Age - Over 60

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ID - 50
Birth -1770
Death -1836

Gender - Male

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[1] One of the most respectable merchants and for the last several years, mayor of our corporation. He enjoyed the respect and esteem of the community

[2] May 21, 4 pm to appoint a committee of subscribers of Mary Washington Memorial.  Virginia Herald wrote about Mary Washington. “Her maternal lessons installed in his mind that love of country, uncompromising integrity, that clear sighted wisdom which were afterwards to be ripened and displayed on so magnificent a theatre.” Apparently they were combatting an effort to put her remains in the Presbyterian Church.

[3] No. 50.  Mr. Thomas Goodwin was Mayor of Fredericksburg from February 12, 1829, to January 16, 1836.  He died at the age of 65.  His wife and children are resting by his side. Records indicate that Mr. Goodwin also operated a hotel called the Rappahannock House on the east side of Main Street, between George and Hanover Streets.  In later years the name of the hotel was changed to Shakespeare and was destroyed by fire in 1866-1867.

[4] Thomas Goodwin was the son of Peter Goodwin & Sarah Hawes (Coghill) Goodwin. He was born 9 Oct 1770 at “Oakley”, Caroline Co., Va

[5] He was elected [mayor] in 1829 & died while still in office. He had been a member of the Fredericksburg council for several decades. “Thomas Goodwin was a merchant, in politics a Whig and in religion, an Episcopalian.” He had a son Arthur (his 4th son & 5th child)who was born in 1801 & died in 1861; Arthur’s wife was Anne Thom of Fredericksburg.

Sources

[1] Virginia Herald 1/16/1836 3×3 Died

[2] Virginia Herald M. W. Monument committee 5/25/1831 3×2

[3] Sue Gordon

[4] http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/goodwin/5503/

[5] http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/goodwin/5507/

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