David and Rose Goodwillie
David and Rose Goodwillie were the next family to occupy the house at 228 Forest Avenue. They first appear in the Oak Park Directory in 1902; their last entry as residents there was in 1918, though they likely lived there until 1921. David Lincoln Goodwillie was born on July 21, 1863 in Chicago to David and Cecilia Goodwillie, both of whom came to Chicago in the 1840s from their native Scotland. He was the third of six children, including four boys and two girls.2 He worked at Goodwillie Brothers Box Company at 35 E. Ohio Street in Chicago, a leader in the lumber and box manufacturing business and the oldest manufacturer of boxes in the United States at the time. The family firm had a factory in Wausau, Wisconsin beginning in 1890 and Manistique, Michigan beginning in 1907.3 David eventually became president of the company, then known as the Goodwillie-Green Box Company of LaSalle Street. David was also involved with the forestry committee of the Union League Club and of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.4 His older brother James Gunn Goodwillie, who also was a prominent member of the company, lived several blocks away at 309 N. Kenilworth Avenue.5
Rosetta Herrick Goodwillie (known as Rose) was born on August 15, 1863 in Oak Park to Orrigen and Dora (Kettlestrings) Herrick. Roses’s grandparents Joseph and Betty Kettlestrings were considered to be the founding family of Oak Park. David Goodwillie and Rose Herrick were married on March 23, 1886 in Oak Park.6
David and Rose Goodwillie had five children: David Herrick (1887), Edward Easson (1888), Mary Cecilia (1891), Dora Ellen (1894), and Herrick Ross (1898), all of which who lived in the house as children or teenagers. The two youngest children remained in the Oak Park area throughout their lives, while the older three lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont. The Goodwillies were responsible for constructing the large two-story addition on the south side of the house in 1902, likely due to the large size of their family. The design of the addition is attributed to architect Eben E. Roberts, and was constructed by local builders Harper & Butendorff.7 David and Rose divorced in 1921, after which David returned to Chicago. He was remarried in 1923 to a famous widowed musician, Mrs. Pamela Newby Gale, but he died a year later on December 16, 1924. He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Rose lived at 138 S. Scoville upon her death on November 2, 1932 following a long illness. She is buried in Forest Home cemetery in Forest Park.8