James W Goodwin
Rank: Wagoner Co: B Age: 25 Residence: South Berwick Birthplace: So Berwick Occupation: clerk Married/Single: M Height: 6' 1 Eyes: Hz Hair: Br Complexion: Lt
Goodwin family stone
JAMES W GOODWIN, the son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Dore) Goodwin, was born 8 Oct 1835 in South Berwick, Maine [VR of Berw, So Berw & No Berw, pg 519]. He died on 28 Aug 1922 in South Berwick [ME vr], aged 86 yrs, 11 mos, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in South Berwick.
On 15 Mar 1860 in Rollinsford, NH, he was married to MARY F WIGGIN. The daughter of Asa L and Mary J (Hill) Wiggin, she was born on 5 June 1838 in York, Maine [ME death rec; grave says 1839] and died in Lynn, MA on 26 May 1913, aged 74 yrs, 11 mos, 21 days from cardiac failure. She is buried at Pleasant Hill with her husband. Mary had three brothers who also served in the 27th Maine: George A, James E, and John H Wiggin.
At the time of his enlistment in 1862, James was working as a clerk. During his service, he started out as an assistant wagoner to Benjamin F Davis, also of South Berwick. When Ben died near the end of December in 1862, James was promoted to Full Wagoner.
After the war, he moved to Portsmouth, NH, where he was proprietor of the Commercial House at 13 Vaughn St.in the 1870's. By 1881, he became proprietor of the Kearsarge House hotel on Congress St.. He left the city in 1896 and returned to South Berwick, where censuses show him as a farmer. By 1900, his wife Mary had moved to Lynn, MA, where their daughter Ina lived, though they still remained married.
James and Mary only had one child:
i. INA A GOODWIN, born about Aug 1861 [1900 census; grave says 1862] in South Berwick. She died in 1946 [grave] and was buried in the plot with her parents in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She was married on 19 Aug 1882 in Boston, MA to CHARLES C B LOESER, the son Miles A and Elizabeth F Loeser. He was born in Philadelphia, PA circa Mar 1851 [1900 census; ages in 1910 and 1920 indicate an 1853 birth year], and died in 1922 [grave]. They lived in Lynn, MA, where he worked for the electric company. After Charles died, Ina and son Omar moved to New York City [1925 NY State Census], later to North Plainfield, New Jersey [1930,1940 censuses].
1. Omar Goodwin Loeser, born in Portsmouth, NH on 28 Jan 1886 [NH vr; WWII Draft Reg, 1942]. No death date in cemetery transcription, but listed with parents in Pleasant Hill Cemetery [YCCI, pg 2057].
Additional Source Data:
1850 South Berwick, Maine census: hh 380/410
1860
1870 South Berwick census (pg 14): hh 122/122
1880
1890 Veteran Schedule
1900 South Berwick (pg 10A): hh 173/190 Old Fields Rd
1910 South Berwick (pg 14B): liv Great Works, owned farm
1920 South Berwick (pg 9B): hh 225/226
On 15 Mar 1860 in Rollinsford, NH, he was married to MARY F WIGGIN. The daughter of Asa L and Mary J (Hill) Wiggin, she was born on 5 June 1838 in York, Maine [ME death rec; grave says 1839] and died in Lynn, MA on 26 May 1913, aged 74 yrs, 11 mos, 21 days from cardiac failure. She is buried at Pleasant Hill with her husband. Mary had three brothers who also served in the 27th Maine: George A, James E, and John H Wiggin.
At the time of his enlistment in 1862, James was working as a clerk. During his service, he started out as an assistant wagoner to Benjamin F Davis, also of South Berwick. When Ben died near the end of December in 1862, James was promoted to Full Wagoner.
After the war, he moved to Portsmouth, NH, where he was proprietor of the Commercial House at 13 Vaughn St.in the 1870's. By 1881, he became proprietor of the Kearsarge House hotel on Congress St.. He left the city in 1896 and returned to South Berwick, where censuses show him as a farmer. By 1900, his wife Mary had moved to Lynn, MA, where their daughter Ina lived, though they still remained married.
James and Mary only had one child:
i. INA A GOODWIN, born about Aug 1861 [1900 census; grave says 1862] in South Berwick. She died in 1946 [grave] and was buried in the plot with her parents in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She was married on 19 Aug 1882 in Boston, MA to CHARLES C B LOESER, the son Miles A and Elizabeth F Loeser. He was born in Philadelphia, PA circa Mar 1851 [1900 census; ages in 1910 and 1920 indicate an 1853 birth year], and died in 1922 [grave]. They lived in Lynn, MA, where he worked for the electric company. After Charles died, Ina and son Omar moved to New York City [1925 NY State Census], later to North Plainfield, New Jersey [1930,1940 censuses].
1. Omar Goodwin Loeser, born in Portsmouth, NH on 28 Jan 1886 [NH vr; WWII Draft Reg, 1942]. No death date in cemetery transcription, but listed with parents in Pleasant Hill Cemetery [YCCI, pg 2057].
Additional Source Data:
1850 South Berwick, Maine census: hh 380/410
1860
1870 South Berwick census (pg 14): hh 122/122
1880
1890 Veteran Schedule
1900 South Berwick (pg 10A): hh 173/190 Old Fields Rd
1910 South Berwick (pg 14B): liv Great Works, owned farm
1920 South Berwick (pg 9B): hh 225/226