John A. Goodlett
Appearance
John A. Goodlett was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1846 to 1847.
Biography
His father was Dr. Adam Gibb Goodlett, a physician, surgeon and planter, and his mother, Charlotte Phanuel Campbell.[1][2] His siblings were Michael C. Goodlett, George Washington Goodlett, James Goodlett and William Goodlett.[1] His brother Michael was the husband of Caroline Meriwether Goodlett, who founded the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1846 to 1847.[1][3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b c "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ Archives: Goodlett Biographies
- ^ Nashville Library
- ^ William B. Nicholson, Profiles of early Tennessee leaders, 1780-1861, Nicholson, 1977, p. 111 [1]
- ^ William Henry McRaven, Nashville, Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949, p. 272 [2]