Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . rd H. An-derson. GODDARD, George, first assistantgeneral superintendent of Latter-daySaints Sunday schools, from 1872 to1899, was born Dec. 5, 1815, in Leicester,England. He was baptized into theChurch Jan. 21, 1851, his wife also join-ing at the same time. Six days later BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 707 he was confirmed by Elders JacobGates and Claudius V. Spencer, and onthe 3rd of the following month JacobGates ordained him an Elder
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . rd H. An-derson. GODDARD, George, first assistantgeneral superintendent of Latter-daySaints Sunday schools, from 1872 to1899, was born Dec. 5, 1815, in Leicester,England. He was baptized into theChurch Jan. 21, 1851, his wife also join-ing at the same time. Six days later BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 707 he was confirmed by Elders JacobGates and Claudius V. Spencer, and onthe 3rd of the following month JacobGates ordained him an Elder. He leftEngland with his wife and eight chil-dren on the ship Essex, Oct. 11th ofthe same year, and on New Years day,1S52, arrived at St. Louis, Mo., havinglost two children on the way. Anotherchild died in St. Louis, and two more ofcholera on the plains, which he crossedin the summer of 1852, reaching SaltLake City Sept. 15, 1852, Before join-ing the Church he had been in com-fortable circumstances, doing a goodbusiness, but by becoming a Mormonand preaching the gospel in the marketplace every Wednesday night, he alien-ated his customers, and within eight. months after his baptism his businesspassed into the hands of his creditorsand he was left In poverty, with a largefamily on his hands. It was throughthe unsolicited assistance of one of hisbrothers, who felt disgrace at his be-coming a Mormon and was anxious toget rid of him, that he and his familycrossed the Atlantic as related. Hesaw hardships and poverty prior to andafter reaching the haven of his hopes—Salt Lake City, Utah, where he firstengaged in peddling on a small scale,gradually gathering around him thecomforts of life. He was much inter-ested in home industries, and manu-factured hats, ink and other a sketch of his life written by him-self he mentions the following items ofhis experience: Fourteen months mission to Canada, by hand-cart to theMissouri river, 1857 and 1858. Threeyears gathering rags a
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