George E. Goodrich
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913

Dr. George E. Goodrich, whose ability as a physician and 
whose place in the ranks of the medical fraternity of 
Arizona are indicated by his position as chief surgeon of the 
Arizona Copper Company, was born in DeKalb, Illinois, 
July 1, 1879.  He is a son of Erastus and Phoebe (Dodge) 
Goodrich, the former a prominent farmer and businessman.  
Both have passed away.  In their family were four children: 
Harriet became the wife of Dr. Colfax Schulyer, a dentist of 
DeKalb and are the parents of two children; Lucy married Dr. 
Anson Smith, a dentist in Springfield Illinois and they have 
two children; Mary married H.W. McEwen, an attorney of DeKalb 
and a brother of Judge McEwen of Chicago and they also have 
two children.

Dr. George E. Goodrich, the youngest child born to his parents 
was reared in DeKalb and there attended public school preparing 
himself for his college course at Kale Forest Academy.  When he 
was seventeen he entered the University of Lake Forest but 
after one year became a student in the University of Chicago, 
where he  remained two years.  He then enrolled in Rush Medical 
College at Chicago graduating in 1905.  In order to get the 
advantage of practical experience he served one year as Dr. 
J.B. Murphy's intern in the Presbyterian Hospital and then 
went to Clifton, Arizona where in the same year he was 
appointed assistant surgeon for the Arizona Copper Company.  
He did such able work that he was transferred in 1909 to 
Morenci and made chief surgeon of the company with charge 
of the hospital.  He has acted in this capacity since that time.

Dr. Goodrich married January 19, 1907 Miss Ruth Mason Wood, a 
native of Illinois and a daughter of E.O. and Amelia (Mason) 
Wood, residents of DeKalb where the father is a banker.  In 
this family were four children: E.O. Jr who is in business in 
Champaign Illinois, Grace H. who resides with her parents in 
DeKalb; Harry C., a farmer of Macon Mississippi and Ruth M. 
the wife of Dr. Goodrich.




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