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Ira Glenn Goodart (August 5, 1885 – November 8, 1948) was an American railroad conductor, hotel manager, county commissioner and county treasurer. Goodart was raised in Friendsville, Illinois, a small community outside of Mount Carmel, Illinois, in a German Catholic family. After trying a variety of menial jobs Goodart took a position on the New York Central Railroad as a conductor. He held the position with the New York Central until he lost his right leg during a violent train crash in the early 1920s. After a period of joblessness and a period of time as an alcoholic, Goodart found employment as a hotel manager at a hotel in Wabash County, Illinois next to the Wabash River. Goodart was the second manager at the Grand Rapids Hotel and during his tenure he increased the hotel's notability. He stayed five years and much of the time the hotel was in severe debt due to unsuccessful events planned by Goodart and flooding. In 1929, Goodart burned down the hotel under suspicious circumstances. Earlier that year the United States Senate Committee on Commerce had decided to remove the dam at Grand Rapids, which attracted many tourists to the hotel. After the hotel fire, Goodart became a politician and was elected to public offices in Wabash County. Goodart served as an elected official for 19 consecutive years in various positions with the county and city of Mt. Carmel. During his political career Goodart was a member of the Democratic Party and served as county treasurer, county commissioner, county assessor and ran multiple times, but was never elected, for constable and sheriff. Goodart died in November 1948, one year after reelection as county finance commissioner. == Early years == Goodart was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois on August 5, 1885. His father had emigrated from Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. Goodart's father married twice and Goodart was one of eight children. Goodart grew up in Friendsville with his family. The Goodart home was located nearby the home of Jacob Zimmerman, who was the father of Frederick Hinde Zimmerman, founder of the Grand Rapids Hotel and father of the children who would later hire Goodart in 1924. On August 5, 1909, Goodart married Vera McClintock, the daughter of William T. and Mildred (Poole) McClintock, in Mount Carmel. Two years later in 1911, Goodart and his wife had their only child, Leland. Glenn held a variety of jobs in Wabash County until 1918 when he got a job working on the New York Central Railroad. Jobs Goodart held before working for the railroad included a clerk at small shops in Mount Carmel, electrician, automobile mechanic, as a worker for the Mt. Carmel Telephone Company and as a truck delivery driver for a furniture company. In his early years, younger brother Allen Goodart, lived with O.L. Rapson, the man Goodart later replaced as manager of the Grand Rapids Hotel at 811 Mulberry Street. In the early 1920s Glenn was the conductor on the New York Central during a particularly violent crash in which he lost his right leg. After Glenn lost his leg he was unable to work as a conductor and subsequently he joined the Retired Railroad Men's Association where he held various leadership positions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenn Goodart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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