Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-02
MINISTER OVER 40 YEARS.
Death of Rev. Henry A. Goodhue, for
Many Years Pastor of the Church in
Westminster West.

Many Years Pastor of the Church in
Westminster West.
Rev. Henry a. Goodhue, SO, for Al
years an active minister of the Congre-
gational church and for 16 years in
the pastorate at Westminster West, died
Monday afternoon at 3 clock in his
home on Highland street. He had
failed rapidly in health during the last
two months but had been confined to
his bed only two weeks. His family
were with him when the end came
peacefully.
Rev. Mr.. Goodhue was born in West
minister West, July 90, 1893, a son of
Ira and Almira (Sawyer) Goodhue. He
was descendant of Deacon William
Goodhue, who came from England in
1886, and his family have been promi
nent many years in Windham county.
He prepared for college principally
at Oxford academy and graduated from
Dartmouth college with honors in 1857.
He was a member there of the Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity. For two years fol
lowing his graduation he was principal
of an academy at Plympton, Mass. He
then took up study for the ministry,
entered Andover theological seminary,
and graduated therefrom in 1862.
His first charge was at West Barn
stable, Mass, where he remained until
June, 1888. He was acting pastor at
Croydon, n. FL, one year and at Town
shend three years. In 1887 he was in
stalled as associate pastor at West
minister West, where DR.. Alfred Stew
ems was the pastor, and succeeded to
the pastorate. He remained there until
Oct. I, 1903, when he retired from ac-
tive service in the ministry and moved
to Brattleboro where he had since made
his home.
His pastorates were not numerous
but they were very fruitful and marked
by the cordial and sincere relationships
so much desired between pastor and
parishioners. Since coming to Brattle-
boro both Mr.. and Mrs. Goodhue had
been actively interested in the welfare
of the Centre Congregational church.
For nine years Mr.. Goodhue taught
a class of women in the Sunday school
of the Centre Congregational church I'M
til failing health forced him to resign
last spring.
During much of his active ministry
Rev. Mr.. Goodhue had been closely con-
nected with the educational interests
of the communities in which he lived.
He was superintendent of schools il
years in Barnstable, two years in Town
shend and three in Westminster. In the
Congregational national council of
1877 at Detroit he represented the Con-
gregational churches of Barnstable
county, and in 1886 at Chicago and in
1895 at Syracuse, N. Y, he represented
the Windham county churches.
To-,
ed the town of Westminster in the
state Legislature, serving as chairman
of the committee on education during
the greater part of the session. He pub
lished an interesting volume of SER
mons, memorial volume for DR..
Stevens, and other interesting material.
Rev. Mr.. Goodhue married Dee. 10,
1864, Miss Mary 1. Perkins of Plymp-
ton, Mass, who is descendant of the
eighth generation of Miles Standish and
George Soule, both of whom. came in
the Mayflower. Mrs. Goodhue is q ma
tive of Plympton and a graduate of
Mount Holyoke college and before her
marriage taught school.
Their 50th wedding anniversary fell
on Sunday, Dec. -, 1914, and both
were much surprised when Rev. Roy
M. Houghton, then pastor of the Centre
congregational cnurcn, MADE reference
at the close of his sermon to the nu-
merous golden weddings that had been
observed in the parish during his pas
torate and extended Fluctuations to
Rev. and Mrs. Goodhue, who were in
their pew. He presented them with a
box which, when opened at their home,
revealed $65 in gold, representing sub
scriptions of varying amounts from
members of the parish who had known
of the anniversary.
Six children were born to the couple
of when three are living. They are
Mrs. w. H. Montgomery of New York
city, Robert B. Goodhue, well known
piano tuner of Brattleboro, who has
made his home with his parents, and
Everett w. Goodhue, a graduate of
Dartmouth in 1900 and for the past
nine years professor of sociology and
economics at Colgate university. An
other son, Charles, died 80 years ago
while employed in a bank in Minneapo-
lis, and two sons died in infancy.
The funeral was held Wednesday at IL |
at the house, IA Highland street. Rev.
Eithard II. Clapp, pastor of the Centre
Congregational church, conducting a
simple prayer service. The body was
taken to Westminster West yesterday
and funeral services held
there in the church at 100 clock.
The officiating clergymen were Rev.
George F. Chaplin of Saxtons River, a
life long friend of Rev. Mr.. Goodhue s,
and Rev Walter CurtiS naetor of +bo |