George Goodyear

George Goodyear (December 9, 1801 – November 18, 1884) was an American clergyman. He was born in Hamden, Connecticut, December 9, 1801.

He graduated from Yale College in 1824.[1] He attended Yale Divinity School for three years, and served as a pastor of the Orthodox Congregational Denomination.[2]

He married Elizabeth Anderson of Gaines, New York, daughter of Robert Anderson, in 1830. His wife died in February 1844, and he then married Roxana Rand, daughter of Deacon L. S. Rand of Townshend, Vermont, on December 8, 1844. Roxana survived him, along with three children by his first marriage. In 1855 he received a call to become pastor in Temple, New Hampshire, where he was installed on April 25, 1855.[3] He also later served as a member of the New Hampshire legislature from Temple.[4]

He died in Temple, New Hampshire, of tuberculosis on November 18, 1884.[5]

References
  1. Yale Catalogue of Officers and Students 1853
  2. A Sermon Delivered at the Dedication of the Second Congregational Church, in Worcester, Aug. 20, 1829 Aaron Bancroft; Griffin and Morrill Printers, 1829
  3. Biographical Sketches Yale University. Class of 1824; 1855 pg. 9
  4. Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives New Hampshire. General Court 1866
  5. A History of Temple, New Hampshire, 1768-1976, Volumes 1768-1976. Historical Society of Temple, N.H.; W. L. Bauhan, 1976
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