Will County IL Archives News.....Death of William Gooding March 6, 1878
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Chicago Inter-Ocean March 6, 1878
William Gooding, chief engineer of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, while it 
was in course of construction, died on Monday at Lockport, Ill., at the age of 
75. The deceased was a native of Bristol, Ontario County, N. Y. He was engaged 
in the construction of the Welland Canal while still a young man, having 
decided to devote his life to civil engineering. Subsequently he was appointed 
an assistant engineer by the Canal Commissioners of the State of Ohio, and 
assisted in the building of the canal from Cleveland to Portsmouth. He was 
married to Miss Anna M. Cutting, of Troy, N. Y., in May, 1832. He came to 
Illinois in 1833, where his family had already settled. There were about 150 
inhabitants in Chicago at that time, exclusive of the garrison of old Fort 
Dearborn. He settled on a farm at Gooding's Grove, in Will County, and in 1834 
and 1835 was engaged in making a survey for the Wabash and Erie Canal. Before 
he had completed this work he was appointed chief engineer of the Illinois and 
Michigan Canal, which office he held from 1836 to 1848. He was elected 
Secretary of the Board of Canal Trustees in 1849, and acted as treasurer of 
the canal fund until 1871. In the meantime he had acted as chief engineer of 
the Illinois River improvements, and as one of the board of commissioners of 
the Board of Public Works in Chicago. He was also President of the Joliet and 
Chicago Railway Company at the time of its organization.

Mr. Gooding was a whig, and later, a Republican in politics, and a Unitarian 
in religion. He leaves two sons and five daughters, all married, are living in 
various parts of the country, one son, Mr. Wm. Gooding, Jr., being at one time 
a Commissioner of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

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