Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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L. CLEMENT GOODWIN 
 
was born May 16, 1832, in Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia, of New England 
parentage. He came to California in 1853 via Nicaragua, and to Los Angeles soon 
afterward. He has been in business here ever since, except from 1857 to 1865, 
when he lived in Helena, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. And it is a singular 
fact that he started in business in 1853 on the same spot, on the corner of Main 
and Commercial streets, where he is now, thirty-six years later, the 
vice-president and acting manager of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. He is 
also president of Los Angeles Savings Bank. Mr. Goodwin married Miss Elizabeth 
Keihl, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in 1858. He is a Past Master of Pentalpha Lodge 
of Masons, and Past High Priest of Signet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. 
Goodwin served as a soldier in the Mexican war, in the Georgia cavalry. He is a 
thorough business man, and has been very successful.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 483
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler