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Goodrich, Samuel Griswold – Goodwin, Ichabod
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold
author, was born Aug. 19, 1793, in Ridgefield, Conn. He was a once famous writer and compiler of Boston and New York. He published nearly two hundred volumes, mainly juvenile and educational, some of which achieved a wide popularity. Among them are, History of All Nations; Tales of Peter Parley about America; and Recollections of a Lifetime, an autobiography. He died May 9, 1860, in New York city.
Goodrich, William Henry
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 19, 1825, in New Haven, Conn. He held pastorates in Bristol, Conn.; Binghamton, N. Y., and Cleveland, Ohio. He was a brilliant pulpit orator and published sermons and addresses. He died July 17, 1874, in Switzerland.
Goodsell, Daniel Ayres
bishop, author, was born Nov. 5, 1840, in Newburg, N. Y. He was a delegate to every general conference from 1876 till 1888, and at the one in New York city in 1888 was elected bishop. He has been literary editor and editorial contributor of the New York Christian Advocate since 1880.
Goodson, John
physician, jurist, was born in England. From 1686 till 1701 he was one of the proprietaries commissioners of property, and in 1694 was appointed deputy-governor of Pennsylvania. He died Dec. 28, 1727, in Philadelphia, Pa.
GOODWIN, ALEXANDER CAMP- BELL, educator, college president, was born June 3, 1846, in Utica, Ind. He has been superintendent of schools in Indiana and Kentucky for more than twenty years, and for three years was president of the Owensboro Female college.
Goodwin, Daniel
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Nov. 24, 1799, in He was United States Geneva, N. Y. district attorney for Michigan in 1834-41; judge of the supreme court in 1843-50; president of the state constitutional convention of 1850, and a member of that of 1867. In 1850-81 ne was circuit judge for the upper peninsula of Michigan. He served repeatedly in the legislature. He died Aug. 24, 1887, in Detroit, Mich,
Goodwin, Daniel
lawyer, author, was born in 1832 in New York. He is a lawyer of Chicago, and the author of James Pitts and His Sons in the American Revolution; The Dearborns; The Lord's Table; and Provincial Pictures. 1
Goodwin, Daniel Raynes
educator, clergyman, author, was born April 12, 1811, in North Berwick, Maine. He was an episcopal clergyman who was a professor in the Philadelphia Divinity school, and of much prominence as a low churchman. He was the author of Southern Slavery in Its Present Aspects; Christianity Neither Ascetic nor Fanatic; The Christian Ministry; Shall We Return to Rome? The Perpetuity of the Sabbath; The New Ritualistic Divinity; and Christian Eschatology. He died March 12, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Goodwin, Ella Dimmick
poet, was born Jan. 7, 1869, in Schuyler county, Ill.
In 1880 she removed to Kansas with her parents, and three years later was married to Thomas J. Goodwin of Ludell. Her poems have appeared in current literature, Poets of America, and other standard works.
Goodwin, Henry C
lawyer, congressman, was born June 25, 1824, in De Ruyter, N. Y. In 1847 he was elected district attorney of Madison county, and held the office three years. He was a representative from New York to the second session of the thirty-third congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth congress.
He died Nov. 12, 1860, in Hamilton, N. Y.
Goodwin, Ichabod
soldier, congressman, was born May 25, 1743, in South Berwick, Maine. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775 and 1777; and was lieutenant-colonel of Gerrish's York county regiment, having charge of the Saratoga prisoners. He was major-general of militia from 1783 to 1815; a member of the general court in 1792; and sheriff of York county, Maine, from 1793 to 1820.
He died May 25, 1820, in South Berwick.