Newcomb B. Godfrey

1806 - 1900  (93 years)

• Name	Newcomb B. Godfrey
  Born	9 Jul 1806	Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	pioneer, story
  Residence	1820	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-199191
  Died	6 Jan 1900	Vergennes, Kent Co., Michigan   [1]
  Buried	Alton Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, Michigan   [1]
  Person ID	I199191	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Elisha Godfrey,   b. 1770, Albany, Albany, New York, United States ,   d. Jul 1834, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Hannah Reynolds,   b. 25 Dec 1779, , Connecticut, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1862, Vergennes, Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F32627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel M. Holden,   b. 9 Jul 1815,   d. 15 May 1885  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F55772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Newcomb B. Godfrey From: History of Kent County, Michigan : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens : history of Michigan, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, and a general review of its civil, political and military history.. Chicago: C.C. Chapman & Co., 1881.

  
  

• Notes

  Newcomb Godfrey was born in 1806, in the Empire State. He is son of Elisha and Hannah (Reynolds) Godfrey, the latter a native of New York, of Irish descent. Mr. Godfrey attended the common schools of Canada and New York., and has been all his life a farmer. He was married in 1830 to Rachel M. Holden, born in New York, of English ancestry. They have seven children, all married and residing in Michigan. They have lived in this tp. 42 years, and have witnessed many changes. In the early days when Mr. Godfrey was at work clearing his land, Mrs. Godfrey was busy with her spinning-wheel. He was a noted pioneer, and brought to his work the strength and determination necessary to his circumstances. He entered his land from Government, and labored early and late in its improvement. As a rail-splitter he earned a well-deserved celebrity, being able to cut and split 250 rails daily, between sun and sun. He had two sons in the Union service during the war of the Rebellion-James H. was in the Mich. Engineers and Mechanics Reg., and Augustus was in Co. 1, 26th Mich. Reg. Inf. He lost his life at the battle of the Wilderness. History of Kent County, Michigan : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens : history of Michigan, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, and a general review of its civil, political and military history.. Chicago: C.C. Chapman & Co., 1881.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, A., America, N., County, K., & Cemetery, A. (1806). Newcomb Godfrey (1806-1900) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 9 May 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13358045.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Jul 1806 - Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA Residence - 1820 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Jan 1900 - Vergennes, Kent Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth