City: Harriman
GOODMAN, Louis Edward, wholesale merchant; born near Auburn, N.Y. Jan. 1, 1863; German and English descent; son of John and Althinia (Ditton) GOODMAN; graduated at Port Byron, N.Y., in 1880; at the age of 17 was a telegraph operator for R.R., working from coast to coast; began traveling in 1888; entered the wholesale grocery business at Harriman, Tenn., in 1900; moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1909 where he is now a member of the firm of Handly, Goodman, Heggie Co., Wholesale Grocers; married Elizabeth HARRISON Dec. 12, 1893; member of Chevalier Commandery K.T. No. 61 Harriman, Tenn.; U.C.T. No. 260 Harriman, Tenn.; Democrat; Alderman of the City of Harriman, Tenn., 1905-1909; member of the Presbyterian Church.
