James Harrison Goodman

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

The Life 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 Louiza 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 1850 and Oldfields Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. 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 Louiza 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 1851
Johnson, Tennessee, United States
children

(5)

    John Leonard Goodman

    Male1854–1931Male

    Joseph H "Joe" Goodman

    Male1856–1923Male

    Susan Amanda Goodman

    Female1858–Female

    Mary Ann Goodman

    Female1860–1935Female

    Richard Harrison Goodman

    Male1866–1940Male

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

1 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.2 English: from the Middle English personal name Godeman, Old English Gōdmann, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + mann ‘man’.3 English: from the Old English personal name Gūðmund, composed of the elements gūð ‘battle’ + mund ‘protection’, or the Old Norse cognate Guðmundr.

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

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Sources (3)

  • James Goodman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • James Goodman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James Goodman in household of John Goodman, "United States Census, 1850"

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