Donald P. Goodman: My Ancestors and Descendants

This book traces Donald P. Goodman’s ancestry from England to Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Then Mr. Goodman tells of his personal journey from the small Texas town of Coleman to a career in the U. S. Air Force, becoming Dean of the College of Business Administration of Niagara University, while concurrently creating an outside mediation and dispute resolution business. Mr. Goodman describes his personal life and the challenges of raising three children, supporting his sister after the their father’s death, and his first wife’s terminal illness. The book also looks at Mr. Goodman’s descendants and the ancestry of his two wives. He spent 20 years in research, making trips across the United States, to England, Wales, and France, while acquiring more than 5,500 documents. These serve as source material for this book. Allied lines are Banton; Berlereau; Blackwell; Carter; Cannon; Croshaw; Fite; Foster; Frey; Hoffman; Keeling; Laws; Marshall; Medaris; Strange; Williams; and Zubler.