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THE GOODWINS OF BROOKVILLE, INDIANA From his earliest recollection the writer had understood that he belonged to the F.F.V's., but when about ten years ago he attempted to grow a family tree he found it impossible to verify the claim. Resorting to the oldest living member of the family, Mrs. Mary (Goodwin) Marlatt, born 1809, and residing in Brookville, he found her unable to give the place of her father's birth, but she did know that his father was Thomas Goodwin, Sen., and that her father had brothers and sisters. Of these she had seen one when she was a small child who had come on horseback with a young son to visit her father. The name of the brother or of his son was James. She remembered only one question asked by the brother, and that was, how his brother, her father, had so soon spent the inheritance received from his father's estate. An appeal has been made to every Goodwin whose name and address could be secured for his own family data, hoping in htis way to find eventually some of the descendants of the brothers, but so far without success. At the same time an attempt has been made to trace the descendants of all immigrant Goodwins past the year 1767, hoping to find record of a Thomas born in 1767, the son of Thomas, Sen. This also has so far failed of results. In the meantime the search continues, and all the data obtained is carefully preserved. From this collection is taken what appears here relating to the Goodwins of Virginia. It is perhaps needless to say that any information relating to the ancestry of Thomas of 1767 will be most gratefully received, and al other Goodwin data will be carefully preserved and prepared for publication, if sent to John S. Goodwin, 304 The Temple, Chicago. Thomas Goodwin, born about 1730-1740; was married twice, but had no children by his second wife. By occupation he was a farmer and slave-owner, and in religion a Quaker. He resided probably in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, or Virginia. Page 60. His granddaughter, Mrs. Marlatt, thinks he resided in Maryland and removed to Pennsylvania after his second marriage, as Catherine Rees, wife of Thomas, Jr., knew her husband's father and step-mother but not his own mother. He was a man of property and of education. His estate was probated, but it is not yet known where. The most plausible theory at this time is that some of the sons or grandsons of Major James Goodwin went north from York county into Westmoreland county, and then across into Maryland and north into Pennsylvania, and were the acenstors of Thomas. Children: i. Thomas, born April 27, 1767; married Catherine Rees; ii. James(?), married, and had at least one son living in 1815- '20. Thomas Goodwin (Thomas), born April 27, 1767; was married about 1788 to Catherine Rees, born October 7, 1767, a daughter of David and Lydia (----) Rees, who were born in Wales. By occupation he was a farmer and inn-keeper, and in politics a Whig. But little is known of his residence before his marriage. He was a stern, uncommunicative man, well educated for a pioneer, writing a very perfect hand, a great reader, and much given to solitude and forest hunting. Whether there was a family estrangement is not known, but he was a man in whom the milk of human kindness had soured. He held himself aloof from his neighbors, and kept in advance of the wave of immigration. He was married about 1788, and Lancaster, Penn., seems to have been the place of marriage or else the birth-place of his wife, who was a Philadelpia (?) "school marm" before marriage. She often spoke of having seen Washington when she was a child. She had brothers, Hezekiah and David, and sisters, Lydia and Lucretia (married Mr. Alexander and had son, Samuel, and also other sisters, from whom she inherited silver with monograms A.F. and I.H.D. or I.D.H. She had a brother and a brother-in-law killed in the Revolutionary War. Wherever this Rees family lived at the time of her marriage was the home of Thomas Goodwin at that time. After marriage they went along what was afterwards known as the Old National Road to Old Fort, now Brownsfille, Fayette county, Pa. They remained there for several years and then removed to Cincinnati. Thence they went to near Dayton, Ohio, returning to Franklin, Ohio, where they resided until about 1830. At this place Thomas' brother visited him before 1820, and one of his father's former slaves lived near and often worked for the family. Page 61. Leaving