John A. Goodlett

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Archives: Goodlett Biographies
  3. ↑ Nashville Library
  4. ↑ William B. Nicholson, Profiles of early Tennessee leaders, 1780-1861, Nicholson, 1977, p. 111
  5. ↑ William Henry McRaven, Nashville, Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949, p. 272