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Title |
Goddard, Judge & Mrs. O. F. |
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Subject |
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. Lawyers--Montana. Judges--Montana. Montana. Supreme Court. |
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Description |
O Fletcher Goddard was born near Troy, Iowa, January 20, 1853. In 1881, he was married at Centerville, Iowa, to Miss Alwilda Stephenson, who died in Billings in 1926. He came to Billings in March, 1883. Member of the Montana State Convention, 1889. See Three Pioneer Lawyers, Billings Gazette, November 16, 1939, p. 14. On July 1, 1938, at the age of 85, he was installed as Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. Judge OF Goddard died in 1943 - See O.F. Goddard, Former Chief Justice, Dies, Billings Gazette, September 26, 1943, p.1. See History of Montana by Raymer, History of Montana by Miller, History of Montana by Leeson, and Montana, and Its Story and Biography by Stout. President of Thompson-Elk Basin Oil & Gas Company, director of the Montana Coal & Iron Company, helped form the Billings Sugar Company in 1905, and an attorney for the CBQ Railroad for 30 years. Buried at Mountview Cemetery. WHC has oral history with him. |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Contributing Institution |
Parmly Billings Library |
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Contributors |
Unknown |
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Date Original |
Circa 1933 |
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Type |
Photograph |
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Format |
TIFF |
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Source |
Goddard, Judge & Mrs O F.tif |
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Relation |
See Three Pioneer Lawyers, Billings Gazette, November 16, 1939, p. 14. See O.F. Goddard, Former Chief Justice, Dies, Billings Gazette, September 26, 1943, p.1. See History of Montana by Raymer, History of Montana by Miller, History of Montana by Leeson. See Montana, and Its Story and Biography by Stout. See Western Heritage Center oral history. |
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Rights Management |
Parmly Billings Library is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act. All images in this collection may be used for educational, scholarly purposes and private study. We do request that a credit line be included with each item used. If you wish to publish or reproduce the material in any physical or digital form that exceeds that permitted by fair use or use them for any commercial purpose, including display or web page use, you must obtain prior written permission from Parmly Billings Library |
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Digitization Specifications |
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 47,036,116 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 4120 x 6358 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0. |
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Date Digital |
2007-02-26 |