Franklin they settled in Brookville, Ind., where their eldest son Samuel had gone in 1816, and remained there until their deaths. Catherine (Rees) Goodwin died July 5, 1844, and Thomas Goodwin, Jr., died May 5, 1848. Children: i. Samuel, born April 12, 1789; married, 1st Eunice Pearson; 2d, Mrs. Eleanor (Wiles) Moon; ii. Hezekiah Rees, born November 19, 1791; married Lydia Ligett; iii. William, born June 1, 1795; drowned on trip to New Orleans, 1815; iv. James, born October 22, 1797; died unmarried; v. Lydia, born August 9, 1800; killed by fall from horse in 1815; vi. Elizabeth, born November 9, 1806; married George Kepler; vii. Mary (Polly), born April 30, 1809; married James Marlatt. Samuel Goodwin (Thomas, Thomas), born April 12, 1789, in Old Fort, now Brownsville, Fayette county, Pa.; was married, 1st, at Lebanon, Ohio, to Eunice Pearson, born in 1796, and died in Lebanon in 1814. Samuel Goodwin was married, 2nd, March 19, 1815, at Lebanon to Mrs. Eleanor (Wiles) Moon, who was born October 24, 1789, in Baltimore, Md., a daughter of John and Eleanor (McKinley) Wiles. She was born while her mother was on a visit from Pennsylvania to "her people". Her mother's parents were Rodger and Eleanor (Shaw) McKinley, who, with his father, James McKinley, born 1708 in Ireland, afterwards settled near Lebanon, Ohio, where James McKinley died in 1812, aged 104 years. The next year after their marriage Samuel and Eleanor settled in brookville, Ind., where they remained the rest of their lives. They resided in the town, but owned farm lands adjoining. Mr. Goodwin was also a tanner, and made a voyage or two to New Orleans. They were strong Methodists, and their home was always open to the travelling preacher. When the Methodists were preparing to establish the Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University at Greencastle, Samuel Goodwin purchased the first perpetual scholarship sold and sent the first student from out of town. He gave every son a college education, and two of them became presidents of universities afterward, while his wife's nephew, Dr. J.P.D. John, was, until his recent resignation, for many years president of De Pauw. Samuel Goodwin died June 26, 1851. Eleanor (Wiles) Goodwin died May 18, 1873. Children by second wife: i. Eunice, born July 20, 1817; died September 6, 1817; ii. Thomas Aiken, born November 2, 1818; married Content Lucretia Craft; iii. John Reeves, born July 15, 1820; married Rachel Goudie; iv. Mary, born August 7, Page 62. 1822; died July 31, 1839, unmarried; v. Eleanor, born May 13, 1824; died November 30, 1843; unmarried; vi. Martha Wiles, born March 4, 1826; married Wilson Morrow; vii. Samuel Augustus, born July 11, 1828; died March 17, 1829; viii. Samuel George, born February 21, 1830; resides at Indianapolis, Ind., unmarried; ix. William Rees, born July 7, 1832; married, 1st Sue A. Keely; 2nd, Mrs. Mary (McAdams) Smith; x. Robert James, born January 29, 1834; died July 2, 1884, unmarried, brevet brigadier-general in Civil War. Rev. Thomas Aiken Goodwin, D.D. (Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born November 2, 1818, in Brookville, Ind.; was married September 13, 1842, at Rising Sun, Ind., to Content Lucretia Craft, born February 26, 1823, a daughter of Caleb A. and Elizabeth (Williams) Craft. (See Craft genealogy, where name is incorrectly given as Gordain). By occupation he was a teacher, editor, and minister, in politics a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They have resided in Rising Sun, Brookville, and in Indianapolis, Ind., for about forty years. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1892. Thomas A. Goodwin was the first student from out of town at the Indiana Asbury University and valedictorian of the first class, 1840. He was president of the Brookville College, and editor of the Brookville American. He is well known in church circles, and has written a number of books relating to church polity. Children: i. Charles, born January 13, 1849; died, March 8, 1847; ii. Mary, born June 22, 1847; died May 31, 1856; iii. Martha, born July 18, 1850; died October 3, 1872; iv. Ella, born June 5, 1853; died February 22, 1859; v. Myra Ada, born July 22, 1856; married Rev. Samuel Plantz, D.D.; vi. Caroline Augusta, born June 7, 1859; married Edwin Eugene Rexford; vii. Edwin Morrow, born October 6, 1862; married Mabel Caroline Newcomb; viii. Alice Flora, born January 1, 1865; married Ozro DeLacy Weaver. Myra Ada Goodwin (Thomas