History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin, F.A.
Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. pp. 273-74.  [Cerulean Springs Precinct]

W. S. GOODWIN was born on this farm July 18, 1823; he is the fifth child
of a family of six born to Samuel and Mary (Griffith) Goodwin.  The
father was born in South Carolina September 2, 1785; when a child, Jesse
Goodwin, his father, moved to Nashville, Tenn., and after raising one
crop removed to Christian, now Trigg County, Ky., and located near Cerulean
Springs--the Goodwin family being the earliest settlers of the county. This
farm, now owned by subject, was deeded to his father, Samuel, by his
grandfather in 1804; here he continued to reside till [sic] his death,
which occurred December 5, 1862, at the age of seventy-eight.  This farm
now consists of 200 acres and is very pleasantly situated about one mile
from Cerulean Springs.  Mr. W. S. Goodwin was married, May 4, 1848, to
Miss Martha Wilson.  She was born in Caldwell County, June 3, 1823, and
reared in Trigg County.  This marriage was blessed with nine children; six
are now living--three sons and three daughters.  Mr. Goodwin was Deputy
Sheriff from 1844 to 1848; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and he, with Mrs. Goodwin, are life-long and devoted members of the
Baptist Church.  The land where the Baptist Church now stands was deeded
to this denomination by Jesse Goodwin, and is the oldest church in this
part of the State.

Goodwin Griffith Wilson
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Caldwell-KY Nashville-Davidson-TN SC

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