Goodrich, Aaron – Goodwin, John Noble
Goodrich, Aaron
lawyer, jurist, author, was born July 6, 1807, in Sempronius, N. Y. In 1849 he was appointed chief justice of the United States district court for the territory of Minnesota, and was the first judge appointed for that district. He published a History of the So- Called Christopher Columbus.
Goodrich, Alfred Bailey
clergyman, author, was born March 22, 1828, in Rocky Hill, Conn. He is the author of a service and tune book for Sunday Schools.
Goodrich, Charles Augustus
clergyman, author, was born in 1790 in Ridgefield, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Hartford, and the author of Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; History of the United States; View of Religions; Family Tourist; Great Events of American History; Outlines of Geography; and Universal Traveler. He died Jan. 4, 1862, in Hartford, Conn.
Goodrich, Charles Rush
naturalist, author, was born March 16, 1829, in Troy, N. Y. He edited, with Prof. Benjamin Silliman, Jr., The World of Science, Art and Industry, illustrated with five hundred drawings from the New York exhibition of 1853; and was one of the editors of Practical Science and Mechanism. He died Aug. 22, 1855, in Flushing, N. Y.
Goodrich, Chauncey
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1759, in Durham, Conn. He was a representative in the Connecticut legislature in 1793; and a representative in congress from 1795 to 1801. From 1802 to 1807 he was a councilor of the state, and was elected United States senator from 1807 to 1813. He was elected mayor of Hartford in 1812, and resigned his seat in congress. He was elected lieutenant-governor of the state in 1813, and was a delegate to the Hartford convention in 1814. He died Aug. 18, 1815, in Hartford, Conn.
Goodrich, Chauncey
clergyman, was born July 20, 1817, in Middletown, Conn. He resided in New Haven, occupied with literary labors, chief among which was the continuation of his father's work in the revision of Webster's dictionary. He died March 27, 1868, in New Haven, Conn.
Goodrich, Chauncey Allen
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 23, 1790, in New Haven, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman and professor at Yale university, in 1817-60. He published Greek and Latin Lessons; A Greek Grammar; was the editor and reviser of Webster's Dictionary, and also edited Select British Eloquence, with careful critical notes. He died Feb. 25, 1860, in New Haven, Conn.
Goodrich, Elizur
clergyman, astronomer, author, was born Oct. 26, 1734, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was an able astronomer, and spent much of his time in calculating the eclipses of each successive year, and published the fullest and most accurate account of the aurora borealis of 1780. He was a candidate for governor of Connecticut; and was the author of a volume of sermons and addresses. He died Nov. 22, 1797, in North Norfolk, Conn.
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Goodrich, Elizur
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 24, 1761, in Durham, Conn. He was professor of law in Yale college, and for many years the efficient mayor of New Haven. was twice elected to the state legislature; was a judge of the county and probate courts for fifteen years; was a presidential elector in 1797; and was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1799 to 1801. He died Nov. 1, 1849, in New Haven, Conn.
Goodrich, Frank Boot
author, was born Dec. 14, 1826, in Boston, Mass.
He was a dramatist and miscellaneous writer of New York city, and the author of The Court of Napoleon; Man Upon the Sea; Tri-Colored Sketches of Paris; The Tribute Book; World-Famous Women; Women of Beauty and Heroism; and History of Maritime Adventure.
Goodrich, John Z
manufacturer, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1801, in Sheffield, Mass. He was a presidential elector in 1841; served in the state legislature in 1848 and 1849, and was a representative in congress from 1851 to 1855, from his native state. In 1861 he was appointed collector of Boston, and was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861.
Goodrich, Milo
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 13, 1820, in Homer, N. Y. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1867, and was elected to the forty-second congress as a a republican.
Goodrich, Ralph Leland
lawyer, philologist, author, was born Aug. 27, 1840, in Oswego, N. Y. In 1873 he was appointed clerk of the United States circuit and district courts. He is a proficient Sanskrit scholar, and has published several excellent translations from the Vedas.
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, George Francis
lawyer, prohibitionist, was born Jan. 12, 1849, in Groton, Vt. In 1880 he was state's attorney of Mower county, Minn.; attorneygeneral of North Dakota in 1889, and is now a prominent prohibition worker of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Goodwin, Mrs. Hannah Eliza- Beth Bradbury
author, was born in 1827 in Massachusetts. She is a Boston writer for young people, among whose works are Madge; Christine's Fortune; Dorothy Gray; Dr. Howells's Family; and Fortunes of Miss Follen. She died in 1893.
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.
Goodwin, Ichabod
governor, was born Oct. 10, 1796, in North Berwick, N.
H. He was governor of New Hampshire from 1860 to 1861.
Goodwin, Isaac
author, was born June 28, 1786, in Plymouth, Mass. He was a writer of Worcester, Mass., and the father of Mrs. Jane Goodwin Austin. He was the author of History of the Town of Stirling; The Town Officer; and The New England Sheriff. He died Sept. 16, 1832, in Worcester, Mass.
Goodwin, John Abbott
author, was born May 21, 1824, in Stirling, Mass.
He was a Lowell writer who published The Pilgrim Fathers Neither Puritans nor Persecutors; and The Pilgrim Republic, an historical review of the Plymouth colony. He died in 1884.
Goodwin, John Noble
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Oct. 18, 1824, in South Berwick, Maine. He was elected to the senate of Maine; and in 1860 was a representative from Maine to the thirty-seventh congress. He was subsequently appointed chief justice of the territory of Arizona; afterwards was governor, and was elected a delegate from Arizona to the thirty-ninth congress.