Background
Goodrich, Charles Augustus was born on August 19, 1790 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Ely) Goodrich.
clergyman author State Senator
Goodrich, Charles Augustus was born on August 19, 1790 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Ely) Goodrich.
Graduated from Yale, 1812.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1816. Became pastor 1st Conglist Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1816. Dismissed by his request after being vindicated in a doctrinal-political conflict, 1820.
Member Connecticut Senate, 1838.
Most popular works: History of the United States of America, 1822. A Child’s History of the United States, 1846.
Other works include: Cabinet of Curiosities: Natural, Artificial and Historical, 2 volumes, 1822. Outlines of Modern Geography on a New Plan, 1827.
Pictorial and Descriptive View of All Religions, 1829.
Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1829. The Universal Traveller, 1837.
Member Connecticut Senate, 1838.
Married Sarah Upson, June 24, 1818.