James Harrison Goodman

31 May 1825–8 May 1878 (Age 52)
Baldwin, Ashe, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of James Harrison

When James Harrison Goodman was born on 31 May 1825, in Baldwin, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, John N Goodman, was 29 and his mother, Sara Salena Johnston, was 15. He married Elizabeth Louisa Shoun on 27 February 1851, in Johnson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1862 and Oldfields Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 8 May 1878, in Baldwin, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Oldfields Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Harrison Goodman
1825–1878
Elizabeth Louisa Shoun
1832–1895
Marriage: 27 February 1851
John Leonard Goodman
1854–1931
Joseph H "Joe" Goodman
1856–1923
Susan Amanda Goodman
1858–
Mary Ann Goodman
1860–1935
Richard Harrison Goodman
1866–1940

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 February 1851Johnson, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 5
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1830 · Trail of Tears
    Age 5
    In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
    1846
    Age 21
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 28049;2007: 54101; 2010: 73136)English: from the Middle English personal name Godeman, Old English Gōdmann, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + man ‘man’.English: status name from Middle English gode ‘good’ + man ‘man’, in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Goodmanson
    Gutman
    Godman

    Sources (20)

    • Legacy NFS Source: James L. Goodman - birth: 31 May 1825; Baldwin, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
    • James Goodman, "United States Census, 1860"
    • James Goodman, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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