America Mary (Parish) Goodrich (abt. 1812 - 1883)

Born about 1812 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel W Moore — married 10 Aug 1829 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

Wife of Orrin Delos Goodrich — married 13 Feb 1853 in Mifflin, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1883 at about age 71 in Mifflin, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

America Parish was born in 1812 in Madison County, Kentucky to Levi and Ruth Parish.^[1]

Marriages

She married first, Col. Daniel Moore (1809-1851) on Aug 10 1829.

Children:

• Levi P Moore 1829–
• Ruth Adelia Moore 1833–1914
• Nancy E Moore 1837–1889
• Daniel Bedford Moore 1838–1914
• Martha E Moore 1841–1909
• Henry Edward Moore 1845–1909
• Ransom Moore 1847–
• Josephine Edith Moore 1850–1916

To this marriage were born 8 children. Col. Moore went to seek his fortune in California’s gold rush and family lore says he was ambushed and killed by Indians on his way home.

On the 1840 Fed Census he was at home in the Western Division, Iowa, then a part of Wisconsin Territory. Eight years later he purchased a parcel of land in what is now Rock County, Wisconsin.

The last record for Col. Moore is the 1950 Calaveras County, California Census.

Three years later, America married young Orrin Delos Goodrich who was 20 yrs younger. Together, they had 3 sons, Orrin Thomas, 1852; John Actison, 1855; and Frank Parish, 1857.

With his wife and three sons, plus several of her children from her first marriage, still living in Wisconsin, Orrin set out for Iowa where he married Elizabeth Jane Walls. At the time of this marriage, Frank P, his youngest, was only four

With Elizabeth he had 9 more children. The youngest was born in 1883 and Elizabeth died in 1896.

America died in 1883 in Mifflin, Wisconsin. She is buried in the Mifflin Cemetery. There is no photo of her headstone on findagrave but her maiden name a Parish is included ^[2]

Second Marriage to Orrin Delos Goodrich 15 Apr 1853 in Mifflin, Iowa, Wisconsin. Children:

• Orrin Thomas Goodrich 1852–1921
• John Actison Goodrich 1855–
• Frank Parish Goodrich 1857–1931

Marriage Husband Orrin DeLoss Goodrich. Wife America Moore. Marriage 14 FEB 1853. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRPB-N34 : 30 January 2020), Orn Delve Goodrich, 1853.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #158629656
3. ↑ Source: #S1 page 328

• Illinois Marriage Index
• Wisconsin Marriage Index
• Wisconsin Death Index
• Source: S1 Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRPB-N34 : 30 January 2020), Orn Delve Goodrich, 1853.
• "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLF2-Z2T : 10 March 2018), Deloe Goodrich in entry for America Goodrich, 1883; citing Death, Mifflin, Iowa, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,310,187.

Acknowledgements

• GED file graciously provided to Whitney Rapp on 10/18/17 by Goodrich Family Association (http://www.goodrichfamilyassoc.org) for upload to WikiTree.