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•  "Mary Ann Gooch was a daughter of William and Mary Patton, early settlers who arrived from Virginia about 1811 in an ox-cart with three children. Six more children were born in Huntsville. William Patton became a very successful merchant and plantation owner. In 1858 his son, Dr. Charles H. Patton, purchased the LeRoy Pope mansion and property on the grand hill overlooking all of Huntsville. This would now be called Patton's Hill. The doctor's sister, Mary Ann, widow of William G. Selleck, had married N. M. Gooch and was widowed a second time. Living on the hill near her brother, she was not without family and friends. Besides her prominent brothers (one of whom, Robert M., later became Governor), her sisters Jane (Mrs. William) Pope, the widow Martha Bradford, and Eliza (Mrs. Laurence) Watkins were nearby. At the crest of Patton's Hill on McClung Street after the Matthew's house and Mrs. Gooch's, there were only three other homes: those of James Laurence Watkins, Capt. John James Ward who had formed Ward's Artillery Battery, and Joseph Bradley. Widow Gooch's cottage, unfortunately, would be in the way of future Federal activity." - Chadick and Rohr

•  Diary entry for April 24th 1864: "Another week has gone by, bring no events of importance to Huntsville. Friday morning, I went with Kate Frazier to see Frye's paintings.
     From there, we went to Patton's Hill to see the fortifications. Found the Federals engaged in tearing down Mrs. Gooch's beautiful cottage to plant cannon on its site. The grounds and garden about the house, which were very pretty, were filled with ladies, servants, and soldiers digging up and removing the fine shrubbery. Returned home for Uncle Tom, with spade and basket, and helped myself to some fine roses, box and verbenas. Walked through Mrs. Watkins' grounds for Miss Kate's benefit. She went into raptures over the fine statuary scattered here and there. The Yankees talk about demolishing this place also, which would be shameful indeed. In the evening, the walls of Mrs. Gooch's house fell with a crash, which was heard all over town!" - Chadick and Rohr

•  Married William G. Selleck July 15, 1846 in Madison County, Alabama, he died on Dec. 9, 1854 at the age of 42 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery
     Married Nathanial M. Gooch Oct. 1858 in Madison County, Alabama. He died Dec 20, 1901. - Ancestry.com

•  Children of Mary Ann Patton and William Gregory Selleck:
     Charles Patton Selleck 1847 -
     Mary Elizabeth Selleck 1849 - 1933
     William Gregory Selleck Jr. 1851 -
     Eliza Watkins Selleck 1852 - 1908
     Alfred DeForest Selleck 1854 - 1855
     Mary Ann Patton Selleck Gooch had no children while married to Nathaniel M. Gooch. But he had several children from a prior marriage also. His first wife was named Susan Caroline Litzy (1833-1912). Their children were:
     Mary V Gooch 1852 - 1853
     Martha (Mattie) R Gooch 1856 - 1930
     William Tell Gooch 1859 - 1921
     John M Gooch 1863 - 1892
     Beulah Cora Gooch 1869 - 1943
     Matson Sam Roland Gooch 1874 - 1951 - Ancestry.com

•  Editor's Note: obviously we have some data wrong above. The birth dates for Gooch's children with Susan are after his marriage to Mary Ann and that seems highly unlikely. If you have better data, we are interested in seeing it.

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• Chadick and Rohr - Incidents of the War: The Civil War Journal of Mary Jane Chadick, by Nancy M. Rohr, 2005, pages 74, 75, 109,154, 155, 248

The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  Chadick and Rohr
•  Dr. Charles H. Patton
•  Eliza Watkins
•  Jane Pope
•  Martha Bradford
•  Robert M. Patton
•  William Patton