Pioneer Families - GOODELL
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation. JOEL GOODELL b. January 6, 1781, Hartford, N.Y.; d. October 21, 1869; m. Lydia Henderson, February 7, 1804; b. February 25, 1786; d. April 21, 1876. He was a pioneer of 1802, built a log house on the north end of his farm, where he lived six or seven years, then built a log house some thirty rods west of the present brick residence, and in 1817 built a two-story frame house where the brick one now stands. This was taken down by his son Joel about 1870, who built the present brick house. Had ten children: Betsy E., b. January 26, 1805; d. April 24, 1864, Hopkinton; m. Samuel McEvory. Had three children: Cornelius J., b. 1827; d. September 4, 1830. Mary M., b. 1829; d. September 18, 1830. Henry H., b. October 1, 1830; d. February 2, 1892, O'Neil, Neb.; m. Eliza Bitney, April 27, 1850. (Incomplete.) John, b. September 22, 1806; d. July 16, 1874, Hopkinton; m. Achsa Smith, December, 1856; b. August 15, 1812; d. No issue. Lydia, b. October 29, 1808; d. June 26, 1893, Nicholville; m. Rev. Silas Pratt, December 3, 1829; b. July 9, 1802; d. April 12, 1881. Had five children: Silas Judson, b. December 15, 1831; d. August 9, 1895, Chinese Camp, Cal.; m. Jane Norwood. Had three children: Norwood, Nellie and Clarence. Aaron Boardman, b. January 31, 1833 ; d. September 21, 1898, Albany; m. Jane McEntee. No issue. He was a lawyer at Albany, N.Y., and stood well. Joel Wade, b. July 13, 1836; d. July 23, 1894, Hopkinton; m. Mary E. Humphrey, July 16, 1863; d. February 25, 1900. Had six children: Luther J., b. October 13, 1864; d. February 13, 1865. Judson L., b. October 13, 1864; d. January 21, 1865. Howard W., b. January 28, 1870; 1. Buffalo; m. Harriet French, October 11, 1899. Mary E., b. November 4, 1872; teacher; 1. Earlville, N.Y. Anna B., b. July 18, 1877; 1. Potsdam; m. Frank Moulton, June 16, 1896. Had one child: Harold P., b. July 8, 1897. Nellie O., b. June 17, 1882; d. March 22, 1888. Fanny Mariah, b. October 29, 1838; 1. Hopkinton; m. David F. Henderson. (See Henderson family.) Lydia Adelphia, b. May 28, 1842; 1. Nicholville; m. Edwin D. Sanford. (See Sanford family.) Joel, Jr., b. August 22, 1810; d. February 14., 1893, Hopkinton; m. Rebecca S. Hawley, December 6, 1840; b. September 23, 1817; d. November 11, 1868. He kept store for a time at Nicholville (Hopkinton side), went to California, where he was successful, returned and bought old home farm, and built the present brick residence. Had six children: Amelia B., b. July 7, 1841; single; 1. Hopkinton. Eliza M., b. April 17, 1843; d. January 16, 1899, Hopkinton. Mary E., b. September 29, 1846; 1. Nicholville, N.Y. Sarah M., b. December 9, 1849; d. June 6, 1850. Martha L., b. October 18, 1852; m. Charles A. Sanford. (See Sanford family.) Kate H., b. July 3, 1857; d. December 20, 1858. Ann, b. July 13, 1812; d. November 21, 1896, N. Lawrence; m. Ira Butler, March 12, 1848; b. June 18, 1803; d. December 9, 1883. No issue. Melissa, b. March 17, 1815; d. February 2, 1888, N. Lawrence; single. Elvira, b. May 14, 1817; d. January 26, 1892; m. Silas H. Leach, January 12, 1845; b. December 16, 1817; d. April 16, 1879. Mr. Leach was born in Washington, Vt., came to town in 1832, lived on farm in Dickinson from 1845 to 1853, then in Nicholville twelve years, then two years on Joel Goodell farm, when he bought the farm now owned by his son, known formerly as the Samuel B. Abbott farm, and situated a hundred rods west of the Phineas Durfey farm. Had two children: John H., b. December 11, 1845; 1. Hopkinton; m. Libbie M. Goulden, February 28, 1899. Had one child: Paul Silas, b. April 17, 1900. Ellen, b. July 8, 1850; 1. Hopkinton. Malinda, b. March 6, 1822; d. August 18, 1831. Mary E., b. May 4, 1824; d. December 24, 1898, Knapps Station; m. Hiram Warriner, May 15, 1845; b. December 1, 1823; 1. Knapps Station, N.Y. Had three children: Orville S., b. July 18, 1846; 1. San Francisco, Cal. (3022 Pine Street). Sarah A., b. September 10, 1850; 1. Knapps Station; m. Myron Morgan, September 28, 1882. No issue. Henry L., b. June 10, 1852; d. May 1, 1885; m. Libbie B. Willsie, June 14, 1876; 1. Lawrenceville, N.Y. Had two children: Orville, b. December 22, 1877; 1. Grand Isle, Vt.; m. Lucy Coughlin, September 4, 1899. Had two children: Henry, b. August 26, 1900. Mary E., b. October 18, 1901. Fred, b. April 19, 1882. Fanny M., b. January 4, 1833; d. May 31, 1834. SAMUEL GOODELL b. June 2, 1778, Salem, Mass.; d. May 10, 1822; m. Delaney Woodworth, February 6, 1804; b. July 6, 1786, Cambridge, N.Y.; d. April 25, 1859. He was one of the six pioneers of 1802 and built his cabin on the north end of his farm, but very soon built on the south end, where Josiah Smith now resides. He was a blacksmith and worked on