Elizabeth Goodman

13 December 1828–18 April 1913 (Age 84)
Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Goodman was born on 13 December 1828, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Sampson G Goodman, was 22 and her mother, Sarah "Polly" Lyngar, was 19. She married George Slatten on 9 June 1858, in Polk Township, Adair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 18 April 1913, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Slatten
1828–1911
Elizabeth Goodman
1828–1913
Marriage: 9 June 1858
William Thomas Slatten
1858–1934
Tennessee F. Slatten
1863–
Slatton
1860–
Sarah L. Slatten
1861–1861
Mary McClellan Slatton
1862–1942
Laura Slatton
1863–1902
Slatton
1864–
John Harvey Slatten
1866–1943
Slatton
1867–
Flora Slatten
1868–1868
Harriet Arizona Slatten
1869–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 June 1858Polk, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 2
    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.
    1835 · The Hermitage is Built
    Age 7
    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
    1854
    Age 26
    Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.

    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 (8)

    • Elizabeth Slaten in household of George Slaten, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Elizabeth Goodman, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
    • Elizabeth Slatton in household of George Slatton, "United States Census, 1900"

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