Charles Goodall (2)
Charles Goodall | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Bradley & Rulofso c. 1873 | |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 8th district | |
| In office 1871–1873 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1824 Draycott, Somerset, England, U.K. |
| Died | July 12, 1899 (aged 74) Draycott, Somerset, England, U.K. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Serena Miner Thayer |
| Children | 5 |
| Profession | Entrepreneur |
Captain Charles Goodall (20 December 1824–12 July 1899) was an American businessman and politician. Along with George Clement Perkins and Christopher Nelson, he founded the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.[1] Goodall, Nelson and Perkins controlled much of the shipping industry from Alaska to Mexico during the late 19th century. At their peak they employed over 2000 people.[2] Goodall served as harbormaster of San Francisco from 1861 to 1864 and then served in the California State Assembly 8th District from 1871 to 1873.[3]
Early life
Charles was born on 20 December 1824 in Draycott, Somersetshire, England, to George Goodall and Ann Starr. At the age of sixteen, after receiving a basic education and farming for the family for two years, he left rural England and sailed from Liverpool on the ship Adirondack to New York arriving on 11 May 1841. He continued up river to Albany and then by canal to Syracuse. There he found work on farms for two years, the last farm owned by a retired sea-captain named De Cost. When the captain's farm was sold, Charles made his way to New Bedford and enlisted for a three years' whaling voyage on the ship Milo. He traveled to Western and Cape Verde Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Alaska, the Sandwich Islands, Society Isles, Masafuero, Juan Fernandez, and many other places. After three years, he entered the merchant service gradually rising through the ranks until he commanded a ship of his own.[4][5]
California pioneer
In January 1850, he arrived in San Francisco, where he worked in the gold mines for eight months. In December of the same year he returned to sea visiting Panama, the Fiji, Friendly, New Hebrides and other islands, as well as Australia and the commercial ports of China. On one of the voyages to the Fiji Islands, he met and rescued his future business partner Christopher Nelson, who had been shipwrecked there with his crew.[4]
Charles returned to San Francisco in the fall of 1852. In January 1853, he became captain of the water boat Rincon for the Sausalito Water and Steam Tug Company, carrying fresh water from Sausalito to San Francisco.[6] By 1859, his was captain of the steam tug Hercules.[7] By 1860, he was superintendent of the Sausalito Water and Steam Tug Company and had the title of Master Mariner.[8] In 1861, Charles hired Christopher Nelson to captain a water boat for the company.[9] From 1862 to 1864, Charles served as Harbormaster of the Port of San Francisco for three terms earning $3,000 a year.[10][11][12] By 1865, he was an agent of the Sausalito Water Company.[13]
In 1867, Charles and Christopher founded the shipping firm Goodall & Nelson, which specialized in mercantile trade along the Pacific coast.[4] They were agents of the Santa Cruz and Watsonville Line Steamers, proprietors of tugboats Wizard and Water Witch, and agents of the Sausalito Water Company.[14][15][16][17][18]
While serving one term in the California Legislature, Charles met George C. Perkins, who also served as California Governor and as a United States Senator. In 1873, George C. Perkins joined Charles's firm and it became Goodall, Nelson & Perkins. They were agents of the Santa Cruz and Lower Coast Steamers, proprietors of tugboats Wizard, Water Witch and Minnehaha, and agents of Spring Valley Water (formerly Sausalito Water Company) for shipping.[19][20]
In 1875, when the Pacific Mail Steamship Company withdrew from the coast trade Captain Goodall and his partners purchased its fleet of steamers and formed the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Initially, it was called Goodall, Nelson & Perkins Steamship Company. Charles was president of the company, Christopher was vice-president, George was treasurer, and Charles's youngest brother Edwin Goodall was secretary. Through their firm Goodall, Nelson & Perkins, they acted as agents of the Goodall, Nelson & Perkins Steamship Company, along with the Southern Coast (Los Angeles, San Diego, etc.) Line Steamers and Victoria Mail Line. They were also proprietors of tugboats Wizard, Water Witch, Neptune and Minnehaha, and agents of Spring Valley Water for shipping.[21][22]
By 1877, Christopher Nelson had sold his interest in Goodall, Nelson & Perkins and the firm became Goodall, Perkins & Co. Charles and his partners also sold their interest in the Pacific Coast Steamship Company in New York for $1,000,000 in cash.[23] Charles continued as president, John Rosenfeld as vice-president, George C. Perkins as treasurer, and Edwin Goodall as secretary. Through their firm they were agents of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, proprietors of tugboats, and agents of Spring Valley Water for shipping.[24][25][26][27] By 1881, Charles was also managing the San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad.[28]
