
1929 Phoenix, AZ
Charles Goodnight (with beard) is shown with Melvin Leen,
Frank Dennison, Mae Dennison & Elma Wiebe, 2x2 workers.
Melvin & Frank introduced the 2x2 gospel to Col. Goodnight and he converted.
Charles was a wealthy elderly man who married his young
professing nurse, Corinne Goodnight, and they resided in Goodnight, Texas.
Charles was born March 5, 1836 and died Dec. 12, 1929 at age 93.
He is buried in Goodnight Community Cemetery in Texas next to his first wife, Mary Ann Dyer.
He professed at age 92, then was baptized and died the following year.
A number of books have been written about Col. Goodnight.
His story is included in the series "Lonesome Dove" and
he was a pioneer in Trailing cattle in the old west.
He was considered one of the original five inductees into the "Hall of Great Westerners"
at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK in 1955.
He was famous for: Blazing the Goodnight-Loving Trail, a significant cattle drive route across the American West.
Biographer Haley inquired of Col. Goodnight as to the name of
the church he had affiliated himself with, and Col. Goodnight
replied, "I don't know, but it's a dam good one!"
Read story at: http://tellingthetruth.info/history_pioneering/usa-goodnight.php
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