John Stoddard

John Stoddard (March 11, 1809 – July 5, 1879) was an American businessman based in Savannah, Georgia, where he was a cotton merchant and planter. He was also president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1867 to 1868, having been its first vice-president between 1864 and 1867. Career In 1851, Stoddard was elected a director of the Augusta & Waynesboro Railroad. He was elected president of Evergreen Cemetery Company in 1872. It is now part of Bonaventure Cemetery. At the time of his death, Stoddard had been an elder of Savannah's Independent Presbyterian Church for 35 years.