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Goodwin, Daniel Raynes, educator, clergyman, author, was born April 12, 1811, in North Berwick, Maine. He was professor

Lion Tamer. Goodwin, John Abbott, legislator, author, was born May 21, 1824, in Stirling, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1854-57 and in 1859-61,

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in the Philadelphia divinity school. He was the author of Southern Slavery in Its Pres-

ent Aspects;

Christianity

Neither Ascetic

Nor Fanatic; The Christian Ministry; Shall We Return to Rome? The Perpetuity of the Sabbath; The New Ritualistic Divinity; and Christian Eschatology. He died March 12, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Goodwin, Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth, author, was born in 1827 in Massachusetts. She was the author of Madge; Christine's For-

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tune; Dorothy Gray; Dr. Howell's Family; and Fortunes of Miss Follen. She died in 1893 in Boston, Mass. Goodwin, Harry Manley, educator, author, was bom April 18, 1870, in Boston, Mass. Since 1906 he has been professor of physics and electro-chemistry at the Massachusetts institute of technology. He is the author of Physicial Measurements; and The Precision of Measurements. Goodwin, Henry C, lawyer, congressman, was bom June 25, 1824, in De Ruyter, N.Y. In 1847-50 he was district attorney of Madison county. In 1853-55 and 1857-59 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-third and thirty-fifth congresses. He died Nov. 12, 1860, in Hamilton, N.Y. Goodwin, Hermon Camp, journalist, author, was born in 1813 in New York. He was the author of The Pioneer History of Cortland County and the Border Wars of

Wang; The Merry Monarch; and The

serving the last years as speaker.

Goodwin, John Noble, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Oct. 18, 1824, He was elected in South Berwick, Maine. to the Maine state senate; and in 1861-63 he was a representative from Maine to the congress. He was subsequently appointed chief justice of the territory of Aiizona; and in 1863-64 was governor of the territory of Arizona; in 186567 he was a territorial delegate from Arizona to the thirty-ninth congress. He died in Prescott, Arizona. Goodwin, Mrs. Lavinia Stella, educator, author, poet, was born Feb. 4, 1833, in St. She was educated in the Johnsbury, Vt.

thirty-seventh

public

and private schools; and at the state seminary of Derby, Vt. She has been a teacher in the public schools; and for

many years hag been a contributor to current publications. She

New

York; Legends of Poland; History of Ithaca, N.Y. and of Edgar Wentworth, a novel. He died in 1891 in New York. Goodwin, Ichabod, soldier, congressman, was bom May 25, 1743, in South Berwick, Maine. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775-77; and was lieutenantcolonel of Gerrish's York county regiment, having charge of the Saratoga prisoners. He was major-general of militia in 17831815; a, member of the general court in 1792; and sheriff of York county in 17931820. He died May 25, 1820, in South Berwick, Maine. Goodwin, Ichabod, state legislator, governor, was born Oct. 10, 1796, in North Ber-

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Between 1838-56 he was six wick, N.H. times a representative from Portsmouth to the sta^e legislature. He was the twentyfifth governor of New Hampshire 1859-61. He died in 1882 in Portsmouth, N.H. Goodwin, Isaac, lawyer, author, was bom June 28, 1786, in Plymouth, Mass.; and was the father of Mrs. Jane Goodwin Auspracticed law in Stirling and WorHe was the author of History of the Town of Stirling; The Town Officer; and The New England Sheriff. He died Sept. 16, 1832, in Worcester, Mass. Goodwin, J. Cheever, dramatist, author, poet, was born July 14, 1850, in Boston, He is the author of about forty Mass. tin.

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cester,

Mass.

He was

a Lowell writer who published The Pilgrim Fathers Neither Puritans nor Persecutors; and The Pilgrim Republic, an hisHe torical review of the Plymouth colony. died Sept. 21, 1884, in Lowell, Mass.

associate-editor

of

Watchman

of BosMass.; was correspondent for it and other journals at the

the

ton,

Centennial and the Paris expositions; and has also contributed articles as a traveler in Europe and on the Pacific coast to the tropics. She is also on the editorial staff of the Journal of Education; and is a charter member of the New England woman's press association. She is the author of the Little Folks' Own, a collection of stories and verse; The Little Helper, biography; The Mysterious Man; Quick Sands; Light of Home; and other works.

Goodwin, Mrs. Maud Wilder, litterateur, was born in 1856 in New York. She is an historical novelist of New York City; and the author of The Colonial Cavalier, or Southern Life Before the Revolution; The Head of a Hundred; White Aprons, an historical romance; and Dolly Madison, a bioauthor,

graphy.

Goodwin, Myron Henry, educator, author, Oct. 23, 1860, in Baldwin, Maine. In 1882 he graduated from Bowdoin college. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar at DenHe has ver, Col., but has not practiced. taught Greek and latin in New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts. He has contrib-

was born