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David
Dexter Goodhue With
the progress of Jasper County, and more especially with the history of Malaka
Township, the subject of this sketch has been intimately associated for many
years, having contributed materially to the development of its resources and the
growth of its industries. His life
occupation has been that of farming, in which, through industry and
perseverance, he has met with success and gained prosperity.
The farm which be owns and operates consists of one hundred and sixty
acres, embellished with suitable and substantial buildings and bearing
first-class improvements. The
father of our subject, David Goodhue, was a native of New Hampshire, and in that
state followed the trade of a cooper in connection with general farming
pursuits. Coming to Iowa in 1854,
he located in Jasper County two years afterward and bought two hundred acres of
wild land, for which he paid $12 per acre.
At an advanced age be passed away in 1885. He was for years one of Malaka Township’s most energetic
and progressive citizens, and it was through his efforts that the post office
was established at Horn, he serving as Postmaster there for many yeas.
In politics he was an old-line Whig, and after the organization
of the Republican Party adopted its principles as his own. In religious connections he was a member of the Christian
Church. Unto David and Betsy (McGouch) Goodhue
there were born three children, George C., David D., and Edward Payton.
The second of these, our subject, was born in New Hampshire April 13,
1837. In his youth he was employed in farm work and also learned the trade of a
cooper, spending the intervals of work in the log schoolhouse, where he acquired
the rudiments of his education. Since
then, by extensive reading, he has become well posted upon general topics and is
a man of broad information. Upon
coming to Jasper County he settled upon eighty acres of partially improved land,
to which he has from time to time added as enabled to do so. January 15, 1869(?), Mr. Goodhue was united
in marriage with Miss Amelia T. Clark, who died October 27, 1867(?), leaving
five children, Hattie F., Thomas W., Sarah J., Theodore P. and Daisy M. The
second marriage of Mr. Goodhue was to Miss Maggie Clements, of Metz, Jasper
County. He is as stanch supporter
of the principles of the Democratic Party and has been elected upon the ticket
of his chosen party to occupy various positions of trust.
At the present time be is serving as Treasurer Of the School Board, and
being interested in educational affairs he has been enabled to promote the
standard of study in the public schools. Portrait and Biographical Record, Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, IA, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1894, p. 202. |
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