When Margarite Milbra Goodwin was born on 22 December 1843, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, her father, Theophilus T. Goodwin Jr., was 36 and her mother, Margarite Robins, was 24. She had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Samuel J Burge. She lived in Beat 4, Benton, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1920. She died on 13 March 1933, in Benton, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Duncan Cemetery, Benton, Mississippi, United States.