Richard’s second family

[NOTE: The majority of this information comes through the diligent effort of Dorothy Goodhind of Amherst. - AMS]

Following the death of his first wife CHARLOTTE MARTIN COOK on October 15, 1878, Richard was left with five young daughters. Five months later, to the day, the 36-year-old Richard re-married to 21-year-old MARY LOUISA STICKLES (born in Hillsdale, NY on April 13, 1858) on March 15, 1879 in Dalton, MA.

[One of the interesting things to note, many years after the event itself, is that Mary Stickles married Richard Goodhind just 4 days after her own father, Jacob Stickles, died on March 11, 1879 in neighboring Pittsfield.  Even now, one cannot help but wonder about the relationship between the two events. - TSG]

[I am told that theirs was a difficult household.  Mary was fairly close in age to the eldest daughter, Rose, and they did not always see eye-to-eye.  Richard did not help matters.  One anecdote passed down from my Aunt Dorothy Goodhind is that he would say at the dinner table, with the children present, "Mary Stickles. Please pass the pickles." This of course delighted the children and upset the new Mrs. Goodhind - TSG]

After Richard's death in 1911, Mary re-married to JOHN RICHARD HISTON (born in Falls Village, Canaan, CT on February 2, 1858) on April 30, 1912 in Pittsfield, MA. They are supposed to have known each other when much younger; John too had been previously married to WEALTHA STICKELS (possibly a cousin to Mary) who had died. He himself died on October 31, 1918 in Pittsfield, MA at the age of 60 and is buried in the Histon lot in Union Cemetery in Mellenville, NY. Mary died in Pittsfield on September 20, 1941 at the age of 83 in the Berkshire County Home for Aged Women, now called "Berkshire Place." She is buried in Union Cemetery, Mellenville, NY, but, according to a note from Alice Marsh Sperl, "in a lot sold to MRS. LUCINDA STICKLES on March 13, 1888." Lucinda Stickles was Mary's stepmother, the second wife to father Jacob Stickles.

This is a very curious notation. Mary is listed as a wife on the back of the tombstone for John Histon in Union Cemetery at Mellenville (her birth date but not her death date is engraved there). However, this note from Alice Sperl indicates she is not actually buried there in that lot. It's very curious that Lucinda Stickles would have bought a new lot at all. Where exactly is it? Why did she need it as late as 1888? Jacob had died in Pittsfield in 1879 and was buried there. Eventually, she herself would be buried in Pittsfield as well. Lucinda had no known association with Mellenville, other than that Jacob's first wife Lovina Herrick and other members of his family were buried there. So why buy a burial lot in 1888? Ultimately, we have no answer.

[Of her six years married to John Histon, according to Dorothy Goodhind, Mary is reported to have remarked, "They were the happiest times of my life." - TSG]

Richard and Mary had two children:

G. BERTHA MAY GOODHIND was born on December 17, 1881 in Huntington, MA and died there on September 18, 1882 of cholera infantum. She was only 9 months old. She is buried beside Richard’s first wife, Charlotte, in Dalton, MA.

[Although Bertha May was born AFTER Murray, I have placed her first here rather than at the end of the next section because Murray's family is so large.  I did not want her birth and death lost amongst the other family. - TSG]

F. MURRAY MALCOLM GOODHIND was born May 22, 1880, supposedly in Dalton, MA. However, there is no record of his birth there. Richard was by record working at Crane papermill in Dalton at that time. Murray married HENRIETTA MAY HAWVER (born July 9, 1891 in South Lee, daughter of GILBERT HAWVER, JR. and the widow MARY ANNIS MURPHY SMITH) on September 24, 1907 in State Line, a locality with the town of West Stockbridge, MA.

[They supposedly could not be married in Massachusetts, as she was underage; however, I have since found their Massachusetts marriage certificate. Murray was 27 years old and Henrietta was 16. She did have the permission of her father, Gilbert Hawver, for the marriage.  The building in which they were married was renowned locally, as one half of it sat in New York state and the other half in Massachusetts.   They had evidently met in the Hurlburt papermill in South Lee, MA where Murray worked as foreman of the rag room and his father Richard was Superintendent. - TSG]

[My Aunt Dorothy, one of Murray and Henrietta's daughters, told me a funny story regarding the family during the period of time when her parents were having children frequently. She said that during a general discussion of various local people, someone asked about the wellbeing of Goodhinds across Western Massachusetts. The answer he received was that Murray and Henrietta were "over in Lee, working on a baseball team." - TSG]

Murray worked beside his father at Hurlburt papermill in his early life. After his father's death, he tried his hand at farming when his mother Mary bought a farm for the family in Canaan, NY in the mid-1920s. But when the economy collapsed in the early 1930s, the family sold the farm. They moved to Malden Bridge, NY and then Hinsdale, MA. Eventually, they moved the Amherst, MA about 1934. Murray died in Amherst on March 19, 1956; he was 75. Henrietta died there on March 6, 1981 at the age of 89. They are buried in South Amherst.

