Wallace Goodwin of Attleboro and North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Jeweler, trader and clockmaker.

Wallace Goodwin was born in Ashfield, MA, on November 8, 1811, and died on March 1, 1861, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Wallace is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Bristol, MA. Wallace married twice, first to Asenath Angeline Medley in 1838 and then to Harriet Richards Blackington in 1852. The census records Goodwin as a jeweler from about 1830 through 1860. In 1860, he was recorded as a clock manufacturer. From 1853 through 1854, he worked briefly in New York City as the manager for the business of Tifft, Whiting & Co. in their sales office. This business was located at 170 Broadway. Returning to North Attleboro, he is listed as a clockmaker. When he passed in 1861, his estate inventory listed 288 banjo clocks. An example of a fine wall timepiece is currently in the collection of the Ladd Observatory at Brown University.