Brief Life History of William Harrison
When William Harrison Goodman was born on 19 May 1835, in Baldwin, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, John N Goodman, was 39 and his mother, Sara Salena Johnston, was 26. He married Melvina Osborne on 28 January 1857, in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Oldfields Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 January 1881, in Baldwin, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Oldfields Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States.
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- Harison Goodman, "United States Census, 1860"
- William H Goodman, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- William Harrison Goodman, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1835–1881 Male
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Children (11)
1858–1940 Female
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1862–1921 Female
1864–1885 Female
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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1853 · First State Fair
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Name Meaning
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.
English: from the Middle English personal name Gudmund, Godmund (from the Old English personal name Gūthmund, composed of the elements gūth ‘battle’ + mund ‘protection’, or the Old Norse cognate Guthmundr).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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