Murray and Henrietta had thirteen (13) children:

1. LUELLA MARY GOODHIND was born in South Lee on February 24, 1910 and married JAMES FRANCIS COYNE SR. (born May 4, 1908 in Chatham, NY) on February 9, 1927 in the First Baptist Church, East Chatham, NY. They spent much of their married life in Leverett, MA. Jim was renowned locally as a fiddler. Luella passed away on October 18, 1980 at the age of 70; Jim died in Leverett on May 25, 1991 at the age of 83. Their children:

a. Twin daughter FRANCES COYNE married JOHN PHILLIPS and had one daughter:

1) ELAINE FRANCES PHILLIPS.

They divorced and she married NATHANIEL HOOPER. Two sons:

1) RICHARD JAMES HOOPER.
2) DAVID NATHANIEL HOOPER.

The couple divorced. Frances re-married to ALEX REWA. Frances passed away on June 7, 2023 in Morristown, NJ at the age of 94.

b. Twin daughter LUELLA COYNE married JAMES B. FINN who died on December 14, 2014. Luella passed away on October 4, 2015. The couple had three children:

1) KARLA JEAN FINN
2) ORA ELIZABETH FINN
3) JAMES B. FINN, JR.

c. LILLIAN COYNE was born February 9, 1932 in Hudson, NY.  She married DONALD THACKERY and had four children:

1) DONNA LOUISE THACKERY
2) BRYAN CHARLES THACKERY
3) MARY FRANCES THACKERY (deceased)
4) ALAN THOMAS THACKERY

Lillian and Donald divorced. She then married HOWARD MOREY and had two children:

1) ALFRED JAMES MOREY
2) ANN MARIE MOREY

Lillian passed away on January 16, 2000 n Springfield, MA after a lengthy illness. She was 67 years of age.

d. JAMES FRANCIS COYNE, JR. was born August 1, 1933.  He married JOANNA "JEAN" BANASIAK. James died on September 27, 1999 in Hanover, NH; he was 66 years old. Three children:

1) JOANN FRANCES COYNE
2) JAMES FRANCIS COYNE III.
3) JONATHAN LESLIE COYNE

e. MARIAN COYNE was born on October 27, 1934 at Hoosick Falls, NY. She married WILLIAM GRAY (born May 26, 1925 in Montague, MA). For many years, they owned and operated a large farm, as well as Gray's Sugarhouse in Ashfield, MA. Willie passed away on March 10, 2010 at the age of 84. Marian passed away at their farm on December 14, 2018 also at the age of 84. Five children:

1) DORIS ANN GRAY
2) CARL ROBERT GRAY
3) WARREN WILLIAM GRAY
4) RAYMOND MAURICE GRAY
5) LYLE HOWARD GRAY

f. EDWARD MURRAY COYNE married PRISCILLA LAROUCHE. One son:

1) GARY RAY COYNE

2. MALCOLM RICHARD GOODHIND was born in South Lee on April 12, 1911 and married MARJORIE BRYANT (born June 23, 1915 in Springfield, MA) on September 19, 1938 in Agawam. Mac worked for a moving company and Margie worked as a proofreader. Having vacationed in Martha's Vineyard for many years, they bought a house at auction in Oak Bluffs which they named "Hybyd" (but pronounced it "high bid"). Eventually they bought a second one in Vineyard Haven, sold their home in Agawam and moved there in 1968. Mac worked in a gas station in Edgartown and Margie worked for an insurance agent in Vineyard Haven. Mac died at home in his sleep of heart failure on April 5, 1976 at the age of 64; Margie died of cancer in the Vineyard Hospital Long-Term Care unit on December 18, 1988 at the age of 73. They are both buried on Martha's Vineyard.  No children.

