City: Nashville
GOODLETT, Caroline Douglas Meriwether, born Woodstock Farm, Todd County, Ky., November 4, 1833; Scotch-English descent; daughter of Charles Nicholas Minor and Caroline H. (Barker) MERIWETHER; paternal grandparents Dr. Charles Nicholas and Ann Minor MERIWETHER, who were cousins to Diana MINOR, who married Richard MAURY, father of Commodore Mathew Fountaine MAURY; Mrs. GOODLETT was educated in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky.; married twice; first, to J. E. STURDIVANT, 1852; second, to Col. M. E. GOODLETT, son of Dr. A. G. GOODLETT, Surgeon of the Seventh Regular United States Infantry at battle of New Orleans, 1865; founded United Daughters of Confederacy in 1894; organized the Masonic Home Auxiliary and was President of the same until the home was built and furnished; organized the Confederate Home Auxiliary and was President until the home was built; had women put on the Board of Trustees of Soldiers’ Home; appointed Commissioner from Tennessee to World’s Fair, Chicago, Ill., and Portland, Ore.; was given diploma by Portland, Ore., exposition for services rendered in treaty with government in regard to moving the remains of Gov. Meriwether LEWIS to Portland, Ore.; Meriwether Lewis’ mother, Lucy MERIWETHER, was a cousin of Mrs. GOODLETT’s grandfather; Mrs. GOODLETT is a life member of the National Humane Society; is associated with the National and International Charities of Corrections, and is a member of the Educational Committee of the Daughters of Confederacy, and is now assisting in getting a compulsory education bill passed by the Legislature.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
