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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Iverson S. Goodwin was born in Tennessee, in 1846, being the sixth of nine children given to Bryant and Isabella (Ford) Goodwin, who were born in North and South Carolina, respectively. After their marriage they first resided in Tennessee, but in 1847 came to Drew County, Ark., entered land and lived on the same until their respective deaths in 1875 and 1863. Iverson S. Goodwin was brought up to a farm life in Drew County. In 1866 he entered a drug store in Monticello as a clerk, and during this time his leisure moments were devoted to the study of medicine. In 1872 he went to Star City, Lincoln County, and engaged in the drug business, remaining there until 1878. He was married in 1876 to Miss Sallie Pierce, but after five years of wedded life his wife was called to her long home, she leaving her husband with three small children to care for: C. Leonidas, Oscar and Osmond. In 1885 Mr. Goodwin resumed clerking at Pine Bluff, but discontinued this occupation at the end of two years, and in the spring of 1888 came to Nashville and bought out the city drug store, and in 1889 took possession of his present quarters.
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