William Moses Goldman

"LINCOLN (Special)-W.M. Goldman, formerly of Evansville, died Friday, at the home of a daughter: Mrs. Grace Shackelford, in Kilgore, Texas. Suvivors are three sons: B.T. of Evansville, George of Oxnard, California, and Ray of Modesta, California; five daughters, Mrs. Ona Bacon of Hot Springs, N.M., Mrs. Jewell Shackelford, of Drumright, Okla., Mrs. Grace Shackelford, Mrs. Iva Hudson of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Nancy Hudson, of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, Todd Goldman of Lincoln[;]several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Evansville Church by the Rev. Ross O'Neal of Stillwell, Okla., Burial will be in the Liberty Hill cemetery with the Luginbuel Funeral Home in charge."

Source: Freda and "Times" 29 Nov 1955

"William Moses (Bill) married 6 times. The last wife, Opal Henman, almost killed him the same way she attempted to kill his brothr Lum (Martin Columbus Goldman), with arsenic. His daughter in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico came to Arkansas and took him back to New Mexico where he died.

His wifes where:

Mary F. Sparkman

Sarah Rowan McClain

Rebecca Isabell Brown(had children with William)

Myrtle Shannon Collins

Opal Herman

Margaret Elizabeth Burrows (had children with William)

Source: Freda (great-granddaughter-in-law)

(I was just doing some research on a very distant collateral relative who, apparently, was the last wife of Wm. Goldman, who is buried in Liberty Cem., Crawford Co., AR.

I found it interesting to see that you said she tried to poison him. That being what it may, I just wanted to make a correction.

The correct name is Opal Walker. She was the dau. of David James Walker & Effie Killough. Edward Hinman was her step-father but she didn't take his name in any documents that I have found.

All 3 of them are listed as being buried in Academy Cem. in Evansville, Washington Co., AR.[Thank you Shelley in California for the information]

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His obit said he died in Texas, family said he died in New Mexico.

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My name is Dwight D ‘Butch’ Goldman. I am one of the Goldman’s from Evansville, Arkansas.

I was reading part of something you were talking about on a posting on Find A Grave about Opal N Walker.

I wanted to pass along to you something that was told to me by the doctor that treated William Moses ‘Bill’ Goldman as well as Martin Columbus ‘Lum’ Goldman. The doctor was Dr. Jeff Baggett who was a doctor in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He was also the doctor that delivered me at birth.

In the mid 70’s I was working for the Prairie Grove Police Department and Dr Baggett, who had retired from medicine, came by the Police station and was talking to me when he noticed my name badge. He asked me how I was related to the Evansville Goldman’s and after that told me about treating Bill. Bill had gone to him complaining about stomach problems. After running test, Dr Baggett, concluded that his wife Opal was trying to poison him. Dr Baggett thought that was a funny story.

Long after that when I started doing my own work in family history it caused me to wonder if maybe she had also tried the same thing when she was married to Lum? No way of knowing for sure now but since Dr Baggett told me face to face about Bill and Opal, I figure that is about as good as any of us will ever get into that story

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1. WILLIAM MOSES8 GOLDMAN (MARTIN JAMES (POLK)7, MOSES (GOOLMAN)6, MARTIN5, MARTIN4, JOHANN GEORGE3, CONRAD2, CONRAD1) was born January 31, 1865 in Taswell, Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana, and died November 26, 1955 in Truth or Consequence, NM * Liberty Hill Cemetery Crawford Co., AR. He married (1) REBECCA ISABELL BROWN January 29, 1884 in Arkansas, daughter of ELISHA BROWN and ELIZABETH WALLS. He married (2) MYRTLE MAY SHANNON (COLLINS) 1920, daughter of SAMUEL SHANNON and LOUISA SPARKS. He married (3) MARGARET ELIZABETH BURROWS Aft. 1920. He married (4) MARY F. SPARKMAN Aft. 1920. He married (5) SARAH ROWAN MCCLAIN Aft. 1920. He married (6) OPAL HENMAN Aft. 1920.

Notes for WILLIAM MOSES GOLDMAN:

l William Moses (Bill) married 6 times. His daughter in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico came to Arkansas and took him back to New Mexico where he died.

Notes for REBECCA ISABELL BROWN:

l The family called her Becky.

Children of WILLIAM GOLDMAN and REBECCA BROWN are:

l 87. i. BAILEY TOLBERT9 GOLDMAN, b. May 11, 1896, Odell, Arkansas; d. October 04, 1973, Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas.

l ii. NANCY ISABELL GOLDMAN, b. January 22, 1894, Odell, Cawford County, Arkansas; d. April 16, 1961, Aberdeen, Washington; m. MATHEW HUDSON, 1919, Washington.

l iii. CUDE GOLDMAN.

l 88. iv. IONA KINDNESS "ONA" GOLDMAN, b. October 20, 1901, Odell, Washington County, Arkansas; d. October 29, 1990, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

l v. SARAH ELIZABETH GOLDMAN, b. November 20, 1885, Odell, Cawford County, Arkansas; d. May 09, 1921, Washington County, Arkansas; m. RUFUS WALTER CUZICK, November 30, 1904, Washington County, Arkansas.

l 89. vi. ELISHA MARTIN GOLDMAN, b. March 25, 1888, Odell, Cawford County, Arkansas; d. September 23, 1946, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.

l vii. PHOEBE VIANE GOLDMAN, b. June 29, 1890, Odell, Cawford County, Arkansas; d. December 24, 1934, Eufaula, Oklahoma; m.Ja JAMES W. HOMAN.