Background
Godshall, Lincoln Derstine was born on November 26, 1865 in Lansdale Pennsylvania. Son of Abraham C. and Anna (Derstine) Godshall.
Godshall, Lincoln Derstine was born on November 26, 1865 in Lansdale Pennsylvania. Son of Abraham C. and Anna (Derstine) Godshall.
Bachelor of Science, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1887, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, 1890.
Superintendent and metallurgist, Colorado, 1888-1893. Sulpt. Puget Sound Reduction Works, Washington, 1894-1899. Superintendent Boston-Wyoming Smelting, Power & Light Company, 1900-1902.
Vice-president and managing director Arizona-Mexican Mining & Smelting Company, 1904-1910.
Vice-president and manager Cocopah Copper Company. Manager Needles Mining & Smelting Company (a subsidiary of the United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Company), November 1909-January 1911.
Vice president in charge Tecopa (California) Consolidated Mining Company, and Tecopa Railroad Company, 1912-1928, president Ivanpah Copper Company, Los Los Angeles Regent University of Washington, 6 years.
Club: Los Angeles Country.
Married Estelle B. Hall, March 30, 1889 (died February 10, 1920). Married second, Mistress. Children: Clarence Hall, Leon Deane, William Arthur, Harold Lincoln.