3. MURRAY MALCOLM GOODHIND, JR. (known as "Junior") was born in Great Barrington on June 19, 1912 and married GERALDINE ("JEAN") CLARK (born April 19, 1923 in New Salem, MA) in 1943 in South Carolina. Junior died on October 5, 1991 at home in Easthampton at the age of 79. Jean died on August 26, 2010 at the age of 87. They are buried in Brookside Cemetery, Easthampton, MA. Their four children:

a. VIRGINIA ANN GOODHIND was born on May 24, 1944. She passed away at home in Easthampton, MA on May 2, 2014 at the age of 69. She married JAMES PINARD. 4 children.

b. ROBERT GOODHIND married VIRGINA ("GINI") HIRSCHFELD. One son:

1) TODD GOOHIND married KIMBERLY LAHOSKI on September 10, 1994. Two daughters:

a) KATHLEEN ("KAT") ANNE GOODHIND
b) AMANDA LYNN GOODHIND

c. MURRAY MALCOLM GOODHIND, III was born Novmber 8, 1946 in Northmapton, MA; he died in Springfield, MA on March 7, 2018 at the age of 71. He married (1) MARIE SUTHERLAND and (2) DEBORAH LARABEE. With Marie, he had 2 sons:

1) SCOTT D. (GOODHIND) POWERS married CHERYL RUTTER of Creston, Washington in April of 1992. One son:

a) EVAN JOHN POWERS

In Feb of 2005, I received an e-mail from Scott (Goodhind) Powers from his assignment in Korea.  He sent along the following information:

Master Sergeant Scott D. Powers is the Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of the Weapons System Security Section.  He is responsible for all matters of security at Kunsan Air Base, Korea to include two squadrons of F-16 aircraft and more than 70 alarmed facilities and all associated support resources.
Sergeant Powers entered the Air Force in August of 1986 and completed training at the Security Police Academy, graduating as a Law Enforcement Specialist.  While at the Academy, Sergeant Powers tried out and was accepted to perform duties as a Ceremonial Guardsman in the Air Force Honor Guard at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C.  In the honor guard, he performed ceremonial duties for Presidents Reagan and Bush as well as numerous foreign dignitaries.  In 1988, he was selected to perform duties as a Pentagon tour guide and escort.  In April of 1989, Sergeant Powers reported to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey where he performed duties as an installation patrolman.  In November of 1990, he reported to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington where he performed duties as a confinement supervisor, desk sergeant and patrolman.  His next assignment, in 1993, was Howard Air Force Base, Panama where he performed duties as a desk sergeant, investigator, NCOIC of the armory and NCOIC of mobility/counter narcotics.  In July of 1996, Sergeant Powers reported to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany where he performed duties as a Law Enforcement Flight Chief and later as a Security Forces Fight Chief.  His next assignment; in 2002, was Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota where he performed duties as a Missile Security Forces Flight Chief.  In January, of 2005 Sergeant Powers reported to his present assignment at Kunsan Air Base, Korea.  He has also served in Bosnia, Colombia, Cuba, Israel, Peru, and Sicily.
Sergeant Powers married the former Cheryl Rutter of Creston, Washington in April of 1992. His interests include stamp collecting, racing, restoring and modifying cars, hunting and fishing.

Education: 
High School Diploma, Smith Vocational-Agricultural High School
Associate Degree, Criminal Justice, Community College of the Air Force

Major Awards and Decorations:
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal (4 Devices)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal (3 Devices)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1 Device)
Global War on Terrorism Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal (1 Device)
Humanitarian Service Medal
NATO Medal (Awarded three times)

Effective Dates of Promotion:
13 Feb 87  Airman (E-2)
13 Dec 87 Airman First Class (E-3)
13 Aug 89 Senior Airman (E-4)
1 Sep 90 Sergeant (E-4)
1 Jun 93 Staff Sergeant (E-5)
1 May 99 Technical Sergeant (E-6)
1 Jun 02 Master Sergeant (E-7)

2) MICHAEL (GOODHIND) POWERS.

With Deborah, Murray had the following children:

3) JENNIFER JEAN GOODHIND was born in 1977.  She married MICHAEL BLAKEMAN in 2012.
4) MURRAY MALCOLM GOODHIND IV was born in 1979. He married JESSICA TROTTER. Two children

d. DAVID GOODHIND

4. DOROTHY HELEN GOODHIND was born in Adams, MA on December 24, 1916. "Dot" (or sometimes "Dort") never married and lived with her parents all her adult life. At some point when Dot was a young woman, a family friend had asked her mother Henrietta when she was going to get married. Henrietta answered, "Dot is going to take care of Pop and me." And that is exactly what she did.

After her father Murray Goodhind Sr. passed away in 1956, Dot made her home with her mother. When Henrietta passed away in 1981, Dot remained alone in Amherst until her sister Ginny moved in with her after her own husband Louis had died. The two sisters stayed together for 25 years. Aunt Dot passed away peacefully on June 19, 2007 in Amherst at the age of 90.  She is buried with her parents in South Amherst.

