Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Goodrich, Garry E. 1846 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

GARRY E. GOODRICH is a general farmer and business man of large financial
interests in this vicinity. He is the owner of five hundred and eighty acres of
land in Arcadia and Imlay Townships, Lapeer County. He was born in the village
of Almont, May 6, 1846, and is a son of Garry and Anna (DeMarry) Goodrich, both
natives of New York. Our subject's father was a lumberman by occupation and was
one of the first settlers in Almont, locating here when there were only three
families in the place. He was very successful financially and sawed an immense
amount of pine lumber. He died March 11, 1886; his wife's decease occurred in
January, 1884.

  Our subject remained at home until nineteen years of age. He was then married
to Arcila Smith, of Almont. She was a daughter of John S. and Louisa Smith,
farmers. This union resulted in the birth of two children—Garry, who was born
October 6, 1868, and is present engaged in lumbering in the Upper Peninsula. He
married Alwilda Tucker. The youngest child is a daughter Anna, who was born
October 6, 1871. She is at present a book-keeper in Detroit.

  Mr. Goodrich's first wife died in August, 1874. The same year he was married
to Sarah Tucker, of Goodland Township. She was a daughter of Theodore Tucker, a
farmer. Five children have born of this union—Ruth, Cleveland, Sibyl, Claude and
Lottie. The eldest was born September 10, 1875, and is a student in the Imlay
High School, as is Cleveland, who was born September 5, 1877; Sibyl, September
4, 1880; Claude, November 4, 1884, and Lottie, March 14, 1886.

  After our subject's first marriage he was engaged in farming for four years
and then came to Arcadia and was engaged in his father's mill on Rose Lake, but
resumed farming, continuing in it for about years. He then went to work on the
"Brown House" farm, remaining there three years. He was variously engaged for a
year and a half and then traded his stock of goods for the Mansion House in
Imlay City. This he now owns and is soon going to personally conduct it. He has
been very successful in the conducting of his farm. This year past (1891) he
raised four and a half acres of cucumbers. Socially Mr. Goodrich is an Odd
Fellow. He belongs to Attica Lodge No. 171, and is an ardent Democrat, believing
as he does in the political creed of the party both by heredity and intelligent
consideration of the subject. He has been Treasurer of the township and without
doubt has as firm a financial standing as any man in Arcadia. Garry Goodrich,
Sr., was instrumental in securing the present fine highways of Arcadia. He was a
very generous man and was known as the poor man's friend.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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