hi i think the cora lyles that you mention was my great grandmother i know she married john melvin goodlin in oklahoma and that she was choctaw indian (possibly part cherokee)my grandfather silas paul goodlin, one of their children is alive and living in california. he is 80.i will be geting a copy of cora and johns marriage certificate from him soon.if you think we're related email me back..

My great-aunt Pearl Goodlin Mills (sister to Jacob Mushrush Goodlin) told her doctor prior to her death that her mother was full blood Choctaw which was a family secret and I have not been able to trace this information.

My grandfather Jacob Mushrush Goodlin married Rosa Mae Huston, his father John Goodlin married Martha Rose Thomas and his father Joshua Goodlin married Mary Mushrush.
Rosa Mae Huston's grandmother was Sarah Ann Mushrush. This is where the line shows Jacob and Rosa first cousins as we had always been told.
sincerely dorothy