Biographical Sketch of C. H. S. Goodman, Gentry County, Missouri >From "History of Gentry and Worth Counties", Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar, St. Joseph, Mo.: National Historical Company, 1882. ********************************************************************** C. H. S. Goodman was born at Zanesville, Ohio, May 24, 1843. His par- ents emigrated to Lawrence County, Illinois, in the spring of 1853. His chances for obtaining an education were limited, he having received only about six months schooling, half of which time he attended the common schools in the neighborhood of his home, and the remainder in the Presbyterian Academy at Friendville, Illinois, making altogether about six months at school. He remained in Lawrence County, Illinois, until the spring of 1861, when he entered the Union army, enlisting in the Eleventh Regiment, Missouri Infantry. He continued in the army three years and one month, where he discharged his duties as a faithful soldier. When mustered out of the service he was commissary sergeant. After severing his connections, as a soldier, with the army, he still continued with it for the space of eighteen months, laboring as a com- missary clerk in Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico. Continuing in the army he served for twelve months longer in the ordnance department, at Mobile, Alabama. He came to Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, in 1867, and soon thereafter began the study of law, in the office of Judge George E. Lewis. In the fall of 1868, he began the practice, forming a partnership with Judge Lewis, with whom he continued, from September, 1868 to September, 1871. He practiced then alone until September, 1879 when he formed a law partnership with Hon. Joseph L. McCullough, which still exists. For three months in 1868, he took charge of the editor- ial department of the Albany Ledger, and again from July, 1870 to July, 1873. He was prosecuting attorney from January 1, 1873 to January 1, 1877. Mr. Goodman is emphatically a self made man, and deserves great credit for what he has achieved through his own individual efforts. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================