Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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A native of Tennessee and a minister for a half century, Goodpasture was licensed to preach in 1835. Moving to Illinois sometime before 1850, he became a member of the Sangamon Presbytery and pastor at Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Petersburg in Menard County. (letters from Mrs. Burl E. [Genevieve] Goodpasture, August 8 and 15, 1992)