Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 266 - 269  

CHARLES H. GOODRICH. The well-appointed farm of this gentleman is finely located on section 18, in Waco Township, within whose limits he arrived on the 11th of February, 1876. Not long afterward he settled upon the land which he now occupies, and to which he has given his close attention with results which can hardly fail to be satisfactory to himself and where his labors have met with success. In addition to his finely cultivated farm he owns four valuable lots in the city of Wichita, and in his undertakings has been uniformly successful, and is numbered among the energetic and stirring men who have operated to such good purpose along the southern line of Sedgwick County. He makes a specialty of stock-raising, dealing mostly in fine cattle, horses and hogs. 

     Shelby County, Ind., was the early tramping ground of our subject, and there his birth took place Oct. 15, 1852. His parents were William and Hannah H. (Glenn) Goodrich, natives of West Virginia and now residents of Clear Water, this State. William Goodrich learned the hatter's trade when a young man, but later in life took up farming pursuits, which he has followed now for many years. The parental household included seven children: Alonzo, the eldest, was born May 15, 1850, and married Miss Eliza Brady, of Missouri, who became the mother of one child; they are now residents of Scott County, this State. Charles H., of our sketch, was the second son and child; Little G. was born April 14, 1855, and is employed as a carpenter in Scott County; Elma is the wife of W. L. White, a farmer by occupation, and is the mother of three children; they are now residing in Wyandotte, this State. Melvin, a farmer of Waco Township, married Miss Julia Carroll, and is the father of one child; Willia Victoria, born April 8, 1865, upon the day in which Grant took possession of the city of Vicksburg, is a dressmaker by occupation and a resident of Kansas City; Katie died when four years old. 

     Mr. Goodrich remained a member of his father's household until coming to Kansas, and when starting out for himself began operations as a farmer in this State. At the age of thirty-one years he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Pulliam, the wedding taking place at the home of the bride in Waco Township, Nov. 4, 1883. Mrs. Goodrich was born in St. Clair County, Ill., Oct. 14, 1867, and is the daughter of John T. and Eliza Jane (Bennett) Pulliam, who also were natives of Illinois. John T. Pulliam was born in 1847, and during his earlier years followed farming. He is now engaged in the real-estate business in Wichita. He is a man of much force of character and sound business principles, and uniformly votes the straight Democratic ticket. The mother was born in Illinois, May 1, 1846. The parental household included five children, namely: Charles B., who is occupied as a stationary engineer at Wichita; Julia, deceased; Carrie, the wife of our subject; Dona Raphael B., who died young, and an infant daughter who died unnamed. 

     Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children: Clarence M., born Nov. 5, 1884, and Claude, "the baby," born May 22, 1887. Mr. Goodrich politically is Republican, and takes a genuine interest in the enterprises set on foot for the progress and welfare of his adopted county.

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