Biographical Sketch of Eugene Godat, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Eugene Godat, a resident of Washington County for the pasty forty-four years, is a man whose name is at least familiar to all the early sett- lers of the county. He was born in the State of Indiana August 15, 1816, and is a son of Charles Joseph and Augustine (Dore) Godat, the former a native of France. When eleven years of age Eugene was taken to Louisville, Ky., and the following year to St. Louis, where he re- mained until sixteen years of age. He then removed to Galena, Ill., and in 1844 located in Washington County, Mo. He was reared a farmer and also followed mining and smelting. At the present time he owns a tract of 400 acres of land, to the cultivation of which he devotes his entire attention. He married Miss Eva L. Horine, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Shook) Horine. Mr. and Mrs. Godat are the parents of the following children: Susan, who married C. Simones; Julia, the wife of John Hinch; Gladys, Dora, Rose, Henry, Burt, William and Ned. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================