Briggs Goodrich

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Briggs Goodrich (* 1848 in Anderson , Texas , † June 1888 in the Arizona Territory ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Career

Briggs Goodrich, son of Serena Crothers (1807-1884) and Dr. Benjamin Briggs Goodrich was born and raised on a farm near Anderson, Grimes County in 1848 . His father was a signatory to the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Congressman for the Republic of Texas . His uncle, John C. Goodrich (1809–1836), died at the Battle of the Alamo . Briggs Goodrich studied law at Austin College in Huntsville ( Walker County ). After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Grimes County. On April 24, 1869 he married Rosa Meador (1850-1871), daughter of Dora Meador. The couple had a daughter named Rosa (1870-1959). After the death of his first wife, he married a woman named Virginia "Jennie" Shackelford (1857-1919). The couple had a son named Benjamin Briggs Peter Fredic (1880-1924). Briggs moved to the Arizona Territory with his family in 1880. They settled there in Tombstone ( Cochise County down). Briggs founded a law practice with the lawyer Webster Street , which he operated until his death in June 1888. In 1887 he was appointed Attorney General of the Arizona Territory - a post he held until his death. The governor of Arizona Territory C. Meyer Zulick then appointed John A. Rush to the new Attorney General, the vacancy to fill.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Benjamin Briggs Goodrich on the Star of the Republic Museum website
  2. ↑ a b c d Benjamin Goodrich on the website of cochise.az.gov
  3. ↑ a b Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry , Volume 28, Appleton, 1889, p. 37
  4. ^ A b Goff, John S .: The Appointment, Tenure and Removal of Territorial Judges: Arizona-A Case Study, The American Journal of Legal History (Temple University) July 12, 1968
  5. ↑ Serena Crothers Goodrich in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 17, 2016 (English).
  6. ^ A b Benjamin Briggs Goodrich in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 17, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ John C. Goodrich on the Texas State Historical Association website
  8. ↑ a b Dr. Rosa Meador Goodrich Boido on the Women's Plaza of Honor website ( memento of the original from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / womensplaza.arizona.edu
  9. ↑ a b Briggs Goodrich on the Star of the Republic Museum website
  10. ↑ a b Eppinga, Jane: Arizona Firsts: Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido, MD , Arizona Capitol Times, October 1, 2012
  11. ↑ Lubet, Steven: Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp , Yale University Press, 2006, ISBN 9780300115277 , p 83
  12. ^ Opinions of the Attorney General , State of Arizona, Department of Law, 1956
  13. ^ Opinions and Report of the Attorney General , Department of Law, 1971
  14. ^ Mohave County Miner , July 21, 1888, p. 2
personal data
SURNAME Goodrich, Briggs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Anderson , Texas
DATE OF DEATH June 1888
Place of death Arizona Territory