Minnie Bell Goodrich
Sex: F
AKA: Ted,
Teddie
Individual Information
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1898 - Harrison, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Christening:
Death: 6 Oct 1988 - Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
Burial: in Riverview Cemetery, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA
Cause of Death: congestive heart failure
Spouses and Children
1. *Clayton William Batchelor
Marriage: 16 Jun 1923 - Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church, Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
Children:
1. William Batchelor Jr.
Notes
General:
Birth:Marriage Notes (Clayton William Batchelor)Mar. 5, 1898
Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death: Oct. 16, 1988
Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA
Minnie Belle "Ted" GOODRICH was born on 5 Mar 1898 in Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio. Minnie was the youngest of three children born to Charles and Martha Goodrich. Her brother, Harry, was nine years older and her sister, Nellie, was 14 years older.
Shortly after her birth, Minnie's family moved to Walpole Village, Twigg Township, Hamilton County, Illinois, although they didn't stay there. By 1910, they had moved to Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, on the banks of the Ohio River. There, Minnie joined the Methodist Episcopal which was to be a constant in her life for the next 78 years. She taught Sunday School and sang alto in the choir, frequently singing solos and duets during church services.
Minnie graduated from high school, in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, on 4 Jun 1917. Her best friend was Blanche Rushworth Smith. Other childhood friends included Dolly Nicholson Stuck (who went to college with her), Lucille Downey James, and Bird McConnell.
She was educated at the Indiana State Normal School (now Indiana State University) in 1917 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Indiana State Normal School was recognized as one of the premier normal schools involved in teacher training in the United States in the early 20th century. Minnie taught elementary school in the country near Weisburg, Indiana for awhile but, by January 1920, she was back in Aurora where she also taught elementary school until she got married.
Minnie and her friends went to a movie one day. The movie theatre in Aurora used to be up on the second floor of a building. After seeing the movie, Grandmother was standing in line on the stairs to leave the theater. Some young men were standing to the side, trying to get in line. Grandmother turned to one of them and said, "You can get in line behind me." That man was Clayton William Batchelor who later said, "And I've been one step behind her ever since!"
Minnie and Clayton were married on 16 Jun 1923 by Rev. William E. Fisher at 11 am in the Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church in Aurora. Witnesses were their best friends, Blanche Rushworth and Frank Smith, who later married each other and remained Minnie's and Clayton's best friends for the rest of their lives.
Clayton always called Minnie "Ted" and some of Clayton's nieces and nephews called her "Aunt Ted." When asked why, she just laughed and said that her girlhood nickname was "Teddie." This was the same woman who always insisted upon being called "Grandmother," not" Grandma," at least by her oldest grandchildren.
Minnie and Clayton set up housekeeping in a rented house or apartment on Vine Street in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. They moved to 113 West Conwell Street in Aurora about 1924 where Minnie gave birth to their two daughters. They later lived at 306 Harrison Street and 405 Harrison Avenue before settling in at 403 Harrison Avenue in 1953.
Like her husband, Minnie was an active lifelong Democrat, always voting the party ticket - even voting for George McGovern over Richard Nixon in 1972 during the height of the protests against the war in Viet Nam. She and Clayton regularly attended Democratic Party fundraisers and other events, including the 1964 national convention in Atlantic City. Minnie was all for equality of the races and taught her daughters that there were no inherent differences between people just because of the color of their skins.
Minnie was a strict grammarian, frequently correcting the grammar of all family members - except her husband. She was also always admonishing her grandchildren to "stand up straight!" She loved rainstorms and would sit with her granddaughters on the front porch swing during thunderstorms, swinging and singing hymns, usually the old hymns like In the Garden and Bringing in the Sheaves. She told her granddaughters that thunder was the sound made by God bowling in heaven.
She started planning to die, long before she actually died at age 90. She planned her funeral and wrote it all down. She wanted a granddaughter sing at her funeral, and she told her what songs she wanted her to sing. She knew what scriptures she wanted read. She also planned who was to get what, and she went around the house writing out names on masking tape and sticking the tapes to the undersides of the things the grandchildren were to inherit.
"Teddie" died of congestive heart failure on 16 Oct 1988 at the age of 90 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. She was buried on 19 Oct 1988 at Riverview Cemetery in Aurora.
Parents:
Charles Albert Goodrich (1856 - 1930)
Martha Jane Peters Goodrich (1861 - 1947)
Spouse:
Clayton William Batchelor (1898 - 1999)*
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA
Plot: permit # 11518
Maintained by: Aunt Hoot
Originally Created by: Pete Nocks
Record added: Aug 04, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 20787349
Per Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959
Groom: Clayton Batchelor
Bride: Minnie Goodrich
Date of license:16 Jun 1923
County of license:Dearborn
Date of marriage:16 Jun 1923
Place of marriage:Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana
Film number: 1313306 Digital folder number: 4476673
Image number: 00629 Number of images:1