Background
Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord was born on June 18, 1869 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Frances and Lettie (Rutherfoord) Goodwin.
Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord was born on June 18, 1869 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Frances and Lettie (Rutherfoord) Goodwin.
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1889, Doctor of Divinity, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1929. Post-graduate study Richmond College, 1890. Bachelor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1893.
Became deacon, 1893, priest, 1894, P.E. Church. Was rector Saint John's Church, St. Petersburg, 1893-1903. Professor Bishop Payne Division School, 1893-1903.
Rector Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, 1903-1909, Saint Paul’s Church, Rochester, New York, 1909-1923.
Head Department Biblical Literature and Religious Education, College William and Mary, since 1923, also rector Bruton Parish Church, 1926-1937. Restorer of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, 1907.
George Wythe House, 1926. Director Rockefeller restoration of historic Williamsburg, capital of colonial Virginia.
President Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, 1931.
Author: History Bruton Parish Church, 1903. Bruton Parish Church Restored, 1907. The Church Enchained, 1916.
The Parish, 1920.
History Virginia Theological Seminary (2 volumes), 1923. Home: Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
Married Evelyn Tannor, 1895 (died 1915). Married second, Ethel Howard, June 1918. Children: Evelyn Withers (Mistress Barclay Harding Farr), Katherine (Mistress George C. Buell), T. Rutherfoord.