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Charles Goodyear was born on December 29, 1800, in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Amasa Goodyear, and the oldest of six children.His father was a descendant of Stephen Goodyear, successor to Governor Eaton as the head of the company London Merchants, who founded the colony of New Haven in 1638.
Rumsey was born on August 29, 1879, in Buffalo, New York.He was the son of Laurence Dana Rumsey, a successful local businessman, and Jennie (née Cary) Rumsey. His siblings included Evelyn Rumsey, who married Rev. Walter R. Lord in 1922; Gertrude Rumsey, who married Carlton Smith; Grace Rumsey, who married Charles W. Goodyear Jr. (son of Charles W. Goodyear) in 1908; and Laurence Dana Rumsey ...
John Gebhard, Jr. was later employed by the New York State Museum of Natural History, to which his family later sold the senior Gebhard's collection. He was buried at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in Schoharie. [5] Gebhard's daughter Charlotte was the wife of Charles Goodyear, who also served in Congress. [6]
(October 15, 1846 – April 16, 1911) was an American lawyer, businessman, lumberman, and member of the prominent Goodyear family of New York. Based in Buffalo, New York, along with his brother, Frank, Charles was the founder and president of several companies, including the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, Great Southern Lumber Company, Goodyear Lumber Co., Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal and ...
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Goodyear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Goodyear, American archaeologist in South Carolina; Anson Goodyear (1877–1964), American businessman and philanthropist; Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber, Goodyear Tire Company; Charles Goodyear (1804–1876), United States Representative from ...
During their visit, they were entertained as guests of Charles' wife Ella Portia Conger Goodyear in the House. [5] The Charles W. Goodyear House is in the Delaware Avenue Historic District, a federally designated historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. The two block-long historic district is only a ...
The company would be named for Charles Goodyear, the discoverer of vulcanization, who had died penniless almost forty years before. [6] While Seiberling and his brother Charles were the co-founders of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, its first president was David E. Hill, a business associate who purchased $30,000 of the company's initial ...