Biography of E R Goodwin, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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page 669

E. R. Goodwin, druggist, Batesville, Ark. There is no branch of business more
important in the whole list of occupations than that of a chemist and druggist.
A prominent and representative establishment devoted to this branch of
industry, is that of Mr. Goodwin, who, for a number of years, has been before
the public in this line, and whose house is one of the best in the city. He was
born in Panola County, Miss., on the 19th of December, 1845, and is the son of
Albert G. and Maria A. (Moore) Goodwin, both natives of Suffolk, Nansemond
County, Va. They were married in Virginia, and emigrated to Mississippi about
1838, locating in Panola County, where they remained until 1849. They then
removed to Perry County, Ark., and in December, of the same year, moved to
Batesville, of the same State. While living in Perry County the mother died, in
1859, and ten years later the father died in Batesville. He was a merchant by
occupation, but the war almost ruined him financially. They were the parents of
eight children, only three living: Albert F., Charles E., and Eugene R., who is
the youngest of the three living. He was but four years of age when he went to
Memphis with his parents, and was but fourteen when he came to Batesville. He
received the principal part of his education in Memphis, Tenn., for after
coming to Batesville he remained in the store with his father until the opening
of the conflict between the North and South. In 1862 he enlisted in Capt.
McGuffin's company, and served until the surrender, in June, 1865. He was with
Price's raid through Missouri, and was in almost a continuous fight. At the
close of the war he returned to Batesville, and began clerking in a dry-goods
store. In October, 1868, he started clerking in a drug store, and in 1872 he
entered in partnership with A. W. Lyon, continuing until March, 1875, when Mr.
Goodwin engaged in the business for himself, and this has since continued, a
period of seventeen years. He carries a general line of drugs, stationery, etc.
He was married in 1871 to Miss Louisa F. Davies, a native of South Carolina,
who bore him four children: Lillie F., Cora D., Mabel T., and Lula H. Mr. and
Mrs. Goodwin and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member
of the K. of H., and also the Legion of Honor.