Frank Clifford Goodrich, prominent attorney, whose professional career began at Troy in 1900 and has continued to the present with ever increasing success, was born in Noble county, Ohio, July 25, 1874, a son of P. J. and Lucy (Smoot) Goodrich. On the paternal side he comes of good old New England stock, while his maternal ancestors were residents of Pennsylvania. P. J. Goodrich, who is a realtor of, Troy, is also prominent in public affairs, having been formerly deputy county clerk and at present director of public safety of Troy. Frank C. Goodrich was still a small child when brought by his parents to Troy, and here secured his early education in the graded and high schools. Subsequently he pursued a course at Wesleyan University, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1898, and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He then began the study of law in the office and under the preceptorship of Judge H. H. Williams. Admitted to the bar in 1900, he began practice at Troy and here has built up an enviable clientele, having been the representative of large and important interests in a number of important cases. He has been a life-long Republican. In 1902 Mr. Goodrich was elected city solicitor, a post which he filled efficiently until 1908, and in 1915 was elected prosecuting attorney of Miami county, an office in which he remained during that and the following year. During twenty years of honorable practice he has won and held the esteem of his fellow-practitioners as a member of his profession who observes its strictest ethics. Mr. Goodrich married Eva, daughter of Charles A. and Theda (Pinney) Elder, and to this union there have been born two children: Stanley Webb and Lucy. Mr. Goodrich is well-known in fraternal circles, having been grand master of Ohio of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in.19l2-1913 and belonging to the Knights of Pythias, the junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America, and is a past officer in all these lodges. He is also identified with the Troy and Miami clubs. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.