George Eastman Goodrich (1846 - 1935)

Born 12 Dec 1846 in Dryden, Tompkins, New York, USA

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Died 16 Aug 1935 at age 88 in New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

George Eastman Goodrich was born on December 12, 1846, son of Milo Goodrich and Eunice Amanda (Eastman) Goodrich.^[1]

He married Grace Luthera Grinnell on December 29, 1874. ^[1], with whom he had at least four children:

1. Luther Griswold Goodrich, b. 9 Sept 1874
2. Milo Goodrich
3. Grace Evelyn Goodrich, b. Sept 1881
4. Georgiana A. Goodrich, b. 1884
5. Florence Louise Goodrich, b. May 29, 1890

He died on August 16, 1935, and is buried in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, Tompkins County NY.^[2]

Dryden History

George E. Goodrich was an author of The Centennial History of the Town of Dryden 1797-1897, first published in 1898.^[3]

From the Ithaca daily journal, August 18, 1898, Page 3 (Image 3), Column 6^[4]:

"George E. Goodrich, Esq., Dryden's historian, is here on a legal mission today."

From the Ithaca daily journal, January 03, 1900, Page 3 (Image 3), Column 3 (near the bottom)^[5]

"The next of kin in this vicinity of Hulda Ellis, late of Providence, R. I., have been receiving a distribution of $4,000 through George B. Davis, Esq., of this city. Mrs. Ellis was a descendant of John Ellis, who was know as "King of Dryden" and so noted in George E. Goodrich's history of that town. The distribution came during the holidays and the legates call their shares Christmas presents."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Case, Lafayette Wallace, M.D., (Editor) The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., (Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889,) Second Date, 1984, page 333, individual #2898
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111906706, Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, Tompkins County NY
3. ↑ Goodrich, George E. The Centennial History of the Town of Dryden 1797-1897 (J. Giles Ford Printer, The Dryden Herald Steam Printing House, 1898), page 212-214 Biography of Milo Goodrich (his father)
4. ↑ Ithaca daily journal, (Ithaca, NY), August 18, 1898, New York State Historic Newspapers Project, https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/, Page 3 (Image 3), Column 6
5. ↑ Ithaca daily journal, (Ithaca, NY), January 03, 1900, New York State Historic Newspapers Project at https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/, Page 3 (Image 3), Column 3 (near the bottom)