He was living with his father, siblings, and stepmother in Bond county, Illinois in 1850.[1]
Solomon married Sarah E. Anderson on 16 Nov 1866 in Bond county, Illinois.[2] They had five known children - Sophronia, William, Benjamin F, Thomas Dale, and John M Goodson.
They were in Beaver Creek, Bond, Illinois in 1870.[3]
He passed away of dropsy in April of 1880 according to a mortality schedule published 31 May 1880 in Washington county, Arkansas.[4] This noted he was 40, born in Illinois, father from Kentucky, mother from Tennessee, was a farmer, and had been resident in Washington, Arkansas for a year.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-3KL : 9 November 2014), Solomon Goodson in household of Spencer Goodson, Bond county, Bond, Illinois, United States; citing family 849, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GW-B43 : 29 December 2014), Solomon V. Goodson and Sarah E. Anderson, 16 Nov 1866; citing Bond, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,317,522.
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64C-M67 : 17 October 2014), Solomon V Goodson, Illinois, United States; citing p. 26, family 191, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,687.
↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), www.ancestry.com, Arkansas Historical Commission; Little Rock, Arkansas; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, Arkansas, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: 2; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas; Page: 1. Record for Solomon Goodson. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USMortality&h=2319339&indiv=try.
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