Miles Godard

Lumberman and businessowner. Proprietor with his son of Miles & Oren Goddard, a sawmill that served as the primary supplier of shingles for surrounding towns.

Family

From Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (1901), p. 205:

"... Miles Godard, b. June 2, 1778, in Granby, son of Moses and Keziah (Hayes) Godard, d. March 23, 1856, in Granby. On May 28, 1799, he m. Cleopatria Dibble, b. in 1782, d. April 6, 1847. Children, all born in Granby: Oren is mentioned below [see his profile]; Nancy, b. April 5, 1803, d. Aug. 19, 1882 (on March 20, 1828, she m. Solomon Gaines); Flora, b. Nov. 12, 1806, d. March 24, 1878, in Granby (on Nov. 4, 1830, she m. Forest Reed, son of Abner Reed and Mary Spring); Cleo, d. Jan. 24, 1840, in Granville, Mass. (in February, 1828, she m. Rowland Barlow, son of Edmund Barlow and Tabitha Bancroft); Miranda m. Moses Watrous, of Greene, Broome Co., New York. ..."

Professional life

From a biography of his grandson Harvy Godard in Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (1901), p. 205:

Harvy Godard, who was born in Granby, Hartford Co., Conn., March 15, 1823, was the eldest son of Oren and Minerva (Holcomb) Godard. In company with his brothers and sisters he attended the district school located over a mile from the Godard homestead. Here he received what book-learning it was his lot to receive, and then entered the employ of "Miles & Oren Godard" -- his grandfather and father -- in the lumber business and upon the farm.

Although his father was a tanner and shoemaker by trade, and devoted most of his time to the same, he was also a large land owner, and in company with his father -- Uncle Miles -- carried on what at that time was an extensive lumber business. It was from the Godard sawmill that shingles were supplied for miles around. It is said that at one time every building in the village of Tariffville was shingled with shingles sawed at this mill, and that Windsor was also well supplied. ...

Following a lengthy profile of Harvy, a genealogy of the Godards follows, tracing back through several spelling changes to Daniel Gozzard, who was first recorded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1646.

Sources

• Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut, p. 201. Chicago: J. H. Beers Co., 1901. < link > Accessed 28 November 2021.
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees via mother Keziah Goddard (born Hayes) by SmartCopy: Nov 12 2014, 18:30:21 UTC