Macon County Biographies G Goodman, George          Gorin, Dr. B. W.     Gorin, Henry M.  Gorin, Jerome R.    Greer, Samuel F. George Goodman, Eighth Sheriff. -- Mr. Goodman was born in Coles County, Indiana [sic], in 1823, and came to this state in 1836, and located on the Okaw, in what is now Moultrie County, but then a part of Macon. He came to Decatur in 1837, was elected sheriff of Macon County in 1860, and served two years, and has been a justice of the peace for seventeen years. He says, in his early days he was a most excellent shoemaker.   Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 53. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. DR. B. W. GORIN was born in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1838, and came from there to Vandalia, in this state, where he remained until 1831, when he removed to ShelbyvIlle and thence to Decatur, and was engaged in the practice of medicine. He remained here but two years, and then went to Louisiana, Mo., where he died in 1874. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 258. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. HENRY M. GORIN was born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1812, and removed thence to Vandalia, Illinois; he came to Decatur, Illinois, in 1832, and remained until the year 1841; he was at one time circuit clerk and county clerk of Macon County; after removing to Missouri he engaged in farming, and has held the office of clerk of the circuit court in his county; his records kept by him bear evidence of his carefulness and pains taking. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 258. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. H. M. Gorin, Second Circuit Clerk. -- Mr. Gorin was born October 14, 1812, in Kentucky, and came to Macon County in 1831 or '32, and was clerk of the circuit court from 1834 or '40 -- having been appointed in the place of D. McCall, discharged -- and was clerk of the County court from 1837 to 1840. He removed from Macon County, in 1840, to Scotland County, Mo., where he was afterwards elected clerk of the circuit court, and where he now resides. He married Mary Ann Love, and was a brother of Jerome R. Gorin, of Decatur. [Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 51. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. ] JEROME R. GORIN was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, October 12, 1817, and came to Illinois in 1828 and settled at Vandalia, Illinois; he removed thence to Macon County in 1833; he married in Decatur, April 1,1845, Miss Eleanor E. D. Fawcett who was born February 18, 1824, in Jefferson County, Virginia [ed., probably Jefferson County, West Virginia]. Mr. G. was admitted to the bar in 1843, but has been engaged for several years past in the banking business in the firm of J. MIlliken & Co. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 258. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. Samuel F. Greer, Eighth County Judge. -- Mr. G. was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, September 8, 1824, and removed to Macon County in 1854. He engaged in the sale of dry goods for about five years. He was elected judge of the county court in 1861, and has been re-elected at the expiration of each term since. Has also been a member of the board of education, and has held other offices of trust and responsibility. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 50. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. HOME ©2008 Genealogy Trails