Biography

01/13/1799 - 09/26/1876

GOODWIN, Samuel, a Representative from Mercer County; born, January 13, 1799 in North Berwick, York County, Maine; private, United States Army, Captain W. Rand’s Company, and Major George Roberts Company (1814, War of 1812); merchant; elected, treasurer, Greenville, Mercer County (1837, 1838, 1839); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1840 and 1843 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1841 term; elected, burgess, Greenville, Mercer County (1841, 1846, 1862); proprietor, grist mill; elected, president, school board, Greenville (1865); director, First National Bank, Greenville (1864-1876); owner, Pacific Flouring Mills (1865-1876); died, September 26, 1876 in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interred, Goodwin Cemetery 31, North Berwick, York County, Maine.