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==Biography==

==Biography==

Goodwill left England after the death of his parents, John and Susannah Goodwill. in the 1850 census, he was listed as a tailor and boarder in [[Shreveport]] in Caddo Parish. He was later a clerk in a store in Webster Parish. He fought in the [[Confederate States of America]] Army during the [[American Civil War]], during which he acquired the title "[[Captain]]" which followed him for the remainder of his life. From his first wife,  Elizabeth Ford Farley (1834-1869), he had five children, the oldest of which was Alfred Jasper Goodwill (1855-1937), the father of [[Jasper Goodwill]], who from 1955 to 1958  was the [[mayor]]. The other children were Alice G. Bryce (1858-1947), Edgar (1862-1913), Kate l (1864-1879), and Christopher (1867-1901). In 1873, four years after Elizabeth's death, Captain Goodwill relocated from Claiborne Parish, where he was a large property owner, to Minden. He was joined by his second wife, the former Ida Victoria Hill (1838-1937), a native of [[Arkansas]]. In 1882, Goodwill opened an 18,000-square foot general store in Minden, a "superstore" believed at the time to be the largest such enterprise in the state. One could purchase from this store groceries, candies, pharmaceutical supplies, dry goods, hardware, a buggies, and even a coffin and embalming fluid.<ref name=findagrave/><ref name=agan>John Agan, "Captain Alfred Goodwill's Descendant ([[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]]) Makes News," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' November 3, 1995.</ref>

Goodwill left England after the death of his parents, John and Susannah Goodwill. In the 1850 census, he was listed as a tailor and boarder in [[Shreveport]] in Caddo Parish. He was later a clerk in a store in Webster Parish. He fought in the [[Confederate States of America]] Army during the [[American Civil War]], during which he acquired the title "[[Captain]]" which followed him for the remainder of his life. From his first wife,  Elizabeth Ford Farley (1834-1869), he had five children, the oldest of which was Alfred Jasper Goodwill (1855-1937), the father of [[Jasper Goodwill]], who from 1955 to 1958  was the [[mayor]]. The other children were Alice G. Bryce (1858-1947), Edgar (1862-1913), Kate l (1864-1879), and Christopher (1867-1901). In 1873, four years after Elizabeth's death, Captain Goodwill relocated from Claiborne Parish, where he was a large property owner, to Minden. He was joined by his second wife, the former Ida Victoria Hill (1838-1937), a native of [[Arkansas]]. In 1882, Goodwill opened an 18,000-square foot general store in Minden, a "superstore" believed at the time to be the largest such enterprise in the state. One could purchase from this store groceries, candies, pharmaceutical supplies, dry goods, hardware, a buggies, and even a coffin and embalming fluid.<ref name=findagrave/><ref name=agan>John Agan, "Captain Alfred Goodwill's Descendant ([[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]]) Makes News," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' November 3, 1995.</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=December 9, 2020}}</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=December 9, 2020}}</ref> As early as 1859, Goodwill served periodically on the Minden City Council.<ref>"Webster Parish History," The Southern Publishing Company, 1890.</ref>