The Dictionary of Virginia Biography is published online through a partnership with Encyclopedia Virginia. Biographies that do not also appear in the three print volumes (surnames Aaroe�Daniels) link to lists of sources consulted.
Sources consulted for the biography of:James P. Goodwyn ( –d. after April 1910)
Biographical Information
- United States Census Schedules, Petersburg, 1870 (age thirty-one), Henrico Co., 1880 (age forty), Atlantic City, N.J., 1900 (age sixty-four with Nov. 1835 birth date) and 1910 (age sixty-five; last known reference), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Petersburg Hustings Court Register of Marriages.
- Atlantic City, N.J., city directories, 1893–1910 (last year listed).
- Brief biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 18 (with birth place).
Political Career
- Richmond Daily State Journal, Sept. 23, 1873; Oct. 9, 1873.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, Nov. 5, 1873.
- Petersburg Index and Appeal, May 20, 1874.
- Washington, D.C., National Republican, Apr. 5, 1875.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Election Record No. 6 (1873), Record Group 13, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1874 sess.), 40, 115, 120, 316 (quotation), 321.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1874–1875 sess.), 46, 102, 184, 283, 313, 332, 440.
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