Charles Goodyear, born on December 29th 1800 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was Amasa Goodyear's son. Charles left Philadelphia in 1816 and then returned to help his father who run business on ivory, agricultural implements and metal buttons. Later in August 1824 he married with Clarissa Beecher, who was a strength's pillar and stayed with him through his hard work.
A couple years later, he opened a hardware store in...
