1892 Biography - C. M. Goodwin

C. M. Goodwin of De Siard, Ouachita parish, La., is a native of Alabama and was born in 1846. His father, R. P. Goodwin, was a native of South Carolina and was born in 1812. During his life he was a planter, and first came to Alabama and afterward removed to Louisiana, later settling in Texas, where he died in 1888. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and for many years was a Mason. In 1838 he married Miss Susan McLain, a native of Alabama. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom seven are living. The mother died in 1886 in Texas. In 1859 C. M. Goodwin came to Louisiana and located at Vienna in Lincoln parish, where for some years he engaged in trading with much success. For some time past he has devoted his attention to planting; he has a beautiful plantation in the north part of Ouachita parish, consisting of about 520 acres of land. His principal crops are cotton and corn. He ranks among the successful and progressive planters and the first-class citizens of the parish.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, published in 1892, volume 1, page 449.