GOODRICH
Lot E. 35 and 36
Those buried in this plot at Quincy were moved May 1886 from the GOODRICH family burying Ground on West Main St Ripley opposite Loomis Street.
Gideon, died April 13, 1842 aged 77 years;
(*Bio from The GOODRICH Family of America /Author: Lafayette Wallace Case 1889, )*does contain some errors
In his native town of Rocky Hill, Conn., he learned the trade of a tanner,
currier, and shoemaker; shortly after his majority, he settled in Milton,
Saratoga County, N.Y., where he successfully practiced his trade until 1815,
when he sold most of his property and purchased several tracts of land in
Ripley, Chautauqua County, N.Y., where he established two of his sons in his
own trade, and aided in clearing farms for others--himself cultivating a
large farm for several years, and afterward, with one of his sons, engaged
in the warehouse and forwarding business at what was then known as Portland
Harbor; when failing health compelled him to retire from all active
pursuits.
He was a man of marked ability, force of character, public spirit, and
general information; especially interested in promoting education and its
facilities; he was active and liberal in the founding of Milton Academy,
where some very prominent men received their early training. He was colonel
of militia a number of years, and represented Saratoga County in the State
legislature, in association with such men as Samuel Young, (???) Cady, and
others. He was ingenious, and a man of resources. One of his sons was born with a club-foot, and at that day surgical science had discovered no remedy
for such a malformation. The painful thought that his son should be doomed a
cripple for life, induced him to ponder upon a remedy, and he invented an appliance by which the foot was straightened and the defect effectually
cured. The knowledge of his success brought numerous like cases to him for
treatment from near and remote distances, down to nearly the close of his
life, affording him great satisfaction in relieving a large number of
children from a similar deformity. He was always prominent in public and
political affairs, and possessed the confidence and esteem of his acquaintances.
His wife Eunice (*WARNER), died Dec. 30 1820 age 55 yrs
Son Orestes, died Nov 12, 1823 age 24
Son John d Sept 10, 1824 age 22 yrs
Son Frederick, d Jan 20, 1854 age 50
Sally (BOSTWICK) BROCKWAY 2nd wife of Gideon died Oct 27, 1841 age 68
Children of Gideon and 1st wife Eunice Warner
1, HORACE b MAY 12 1788 d feb 12 1816
2 Barzilla b Sept 24 1789
3, HARRIET b Sept 30 1790 d Apr 10 1855 m Silas SPENCER is buried in Westfield Cemetery
4, ANSON b April 15 1792 m Susan DINSMORE
5, GEORGE b Dec 13 1793 m Tryphena PARSONS
6, AUSTIN B JULY 13 1795 m Sally BROCKWAY
7, ARISTES b 1796 d 1797
8 ORESTES b March 6 1798 d Nov 12 1823
9, JOHN b Nov 25 1801 d Sept 10 1824
10, FREDERIC b April 16 1803 m Mary A POTTER
11, GERRY b 1805 d 1806
12, GRANT GOODRICH b Aug 7 1811 m Julia ATWATER
His WILL;
p. 379, Gideon Goodrich of Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York, signed 21 Nov 1840.
$100 per year to wife Sally during her lifetime. Sufficient goods from estate to provide support and maintenance for sister-in-law Hannah Warner, and my sons Anson, George, Austin, Fredrick, and Grant Goodrich to continue to provide for her. $150 to Almira daughter of my son Barzilla. My patent for an apparatus for the improvement of reel and clump feet to sons Anson, George, Austin, Fredrick, and to John Spencer son of my daughter Harriet. $250 to daughter Harriet. $50 to son Barzilla. Everything else to be divided among my five youngest sons Anson, George, Austin, Fredrick, and Grant.
Executors: Son Fredrick Goodrich, Abram Dixon of Westfield.
Witnesses: Barzilla Gates, Jeremiah Mann, both of Ripley
Bio by: Dolores Davidson