By 1882, Charles's firm Goodall, Perkins & Co. became agents of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, working the Coos Bay mines.[23] They also continued as agents of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, proprietors of tugboats, and agents of Spring Valley Water for shipping.[29][30] By 1884, Charles became president of the Pacific Coast Railway Company. Charles and his partners at Goodall, Perkins & Co. were general agents of the Pacific Coast Railway Company, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, proprietors of tugboats, and agents of Spring Valley Water Works for shipping. Charles also continued to manage the San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad.[31][32][33][34]
By 1888, George C. Perkins became president of the Pacific Coast Railway Company and Charles became vice president of the Oceanic Steamship Company. They continued to act as general agents of the Pacific Coast Railway Company, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, proprietors of tugboats, and agents of Spring Valley Water for shipping.[35][36][37] By 1891, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company became the Ocean Division Union Pacific System. Charles and his partners at Goodall, Perkins & Co. became superintendents of the Ocean Division Union Pacific System.[38][39][40][41][42]
Charles was also part owner of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, which operated several steamers and sailing craft in the Pacific Northwest, two salmon canneries in Alaska and the Artic Oil Works.[23]
By 1896, Charles stepped down as president of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, but continued to act as vice president of the Oceanic Steamship Company, general agent of the Pacific Coast Railway Company and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, superintendent of the Ocean Division Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (previously Ocean Division Union Pacific Railway), proprietor of tugboats, and agent of Spring Valley Water Works for shipping.[43][44][45][46] His firm Goodall, Perkins & Co. published a travel guide for passengers detailing the various routes of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. The routes spanned 4000 miles from Mexico to Alaska.[47]
After his death in 1899, his son Charles Miner Goodall became a partner and officer of Goodall, Perkins & Co.[48]
Personal life
Charles married Serena Miner Thayer of Skaneateles, New York, on 20 February 1956 in San Francisco, California, at the Powell Street Methodist Episcopal church. She was sister of Sanford Thayer, a well known portrait painter of Syracuse, New York.[4][5][23]
For twenty years, his wife Serena was president of the Women's Missionary Society of the Pacific Coast, which was organized to rescue Chinese women from slavery and prostitution.[49] Charles Goodall Lee was named in honor of Charles Goodall. Charles Goodall Lee's mother was set free from a probable life of slavery in California by Charles Goodall.[50]
Charles's wife Serena was devoted to the cause of religion and charity and contributed her time to the missionary societies of the Methodist Church, the Chinese Mission, the Deaconesses' Home, the Ladies' Protection and Relief Society, the Church Extension Society and other church organizations. She was a member of Simpson Memorial Church and was a prominent figure in the Methodist circles of San Francisco.[51]
Charles and his wife Serena had five children that lived to adulthood.[23] His wife Serena died on 17 April 1893 in San Francisco, California.[51]
Charles married the widow Caroline (Roberts) Hathaway, who was 16 years his junior, on 7 September 1895 in San Francisco, California.[52]
Death
In June 1899, Charles and his second wife traveled to Europe with the intent of touring Draycott, England, where he was born, Wales, where she was born, and the Continent of Europe. In Draycott, he became ill and died on 12 July 1899. He was 74 years old.[5][6][53]
He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California, alongside his first wife Serena M. Goodall (1832–1893).[54] At the time of his death, his estate was worth over a million dollars.[55] He was also a trustee of Stanford University and the University of the Pacific.[6]
His property in Menlo Park was divided among his children, his second wife Caroline inherited their home on the SE corner of McAllister and Pierce in San Francisco, and various relatives received money. The remainder of the estate was divided equally between his widow and children.[56]
References
- ↑ Levy, D. A. "The Maritime Heritage Project - San Francisco 1846 - 1899," MaritimeHeritage.org, 1998, Captain Charles Goodall.
- ↑ Colbruno, Michael. "Lives of Dead People: Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland," mountainviewpeople.blogspot.com, 11 March 2007, Charles Goodall (1824-1899).
- ↑ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard," politicalgraveyard.com, 1 July 1996, Index to Politicians, Goodacre to Gooddman, Charles Goodall.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Phelps, Alonzo. "Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men," archive.org, A. L. Bancroft, 1881, p. 198.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anthony, Charles Volney. "Fifty Years of Methodism," archive.org, Methodist Book Concern, 1901, p. 181.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Captain Chas. Goodall Dies in England," cdnc.ucr.edu, San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 44, 14 July 1899.
