The Republican journal., 1915-04-01
Made only BY G. !. HOOD co.
Lowell, Mass.

: tally, beyond the four score years and ten
D. Beginning as small boy to assist in the
the family maintenance he often said: 81
, earned the first pair of boots l ever owned
After working upon various farms in the vi.
, cinity of hia home he came to Prospect. now
Stockton Springs. in 1874. obtaining employ.
ment in the shipyards, then springing into
prominence as profitable business centers in
the town. Then he tried sea-going, sailing
with the late Capt. Andrew Dickey and once
with the late Capt. Robert Hichborn. Later
he permanently took up shipcarpeptry. and
married Miss Abbie Croker. daughter of the
noted MASTER builder, Sebra Croker. She lived
but six months, and in November. 1851. he
married her widowed sister, Mrs. Catherine
(Crooker) Hartman taking up all the tender
responsibilities of fatherhood toward her young
son. who soon loved him with deepest fial af-
lection Two children blessed this most con-
genial union, daughter, now Mrs. Carrie A
Gardner. and son, the late Russell p Good
hue of Boston. Naturally mechanical, indus
trlous and of answering integrity, he won
the confide zee of employers and associate
workmen alike; and when his b.other-in law,
Master Hiram Croker, suddenly succumbed
to typhoid fever he Immediately selected
by Mudgetr, Libbey & Griffin to succeed him
as their master builder, in 1865 continuing in
that capacity until the closing out of that firm
in 1871. After the decline of the shipbuilding
industry in Stockton he was eagerly sought
by builders elsewhere, going at various times
to Bath. Belfast and Searsport to superintend
the construction of vessels, or some particular
parts of the work. Later he for seven years
had the supervision of large crew Of men
sent into North arn Maine to cut timber for
ship frames by the late Master John Littlefield
of Brewer, who said: Master Goodhue has
remarkable faculty for managing men! He has
the goodwill of each one and accomplishes
the most work of anyone l ever saw in such
place." IN his early life in town Mr..
Goodhue had twice taken crews to
Maryland and to Virginia to cut oak timber
for vessels to be built in Stockton ship
yards. Thus the active years of life sped
away, and ss the span heightened he devoted
his energies-idleness being an absolute i'm
possibility with him-to farming in quiet
way upon his Stockton acres, continuing this
to the end of his long, useful and exemplary
life. Being always strictly temperate in his
habits. he asserted, conduced to his health and
unusual longevity. Liquors he abhorred. say
/ ing that at the age of fifteen he solemnly
promised himself never to touch the beverage
which had caused two respectable men near
his home to get into disgraceful quarrel at
"raising" because of partial intoxication, due
to the prevailing Gus tom of liberal treating by
the owner of the property. Always quiet
man, his deep thinking fire. quently expressed
itself in unexpected terms, concise. even cpl
grammatc. His home life was never mar
red by an unpleasant incident. Together he
and his estimable companion travelled adown
the western slope" sharing each others con-
fdence to the fullest extent, happy in the deep
affection of their children and the hearty re-
spect of all associates; ever ready to assist in
every good work, and lending helping hand
to any unfortunate neighbor. When the true,
noble wife joined her friends "Over the River"
May s. 1909 the blow was almost paralyzing
to the bereaved husband, but ralying with his
characteristic strength of will he sturdily
fought for self control, being thankful for the
devotion of his widowed daughter, who had
been her mothers tender nurse during her
two years of gradual decline. In August, 1909
the selectmen Of Stockton presented him with
the "Gold-headed Cane" sent by the Boston
Post to be given to the oldest man in the town.
That he cherished to his lifes end, using it in
his walks about the village with evident pleas
l.: .1-l.
from heart disease, December q, 1918. was a
cruel blow to his aged system; yet he nobly
endured the terrible bereavement, thinking Of
the poignant grief of his esteemed daughter
in. law, and being thankful that the son had
passed away without suffering. Always an
ardent Republican, he studied political stua-
lions with comprehensive eye, head and
heart, feeling keenly what to him seemed
detrimental to the welfare of the nation. He
will be deeply missed by all acquaintance, and
his sterling qualities will be long recalled by
the citizens of the town he SO honored by
his upright manhood. He is survived by his
daughter, Mrs. Carrie A. Gardner. and hel
three devoted STEP sors, Messrs. Earle, Russell
and L. Albert Gardner, her one step-daughter
wife of the latter, his one daughter in-l law
Mrs. R. P. Goodhue. several nieces. neph
ews and grand nephews, to whom Stockton
extends coincidence in the loss of the es
teemed father and kinsman, so beloved TO
, his wondrous personality and strong charac
ter. The funeral took place March 24th
from his late home, Rev. A. A. Blair. pastor o
the Universaist church, officiating most &C
ceptably to the sorrowing daughter and rela
} tives present. The beautiful floral tribute
surrounding his bier bespoke the love of hi
dear ones, The interment was in the famil.
3 lot beside the cherished wife in the village
cemetery, where sleep SO many of his life as
sociates.
:. "Another hand is reckoning US,
Another call is given;
= And glows once more, with Angel-steps,
!. The path, which reac hes Heaven"
There will be no change in the lobster law a
, this session of the legislature unless the un