When Augustus Price Goodard was born on 25 April 1849, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Sampson Butler Goddard, was 45 and his mother, Teressa E. Kirksey, was 31. He married Mary Elizabeth Bourland on 1 March 1877, in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Beat 3, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and New Salem, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States in 1920. He died on 24 May 1928, at the age of 79, and was buried in Smithville Cemetery, Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi, United States.