Goodard, Louis
GODDARD, GODDARD, GAUDARD, HARWOOD
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Date: 11/25/2011 at 18:23:58
Gaudard, Lewis –
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Goodard, Louis –
Lewis Gaudard was born near Lilly Frances January 1, 1838 and died January 26, 1929 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose Key, Lenox, Ia., aged 91 years and 25 days.When about 13 years of age he came with his parents to America and settled in New Orleans.
His parents died soon afterward and he made his home with an [?] in St. Louis. He later lived different place in Illinois.
He enlisted at the beginning of the war with Co. B 32 Illinois Infantry and served until the close of the war.
January 31, 1867 he was married to Samantha Harwood at Elvaston, Ill., and four years later he moved to Adams county where he lived until his death.
The living children: Mrs. Rose Key, Lenox, Mrs. Ida Manrose, Portland, Ore.; Frank, {Rose?], Calif., and Mrs. Stella Humbert, Creston, Iowa. He also leaves ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
He lived the Golden Rule in his everyday life by honest and upright dealings with his fellowmen.
Funeral services were conducted from Mrs. A. J. Key’s home in Lenox at 1 p.m. Monday, January 28th by Rev. Stroud. Interment was made in South cemetery at Corning.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 31, 1929Gaudard, Lewis –
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Lewis Goddard, a long time resident of Corning, but recently Lenox, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose Key, in Lenox, Saturday January 26, 1929 at the age of 96 years and 19 days.Funeral services were held at the Key home in Lenox Monday afternoon, at two o’clock, and the body was brought to Corning for burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, beside his son, William Goddard.
Louis Goddard was born January 1, 1927 in Lilly, France near the river Rhine. He came to the United States when about 12 years age and later located in Corning where he resided for some 27 years. Mr. Goddard was married to Samantha Harwood in Nauvoo, Hancock county, Ill. about 64 years ago. His wife preceded him in death 20 years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Goddard seven children were born. They are: Mrs. Rose Key, of Lenox; Mrs. Ida Manrose, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Emma Fillman, who died last fall; Frank Goddard, living in California; Mrs. Stella Humbert, of Creston; James Goddard, who died several years ago in Washington; William Goddard, a Spanish-American war veteran who died in a hospital in Denison and is buried in Oak Hill cemetery in Corning. Mr. Goddard lived alone in Corning for a number of years, but something over a year ago he quit keeping up his home and went to reside with his daughter, Mrs. Rose Keys in Lenox.
Mr. Goddard was well known here in Corning and had a large circle of friends who are sorry to learn of his death. He was a civil war veteran, having served from 1861 to 1865.
Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa, Friday February 1, 1929
[Lenox Time Table has name as Gaudard, Adams County Free Press as Goddard, and Adams Co. Burials spell it Goodard. Also the birth year is different in the papers.]
Adams Obituaries maintained by Kathy Parmenter.
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