THOMAS J. GOODRUM was born July 26, 1844 in Warren County, Ky., and in 1850 removed with his parents to Allen County, where he has since resided. His father, John J. Goodrum, Jr., a native of West Virginia, removed with his parents in childhood to Sumner County, Tenn.; removed to Kentucky, where he remained four years and then located in Warren County, Ky.; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in 1865, aged seventy-one years. He was the son of John J., Sr. John J., Jr., was thrice married; first to Margery Carruthers, and their children are James R., Sarah (Pearson), Martha A. (Johnson), Eliza (Cooksey) and John I. His second wife was Eliza Ragsdale, and their children are Benjamin R., Nancy (Goodrum), Susan (Moore and Ayres), Margaret (Tabor), Mary (Harmon), Andrew J. and Elizabeth. His third wife is Mary A., daughter of Peter and Nancy (Harmon) Cornwell, of Allen County -- now living, at the age of sixty-four years -- and from their union sprang Patsey A. (Deering), Cinderella, Thomas J., Joseph R., Beverly L. and Briggs. Thomas J. obtained a common English education in the schools of the country, and is a reading man. He married, September 12, 1869, Drusilla, daughter of Willis P. and Martha (Burton) Buckhannon, of Allen County -- born July 20, 1850 -- and to their union were born Etta F., Anna L., Burton, John J., Lepoteta and Willis H. Mr. Goodrum is a farmer, owning 126 acres of productive land in a high state of cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity; also of the Missionary Baptist Church and in politics a Democrat.