. Genealogy of the Goodyear family . of Miles Goodyear. Andrew Goodyear visited Connecticut in 1852, going by the way of Nicar-agua and returning across the plains, bringing his brother Williams son,William, from New Haven, and Miles little boy, from Salt Lake, to Californiawith him. Andrew Goodyear purchased a ranche on Suisun Bay, four miles fromBenicia, on which the station Goodyears is now located upon the SouthernPacific Railroad. Here he spent most of his life, raising horses, cattle andsheep; wheat, grapes and other fruits. This ranch is alluded to in a letter writ-ten by Major George M
. Genealogy of the Goodyear family . of Miles Goodyear. Andrew Goodyear visited Connecticut in 1852, going by the way of Nicar-agua and returning across the plains, bringing his brother Williams son,William, from New Haven, and Miles little boy, from Salt Lake, to Californiawith him. Andrew Goodyear purchased a ranche on Suisun Bay, four miles fromBenicia, on which the station Goodyears is now located upon the SouthernPacific Railroad. Here he spent most of his life, raising horses, cattle andsheep; wheat, grapes and other fruits. This ranch is alluded to in a letter writ-ten by Major George McKee, U. S. Army, to a New York paper:— * * * On our way back we stopped at a point called Good-years Landing, in order to visit our friend, Mr. Andrew Goodyear, in whosehonor the slough is named. Mr. Goodyear owns a large tract of land, borderingthe slough, and sends the products of his ranch to San Francisco by sloops, outthrough the slough to Suisun Bay. He is a pioneer of CaUfornia, and a more whole-souled, genial and generous. CAPT. GEO. VV. KIRKMAN. GEO. W. GOODYEAR KIRKMAN ( V .• - / i U\
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