Sacramento County
Biographies
HENRY F. GOODRICH
H. F. GOODRICH.--A thoroughly experienced automobile man, widely recognized as a leader in the motor industry in California is H. F. Goodrich, senior member of the firm of Goodrich & Ballard, of Seventh and M Streets, Sacramento. He is a native of Michigan, which has contributed so many men and women of action and worth for the development of California, having been born at Marshall, Calhoun County, on April 25, 1883, the son of Fred and Louise (Kasper) Goodrich, both of whom are still living, after busy, useful lives.
H. F. Goodrich attended the public schools, and then went to Cleary Business College, Ypsilanti, from which he graduated; and after that, for four years, he was employed in the purchasing agent's department at Detroit for the Michigan Central Railway. He next went into the service of the great Ford organization in Detroit, and served in the purchasing, manufacturing and producing departments for four years; and then, coming out to Los Angeles in 1911, when the Ford Motor Company opened their branch in that city, he continued with the company there as salesman for another four years. Since August, 1916, Mr. Goodrich has been established as a dealer in Sacramento, at first under the firm name of Goodrich, Ballard & Rouse. Later, Mr. Rose's interest was taken over and the business was continued as Goodrich & Ballard. Thoroughly familiar with ever detail in the automobile field, the firm of Goodrich & Ballard have a growing business. They handle Fords and Fordson tractors, and are among the largest dealers in Ford cars in northern California. They are members of the Motor Car Dealers' Association, the National Automobile Dealers' Association, and the Automobile Club of Northern California.
Mr. Goodrich's marriage occurred in Sacramento, uniting him with Miss Mavis Scott, a native daughter of Sacramento and a representative of one of the old families. Mr. Goodrich belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and also to the Sutter Club, and is a substantial pillar in the historic Republican party. He is a Knight Templar Mason and a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Sacramento, and is an active member of the Patrol Drill Team of the Shrine. He is also a member of the Sciots and the Grotto, while Mrs. Goodrich is a member of the Eastern Star. He also belongs to Sacramento Lodge No. 6, B. P. O. Elks; and being fond of outdoor life, is an active member of the Del Paso Country Club.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 779. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.