Biography

09/13/1810 - 12/26/1876


GOODWIN, William, Sr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 13, 1810 in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia County, Pa.; hatter; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1851 and 1852 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1853-1855); appointed, Inspector, Eastern State Penitentiary (1856-1859); died, December 26, 1876 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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