Goodwin E. Philbrick Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire 
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Surname: PHILBRICK
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 804

   GOODWIN E. PHILBRICK, one of Portsmouth's leading busi-
ness men, is owner and proprietor of the drug store at No. 67 Congress
Street. He has been prominently identified with the affairs of the
city and is a man of wide acquaintance. He was born in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, May 16, 1861, and is a son of Silas and Maria L.
(Goodwin) Philbrick.
   Silas Philbrick was a marble cutter by trade and for years was en-
gaged in the marble and granite business in Portsmouth, where both
he and his wife died. They had the following children: Julia, wife of
John E. Roberts; George P.; Frank J.; Newell.S.; Otis F.; Goodwin
E.; and Alfida, wife of Charles L. Simpson.
   After attending the public schools some years, Goodwin E. Philbrick
in 1875 entered the drug establishment of David Kimball & Co., at 36
Market Street, Portsmouth. There he mastered the business, and after
passing the state board examination, continued with the firm as a reg-
istered pharmacist. This business was established in 1816 and has con-
tinued uninterruptedly to the present time. In 1894 F. J. Philbrick
became owner of the store. In 1896 Goodwin E. Philbrick succeeded
his brother and moved the store to the present location, at 67 Congress
Street. The store is a model in neatness, arrangement and stock car-
ried, and well merits the extensive patronage it receives.
   Mr. Philbrick was united in marriage to Miss Georgie L. Ayers, a
daughter of Samuel H. and Louise (Mendum) Ayers, her father being
a well known dry goods merchant. She was born in Portsmouth, and

Pages 805 and 806 included a portrait.

Page 807

died in the same city, August 2, 1910, being survived by a daughter,
Mildred Ayers Philbrick. The family attend the Universalist Church.
The subject of this record served one term in the common council of
Portsmouth. He was for a time president of the Portsmouth Athletic
Club, was for two years president of the New Hampshire Pharmaceuti-
cal Association and in 1913 represented the latter body as delegate to
the national convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also is affiliated
with the Royal Arcanum and the New England Order of Protection.

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