Aiken, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born July 22, 1856, in Brookville, Ind.; was married September 8, 1885, at Indianapolis, by Rev. J. Alabaster, to Rev. Samuel Plantz, D.D., born June 13, 1859, in Johnstonwn, N.Y., a son of James and Elsie (Stoller) Plantz. By occupation he was a teacher and minister, in politics a Prohibitionist, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Detroit, Mich., removing in 1895 to Appleton, Wis., where Dr. Plantz is president of Lawrence University. Mrs. Myra (Goodwin) Plants has been for years a con- Page 63. tributor to the religious periodicals, and has acquired a wide reputation as a poet and platform speaker. She was before marriage an instructor in the Indiana Asbury University. After marriage they resided for a year in Berlin, where Mrs. Plantz studied in the university. Plantz children: i. Elsie Content, born January 12, 1890; ii. Florence John, born March 25, 1893. Caroline Augusta Goodwin (Thomas Aiken, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born June 7, 1859, in Indianapolis; was married April 12, 1881, at Indianapolis, by Dr. Henry J. Talbott, to Edwin Eugene Rexford, born December 9, 1856, in Piqua, Ohio, a son of Eugene Motier and Ann Elizabeth (Ferguson) Rexford. By occupation he was a bank officer, in politics a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They reside in Indianapolis. Caroline was the first woman notary public commissioned in Indiana. Rexford children: i. Edna May, born December 24, 1882; ii. Eugene Goodwin, born August 13, 1884. Edwin Morrow Goodwin (Thomas Aiken, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born October 6, 1862, in Indianapolis; was married May 8, 1884, at Indianapolis, by Rev. H.M. Morey, to Mabel Caroline Newcomb, born July 11, 1862, in Indianapolis, a daughter of Horatio Cooley and Eliza (Pabody) Newcomb. By occupation he is general agent of the Accident Department of the Aetna Life Insurance Company for New York, in politics a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Indianapolis and Terre Haute, returning to Indianapolis, and removed (1895) to Buffalo, N.Y. Children: i. Alice Emma, born March 5, 1887; died March 29, 1893; ii. Helen Newcomb, born November 7, 1890; iii. Thomas Arthur, born November 2, 1893. Alice Flora Goodwin (Thomas Aiken, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born January 1, 1865, in Indianapolis, was married September 13, 1887, at Indianapolis, by Rev. Samuel Plantz, D.D., to Ozro DeLacy Weaver, born November 26, 1857, in Wayne county, Ind., a son of Jesse and Martha (Howell) Weaver. By occupation he was a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, in politics a Republican. They reside in Indianapolis. Weaver child: i. Louise Content, born January 11, 1893. Dr. John Reeves Goodwin (Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born July 15, 1820, in Brookville; was married July 30, 1946, at Brookville, by Rev. Thomas Aiekn Goodwin, D.D., to Rachel Goudie, born December 28, 1826, in Brookville township, a daughter of Joseph and Pamela (Clarkson) Goudie. By occupa- Page 64. tion he was a physician and banker, in politics a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Brookville until Dr. Goodwin was appointed to a position in the Department of the Inerior under President Grant, when they removed to Washington, returning to Brookville, where Dr. Goodwin died in May, 1880. His widow resides in Brookville. He was graduated from the Indiana Asbury University at the time of his death, and endowed a chair in the University. Children: i. Charles Francis, born November 6, 1849; married Martha Shirk; ii. Joseph Goudie, born March 19, 1852; died August 9, 1852; iii. Edward R., born January 31, 1860; died February 16, 1861. Charles Francis Goodwin (John Reeves, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born November 6, 1849, in Brookville township; was married November 17, 1874, at residence of wife's parents in Springfield township, by Rev. J.L. Roop, to Martha Shirk, born October 16, 1854, in Springfield township, a daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Wright) Shirk. By occupation he was a banker, in politics a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Brookville, where Mr. Goodwin's business interests were very great. He contributed both time and money to the compiling of the Goodwin records. His sudden death Sunday afternoon, January 12, 1896, came like a public calamity. By request of the mayor all business-houses were closed and