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George Clinton Goodhue Since he came to Jasper County, over a half century ago, the gentleman of whom this sketch is penned has been a witness of very important changes in this vicinity, and his reminiscences of the early days here are most interesting and entertaining to a listener. But change is constant and general, generations rise and pass unmarked away, and it is the duty of posterity as well as a present gratification to place upon the printed page a true record of the lives of those who have preceded us on the stage of action and left to their descendants the memory of their struggles and achievements. The years of the honored subject are a part of an indissoluble chain which links the annals of the past to those of the latter-day progress and prosperity, and the history of Jasper County would not be Complete without due reference to the long, useful and successful life Mr. Goodhue has lived, having been adequately rewarded as an earnest, courageous laborer in one of the most important fields of endeavor, agriculture. Generous and big-hearted, kindly in disposition, he has never lacked for friends, and many of them will pursue his life record, as written here, with deep interest. George
Clinton Goodhue, the oldest living resident of Malaka Township, Jasper County,
is the scion of a hardy and substantial New England family. He was born in
Groton, Grafton County. New Hampshire, May 22, 1834, and there he grew to
manhood and received such education as the early schools afforded.
He came west with his parents in 1854 and settled at Marengo, Iowa
County, Iowa, where his father and uncle established the family home, and since
then the Goodhues have maintained their residence in the Hawkeye State.
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following children have been born to Mr. Goodhue and wife: Mrs. Lizzie M. Farr,
born in 1866, lives at Cummings. Iowa; Elmer C., born July 30, 1869, is living
in Malaka Township, this County; Franklin Eugene, born in 1873, also lives in
this Township; Edward Falor, born July 5, 1878, is the youngest of the family.
These children were born and reared in Jasper County and they attended
the local schools.
The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1216. |
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