Goodwin family.

The Goodwin family imigrated to Brookville, Indiana in 1816 with Samuel Goodwin, a tanner from Ohio. His son, John Reeves Goodwin was a surgeon. He served with the 37th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. After the war he worked for the Department of Interior, organized a bank, and was a lay Methodist Minister. He was assassinated in Cincinnati while preparing to attend a Methodist convention. Another son, Thomas A. Goodwin was a well-known Methodist minister and writer. John R. Goodwin's son, Charles Francis Goodwin joined his father's bank. He married Martha Shirk, whose brother, John R. Shirk was a partner in the bank. John Pemberton Goodwin, the son of Charles and Martha, worked for a mining company in Arizona, joined the Brookville Bank, served in World War I, and was president of the Brookville Telephone Company. Later in life he became interested in historic preservation, was president of the Indiana State Library and Historical Board, and worked closely with Cornelius O'Brien on historic preservation.

From the description of Papers, 1838-1970. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 64231544

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