5. JOHN RAYMOND GOODHIND was born in Adams, MA on May 3, 1918 and married MARION GRALENSKI (born December 8, 1919) on May 31, 1939. John suffered from multiple sclerosis for much of his adult life. He died on December 6, 1971 at the age of 53; Marion re-married to WILLIAM WHITCOMB of Amherst. Marion passed away on May 11, 1997 at the age of 77. Bill died March 14, 1999 in Amherst. John and Marion's four children:

a. KATHLEEN TERESA GOODHIND was born October 3, 1939 in Northampton, MA; she passed away on December 12, 2018 in Richmond, NH. She married ROGER PICOTTE (born April 11, 1935; died December 23, 2008 in Hillsborough, NH). Two childen.
b. BARBARA A. GOODHIND was born May 31, 1942 in Northampton, MA. She passed away on November 9, 2022 at the age of 80. She married CHARLES T. ("TOM") STOCKWELL. Three children.
c. MARION THERESA GOODHIND
d. MICHAEL JOHN GOODHIND was born June 26, 1956 in Northampton.  He married FRANCES K. PEKALA. Mike died of cancer April 30, 2006 in Erving, MA at the age of 49.

6. EDWARD STANLEY GOODHIND was born in South Lee on September 18, 1919 and married GENEVIEVE KATHERINE MIENTKA (born June 16, 1918 in Northampton). They were married in two separate ceremonies: the first on March 15, 1943 in Spartansburg, South Carolina and the second on October 9, 1945 in Forestville, Missouri. Eddie worked in restaurants as a cook most of his adult life. He died in Springfield on November 24, 1989 at the age of 70 and is buried there. Aunt Genevieve died April 3, 2005 in Springfield at the age of 86. She is buried with her husband. Eddie served in the South Pacific during World War II. 4 children:

a. EDWARD STANLEY GOODHIND, JR.
b. EUGENE GOODHIND was born on December 9, 1947; he died in an automobile crash on St. James Ave. in Springfield, MA on January 11, 1966 at the age of 18.
c. LINDA GOODHIND
d. CHARLES ( "Butch") GOODHIND was born January 23, 1950. He passed away on February 23, 1994. He was 44 years old.

7. RICHARD NORMAN GOODHIND was born in South Lee on June 7, 1921 and married ANNE SPINELLI (born March 10, 1922), who died on November 14, 1966 at the age of 44. Dick lived most of his adult life in Northampton. During World War II, he served in the South Pacific. Dick passed away on May 1, 1999 at the age of 77 from complications of Legionnaire's disease. Like his father, he was a papermaker. Dick and Anne had three daughters:

a. CAROLE ANN GOODHIND
b. NANCY JANE GOODHIND
c. JOAN MARIE GOODHIND

8. VIRGINIA MAE GOODHIND was born in South Lee on November 23, 1922. She married LOUIS WILFORD FACTO (born August 28, 1922 in Easthampton) on November 14, 1947 at the Second Congregational Church in Amherst. For many years, Ginny worked as a health care aide at Northampton State Hospital. Louis died on April 18, 1978 in Easthampton at the age of 55. Ginny died on February 16, 2013 in Northampton at the age of 90. They are buried in Brookside Cemetery on Williston Avenue, Easthampton. Their five children:

a. WILLIAM LOUIS FACTO
b. ROBERT EDWARD FACTO
c. LAURIE ELLEN FACTO
d. LINDA MARIE FACTO
e. KAREN LOUISE FACTO

9. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH GOODHIND was born in East Chatham, New York on October 7, 1924. She married ALFRED MASLOSKI, then divorced. She died in a Springfield hospital on February 25, 1966 due to a cerebral hemorrhage suffered without warning two weeks earlier at the home of a friend. She was 41 years of age. Charlotte is buried with her parents in the Goodhind family plot in South Amherst. First son:

a. MICHAEL EDWARD (MASLOSKI) GOODHIND was born on March 25, 1944; he died on December 1, 1997 in Hartford, CT at the age of 53. Michael legally changed his family name to "Goodhind" during his lifetime.  Michael married BARBARA DEMARA on August 1, 1969.  One daughter.

Charlotte had twin boys with GERALD FITZGERALD (born October 3, 1913 in South Hadley, MA; died April 4, 1994 in Norwich, CT at the age of 80):

b. Twin PATRICK JAMES (MASLOSKI) GOODHIND was born January 14, 1955 in Northampton, MA.  He married DEBORAH ANN DOWNIE. Pat and Deb and their three children have legally changed their surname to "Goodhind."
c. Twin TIMOTHY STEPHEN (MASLOSKI) GOODHIND was born January 14, 1955 in Northampton, MA. He married first BETSY JEAN THORNTON on February 17, 1978. Three sons. They divorced in 1989. He then re-married to SUSAN ELLEN SHUTTA (born February 23, 1963 in Evreux, France) on September 9, 1995 in Gill, MA. In December of 2006, Tim, Sue and sons have legally changed their surname to "Goodhind."

