THOMAS ELDON GOODRICH, SR.
Thomas Eldon Goodrich, b September 1892 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, d
1963 Dallas, Texas
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was one often children of Judge Levi Wolcott and Alice
(Battle) Goodrich, prominent citizens of Marlin. Thomas was buried in Dallas.
Thomas Eldon was married first to Onie Reed - a daughter of Lucien Reed, who was born and died in Bryan, Texas - was a farmer, owner of a general store, and operator of several gins. Lucien Reed had a brother, Frank Reed, who became a professional gambler, and was shot and killed in Bryan. Lucien Reed had married Inez Hammean when she was only fifteen years of age - a daughter of Albert Hammean, native of Germany, and his wife, Sara (Christian) Hammean, a native of Bryan, Texas. After Lucien Reed died in Bryan, his widow, Inez (Hammean) Reed, moved to Marlin with their six children: Onie, John Hammean, Lillie, Inez, May, and Joseph Reed.
Thomas and Onie (Reed) Goodrich had one son, Thomas Eldon Goodrich, Jr.,
b May 16, 1920, who was a graduate of Marlin High School, and earned his degree
in pharmacy from The University of Texas School of Pharmacy in Austin, Texas. He
was a navigator with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and
returned to Marlin after the war.
On March 2, 1946, Thomas Eldon Goodrich, Jr. was married to Elizabeth
Brown, b February 22, 1924 - the eldest of four children of Deese and Verna
(McElveen) Brown, natives of Georgia, whose families were from England and Scotland, respectively. Thomas Eldon, Jr.
became a partner in the Sanitarium Drug Store in the former Allen Drug Store
Building, with Mr. Shelton. When the partnership was dissolved, each entered
business for himself. Goodrich's New Sanitarium Drug Store is located near the
Falls Hotel, in Marlin. Thomas, Jr. and Elizabeth had two children: Laura Ann
Goodrich, b September 26, 1948, who married William Randall Sitton - a Major in
the U.S. Air Force, and their son is Christopher Andrew Sitton, b November 26,
1973; and Thomas Eldon Goodrich, III, b February 26, 1953, who married August
23, 1975 to Kay Murphy, and have one daughter, Kathryn Elizabeth Goodrich, b
February 20, 1985. Thomas Eldon Goodrich, III received his
Pharmacy Degree in December 1975 from The
University of Texas School of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas, and is in business with
his father.
Thomas Eldon Goodrich, Sr. moved to Dallas, Texas, where he sold
automobiles, married second to Virginia (maiden name unknown), and had two sons:
Robert G. Goodrich, and Albert Dickey Goodrich. No further information on these
children.
Onie (Reed) Goodrich was married second to Hardy Prince Curry, Jr. - a
son of Hardy Prince and Dyadema Elizabeth (Gary) Curry. When Onie died, she was
buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, by her second husband.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 198 column 2 and page 199 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.