I have taken the liberty of "cleaning up" an old obituary that was printed in 1930. Catherine Allgood was my great, great, great grandmother. Thanks to Greg Triplett for sharing this with me and the Winston County Historical and Heritage Facebook page. After reading the names of her children I wondered how many decendents could possibly trace their family lineage back to her. I, also, wondered how many classmates I could have encountered in my school years that were actually cousins. People with the last names of Breazeale, Steed, Gibbs and more that were not listed among the seven of thirteen children that were alive at the time of her death in 1930. I have shared a couple more pictures that were not in the five generational photo of her shown in that obituary.

Five generation of the Allgood family are represented in this picture. Left to right are Master “Billy” (Reginald) Hudson, his mother; Alba King Hudson, his grandmother; Lizzie Keene King, his great grandmother; Mary Algood Keene, and his great, great grandmother; Catherine Barnett Allgood.

When Catherine Barnett Allgood died at age 97 on June 15th 1930 she had 101 living descendants. She was born in South Carolina on March 6, 1833 and married at the age of 14 to Levi Allgood. To this union was born 13 children; eight girls and five boys. Seven of these children were living at the time of her death. Mrs. Martha Breazeale of Route 10 Philadelphia; Mrs. Rebecca Steed of Ethel Route 3; Mrs. Ellen Gibbs of Philadelphia Rout 10; Miss Lucy Allgood of Route 10 Philadelphia; Joe Allgood of Route 3 Ethel; Bud Allgood of Sallis; and Ezekial Allgood of Texas.

At her death were also 47 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and 7 great, great grandchildren. The youngest child at the funeral of Mrs. Allgood was 61 years old, while the oldest was 78. Mrs. Allgood’s husband, Levi, preceded her to the grave 55 years prior leaving her with a large family to rear, which she did in a most capable manner.

She raised her family during the trying days of the Civil War and worked in the fields up until just a few years before her death. Just after the surrender after the Civil War she was forced to undergo further hardships. For on instance in particular, she had no salt and had to dig up the earth around the smokehouse, after which she boiled the earth and strained the water off to use as seasoning for vegetables. The first salt she was able to buy after the war cost her $1.00 per pound, in Confederate money.

Mrs. Allgood raised all of her children to majority, except on who died in infancy.

The name Allgood was, by later generations changed in spelling to Algood.

Three of the present generations shown in the picture lived in Louisville.

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Rick Algood
February 1, 2018