Dillmer Doyle Goode, Dewey Emmit Goode, Dale Zook Goode, Dean Moody Goode, Doran Breech Goode, Dr. DeWitt Vickers Goode, Donald Clark Goode, David Goode and Daniel Goode was/were named as Virginia Rosealind Goode's son in Virginia Rosealind's obituary. Dimple Dottie Campbell, Dessie Shields, Dossee Rozee Goode, Dortha Peters, Delpha Joy Goode and Delma Belle Goode was/were named as Virginia Rosealind Goode's daughter in Virginia Rosealind's obituary.⁵