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Tillman County - Golden Wedding Anniversary - Mr. and Mrs. Goodman

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From the Tipton Tribune Thursday, Feb. 28, 1957

FRIENDS, RELATIVE GATHER TO HELP CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

Mr and Mrs Goodman were married Feb 24 1907 at the Manitou Methodist parsonage
with Brother Morgan, pastor, officiating.Before her marriage Mrs. Goodman was
Miss Dora Hoover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Hoover, Manitou.Mr. Goodman as
a young man, with his brother Oather, left their home in Ray county,
Mo., Feb 5 1900 for Oklahoma. They arrived at Hobart March 5. As Harrison was 
too young to own land they worked there until 1901 and then went to Mountain Park 
and worked on the railroad until he was 21 years old, April 4, 1902, when he filed 
on the place four and a half miles east and two miles north of Tipton or one-half
east of Laing school, and moved on it April 17. He batched and lived in a half 
dugout for five years before his marriage in 1907. The Goodmans reared their 
children on this farm which was their home for 29 years. They, as well as other 
early day settlers, went through many hardships, mingled with joy and sorrow. 
Their oldest son, Harley, drowned at the age of 13 and a daughter, Mrs Clara Haynie
passed away later.The farm known throughout southwestern Oklahoma as the peach
orchard farm shipped and sold locally hundreds of bushels of Early Wheeler peaches. 
Mrs Goodman laughingly told how she canned over 100 quarts of peaches for the 
family table each year. Mr. Goodman sold this farm and moved to the place he bought
and now lives on.