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Charles Israel Stoddard was born Dec 23, 1883 in Bountiful, Utah to William Israel and Fannie Gibbs Stoddard. Charles served as the 24th Mayor of Richmond.
In Feb 1929, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce was reorganized into a Lions Club. Under the sponsorship of the Hyrum, Utah Lions Club, the Richmond Lions were organized with J. Morris Godfrey Jr., President; Jessie Webb, VP; Alvin M. Bair, Second VP; Secretary and Treasurer, J. S. Forrester; Lion Tamer, C. S. Hall; Tail Twister, Henry T. Plant Jr.; and Directors James W. Funk, Lyman Hall, Hölger B. F. Olsen, and Charles I. Stoddard. Charles would later serve as the second President of the Lions Club from 1930-1931.1
Charles I. Stoddard served as the 24th Mayor of Richmond from 1950-1954.
He was succeeded by Ross H. Plant.
Charles Israel Stoddard died Nov 5, 1965 in Richmond. He was buried in the Richmond Cemetery.
Bair, Amos W. (1976). History of Richmond, Utah. The Richmond Bicentennial Committee. pg 122