Background
Goddard, Robert Hale Ives was born on September 21, 1837 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William Giles and Charlotte (Ives) Goddard.
Goddard, Robert Hale Ives was born on September 21, 1837 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William Giles and Charlotte (Ives) Goddard.
Master of Arts, Brown University, 1858.
Served private 1st Rhode Island Infantry, May 2-August 2, 1861. Lieutenant and volunteer a.-daughter-c. to General Burnside, September 23, 1862. Captain a.-daughter-c. volumes, March 11, 1863.
Bvtd. major volumes, August, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services during campaign in East. Tennessee and at siege of Knoxville.
Lieutenant colonel volumes, April 2, 1865, for same at Fort Steedman and in assault before Fort Sedgwick, Virginia. Resigned July 3, 1865.
Member firms Goddard Brothers, and Brown & Ives, cotton manufacturers. Member Rhode Island Senate, 1897-1898. Member State Board Charities and Correction.
Member of the board fellows, Brown University, since 1893.
Married Rebekah B. Grosbeck.