Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Mary A. Farnham, dau. of L.T. Farnham, 6/1/1892, in Hillsdale; children: 3, Bessie A., Helen L. and Florence
Number of Children: 3
Background
Education:
attended graded schools, winters; graduated Hilldale College, 1879; honorary masters of science, 1881; graduated from University of Michigan, 1882 as pharmaceutical chemist
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Lorenco D. and Lovina (Keith or Johnson) Goodrich. He moved to Cambria, Hillsdale County, MI, in 1863, lived on a farm until 18. Entered the drug business in 1883 in Hillsdale. He was elected an alderman in 1890 and 1891; elected mayor of Hillsdale in 1892, and held the office for 3 consecutive terms.
Notable Facts:
Death record gives death year as 1938, Find-a-Grave and headstone say 1939. Death record says he was born in Fulton Co., NY and that his mother's name was Lovina Johnson; marriage records says her name was Keith)