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, June 1859, Valentine & Co., p. 182.
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, July 1860, Valentine & Co., p. 144.
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- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, October 1864, Towne & Bacon, p. 177.
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, December 1865, Towne & Bacon, p. 198 and p. 388.
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, October 1867, Town & Bacon, p. 217, p. 525 and 572..
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, October 1868, Bacon & Co., p. 243 and p. 487, 783.
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, December 1869, Bacon & Co.,p. 267, 543 and 730.
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- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 Hall, Henry. "America's Successful Men of Affairs," books.google.com, Vol. II, New York Tribune, 1896, p. 343.
- ↑ Langley, Henry G. "The San Francisco Directory," archive.org, March 1877, Francis & Valentine, p. 20, p. 369 and p. 679.
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- ↑ "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, April 1880, Francis, Valentine & Co., p. 26, p. 378 and p. 710.
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- ↑ "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, April 1882, Francis, Valentine & Co., p. 440, p. 749, p. 752 , 835 and p. 1153.
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- ↑ "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, April 1884, Francis, Valentine & Co., p. 503, p. 859, p. 864, p. 957 and p. 1267.
- ↑ "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, April 1885, Francis, Valentine & Co., p. 524, p. 905, 910, p. 1008 and 1361.
- ↑ "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, April 1886, Francis, Valentine & Co., p. 536, p. 924, p. 929, p. 1029 and 1392.
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- ↑ Corran, W. H. L. "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, May 1888, Francis, Valentine & Co., p. 526, p. 916, p. 921, p. 927 and p. 1415.
- ↑ Corran, W. H. L. "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, May 1889, Francis, Valentine & Co., pp. 578-579, p. 1019, p. 1024, p. 1030 and p. 1555.
- ↑ Adams, Edward M. "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, May 1890, Painter & Co., p. 553, p. 1028, p. 1033, p. 1039, p. 1580 and p. 1590.
- ↑ Adams, Edward M. "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, May 1891, Painter & Co., p. 607, p. 1071, p. 1077, p. 1083, p. 1651 and 1660.
- ↑ Adams, Edward M. "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, May 1892, Painter & Co., p. 627, p. 1071,p. 1084, p. 1646 and p. 1656.
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- ↑ Adams, Edward M. "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, April 1894, Painter & Co., p. 619, p. 1098, p. 1111, p. 1692 and p. 1701.
- ↑ "Langley's San Francisco Directory," archive.org, 1895, Painter & Co., p. 673, p. 1201, p. 1208, p. 1216, p. 1802 and p. 1814.
- ↑ "Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory," archive.org, 1896, H. S. Crocker Co., p. 682, p. 1209, p. 1217, p. 1225 and p. 1937.
- ↑ "Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory," archive.org, 1897, H. S. Crocker Co., p. 738, p. 1324, p. 1332, 1340 and 2098.
- ↑ "Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory," archive.org, 1898, H. S. Crocker Co., p. 711, p. 1289, p. 1297 and p. 2048.
- ↑ "Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory," archive.org, 1899, H. S. Crocker Co., p. 728, p. 1333, p. 1341, p. 1350 and p. 2108.
- ↑ Pacific Coast Steamship Co. "Four Thousand Miles North to South from San Francisco Covering Coast Travel from Mexico to Alaska," archive.org, 1896, Goodall, Perkins & Co., Index and Title Page.
- ↑ ”Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory,” archive.org, 1900, Painter & Co., p. 730.
- ↑ Anthony, Charles Volney. "Fifty Years of Methodism," Methodist Book Concern, 1901, p. 299.
- ↑ Gum Moon Information-The Beginning Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 "Mrs. Goodall Dies After A Long Illness," San Francisco Chronicle, 18 April 1893, Page 10.
- ↑ "Captain Goodall Weds," cdnc.ucr.edu, San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 100, 8 Sep 1895.
- ↑ "They Will Make a Tour of the World," cdnc.ucr.edu, San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 11, 11 June 1899.
- ↑ Charles Goodall at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ "Recent Wills and Successions," books.google.com, The Argonaut, 8 October 1900, p. 11.
- ↑ "Will of the Late Captain Goodall," cdnc.ucr.edu, San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 52, 22 July 1899.
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