GOODMAN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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GOODMAN, Francis M. - b: 1841 Green Co, IN
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 516
residence: Clinton Twp

Francis M. Goodman, bookkeeper of the Tebo Mills, was born in Green County, 
Indiana, January 29th, 1841. His father, John Goodman, was also a native of that 
state, and his mother, Jerusha Benefield Goodman, was born in Hamilton County, 
Ohio, and was a descendant of John Benefield, a soldier of the revolutionary war, 
and one of the framers of the constitution of that state. They reared seven 
children, of whom Francis was the youngest. His father's death occurred July 
26th, 1858, but his mother is still living. In 1845 the family removed to St. Clair 
County, Illinois, where our subject grew up on a farm, receiving a good education. 
When in his eighteenth year he engaged in bookkeeping, and was so employed 
when the war brought business to a close. In August, 1862, he enlisted in 
Company K, 117th Illinois regiment, and participated in thirty-eight 
engagements, serving till mustered out of service in August, 1865. After his 
discharge he returned home to St. Clair County, Illinois, and shortly took a course 
of commercial study at Jones' College, of St. Louis, Missouri. Later he became 
interested in school teaching, which profession he followed till 1877, when he 
went to Washington County, Illinois. There he gave his attention to farming till 
July, 1880, when he came to Clinton and accepted a position as bookkeeper for J. 
Brannum, of the Tebo Mills, in which he is now engaged. Mr. Goodman was married 
April 6th, 1871, to Miss Martha J. Cram, a native of Illinois. They have an 
interesting family of four children, Maude, Arthur, Frank and Mary.

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