Benjamin Briggs Goodrich

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Benjamin Briggs Goodrich (born February 24, 1799 in Brunswick County , Virginia , † November 16, 1860 in Grimes County , Texas ) was an American doctor and politician .

Career

Not much is known about Benjamin Briggs Goodrich. He was born in Virginia. The family then moved to Tennessee . Goodrich went from there to Maryland , where he attended a medical school in Baltimore and worked as a doctor after graduating. In the following years he practiced in Vicksburg ( Mississippi ), Tuscaloosa ( Alabama ), Tallahassee ( Florida ) and most recently again in Alabama, where he sat for a term in the Alabama House of Representatives . Dr. Goodrich and his younger brother, John C. Goodrich (1809-1836), who died at the Battle of the Alamo , reached Texas on April 30, 1834. On December 16, 1835, Dr. Goodrich in Washington a piece of land, which at that time was still part of Mexico . As one of four representatives of the city of Washington, he participated in the Convention of 1836 , where he signed the Declaration of Independence of Texas . During the convention he recorded the age, place of birth and the name of the state from which they immigrated to Texas of each delegate. The following years were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the Mexican-American War . During that time, he served in the Republic of Texas Congress for a period .

Goodrich married Serena Crothers (1807-1884), who was born in Kentucky . The couple had nine children, including the Treasurer from the Cochise County Ben Goodrich and the Attorney General of Arizona Territory Briggs Goodrich . Sometime after 1836 he settled on a farm near Anderson ( Grimes County down). After his death in 1860 he was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Anderson. The state of Texas erected a memorial at the graves of him and his wife in 1932.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John C. Goodrich on the Texas State Historical Association website
  2. ↑ Benjamin Briggs Goodrich on The Political Graveyard website
  3. ↑ a b Benjamin Goodrich on the website of cochise.az.gov
  4. ↑ Serena Crothers Goodrich in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 17, 2016 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Goodrich, Benjamin Briggs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunswick County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1860
Place of death Grimes County , Texas