Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Godbold, Norman Dosier April 1, 1877 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com July 11, 2011, 5:42 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist NORMAN DOSIER GODBOLD, Lawyer. Long service in the Bar Association and in the public affairs of his native state, Alabama, preceded the appointment of Norman D. Godbold to be assistant United States attorney for the district of Hawaii and led to his present post of deputy city and county attorney for Honolulu. His public service prior to his arrival in Hawaii on Oct. 20, 1919, included solicitor, Washington County, Ala., 1896; Alabama state legislature, 1898- 1899; solicitor, Wilcox County, Ala., 1904-1905; mayor of Camden, Ala., 1906- 1907; Alabama state senate, 1911-1915, and vice-president Alabama Bar Association for two terms. Rejected for active military service during the World War, Mr. Godbold served as chairman for Wilcox County of the Four-Minute Men; chairman fuel committee, chairman legal advisory board and active member of the American Red Cross, Y.M.C.A. and Victory loan committees. He had charge of the Salvation Army home service campaign, Wilcox County, in 1919. He was appointed assistant United States attorney for Hawaii in 1919 by the late President Woodrow Wilson and was a delegate from Hawaii to the historic Democratic convention in New York City in 1924. Born at Bethel, Wilcox County, Alabama, April 1, 1877, he is the son of Leonard William and Alice (Radcliffe) Godbold. His mother was descended from Scotch-English stock and his father from English-Dutch. A paternal ancestor, John Godbold, came from Suffolk, England, in 1735 and founded Marion, South Carolina. His two sons, Thomas and Elley, were brigadier-generals in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Godbold’s grandfather, Leonard D. Godbold, moved from South Carolina to Alabama in 1823, and his father still lives on the homestead there. Mr. Godbold was graduated from the Florence Normal College in 1894 and received the degree of LL.B. from the University of Alabama in 1895. Mr. Godbold married Irene Alford, June 25, 1902, and they have three children, Evelyn, Norman, Jr., and Wilford Godbold. He is a Past Worshipful Master, Dale Lodge No. 25, F. & A.M.; past high priest Camden Chapter No. 35; past chancellor Helmet Lodge No. 145, Knights of Pythias; past chancellor Camden Lodge, K. of P.; past consul Modern Woodmen. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/godbold370bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb