George Thomas Goldthwaite (1810 - 1879)

Born 10 Dec 1810 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Olivia Price (Wallach) Goldthwaite — married 30 Nov 1835 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1879 at age 68 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Preceded by Willard Warner

George Goldthwaite US Senator (Class 2) from Alabama 1871—1877

Succeeded by John Tyler Morgan

Biography

George Goldthwaite is Notable.

Hon. George Goldthwaite of Mobile, Alabama was born on Boston Dec. 10, 1810, George was married in Washington, D. C. on Nov. 30, 1835 to Olivia Price Wallach according to the Goldthwaite genealogy^[1] record: 339, pp. 145-146. Olivia was born in Boston Feb. 10, 1810 and was the youngest child of Moses and Mary (Robbins) Wallach. She died in Montgomery, Alabama on July 13, 1878. George Goldthwaite’s early life was passed in Boston, where he became a member of the Latin School in 1818 as indicated in the Goldthwaite genealogy^[1] record: 339, pp. 200-203

U.S. Senator Hon. George Goldthwaite attended the United States Military Academy West Point, (1823-26), moved to Alabama in 1826, studied law, was admitted to the bar and established a legal practice in Monticello, Alabama. He was judge of the circuit court, (1843-52) and an associate justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court, (1852-56). During the Civil War, he served as Adjutant General of Alabama. After the war, he was again judge of the circuit court in 1868. In 1871, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving until 1877. Not a candidate for reelection, he lived in retirement until his death at age 69.

Family Members Parents Anne Wilson Goldthwaite 1774-1863 Spouse Olivia Price Wallach Goldthwaite 1810-1878 Siblings John Goldthwaite 1792-1860; Catharine Louise Goldthwaite Benson 1800-1873; Henry Barnes Goldthwaite 1802-1847; Anne Esther Goldthwaite Campbell 1804-1883 Children George Goldthwaite 1836-1892; Anne Goldthwaite Seibels 1837-1919; Richard Wallach Goldthwaite 1839-1881; Mary Robins Goldthwaite Arrington 1840-1914; Henry Goldthwaite 1841-1902; Robert Goldthwaite 1843-1903.

Encyclopedia of Alabama article ^[2]

George Thomas Goldthwaite Birth: 10 Dec 1808 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 16 Mar 1879 (aged 70) Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL. Find A Grave ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Goldthwaite genealogy : descendants of Thomas Goldthwaite, an early settler of Salem, Mass., with some account of the Goldwaite Family in England. Goldthwaite, Charlotte, b. 1832 Publication date 1899 Publisher Hartford : Hartford Press https://archive.org/details/goldthwaitegenea00gold/page/52/mode/2up
2. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Alabama",http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2968
3. ↑ "George Thomas Goldthwaite:" Find A Grave: Memorial #6432314

• American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Watson, Elbert L. “George Thomas Goldthwaite.” In Alabama United States Senators, pp. 80-81. Huntsville, AL: Strode Publishers, 1982.
• Descendants of Thomas Goldthwaite an Early Settler of Salem, Mass by Charlotte Goldthwaite. Publisher-Hartford Press. 1899. pp200-203.
• Alabama United States Senators by Elbert L. Watson (Huntsville, Ala: Strode Publishers, 1982). - See more at: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2968#sthash.3UyonxPD.dpuf
• Biographical Directory of the US Congress

Also see:

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDX-JDP : 10 November 2020), Robert Goldthwait in entry for George Goldthwait, 1860.