Background
Goodwin, John Benjamin was born on September 22, 1850 in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. Son of Williamson Harvey and Lucinda (Page) Goodwin.
Goodwin, John Benjamin was born on September 22, 1850 in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. Son of Williamson Harvey and Lucinda (Page) Goodwin.
Educated in private grammar and high schools of Georgia.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1871. Reporter Daily Atlanta Herald, 1871-1872. In general practice of law at Atlanta, 1874-1905.
Member general council, City of Atlanta, 1874-1881. Member Georgia House of Representatives, 1890-1891. Member board commissioner, Fulton County, Georgia, 1903-1904, chairman, 1905.
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Married Emma A. McAfee, September 20, 1877 (died 1915). Married second, A. J. Norton, February 22, 1916.