Brief Life History of Thomas Webster
When Thomas Webster Goode was born on 21 April 1849, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, his father, William Goode, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Anne Elizabeth Oxley, was 35. He married Mary Ann Smith on 19 January 1883, in Putnam, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 10 September 1931, in South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Goode Cemetery, Yawkey, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.
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- Thomas Good in household of William Good, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Good, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Thomas W. Good, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): variant of Good . This name has been used in Ireland since the 16th century.
Possibly an Americanized form of Dutch Goede .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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