business suspended the day of his burial. He was universally loved and respected. His daughter, Mary, was graduated in June, 1897, from the De Pauw University, where he succeeded his father as trustee, and from which he was graduated in 1871. His son, John, enters the same College in 1897. Children: i. Mary McKee, born January 24, 1876; ii. John Pemberton, born February 26, 1880. Martha Wiles Goodwin (Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born March 4, 1826, in Brookville; was married September 8, 1852, at Brookville by Dr. Enoch G. Wood to Wilson Morrow, who was born October 11, 1823, in Rush county, Ind., a son of Charles Wesley and Elizabeth (Wilson) Morrow. By occupation he was a lawyer, in politics a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Brookville, removing at the close of the war to Indianapolis. Mrs. Morrow was the "Lady Bountiful" of the family, her husband's position permitting her hospitable disposition to be exercised without stint. Beloved by all, a patient sufferer for a year, Aunt Mattie, as she was known to all, died in Indianapolis, April 10, Page 65. 1896. Adopted child: i. Mollie, married Ernest W. Matthews. Rev. William Rees Goodwin, D.D. (Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born July 7, 1832, in Brookville; was married 1st, August 5, 1856, at Brookville, by Rev. S.T. Gillet, to Susan Ann Keely, born April 4, 1838, in Mt. Carmel, Ill., a daughter of Rev. John Wesley and Elizabeth (Fisher) Keely5 (John4, John3, Sebastian2, Michael1), and died at Lincoln, Ill., Sept. 29, 1868. Dr. Goodwin was married 2nd, June 24, 1869, at St. Louis, Mo., by Rev. B.F. Crary, D.D., to Mrs. Mary (McAdams) Smith. By occupation he is a teacher and minister, in politics a Prohibitionist, and in religion a Methodist. They reside (1897) near Los Angeles, Cal. Dr. Goodwin was graduated from the Indiana Asbury University in 1856; was president of the Brookville College; Professor of Belles Lettres in the Illinois Conference; delegate to the General Conference; five years a member of the Rock River Conference and stationed at Chicago. He is one of the best-known contributors to the periodicals of the Methodist Church. Children by first wife: i. John Samuel, born March 16, 1858; married Mary Elizabeth Forbes; ii. George Keely Holliday, born April 29, 1961; died April 13, 1862; iii. William Ransdall, born August 19, 1863; married Mrs. Mary Eva (Putman) Hazlett; iv. Frank Morrow, born April 14, 1868; died May 6, 1869. Child by second wife: v. Eleanor, born May 25, 1870; married Dr. Charles H. Whitman. John Samuel Goodwin (William Rees, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas) born March 16, 1858, in Edniburg, Ind., was married October 7, 1880, at Danville, Ill., by Rev. William Rees Goodwin, D.D., to Mary Elizabeth Forbes, born June 9, 1858, in Danville, a daughter of Thomas Richard and Anna Eliza (Robinson) Forbes7, (Thomas Chester6, Benjamin5, Elijah4, Joseph3, John2, James Forbes1, of Harford, Conn.). By occupation he is a lawyer, and in religion a Methodist. Mr. Goodwin was graduated from the Indiana Asbury University in 1877, the valedictorian of his class. He resided in Beloit, Kansas, from 1878 to 1888; was appointed judge in April, 1879; spent some time abroad in 1885-'86; resided in Danville, Ill., until January, 1891, and in Chicago thereafter. He is law partner of General John C. Black, ex-Commissioner of Pensions and at present United States District Attorney. He is interested very extensively in the breeding of registered Aberdeen-Angus cattle. He is the compiler of the Page 66. genealogy of the Goodwins of Virginia. Child: i. Anna, born December 15, 1886. William Ransdall Goodwin (William Rees, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born August 19, 1863, in the Brookville College building, his father being president of hte College and residing with his family in the College apartments; was married November 3, 1892, at Quincy, Ill., by Rev. William Rees Goodwin, D.D., to Mrs. Mary Eva (Putman) Hazlett, born Mary 24, 1864, in Mt. Sterling, Ill., a daughter of John and Sarah (Stone) Putman. By occupation he is one of the editors and publishers of the Breeders' Gazette, in politics Independent, and in religion a Methodist. Since graduation from the Indiana Asbury University in 1883, he resided in Beloit, Kanas, and Kansas City, Mo., until 1885, and since then in Chicago. He is secretary of the Chicago Equestrian Day Association, inforporated, and a director in the National