Austin Coleman Brant Godar
1901 - 1935 (34 years)
Generation: 1
1. Austin Coleman Brant Godar was born on 6 May 1901 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio (son of John C. Godar and Jennie Labe); died on 26 May 1935 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Notes:
Murdered by his wife, Isabelle Godar. Coroner's jury verdict of justifiable homicide.
Man Is Killed In Hagerstown; Wife Is Held
Austin C. Godar, 35, Is Wounded In Chest, Dies In Hospital
Police Say Woman Admits Shooting
Report She Fired In Self-Defense When Husband Attacked Her
(By the Associated Press)
Hagerstown, May 25 – Mrs. Annabelle Godar, 38, was detained by police tonight after her husband, Austin C. Godar, 35, manager of a local laundry, was shot and wounded fatally following an altercation between the two.
County Investigator Clarence Baker said Mrs. Godar, formerly of Roanoke, Va., admitted firing the shot, but asserted she did it in self-defense when her husband attacked her. Godar was a native of Canton, Ohio. They had lived here fifteen years.
Calls Police After Shooting
An active church worker and secretary of St. James’ School, near here, Mrs. Goadar telephoned police after the shooting and calmly submitted to arrest. She was held for questioning by State’s Attorney Martin L. Ingram.
Godar was rushed from his home in the western suburbs of the city to Washington County Hospital, where he died half an hour later of a bullet wound to the right chest.
Mrs. Godar told officers she and her husband had had domestic difficulties for several years and that he had threatened here on several occasions.
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland. Sunday, 26 May 1935, page 3.
Slain Hagerstown Man’s Body To Ohio
Wife Denied Right to View Corpse of Austin C. Godar, She Admits Killing.
Hagerstown, Md., May 28 (AP) – While funeral services were held for her husband, Austin C. Godar, 44, whom she admitted shooting, Mrs. Annabelle Godar, 38, church worker and school secretary, remained in a jail detention room, prohibited from seeing the body.
Mrs. Godar asked to see the body at the largely attended rites for the laundry manager yesterday, but authorities denied her request, presumably because she was in a nervous condition and under a physician’s care.
Meanwhile, a coroner’s jury viewed the body and adjourned. It will reconvene, probably Friday, for the inquest. A murder warrant has been prepared for service on Mrs. Godar, formerly of Roanoke, Va.
Her husband’s body was sent last night to Canton, Ohio, his former home, for further services and burial.
Mrs. Godar said in a statement given Clarence Baker, county investigator, that she shot her husband Saturday night after he came home intoxicated and threatened to “break every bone” in her body.
Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland. Tuesday, 28 May 1935, page 14.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105742879/austin-colman_brant-godar
Back Section North of Mausoleum, Row 02
2. John C. Godar was born in Apr 1858 in France; died on 4 Mar 1930 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Canton, Stark County, Ohio
- Census: 1910, Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104985633/john-c-godar
North Side, Row 36John married Jennie Labe in 1883. Jennie was born on 16 Mar 1861 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; died on 31 Jan 1947 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jennie Labe was born on 16 Mar 1861 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; died on 31 Jan 1947 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104985632/genevive-m-godar
North Side, Row 36Children:
- Evelyn Florance Godar was born on 24 Dec 1884 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; died on 10 Apr 1964 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio.
- Grace Ethel Godar was born on 13 Nov 1886 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; died on 28 Jun 1978 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
- Orrin William Godar was born on 28 Aug 1892 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; died on 26 Oct 1952; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio.
- Ralph Otto Godar was born on 9 Feb 1895 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; died on 29 Dec 1969 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.
- 1. Austin Coleman Brant Godar was born on 6 May 1901 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio; died on 26 May 1935 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio.