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					D. W. GODDARD.
			MRS. FRANCES A. (CARPENTER) GODDARD (1st wife). 
			    MRS. MARY (DE PEW) GODDARD (2nd wife).

	D. W. Goddard, the third in a family of four children, was born March 2, 1831, in 
Livingston Co., N. Y.  His parents Rufus and Louisa (Rand) Goddard, were natives of 
Massachusetts.  In 1838, Rufus Goddard removed with his family to Michigan, settling in Lenawee 
County.  In 1844 he sold out, came to Ionia County, and purchased forty acres of land.  He built 
and moved into a log house upon it in 1847, subsequently purchased eighty acres on the opposite 
side of the way, and died in August, 1851.  The mother of D. W. Goddard died in 1833, and the 
father was afterwards a second time married.  After his father's death, D. W. Goddard remained 
at home assisting the family.  Together with his brother Rufus, he bought the interests of the 
other heirs, besides purchasing additional land, and when an addition was made he retained the 
old homestead.  He is the present owner of one hundred and forty acres of land.  April 11, 1868, 
he married Miss Frances A. Carpenter, whose father, Cyril Carpenter, came to Michigan in 1851.  
She was born in the State of Ohio, and lived but one year after her marriage to Mr. Goddard.  
Jan. 19, 1872, he married Mary De Pew, who was born in Noble Co., Ind., and spent the early 
portion of her life in De Kalb County, same State.  Her birth occurred June 5, 1848, she being 
the second in a family of eleven children.
	Mr. Goddard, who is a Republican in politics, has been often chosen to responsible 
positions by his townsmen, and is now serving his sixth term as supervisor.  The township was
yet quite new as late as the arrival of Mr. Goddard and he assisted in cutting out most of the 
roads within its limits.  Mr. Goddard and his wife are both connected with the Presbyterian 
Church.



This biography is taken from "HISTORY OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, MICHIGAN" 
by John S. Schenck. Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co., 1881. Page 354.  Sebewa.