Saddle-Horse Breeders' Association. He has a national reputation as an expert judge of live-stock and a critical reporter of horse-shows and live-stock expositions. No children. Eleanor Goodwin (William Rees, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), born May 25, 1870, in Champaign, Ill.; was married January 11, 1893, at 520 Englewood Avenue, Chicago, by Rev. William Rees Goodwin, D.D., to Dr. Charles H. Whitman. (See Whitman Geneaology). By occupation he was a physician, in politics a Republican. They resided in Chicago until 1894, when they removed to Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Whitman has won a wide reputation as a brilliant performer on the piano-forte. No children. Hezekiah Rees Goodwin (Thomas, Thomas), born November 19, 1791, in Old Fort, Fayette county, Penn.; was married to Lydia Ligett. They resided near Franklin, Ohio. Hezekiah Rees Goodwin died in 1826 at Natchez, Miss., while on a trip to New Orleans. Lydia (Ligett) Goodwin died July 18, 1839. Children: i. Mary Ann, born August 14, 1814; married George Bunton Hall; ii. Ellen, born May 3, 1817; married William Ogdon Bradstreet. Mary Ann Goodwin (Hezekiah Rees, Thomas, Thomas), born August 14, 1814, near Franklin, Ohio; was married August 4, 1831, near Franklin to George Bunton Hall, born September 30, 1810, in Virginia. They resided at Rising Sun., Ind. George Bunton Hall died January 2, 1872, at Winchester, Ohio. Mary Ann (Goodwin) Hall died November 24, 1885, at Rising Sun. Hall children: Smith C., born May 8, 1832; died May 8, 1832; Page 67. ii. Lydia Ann, born September 28, 1833; died May 10, 1836; iii. Francis Mead, born February 13, 1836; married Esther Huffins; iv. Elizabeth Eleanor, born September 10, 1838; married Joseph W. Swallow; v. Nancy Lutitia, born May 26, 1841; married Thomas Jefferson Tibbals; vi. Mathias Rees, born November 18, 1843; married Mary Matilda Jones; vii. James Tate, born November 22, 1846; married Hattie Elston Howard; viii. Clarinda, born July 18, 1849; died July 6, 1851; ix. Harriet S., born July 15, 1854; died October 13, 1857. Ellen Goodwin (Hezekiah Rees, Thomas, Thomas), born May 3, 1817, in Rising Sun, Ind.; was married January 1, 1835, to William Ogdon Bradstreet. They resided in Miamisburg, Ohio, where Ellen (Goodwin) Bradstreet died November 13, 1891. Bradstreet children: i. Samuel Ellis; ii. Milton Henry; iii. Thomas Godwin; iv. Willis Rees. Elizabeth Goodwin (Thomas, Thomas), born November 3, 1806, near Franklin, Ohio; was married September, 1825, at her home near Franklin, to George Kepler, born July 3, 1790, in Frederick county, Md., a son of George and ------ (Mooler) Kepler. By occupation he was a merchant tailor, in politics a Whig and Republican, and in religion a Methodist. They resided in Dayton, Ohio, where Elizabeth died in January, 1889. Kepler children: i. Thomas, born May 8, 1826; ii. Catherine, born November 29, 1828; iii. Samuel, born December 9, 1830; iv. Jesse, born March 16, 1832; v. Eleanor, born November 29, 1834; vi. Mary, born June 5, 1836; vii. Francis, born February 25, 1839; viii. Owen, born March 6, 1840; died February 17, 1844. Mary (Polly) Goodwin (Thomas, Thomas), born April 30, 1809, near Franklin, Ohio; was married May 7, 1829, at her home near Franklin, to James Marlatt, born September 30, 1806, near Martinsburg, W. Va., a son of ----- and Jane (----) Marlatt. By occupation he was a carpenter and builder. They resided in Franklin, Ohio, until about 1830, and since then in Brookville, Ind., where James Marlatt died. Aunt Polly, as she is known to the family, resides with her daughter, Mary, sound in mind and strong of body, although in her 89th year.* Marlatt children: i. Samuel Goodwin+, born December 14, 1830; married _______________________________________________________________________________ *"Aunt Polly" entered into rest August 24, 1897. A faithful friend, a kind and sympathetic neighbor, she was a perfect type of the pioneer women of the early West. She was the last of her day and generation. +Resides in Richmond, Ind. Page 68. Hester A. Miller; ii. Jane, born December 6, 1833; married Nathan D. Lee; iii. Hezekiah Rees, born January 7, 1838; married Caroline Ketchum; iv. Mary, born June 8, 1840; resides at Brookville, Ind.; v. Charles E., born August 12, 1842; married Helen J. Huston; vi. William P., born March 73, 3845[sic]; married Hannah Moorman; vii. James P., born December 12, 1847; died June 29, 1849; viii. James, born March 17, 1852; died April 5, 1876.