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W. B. Goodner, M. D., has been a resident of this section all his life, for he was born in Polk Township, of Montgomery County, in 1857, to James M. and Elizabeth (Logan) Goodner, the former born in Waynesboro, Tenn., in 1833, and the latter in Clark County, Ark., in 1836, their marriage being consummated in Montgomery County, where Mrs. Goodner died in 1877, and Mr. Goodner is still residing, a well-known citizen. He served through the Rebellion in the Confederate Army as a commissioned officer in the Trans-Mississippi Department. For a number of years he has been a member of the Baptist Church and the A. F. & A. M. His father, John C. Goodner, came to this county from Tennessee in an early day, and here spent the latter part of his life as a farmer, having previously been a tanner. He was of German parentage, and passed from life after the close of the Civil War. The grandfather, William Logan, was a pioneer farmer of Clark County, Ark., was of Scotch descent, and passed from life prior to the war. Dr. W. B. Goodner is the second of nine children, six now living, and spent his youth on his father’s farm, his education being received at Bellefonte. At the age of twenty-one he began the study of medicine, which he continued for several years, and in 1883 commenced practicing at Mount Ida, where he remained for nearly two years, during which time he acquired a good practice. Since then he has resided at Black Springs, where he has acquired an excellent reputation as a practitioner of the “healing art.” He was married in 1878 to Lucy, daughter of H. S. and Laurena Goodner, who are residents of Polk Township. The Doctor’s wife was born in that township, and she has borne her husband one child, a daughter. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church , South, and for one year, from 1886 to 1887, the Doctor was postmaster at Black Springs. He has been president of the board of medical examiners of Montgomery County for six years.