Franklin Augustine Goodrich

Male14 July 1849–1927

Brief Life History of Franklin Augustine

When Franklin Augustine Goodrich was born on 14 July 1849, in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States, his father, Chauncey Burr Goodrich, was 33 and his mother, Phoebe A. Dickerson, was 31. He lived in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in 1880. He died in 1927, in Bear Valley, Richland, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Bear Valley Cemetery, Bear Valley, Richland, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Chauncey Burr Goodrich
1816–
Phoebe A. Dickerson
1818–1882
Frances Maria Goodrich
1843–1844
Charles Augustus Goodrich
1845–1863
Franklin Augustine Goodrich
1849–1927
Anna J. Goodrich
1854–1867

Sources (5)

  • Franklin Goodrich in household of Chancy B Goodrich, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Franklin Augustine Goodrich, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Franklin Goodrich in household of C B Goodrich, "United States Census, 1870"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party

Age 5

A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.

1863

Age 14

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 21

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Goderiche, Old English Gōdrīc, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ + rīc ‘power’.

English: habitational name from Goodrich (Herefordshire), a shortened form for ‘castle Goodrich’, which takes its name from Godric Mapson, a holder of the estate recorded in the Domesday Book.

Americanized form of German Güttrich, cognate with 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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