Leonard Causby Godwin was crippled[1] all his life and was in a wheel chair. He lived with his mother, wherever she lived. He never married and when he died Feb 9, 1945, he was buried in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery located in Savannah, Tennessee.[2]
"Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSRR-DFR : 25 May 2014), Leonard Causby Godwin, 09 Feb 1945; citing Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Hardin County, Tennessee, cn 2766, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,356."
Military Application of Samuel C. Godwin showing his child Leonard was handicapped.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
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