Bio: Goldsmith, Charles F. X. Rev. Father (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 208.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REV. FATHER CHARLES F. X. GOLDSMITH

REV. FATHER CHARLES F. X. GOLDSMITH, pastor "Notre Dame" Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls, was born in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1845, and lived there some thirteen years; was then at St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, for five years, and afterwards went to Europe and continued his studies. Graduated at Louvain, Belgium, in 1868; was ordained at Mechlin, by Cardinal Deschamps, and returned to Milwaukee and had charge of Trinity Church there for a short time; came to Chippewa Falls, May 22, 1869; built present church edifice and schoolhouse ; has, also, charge of Etfon, Drywood, Le Febre, Kopp Settlement and Springfield, all in Chippewa County.