THOMAS E. GOODMAN.

THOMAS E. GOODMAN.
Thomas E. Goodman, active in the business life of Riverton, where he is widely known as proprietor of the Riverton Roller Mills, is one of the substantial citizens that Iowa has furnished to Wyoming. He was born on the 16th of June, 1877, in Mills county, Iowa, a son of Joseph W. and Emma (Johnson) Goodman, who were natives of Indiana and of Tennessee, respectively. They were married in Kentucky and afterward became pioneer settlers of Kansas, while at a later period they established their home in Iowa. Their son, Thomas E. Goodman, was educated in the common schools of his native state and in 1898 made his way to the Pacific coast country, where he remained for a brief period in Oregon. He then removed to Montana, where he spent three years, working for wages, and from there he went to Hot Springs, South Dakota. where he established a mercantile business. He there founded the town of Oral, now an important trading center, and in the conduct of his business there met with a substantial measure of success. In 1910 he removed to O’Neill, Nebraska, where he was engaged in the real estate business until July, 1915, when he arrived in Riverton, Wyoming, and built the Riverton Roller Mills, which he is now carefully and profitably operating. He holds to the highest standards in the excellence of his product and the output finds a ready sale upon the market. Reasonable prices, honorable dealing and the value of the flour which he manufactures have been the salient features in winning for Mr. Goodman the substantial and growing patronage now accorded the Riverton Roller Mills. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Goodman became the organizer of the Lost Well Butte Oil Company and the Arlington-Riverton Oil Company, both of which have bright prospects for the future. Of both of these corporations he is the vice president. At Hot Springs, South Dakota, in 1901, Mr. Goodman was united in marriage to Miss Carne M. Barnard and to them were born nine children, Barnard, Esther, Clark, John, Richard, Caroline, George, Catherine and Mark. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are loyal to its teachings, doing everything in their power to promote the growth of the church and extend its influence. In politics Mr. Goodman maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment, with little regard to party ties. Fraternally he is connected with Riverton Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M., and in these associations are found the rules which govern his conduct, making him a man whom to know is to esteem and honor. He has gained a wide acquaintance during the period of his residence in Wyoming and his sterling worth is uniformly recognized by those with whom he has come in contact.

Thomas E. Goodman, active in the business life of Riverton, where he is widely known as proprietor of the Riverton Roller Mills, is one of the substantial citizens that Iowa has furnished to Wyoming. He was born on the 16th of June, 1877, in Mills county, Iowa, a son of Joseph W. and Emma (Johnson) Goodman, who were natives of Indiana and of Tennessee, respectively. They were married in Kentucky and afterward became pioneer settlers of Kansas, while at a later period they established their home in Iowa.
Their son, Thomas E. Goodman, was educated in the common schools of his native state and in 1898 made his way to the Pacific coast country, where he remained for a brief period in Oregon. He then removed to Montana, where he spent three years, working for wages, and from there he went to Hot Springs, South Dakota. where he established a mercantile business. He there founded the town of Oral, now an important trading center, and in the conduct of his business there met with a substantial measure of success. In 1910 he removed to O’Neill, Nebraska, where he was engaged in the real estate business until July, 1915, when he arrived in Riverton, Wyoming, and built the Riverton Roller Mills, which he is now carefully and profitably operating. He holds to the highest standards in the excellence of his product and the output finds a ready sale upon the market. Reasonable prices, honorable dealing and the value of the flour which he manufactures have been the salient features in winning for Mr. Goodman the substantial and growing patronage now accorded the Riverton Roller Mills. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Goodman became the organizer of the Lost Well Butte Oil Company and the Arlington-Riverton Oil Company, both of which have bright prospects for the future. Of both of these corporations he is the vice president.
At Hot Springs, South Dakota, in 1901, Mr. Goodman was united in marriage to Miss Carne M. Barnard and to them were born nine children, Barnard, Esther, Clark, John, Richard, Caroline, George, Catherine and Mark. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are loyal to its teachings, doing everything in their power to promote the growth of the church and extend its influence.
In politics Mr. Goodman maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment, with little regard to party ties. Fraternally he is connected with Riverton Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M., and in these associations are found the rules which govern his conduct, making him a man whom to know is to esteem and honor. He has gained a wide acquaintance during the period of his residence in Wyoming and his sterling worth is uniformly recognized by those with whom he has come in contact.