Bio:  J. R. McGoldrick, Red River Parish
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Feb 2000.

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J. R. McGoldrick.  There are a number of men prominently identified with the
mercantile interest of Red River Parish, La., but none among them are more
deserving of mention than Mr. McGoldrick, who, although not old in years, is
yet a substantial business man.  He was born in Macon, Ga., November 22, 1847,
son of Dr. R. H. and Martha L. (Munson) McGoldrick, who were born, the first
in Maryland and the latter in South Carolina.  Dr. R. H. McGoldrick died in
Decatur County, Ga., December 25, 1853.  Mrs. McGoldrick died in Coushatta,
La., on November 13, 1886.  J. R. McGoldrick is the youngest of two children,
both of whom are living, and in his youth a common-school education was given. 
At the age of sixteen years he joined Company  A, Twenty-ninth Battalion,
Georgia Calvary, of which he became third sergeant, and for three years served
the Confederate cause faithfully and well, being under Gen. Hood in Middle
Florida and Eastern Georgia.  In 1866 Mr. McGoldrick came to Louisiana and
settled in Bossier Parish, shortly afterward removing to Shreveport, where he
made his home for some seven years, afterward living in Arkansas for about
three years.  The following two years were again spent in Shreveport, but
about 1878 he came to Coushatta, and for one year was an employe of Lisso &
Scheen, after which he opened a mercantile establishment of his own in the
management of which he has been very successful.  On October 11, 1881 he was
appointed postmaster of the town, and has held the office with ability ever
since.  He was married February 15, 1879, to Miss Sarah D. Hayes, who was born
in Decatur County, Ga., May 29, 1859, and to them four daughters have been
born: Willie C., Theodocia, Sarah O. and Tiny.  Mr. McGoldrick is a Democrat
in politics, and belongs to Silent Brotherhood Lodge No. 146, of the A. F. &
A. M. Coushatta Chapter No 35, R. A. M. and the A. L. of H.  He is one of the
foremost business men of  the town, and in his business transactions naught
has ever been said to his discredit, but much in his praise.

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