Captain Charles Goodall (1824–1899) was an American businessman and politician. Along with

George Clement Perkins George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Cal ...

and Nelson, he founded the

Pacific Coast Steamship Company The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. It was first organized in 1867 under the name Goodall, Nelson and Perkins. The Goodall, Nelson & Perkins Stea ...

. Goodall, Nelson and Perkins controlled much of the shipping industry from Alaska to Mexico during the mid 19th century. Goodall served as

harbormaster A harbourmaster (or harbormaster, see spelling differences) is an official responsible for enforcing the regulations of a particular harbour or port, in order to ensure the safety of navigation, the security of the harbour and the correct opera ...

of San Francisco 1861-1865 and then served in the

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A ...

8th District 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the ...

1871–1873. Goodall is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

. Serena M. Goodall (1832–1893), whose marker includes "Wife of Charles Goodall" is also buried there.

Charles Goodall Lee Charles Goodall Lee (1881 – 1973) was an American dentist, and the first licensed Chinese American dentist in California. Lee financed the building of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance lodge in Oakland, California. He graduated from the Sc ...

was named in honor of Charles Miner Goodall. Charles Goodall Lee's mother was set free from a probable life of slavery in California by Charles Miner Goodall at the area of

Monterey, California Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bo ...

at a Methodist site.

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External links

mountainviewpeople.blogspot.com

* 1824 births 1899 deaths Chinese-American history English emigrants to the United States Members of the California State Assembly 19th-century American politicians Stanford University trustees Burials at Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) {{California-CAAssembly-stub