Background
Goodwin, Russell Parker was born on December 24, 1851 in Du Page County, Illinois, United States. Son of Jeremiah and Mary D. (Sedgwick) Goodwin.
Goodwin, Russell Parker was born on December 24, 1851 in Du Page County, Illinois, United States. Son of Jeremiah and Mary D. (Sedgwick) Goodwin.
Educated Jennings Seminary, Aurora, Illinois.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1876. Public administrator, Kane County, Illinois, 1878-1891. City attorney, Aurora, 1886-1889.
Member of the board of education, Aurora, 1887-1893.
Judge city courts of Aurora and Elgin, 1891-1903. Presided over courts in Chicago at frequent intervals, 1898-1903.
Assistant attorney general for Physician organization Department, 1904-1913.
Member of the board of education
Married Nellia A. Ames, August 1890.