... second son, A. G. Goodlett, who was born on June 22, 1842, at Nashville and educated in the schools there, became a farmer, lawyer and stockman of repute. From 1857 to 1860 he attended the Western Military Institute, under supervision of General Bushrod Johnson, and in 1863 he was united in marriage to Miss Sallie D. Hooper. After her death in March, 1865, he moved to Charlotte, Tennessee, and began the practice of law. On the 10th of June, 1866, he married Florence Gold, a daughter of Dan Gold, whose father, Hugh Gold, was a native of Virginia and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. To the second union five children were born. In 1870 Mr. Goodlett and his family came to Clarksville and he continued the practice of law until 1883, in which year he purchased a stock farm of over one thousand acres near the city and then divided his time between his legal interests and the cultivation of his land. He was one of the most public-spirited men of his day and was a prime factor in the promotion of every public enterprise. His religious faith was that of the Episcopal church and fraternally he was a Mason, Knight of Pythias and Knight of Honor. He was a strong advocate of paying dollar for dollar of the state debt. ...
