My Great Grandfather was John Wesley Goodsell, Sr.

Pearl Darnell (Norma Shearer-photos
see internet) with her actual brother,
Jamie Darnell in Mississippi.

RE: Goodsell Trust located in California. Feb. 1, 2010

John Wesley Goodsell, Sr. came to America from the Bayer Labs in Germany. He had a special formula for shoe sole glue which was the precurser for plastics. He owned a bank and ran a shoe sole tannery called Pocahontas Tanning in West Virginia. They bought up thousands of acres of land including the land where Snowshoe Ski Resort is now. Pocahontas is now Howe's Tanning.

John Wesley Goodsell, Sr. son John Clarence Goodsell married Pearl Darnell Goodsell (Norma Shearer)

Pearl and Clarence had a son, John Wesley Goodsell, Jr. who was my Father.

After Pearl and Clarence divorced Pearl went to Hollywood and married producer Irving Thalberg.

John Wesley Goodsell and Dororthy Goodsell had 3 children:
Bonnie Pearl Goodsell MacRae
John Franklin Goodsell
James Clarence Goodsell

Norma Shearer (AKA Pearl Darnell Goodsell) left us a trust fund around 1950, which we never recieved, but many associates and friends have been made rich.

Bonnie Goodsell MacRae has a son, Ian MacRae of EN Computers, Fishersville, VA, 30 years old.
John Franklin Goodsell has twin boys in Texas around 30 years old.