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John Goodwin
Revolutionary War Vet Obituary
Extracted from
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 38, January 1, 1914
OBITUARY NOTICES OF PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION
COLLECTED BY WILLIAM SUMMERS
pages 443-60
[The following obituary notices of officers and privates who
served in the Continental Line and Militia of Pennsylvania during
the Revolution have been collected from the newspapers of Montgomery
county.]
John Goodwin.-Died June 16, 1824, aged 84; late of Abington township.
The deceased was one of the worthies of the Revolution. He was frequently
promoted to public trusts and discharged his duty to the general satisfaction.
He was Crier of the several courts of Montgomery county, from'the time they
were first organized to the day of his death, a period of forty years.
-Norristown Register, July 28, 1824.
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