Brief Life History of Henry
Henry Goodman was born in 1806, in Tennessee, United States. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Nancy Carroll. He lived in Scott, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died in Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Henry Goodman in household of Shadden Alley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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