Edna Goodrich (born Bessie Edna Stevens; December , â€" May , ) was
an American Broadway actress, Florodora girl, author, and media
sensation during the early s. At one point, she was known as one of
America's wealthiest and best dressed performers. She was married to
Edwin Stacey of Cincinnati, Ohio, and later Nat C. Goodwin.The
daughter of Nellie Goodrich and A.S. Stevens, Edna was raised by her
great-grandfather, Abner Scott Thornton, a member of the influential
Logansport Thorntons. His brothers included Dr. William Patton
Thornton, a noted physician; Henry Clay Thornton, a prominent lawyer
and father of Sir Henry Worth Thornton; and Dr. Joseph Lyle Thornton,
a respected educator and manufacturer. Judge William Wheeler Thornton
was his nephew. Among his influential cousins were Military
Reconstruction Judge James Johnston Thornton and Hon. Samuel W.
Thornton, a member of the Nebraska State Legislature.Her grandfather,
Justus Goodrich, died in an insane asylum in Kankakee, Illinois on
June , . He long suffered from mental illness, derived from sunstroke
received on the march to the Battle of Gettysburg. During the battle,
on July , , he was shot in the heel.
an American Broadway actress, Florodora girl, author, and media
sensation during the early s. At one point, she was known as one of
America's wealthiest and best dressed performers. She was married to
Edwin Stacey of Cincinnati, Ohio, and later Nat C. Goodwin.The
daughter of Nellie Goodrich and A.S. Stevens, Edna was raised by her
great-grandfather, Abner Scott Thornton, a member of the influential
Logansport Thorntons. His brothers included Dr. William Patton
Thornton, a noted physician; Henry Clay Thornton, a prominent lawyer
and father of Sir Henry Worth Thornton; and Dr. Joseph Lyle Thornton,
a respected educator and manufacturer. Judge William Wheeler Thornton
was his nephew. Among his influential cousins were Military
Reconstruction Judge James Johnston Thornton and Hon. Samuel W.
Thornton, a member of the Nebraska State Legislature.Her grandfather,
Justus Goodrich, died in an insane asylum in Kankakee, Illinois on
June , . He long suffered from mental illness, derived from sunstroke
received on the march to the Battle of Gettysburg. During the battle,
on July , , he was shot in the heel.
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