When William Henry Goodman was born on 28 January 1858, in Depauw, Blue River Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, his father, Isaac Goodman, was 27 and his mother, Mahala Ash, was 20. He married Hattie Belle Hodges on 2 March 1894. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Posey Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 29 August 1942, in Silver City, Mills, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in East Liberty Cemetery, Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1879: Mills, Iowa, United States
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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).
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