Bennington

GOODELL, Tyler D.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 159-160 
(portrait p 159)

Tyler D. GOODELL, of Readsboro, was born 10 November 1849 in that town 
[Readsboro, Bennington County, Vermont], son of David and Sabrina (HICKS) 
GOODELL. The parentage of Mr. GOODELL was of New England stock; he inherited 
many of the characteristics for which New Englanders of the old school are 
distinguished. His early life was spent in acquiring an education and upon 
the farm, and for ten years from his twenty-fifth birthday he was a stage 
driver from Readsboro. About 1874 he purchased the Goodell House of 
Readsboro, and since that time has successfully conducted that well-known 
establishment, making it a model country hotel and presiding over his guests 
with a grace equaled only by the boniface of old. Always affiliating with 
the dominant party, he has received many honors at their hands; besides 
holding many local positions, has three times represented this town in the 
Legislature, in the sessions of 1880, 1886 and 1892. Although not rabid on 
the subject of temperance, Mr. GOODELL believes in the upholding and honoring 
of the prohibitory laws of the state, and has fully demonstrated that Vermont 
hotels can be successfully conducted without selling liquor. On 25 June 1871 
Mr. [Tyler D.] GOODELL married, first, Flora E., daughter of Rev. Jeremiah 
GIFFORD; she [Flora E. GOODELL] died 26 December 1874; the fruits of this 
marriage were Hallie T. and Flora E. On 12 February 1879 he [Tyler D. 
GOODELL] married, second, Ida M., daughter of E. W. and G. M. ROBERTSON of 
Readsboro; of this union were four sons, two of whom are living: Earl W. and 
Harvey E.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly