• Born: 9 Sep 1826, Worcester MA
• Marriage (1): Jane Augusta Warner on 15 Jan 1855 in Worcester MA
• Died: 8 Aug 1906, Worcester MA

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1838 to Parley and Daniel Goddard in Worcester MA ¹
  

• He was a partner circa 1845-1852 with Daniel Goddard in Worcester MA as D. GODDARD & SON.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Worcester MA, listed as a watchmaker living in his father's home.

• He worked after 1852 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Worcester MA as L. D. GODDARD & Co.

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Worcester MA, listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the 1865 census taken at Worcester MA, listed as a clerk, living in his father's household.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Worcester MA, listed as a speculator.

Luther married Jane Augusta Warner, daughter of Elnathan Davis Warner and Julia Maria Earle, on 15 Jan 1855 in Worcester MA. (Jane Augusta Warner was born on 15 Jan 1838 in Claremont NH and died before 1867 in Worcester MA.)