Mr. Hopkins's gristmill in 1803, 1804. He built himself a shop just across the creek east from his house, and it was the first blacksmith shop between Malone and Ogdensburg. In 1818 he built a two-story frame house, which was used as a public house and for school and religious purposes more or less for many years. When the British took the flour in 1814 some of the officers compelled him to hitch up and carry them some distance on their return. Of his children Rev. Seymour C. was the only one to remain and die in these parts. Had six children: Semantha T., b. July 1, 1805; m. Horace Plummer. They went west and settled in Central City, Iowa, where they raised a large family. It has been impossible to learn any further particulars. James W., b. August 8, 1806; d. when a young man. Layton B., b. August 4, 1808; d. June 7, 1894, Edinboro, Pa.; m. Mary Goodell in 1828; d. June 17, 1877, aged seventy years. Had seven children: Caroline M., b. March 23, 1830; d. October 20, 1874; m. Martin Stafford, January, 1858. Had one child: George C., b. October 12, 1862; d. 1900. John W., b. August 22, 1833, Edinboro, Pa.; 1. Sedan, Kan.; m. Ruhannah Sherrod, October 2, 1859. Had four children: Fannie P., b. August 24, 1860; 1. Edinboro; m. D. E. Gillaspie, April 24, 1879; banker. Had five children: Lena G., b. March 26, 1880. Jessie F., b. September 16, 1884; d. September 14, 1886. Janet A., b. December 1, 1887. Fannie L., b. April 15, 1892. Doris R., b. February 11, 1896. Lena C., b. March 22, 1863; 1. Cedar Vale, Kan. M. Guy, b. July 10, 1867; 1. Denver, Colo. Clara D., b. December 24, 1868; 1. Arkansas City, Kan.; m. Edwin McCullum Druly, January 25, 1898. Seymour C., b. August 22, 1833; d. October 8, 1834. James A., b. August 3, 1835; d. April 13, 1896; m. Clorinda Webster, October 2, 1856; 1. Mattoon, Ill. Unable to give family. Mary A., b. August, 1838; d. August 25, 1839. Martha D., b. July 5, 1840; 1. Buffalo; m. Alfred E. Waters, September 10, 1856. Had three children: Flora M., b. July 25, 1857; d. November 25,1857. Layton B., b. November 25, 1858; 1. Buffalo; m. Lavina Morton, June, 1892. No issue. Alfred H., b. July 25, 1866; 1. Buffalo; m. Frances Knapp, June 22, 1893. Had one child: Bently John, b. October 4, 1894. George S., b. May 18, 1842; 1. Edinboro, Pa.; m. Nancy Gleeton, 1870. Had three children: Ned, b. June 30, 1872; m., Have a son. Tod, b. June 5, 1875. Maud, b. 1881. Delaney M., b. August 27, 1811; d. June 20, 1838, in Hopkinton; m. Reuben Cooper. No issue. Sally C., b. September 3, 1816; d. August 7, 1885, at Volga, Iowa; m. Israel Phillips, October 6, 1833; b. July 26, 1813; d. February 14, 1873. They moved to Rockford, Ill., in 1854, and then to Arlington, Iowa, about 1856, and settled at Volga City, where they died. Had nine children: William S., b. February 14, 1835; d. January 27, 1874; m. Mary I. Finuf, April 16, 1853; b. January 21, 1835; d. February 7, 1898. Had four children: Marion M., b. May 22, 1854; 1. West Union, Iowa; m. W. S. St. John, April 29, 1876; b. February 1852. Had seven children: Ruth E., b. August 5, 1877; d. January 21, 1898. Naomi, b. August 21, 1879. William Monroe, b. September 16, 1881. Freeman, b. March 3, 1885. Irving, b. July 20, 1887. Lewis H., b. February 5, 1890. Walter S., b. July 11, 1892. William P., b. November 25, 1856; 1. Arlington, Iowa; m. Abbie Hall, November 7, 1875; b. November 25, 1856. Had three children: Goodell, b. June 5, 1877. Hattie, b. 1881. Leavitt, b. May, 1884. Israel J., b. November 17, 1858; 1. Elgin, Ill.; m. Sarah Shafer, October 1, 1884; b. May 22, 1864. Had one child: Leota, b. April 23, 1894. Erminie I., b. August 18, 1866; 1. Wisconsin; m. Rev. E. Cronk, 1894, at Arlington, Iowa. Ruth D., b. December 17, 1836; d. 1859; m. Chandler Hoit, 1853. They had a daughter who married a Mr. Warner and lived in Oregon. Amity L., b. May 27, 1839; d. July 7, 1842. Minerva E., b. May 16, 1841, Hopkinton; d. April 28, 1853. Syrena R., b. August 11, 1843; m. John Wood, August 6, 1864; d. July 18, 1876, in Iowa. They had a son and a daughter Mary, who married Chandler Warner, now of Dayton, Ore. Israel J., b. August 8, 1845, Hopkinton; d. January 18, 1853. Samuel G., b. June 2, 1848; single; 1. Volga City, Iowa. Reuben W., b. June 20, 1850; 1. Volga City, Iowa; m. Catherine E. Smith, June 15, 1882; b. August 31, 1862. Had two children: Israel L., b. December 6, 1883. Harry G., b. May 3, 1886. Seymour H., b. September 5, 1855; single; I. Volga City. The three brothers, Samuel G., Reuben W. and Seymour H., are the proprietors of the Mountain Home stock farm. Seymour C., b. August 28, 1818; d. January 24, 1893, on old homestead; m. Mary Witherell, December 8, 1839; b. September 25, 1819; d. January 29, 1893. He was a Methodist minister and a capable man.     INDEX