"GOODWYN, ROBERT TYLER, lawyer and registrar Federal land bank, was born November 4, 1870, in Montgomery; son of Albert Taylor and Priscilla (TYLER) GOODWYN. He was educated in the schools of Montgomery, McCabe's school, Petersburg, Va., and graduated, 1891, from the University of Alabama with the A. B. degree. He read law privately and entered upon the practice in 1899; was circuit clerk of Elmore County, 1892-98; mayor of Highland Park, Montgomery, 1902-04; member Alabama legislature, 1902-07; chairman Democratic State executive committee, 1910-15; inspector of rifles on the staff of Col. Hampton GRAVES, 2nd infantry regiment, A. N. G., with rank of captain, 1901-04; captain of Troop A., 1st cavalry regiment, A. N. G., 1904- 06; president of the Alumni society of the University of Alabama, 1911-12. Upon the passage of the farm loan banking law by congress during President Wilson's administration, he was appointed registrar for the region of which New Orleans is the center. He is an Episcopalian; Elk; Woodman of the World; Red Man; Eagle; and Odd Fellow. Married: November 24, 1895, in Wetumpka, to Jessie Dora, daughter of Judge John Austin and Frances Aldora (LETT) LANCASTER (q. v.); granddaughter of Hon. William G. LANCASTER and of Robert Pinckney LETT. Children: 1. Aldora Elizabeth; 2. Priscilla Cooper; 3. Robert Tyler, Jr.; 4. William Bibb; 5. John Lancaster; 6. Louise Tyson; 7. Albert Taylor."
Jessie Dora died in 1941.
Robert married second Charlotte Higginbotham.
Jessie Dora died in 1941.
Robert married second Charlotte Higginbotham.
"GOODWYN, ROBERT TYLER, lawyer and registrar Federal land bank, was born November 4, 1870, in Montgomery; son of Albert Taylor and Priscilla (TYLER) GOODWYN. He was educated in the schools of Montgomery, McCabe's school, Petersburg, Va., and graduated, 1891, from the University of Alabama with the A. B. degree. He read law privately and entered upon the practice in 1899; was circuit clerk of Elmore County, 1892-98; mayor of Highland Park, Montgomery, 1902-04; member Alabama legislature, 1902-07; chairman Democratic State executive committee, 1910-15; inspector of rifles on the staff of Col. Hampton GRAVES, 2nd infantry regiment, A. N. G., with rank of captain, 1901-04; captain of Troop A., 1st cavalry regiment, A. N. G., 1904- 06; president of the Alumni society of the University of Alabama, 1911-12. Upon the passage of the farm loan banking law by congress during President Wilson's administration, he was appointed registrar for the region of which New Orleans is the center. He is an Episcopalian; Elk; Woodman of the World; Red Man; Eagle; and Odd Fellow. Married: November 24, 1895, in Wetumpka, to Jessie Dora, daughter of Judge John Austin and Frances Aldora (LETT) LANCASTER (q. v.); granddaughter of Hon. William G. LANCASTER and of Robert Pinckney LETT. Children: 1. Aldora Elizabeth; 2. Priscilla Cooper; 3. Robert Tyler, Jr.; 4. William Bibb; 5. John Lancaster; 6. Louise Tyson; 7. Albert Taylor."
Jessie Dora died in 1941.
Robert married second Charlotte Higginbotham.
Jessie Dora died in 1941.
Robert married second Charlotte Higginbotham.
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