10. GILBERT HAWVER GOODHIND was born in Canaan, New York on December 17, 1925. He married PATRICIA ANN HILL (of Greenfield; born April 19, 1933) on February 26, 1952 in Olive Bridge, New York. Gil passed away of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as "Lou Gehrig's disease") on January 5, 1997 at the age of 71. His name is entered with honor on the Vietnam War Veteran's Memorial in Greenfield, MA. Pat died on August 9, 2017 at the age of 84 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Both Gil and Pat are buried with their son Ron in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, MA.

Of his extensive military service, Gil wrote the following:

"Enlisted in the US Navy 21 July, 1943 at Springfield, MA. Boot Camp at Sampson, NY, and then sent to gunnery school at Camp Shelton, VA. After gunnery school, assigned to Armed Guard Center, NY, for convoy duty as a 20MM gunner. First convoy trip was to Eastham, England.
. My next trip was to Russia. We left Scotland on Christmas Eve, 1944. Arrived in Murmansk and then sent into the White Sea to Malotovsk where we were frozen in until spring (3 months). An icebreaker finally freed us. My next trip was into the Mediterranean for nine months and the invasion of southern France.
My last trip was on a T2 tanker, which took me around the world with the war ending for me in the Indian Ocean. I was discharged as a Seaman First Class at the naval base in Boston on December 6, 1945. Enlisted in the US Army on December 6, 1948.
Basic training at Fort Dix, NJ. Transferred to Japan, 1949-1950. In 1950, transferred to Korea in the 24th Division, 1950-1951. Received orders to England, 1953-1955. Orders to Germany 1959-1962. Orders to Vietnam 1967-1968. Orders to Korea 1970-1971. Returned to Fort Lewis, Washington, February 1, 1973 as Communications Chief MSG E8.
Employed 15 years Civil Service. Retired with 42 years in federal service."

Three children:

a. DOREEN ELIZABETH GOODHIND
b. RONALD GILBERT GOODHIND was born on September 30, 1954 in Wimpole Park, Cambridge, England. Ronald served in the US Marine Corps from 1976-1978. He died on October 17, 1984 at the age of 30 and is buried in Green River Cemetery in Greenfield, MA.
c. LAWRENCE ("Larry") JAMES GOODHIND

11. LORENA MARIE GOODHIND was born on June 26, 1927 in East Chatham, New York. She died on November 18, 1984 in Bricktown, NJ at the age of 57 and is buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Lakewood, NJ. One son:

a. JOHN JUNIOR GOODHIND

12. ARTHUR DANIEL GOODHIND was born on March 2, 1930 in Pittsfield, MA and married BARBARA FARRICK (of Whately, MA; born February 5, 1935) on April 18, 1954. Arthur passed away quietly at home in Shutesbury, MA on September 18, 2014; Art was 84 years old.

Arthur enlisted in the Army in December 1948. He was discharged in February 1950 but was called back to duty in October 1950. He served in Korea from November 1950 until August 1951. He received an Honorable Discharge as a Private First Class in October 1951. Four sons:

a. JOHN EDWARD GOODHIND
b. ARTHUR DANIEL GOODHIND, JR.
c. PETER JAMES GOODHIND
d. PAUL LEWIS GOODHIND

13. ALBERT ("Bucky") GOODHIND was born on March 1, 1931 in East Chatham, NY and married ANNE CLEARY (born May 19, 1932 in Northampton, MA) on August 20, 1949 in Northampton. They operated the Town House Restaurant on Main St. in Palmer for over 30 years; they also ran a catering business.  Bucky died on January 16, 2010 in Palmer at the age of 78; Anne died July 9, 2012 in Springfield, MA at the age of 80.  Bucky and Anne had five children:

a. ELIZABETH ANNE GOODHIND
b. DANIEL EDWARD GOODHIND was born May 21, 1952.  He married DEBRA OLSON. Dan died on September 11, 2010 in Worcester, MA.  He was 58 years old. Three sons.
c. DEBRA JEAN GOODHIND
d. ANNE MARIE GOODHIND was born October 28, 1955 in Northampton, MA; she passed away on August 8, 2016 in Palmer, MA. She was married to BRIAN LACOUTURE; one son. She was also married to PHILIP SAMPSON; one son.
e. AMY PATRICIA GOODHIND

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