Charles Quincy Goodhue

Charles Quincy Goodhue (October 2, 1835 – March 21, 1910) was an American illustrator. Upon retiring as a marble-cutter in 1890, he began to sketch, from memory, scenes of 19th-century Portland, Maine, his hometown. His book, Portland Through Grandfather's Eyes, is now in the possession of the Maine Historical Society.

Early life Goodhue was born in Portland, Maine, in 1835, to Richard Shatswell Goodhue and Sarah Wendell Quincy. He was a twin with brother Henry Williams Goodhue.

Career

Goodhue found work as a marble-cutter at Enoch M. Thompson's Monument Works company on Portland's Preble Street, at its junction with Cumberland Street. He also worked as a firefighter.

When he retired, in 1890, he began to sketch, from memory or printed materials, several scenes of Portland in the 1840s. He put together a book, Portland Through Grandfather's Eyes, which was recreated in 1981 by the Maine Historical Society as Mr. Goodhue Remembers Portland: Scenes from the Mid-19th Century, containing 23 of Goodhue's drawings and one by his great-granddaughter. Many of the buildings and streetscapes depicted in his sketches were destroyed in the Portland fire of 1866.

Personal life In 1858, Goodhue married Catherine O'Donnell, with whom he had six known children between 1859 and 1878, including Henrietta Quincy.

Death Goodhue died in 1910, aged 74. He was interred in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery. His wife was buried beside him upon her death eight years later.