Goulding, F. R. (Francis Robert), 1810-1881

Presbyterian minister, inventor, and children's author, of Bath and Roswell, Ga.

From the description of Francis Robert Goulding papers, 1888-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 229154860

Francis Robert Goulding, author, clergyman, inventor, lived in this house at the time of his death, August 22, 1881, and is buried in the Roswell Presbyterian Cemetery. The son of Rev. Thomas Goulding, founder and first president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C., Goulding was born near Midway Church in Liberty County, September 28, 1810. Graduated from the University of Georgia in 1830, he was licensed to preach in 1833. Best known as the author of the popular juvenile novel, "The Young Marooners" and similar books, Francis R. Goulding like his father achieved eminence in the pulpit, filling many pastorates. In 1842, while visiting near Eatonton, he conceived the idea for a machine for sewing. While pastor of the Bath Presbyterian Church in Augusta, aided and encouraged by a friend, Judge Schley, he perfected his model, Meantime, Elias Howe of Massachusetts had secured a patent on a similar machine. His first wife, Mary Wallace Howard of Savannah, was the first to sing Bishop Reginald Heber's famous hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains." It was set to music by Dr. Lowell Mason, pastor of Savannah's Independent Presbyterian Church, and dedicated to her. There were three Goulding children, Robert, Mary, and Frank. Historical Marker Database - Francis R. Goulding http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10860 (Retrieved Sept. 14, 2009)

William Moultrie Reid was a Presbyterian minister of Charleston, S.C.; teacher at Columbia Theological Seminary in Columbia, S.C.; husband of Margaret Goulding Reid; brother of Ann Reid; father of Mollie, Merrick, Moultrie, George, and Goulding Reid. University of South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library - William Moultrie Reid papers, 1800-1916. http://www.sc.edu/library/socar.html (Retrieved Sept. 14, 2009)

From the description of Francis R. Goulding letters, 1834 March 1 - 1876 September 1. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 436445559

Francis Robert Goulding, author and Presbyterian clergyman, was born in Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, on 28 September 1810, and died in Roswell, Georgia, on 22 August 1881.

Goulding entered the ministry (1833), served as an agent for the American Bible Society (1839-1842), invented a sewing machine (1842), operated a school for boys (1853, Kingston, Ga.) and a school for girls (1862, Macon, Ga.), and served as a Confederate chaplain during the American Civil War. Although most of his writing was done for children, the most well-known being ROBERT AND HAROLD: THE YOUNG MAROONERS ON THE FLORIDA COAST (1852), he also wrote for the SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN and compiled a SOLDIER'S HYMN BOOK (1863).

From the description of F.R. Goulding papers, 1846-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385875