
Frederick "Fred" E. Goodall (1861-1922) was born in Littleton, New
Hampshire, and died in Los Angeles, California. He married Mary E. Goodall (b. Tarbell)
in 1883, and they moved to Spokane, Washington, by 1889. Goodall held several positions
in Spokane including director and cashier at Washington National Bank, president of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce, president of the Whitehouse Company department store, sales
agent for the Arcadia Orchards Company, and as a mining and real estate broker.
Goodall's wife also worked as a real estate agent. They moved to Santa Monica,
California, sometime before 1920, and then to Los Angeles by 1922. Goodall studied
Christian Science with Julia S. Bartlett, one of Mary Baker Eddy's students, and in 1886
he sent a donation to Eddy for the Church Building Fund on behalf of several students of
Christian Science in Littleton. Goodall and his wife both joined The First Church of
Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 4, 1896. Both also became members of
the Christian Science Society in Spokane, and Goodall served as its president in the
late 1890s. He was also a member of the Spokane Club and of the Rocky Mountain Club of
New York.
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