From "Honor Roll Williamson County State of Illinois" by Illinois Veterans Commission:
Goddard, George W., Civil War, Capt. Army, Co. C, 31st Ill. Vol. dod 1882.
From "Events in Egypt, Williamson County, Illinois 1882-1887, Volume III" by Helen Lind:
Captain George W. Goddard fell senseless in front of his office on the east side of the square last Thursday. Friends took him home and he died in 5 minutes. He served in the Mexican War and was a Captain of Company C 31st Regt. Ill. Vol. in the Civil War. He was shot through the leg then and the wound never healed. A post mortem showed death was from a rupture of an artery near the unhealed wound or abscess.
He was 56 years and 11 months old. He left a wife - the second one - and three small children by his first wife: Mr. Thomas Goddard, Mr. Priestly Goddard, Mr. Douglas Goddard and Mrs. William Swindell to mourn his sudden taking off.
At one time he filled both offices of County Clerk and Circuit Clerk and was a Justice of Peace several times. At the time of his death he was a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance and a Mason. He drew $72 every three months and his widow will draw the same. EP 24 Aug 1882.
---Contributor: Harry Boyd (48572063)
Goddard, George W., Civil War, Capt. Army, Co. C, 31st Ill. Vol. dod 1882.
From "Events in Egypt, Williamson County, Illinois 1882-1887, Volume III" by Helen Lind:
Captain George W. Goddard fell senseless in front of his office on the east side of the square last Thursday. Friends took him home and he died in 5 minutes. He served in the Mexican War and was a Captain of Company C 31st Regt. Ill. Vol. in the Civil War. He was shot through the leg then and the wound never healed. A post mortem showed death was from a rupture of an artery near the unhealed wound or abscess.
He was 56 years and 11 months old. He left a wife - the second one - and three small children by his first wife: Mr. Thomas Goddard, Mr. Priestly Goddard, Mr. Douglas Goddard and Mrs. William Swindell to mourn his sudden taking off.
At one time he filled both offices of County Clerk and Circuit Clerk and was a Justice of Peace several times. At the time of his death he was a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance and a Mason. He drew $72 every three months and his widow will draw the same. EP 24 Aug 1882.
---Contributor: Harry Boyd (48572063)
From "Honor Roll Williamson County State of Illinois" by Illinois Veterans Commission:
Goddard, George W., Civil War, Capt. Army, Co. C, 31st Ill. Vol. dod 1882.
From "Events in Egypt, Williamson County, Illinois 1882-1887, Volume III" by Helen Lind:
Captain George W. Goddard fell senseless in front of his office on the east side of the square last Thursday. Friends took him home and he died in 5 minutes. He served in the Mexican War and was a Captain of Company C 31st Regt. Ill. Vol. in the Civil War. He was shot through the leg then and the wound never healed. A post mortem showed death was from a rupture of an artery near the unhealed wound or abscess.
He was 56 years and 11 months old. He left a wife - the second one - and three small children by his first wife: Mr. Thomas Goddard, Mr. Priestly Goddard, Mr. Douglas Goddard and Mrs. William Swindell to mourn his sudden taking off.
At one time he filled both offices of County Clerk and Circuit Clerk and was a Justice of Peace several times. At the time of his death he was a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance and a Mason. He drew $72 every three months and his widow will draw the same. EP 24 Aug 1882.
---Contributor: Harry Boyd (48572063)
Goddard, George W., Civil War, Capt. Army, Co. C, 31st Ill. Vol. dod 1882.
From "Events in Egypt, Williamson County, Illinois 1882-1887, Volume III" by Helen Lind:
Captain George W. Goddard fell senseless in front of his office on the east side of the square last Thursday. Friends took him home and he died in 5 minutes. He served in the Mexican War and was a Captain of Company C 31st Regt. Ill. Vol. in the Civil War. He was shot through the leg then and the wound never healed. A post mortem showed death was from a rupture of an artery near the unhealed wound or abscess.
He was 56 years and 11 months old. He left a wife - the second one - and three small children by his first wife: Mr. Thomas Goddard, Mr. Priestly Goddard, Mr. Douglas Goddard and Mrs. William Swindell to mourn his sudden taking off.
At one time he filled both offices of County Clerk and Circuit Clerk and was a Justice of Peace several times. At the time of his death he was a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance and a Mason. He drew $72 every three months and his widow will draw the same. EP 24 Aug 1882.
---Contributor: Harry Boyd (48572063)
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