Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Goodrich, Lofus Hyatt March 28, 1843 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 449

  DR. LOFUS HYATT GOODRICH. A more worthy and exemplary citizen never lived
within the borders of the Territory of Arizona, and it is to such men as Dr.
Lofus Hyatt Goodrich that the Territory owes its advancement and enlightened
development. He came at that fortunate period when everything was in the
formative state, and although his life has been an extremely active one, his
success and prominence have been commensurate with his labors. He was born in
the township of Nottawa, St. Joseph County, Michigan, March 28, 1843. When nine
years of age his father died leaving a wife, daughter and three sons; Lofus
being the eldest of the boys. The family having very limited means he was
compelled to work on the farm in summer time, attending the district school
winters.

  When seventeen years old he entered the Academy near home and when nineteen
began the study of dentistry, to which he seemed to have a natural aptitude.
When twenty-two years of age he completed his course and began practicing at
Sturgis, Michigan. Seven years later he went to Coldwater, Michigan, where he
was in active practice of his profession until December, 1878, when he came to
Arizona. Since that time he has given his attention strictly to his business and
to the upbuilding and development of this section. In 1878 he erected the first
brick building on Washington street, opposite the city plaza, known as the Bank
Exchange Hotel. He has had faith in Phoenix, and the future of Arizona from the
first and no man, perhaps, has done more to forward her interests and promote
her welfare than has Dr. Goodrich.

  His largest interests are centered here and here he expects to pass the
remainder of his days. He began buying property before he had been here a month.
Dr. Goodrich has been a life-long Republican and was elected to the upper house
of the 14th Legislature, being the first Republican ever elected in the county
to the upper house. He was a delegate to the national convention that nominated
Harrison the first time, and he has attended all national Republican conventions
for the last twenty years. He has been president of the Arizona Dental Society
since its organization, and has been an active member of the Phoenix Chamber of
Commerce since its organization, being elected president in 1895. He has been a
Knight Templar of the Masonic Fraternity for twenty-five years, and is a charter
member of the El Zaraba Temple of the order of Mystic Shrine recently
established in Phoenix. Dr. Goodrich was married in April, 1874, to Miss May A.
Kidder, of Niagara Falls, New York, and they have two children: Roy Sela and Ada
Belle, the former having finished his second year at Harvard University.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896

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