Charles Goodnight (1836 - 1929)

Born 5 Mar 1836 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Dyer) Goodnight — married 26 Jul 1870 in Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky

Husband of Corrine Oletta Goodnight — married 5 Mar 1927 in Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States

Died 12 Dec 1929 at age 93 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA

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Biography

Charles Goodnight was a Texan.

Pioneer of Texas Panhandle

Charles Goodnight was a Texas Ranger, co-founder of the Goodnight-Loving Cattle Trail and inventor of the chuck wagon. He established the Goodnight College in Armstrong County, Texas, as well as working as a banker and cattleman - he was reportedly the first Panhandle rancher in Texas to build fences of barbed wire.

Buried in Goodnight Cemetery Goodnight, Texas - Armstrong County

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLL-637 : 23 December 2020), Charles Goodnight in household of Charlotte Daughaty, Milam, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Born Illinois 1836.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFT-FYS : 11 November 2020), Charles Goodnight in entry for Wesley Sheek, Palo Pinto, Texas, 1860. Born Illinois 1837.
• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47D-FYS : 10 December 2020), Charles Goodnight and Mary A Dyer, Fulton County, 26 Jul 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFJ-16J : 14 November 2020), Charles Goodnight, Armstrong, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 195, sheet 288A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,289. Born Illinois 1837.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LV-NDS : accessed 18 January 2021), Charles Goodnight, Justice Precincts 2-4, Armstrong, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,608. Born Illinois Mar 1836. Married 1871.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M296-3KX : accessed 18 January 2021), Chas Goodnight, Justice Precinct 3, Armstrong, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3A, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1527; FHL microfilm 1,375,540.
• "Col. Goodnight Weds." Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), 6 Mar 1927, pg 19.
• "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVQ-2TR : 6 April 2020), Col. Charles Goodwight, 12 Dec 1929; citing Tucson, Pima, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,587. Born Texas [sic], Mar 1836. Parents unknown. Spouse Corinna Goodnight.
• self - family documents

• Charles Goodnight Wikipedia

• Handbook of Texas Charles Goodnight

• Legends of America, Charles Gloodnight

• Humanities, Goodnight, Charles

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6137578