David Haven Goodell, governor of New Hampshire in 1889-91, and a recipient of the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1889, died January 22 at his home in Antrim, N. H.
Governor Goodell was born in Hillsboro, N. H., May 6, 1834, his parents being Jesse Raymond and Olive Atwood (Wright) Goodell. In 1852 he graduated from Francestown Academy, and was then a member of Brown University for a little more than a year. For some years he was successively a teacher and a farmer, from 1860 to 1864 general agent of the Antrim Shovel Company, and from 1864 until his retirement from active business was in the hardware trade, going into partnership with the inventor of an appleparer.
He became early prominent in the temperance movement, especially on the side of law enforcement, and was deeply interested in other movements for moral progress. Since his retirement from business, his time has been largely devoted to work for the public welfare.
Before his term as governor, he had served in the legislatures of 1877, 1879, and 1881, and was a member of the governor's council in 1883.
In 1857 Mr. Goodell was married to Hannah Jane Plumer of Goffstown. After her death he was married November 14, 1911 to Emma S. McCoy, who survives him.