Abel Godard (June 26, 1835 in Richville, St. Lawrence County, New York – July 25, 1891) was an American lawyer, Union Army officer, manufacturer, banker and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Assemblyman Harlow Godard (1804–1896) and Mary Ann (Rich) Godard (1804–1889). He graduated from

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in 1859, and from

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in 1861. He married Helen M. Herring (1838–1910), and they had three children. He fought with the 60th Regiment of New York Volunteers in the

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, taking part in the battles of

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, Gettysburg,

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, Ringgold Gap, Resaca,

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and Peachtree Creek. He was honorably discharged as a

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in September 1864. He Supervisor of the Town of De Kalb; and a member of the

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(17th D.) in

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and

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. He was again Supervisor of the Town of De Kalb from 1879 to 1881; and a member of the

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(St. Lawrence County, 1st D.) in

1882 Events January * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in New York at the ...

and

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. He was buried at the Wayside Cemetery in Richville.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 444)
''Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York, in 1867''
by S. R. Harlow & H. H. Boone (pg. 100ff)

at Ray's Place

transcribed from the ''Gouverneur Northern Tribune'' on August 1, 1891 ith portrait

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Godard, Abel 1835 births 1891 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from De Kalb, New York University of Rochester alumni Albany Law School alumni Town supervisors in New York (state) Union army colonels Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature