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Goodwill served on the Minden Railroad and Compress Company, which pushed successfully for the construction of a railroad link with the main depot, called Lane's Station, in Sibley,  a community south of Minden. Without this link, Minden could have been seriously harmed economically.<ref name=findagrave/> The Goodwill Building had been constructed on the premise that the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway would stop in Minden. The line was instead absorbed by the Illinois Central Railroad, and the operation was reduced in scope. The Goodwill Building, which contained a 169-foot row of stores, was in time subdivided into seven units. The downtown structure was burned to the ground in the fire which swept through Minden in May 1933.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE4WBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=alfred+goodwill&source=bl&ots=2zn1bDLEl6&sig=j2ZJ9GrITej1qWSqVGW_I_FiVeM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=otQBVZL_GYWvggSN4YHoDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=alfred%20goodwill&f=false|title=Minden 1933|date=2013|publisher=Lulu.com|author=John Agan|page=5|isbn=978-1-300-92634-4|accessdate=March 12, 2015}}</ref> As early as 1859, Goodwill served periodically on the Minden City Council.<ref>"Webster Parish History," The Southern Publishing Company, 1890.</ref>

Goodwill served on the Minden Railroad and Compress Company, which pushed successfully for the construction of a railroad link with the main depot, called Lane's Station, in Sibley,  a community south of Minden. Without this link, Minden could have been seriously harmed economically.<ref name=findagrave/> The Goodwill Building had been constructed on the premise that the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway would stop in Minden. The line was instead absorbed by the Illinois Central Railroad, and the operation was reduced in scope. The Goodwill Building, which contained a 169-foot row of stores, was in time subdivided into seven units. The downtown structure was burned to the ground in the fire which swept through Minden in May 1933.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE4WBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=alfred+goodwill&source=bl&ots=2zn1bDLEl6&sig=j2ZJ9GrITej1qWSqVGW_I_FiVeM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=otQBVZL_GYWvggSN4YHoDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=alfred%20goodwill&f=false|title=Minden 1933|date=2013|publisher=Lulu.com|author=John Agan|page=5|isbn=978-1-300-92634-4|accessdate=March 12, 2015}}</ref> As early as 1859, Goodwill served periodically on the Minden City Council.<ref>"Webster Parish History," The Southern Publishing Company, 1890.</ref>

In his second marriage Goodwill had four children, Olive, Harry (1878-1916), Susan, and Donald (1881-1966). Olive Goodwill (born c. 1875; date of death missing) married [[Robert Roberts, Jr.]] (born 1872; date of death also missing), an [[attorney]] who was the mayor of, first, Farmerville in Union Parish, and then Minden (1905-1906), a state representative for Webster Parish (1908-1914), an appeal court judge and a state district judge in Minden, and finally an attorney in private practice in Shreveport. Their daughter, Olive Roberts (1904-1990),<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], "Robert Roberts, Jr.", ''A History of Louisiana'', Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]], American Historical Society, Inc., 1925), pp. 21-22.</ref> married Murphy J. Foster, a [[sugar]] [[Planter (American South)|planter]] in St. Mary Parish and a son of Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr. The second Olive Roberts (1904-1990) was the mother of former Governor Mike Foster. Captain Goodwill was hence the maternal great-grandfather of the second Governor Foster; Alfred Jasper Goodwill, the great-uncle, and Jasper Goodwill, a cousin.<ref name=agan/>

In his second marriage Goodwill had four children, Olive, Harry (1878-1916), Susan, and Donald (1881-1966). Olive Goodwill (born c. 1875; date of death missing) married [[Robert Roberts, Jr.]] (born 1872; date of death also missing), an [[attorney]] who was the mayor of, first, Farmerville in Union Parish, and then Minden (1905-1906), a state representative for Webster Parish (1908-1914), an appeal court judge and a state district judge in Minden, and finally an attorney in private practice in Shreveport. Their daughter, Olive Roberts (1904-1990),<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], "Robert Roberts, Jr.", ''A History of Louisiana'', Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]], American Historical Society, Inc., 1925), pp. 21-22.</ref> married Murphy J. Foster, a [[sugar]] planter in St. Mary Parish and a son of Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr. The second Olive Roberts (1904-1990) was the mother of former Governor Mike Foster. Captain Goodwill was hence the maternal great-grandfather of the second Governor Foster; Alfred Jasper Goodwill, the great-uncle, and Jasper Goodwill, a cousin.<ref name=agan/>

Ida Goodwill and her stepson, Alfred Jasper Goodwill, died three days apart in March 1937, more than thirty years after the death of their husband and father, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57013334|title=Ida Victoria Hill Goodwill|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55896273|title=Funeral Services for A. J. Goodwill Held Here Thursday: Member of Pioneer Family Dies Wednesday of Heart Attack|publisher=''The Minden Democrat'' through Findagrave.com|date=March 12, 1937|page=1 and 8|accessdate=December8, 2020}}</ref>

Ida Goodwill and her stepson, Alfred Jasper Goodwill, died three days apart in March 1937, more than thirty years after the death of their husband and father, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57013334|title=Ida Victoria Hill Goodwill|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55896273|title=Funeral Services for A. J. Goodwill Held Here Thursday: Member of Pioneer Family Dies Wednesday of Heart Attack|publisher=''The Minden Democrat'' through Findagrave.com|date=March 12, 1937|page=1 and 8|accessdate=December8, 2020}}</ref>

Goodwill Street in Minden, which connects the Minden Cemetery with the Webster Parish Fairgrounds, and Goodwill Road near the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in western Webster Parish, are named for Captain Goodwill.

Goodwill Street in Minden, which connects the Minden Cemetery with the Webster Parish Fairgrounds, and Goodwill Road near the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in western Webster Parish, are named for Captain Goodwill.