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William Harrison GOODWIN, MD

Woodlawn Cemetery
Union County,
Arkansas

April 10, 1844 - June 15, 1906

Dr. William H. Goodwin, physician and druggist, El Dorado, Ark. It is to the skill and science of the druggist that suffering humanity looks for alleviation of pain. The physician may successfully diagnose, but it is the chemist who prepares the remedy. When, therefore, as in the case of the gentleman whose name forms the subject of this sketch, the two professions namely, that of the physician, as well as that of the druggist, are combined, how doubly important becomes the establishment conducted by Dr. William H. Goodwin. This gentleman was born in Talbot County, Ga., in 1844, and was the youngest of twelve children born to James C. and Nancy (Horn) Goodwin, the father a native of Georgia, and the mother of Florida. The father followed agricultural pursuits all his life, and in 1845 emigrated to Arkansas and settled in Union County, seven miles west of El Dorado. He bought a farm of considerable size, cleared it, and made a good home. He was a rigid Methodist, and was an earnest worker in the church. He died in 1847, and the mother in 1864. Dr. William H. Goodwin received his primary education in the common schools and in 1861 supplemented the same by entering the McKenzie College, in Clarksville, Tex., where he remained nearly two years. He then left the school, and entered the Confederate army, in Company A, Gould's regiment of cavalry, and served in Texas one year, part of the time as assistant commissary. In 1864 he secured the appointment of assistant provost marshal at El Dorado, Ark., and at once came to this place, where assumed the duties of that office. His office was in the same building in which he is conducting business at the present time. In 1866 he commenced to read medicine with Samuel Turner, one of the prominent physicians of that time, and in 1866-67 he took a course of lectures at the New Orleans School of Medicine. He then returned home, practiced until the fall of 1869, and then entered the New Orleans University, where he graduated in 1870. He immediately returned, located near El Dorado, and resumed his practice, residing there until 1878, when he came to El Dorado. In 1879 he formed a partnership with T. C. Chew in a drug store, and was the only druggist in the place for some time, and as a consequence had an unusually large trade. In 1887 they started a dry goods store, which they conducted until 1890, when the firm was divided and Mr. Goodwin remained in the old "Marble Hall", a large store room, 25 x 100 feet. He has a fine stock of goods, and is doing well. He was married in 1882 to Miss Lena C. Chandler, a native of this town and State, and the daughter of William Chandler, who came to Arkansas at an early day, and settled in Union County, where he became a prominent and highly respected citizen. To the marriage of Dr. and Mrs. Goodwin have been born three children: Eva Verna, Roy and William Lynn. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity. El Dorado Lodge No. 13, and is also a K of H. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. He owns two good farms six miles north and three miles east of the town, 800 acres in all, and all but the seventy-five acres under cultivation is covered with timber. He still has a good practice, and is a progressive man. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas - Goodspeed Publishing Company - Chicagoi, Nashville and St. Louis - 1890)_

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Submitted: 5/8/18 • Approved: 8/24/23 • Last Updated: 8/27/23 • R1221815-G0-S3

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