Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-29
friends, and afIsctionate and true to
his family.

JAMES r. EDA0NDSOH.
Colonel J. II. EdmOndsOn Is q ns
tive OF Tennessee, is the son OF q re
sDected citizen of Shelby county
Captain Edmondsou, who served IL
the Indian and British wars under
Jackson. For several years Colonel
Edmondson was engaged In mercan.
tile pursuits, but Immediately after
the breaking out of the civil war he
raised a cavalry regiment and served
with distinction iE that branch of the
service. Immediately after the sur.
render OF Lee he returned TO Mem
phis and connected himselfsOon there.
after with the Carolina Life Insurance
company, whose general agent he
was appo'nted-a position which he
continues to h0ld-much of the extra
ordinary success OF that institution
being attributed to his wonderful en-.
ergy, tact and discrimination, He Is
most efficient and fast friend of our
agricultural and mechanical society.
and devOtes a large share of his leisure
time towards promoting its success,
when his aecumnlating business does
not prevent his attention. OF most
indomitable energy, strong will and
eXraordinaTy perseverance,, he has
never besn known to abandon a cause
in which he has embarked, until sue
cess has crowned his exertions. Col.
E1mondson is now q widower, hay-
ing married the daughter of the late
Frazier Titus, and has one son. He
looks quite youthful, and we shall
not therefore venture TO mention his
age.
R. D. GOODWIN.
r. d. Goodwin, third vice.DresI.
dent was born in Sussex county. Vir- |
ginia, in 1923. He removed to Mem.
phis in November, 1850, and entered |
into the dry goods business, in con-
nection with Major Strange and J. H.
Taylor, now of the house of Speed,
Taylor, Strange d Co., under the name |
OF Strange, GoCdwyn & Co., in 1853, |
In 1854 he married the daughter OF the
la.e 9eraldus Buntyn, and retired |
from the dry goods trade and settled |
down as q farmer at his present farm.
eight miles from the city, on the /
Memphis and Charleston railroad, in
1851, since which time he has been
successfully engaged in farming and
stock raising. Mr.. Goodwin is an
energetic, painstaking farmer and
avails himself of all the improvements
OF the age and the advanced ideas of
intelligent agriculturists. He is
never absent when called on to dis
charge an obligation to the agricul-
tural society, always attends the fairs
and Is most generally & large and sue
cessful exhibitor and energetic work
er. Modest, afiable and conscientious,
few men can be regarded as better cit
izeDs or more useful in their day and
generation. Retired fIOm the world,
he is only known by his kind acts,
his afiable demeaaor, and his constant
readiness to discharge every duty
which devolves on him in the various
relations Of life-a position worthy Of
snviable ambition.
JOHN BROWN.
John Brown was born in Florence.
Alabama, in 1897, was reared in YAH
county, Mississippi, educated
IN Nashville, Tennessee, and removed
10 Shelby county, Tennessee, in 1852.
BE has been teacher and surveyor
or the last twenty-five years, and is
he present county register Of Shelby
county; at the same time he carries on ,
farm near Bartlett. Mr.. Brown
erved through the late war on the !
Confederate side, and made one Of the
most excellent soldiers that marched 6
lnder the banner Of the lost cause.
he is devoted to the Agricultural and ]
Mechanical society and is present at
very fair, doing his full psrt in {
ichieving success. He is straight
In all his acts, is most useful
md exemplary citizen and man, never
'btrudiDg himself upon the public,
'ut always willing TO serve the peo- :
lie in any capacity where be may be
lseiul or contribute to the public ad- :
Tantage. None know him who do /
lot respect him, and all reclprocate {
he kind wishes which he carries In
lie hOness cOuntenaBce for the friends
le meets in the pathway of life.