What key details about william goodell -lrb- abolitionist -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: william goodell -lrb- october 25 , 1792 -- february 14 , 1878 -rrb- was an abolitionist and reformer born in coventry , new york on october 3 , 1792 . goodell spent several years of his early childhood confined to his room due to illness . it was during this confinement that he first discovered an appreciation for religion and writing . following the deaths of his parents , william moved to pomfret , connecticut to live with his paternal grandmother . he attended school but could not afford to go on to college . as a young adult , goodell spent several years in various jobs in several different areas of the country , yet none of the work incorporated both of his interests in writing and religion . while working in providence , rhode island in 1823 , william met and married clarissa c. cady . the couple later had two children . in 1827 , at age 35 , goodell became a journalist for a reform journal in providence , allowing him to write from a religious perspective . his articles focused mostly on temperance . after moving the journal 's headquarters to new york , goodell became the leader of the american temperance society . in 1833 goodell helped found the new-york anti-slavery society as well as the american anti-slavery society -lrb- aass -rrb- . he worked as an editor of the emancipator and served on the aass executive committee . in 1835 , goodell quit his job at the emancipator and directed his energy to the new york state anti-slavery society , editing its paper the friend of man in utica , ny . while in utica , goodell focused on achieving abolition through political means . he helped form the liberty party in 1840 , writing the convention address and party platform . two year later , goodell left the friend of man and formed his own paper in order to promote church reform that followed abolitionist principles . goodell believed that it was wrong for a church to hold even a neutral stance on slavery . he hoped to unite all of the churches denouncing slavery into a '' christian union '' and for nine...
- death date is 14 february 1878- birth date is 25 october 1792- name is william goodell- death place is janesville , wisconsin- birth place is coventry , new york