Adam Goothier
Adam Goothier, farmer, P. O. Randolph, was born April 5, 1843, in Randolph Township, this county, on the farm where he now resides; son of Adam and Catharine Goothier, natives of Germany, and who located in this county in 1832, where they remained until the death of the father in 1862. The mother departed this life in 1874. Our subject was married, February 22, 1876, to Catharine Kline, born in Rootstown Township, this county, June 16, 1855, daughter of John F. and Elizabeth Kline, natives of Germany, and who settled in this county, where they have remained. Mr. and Mrs. Goothier have had three children: Elizabeth, Henry and Julius. Our subject, who has engaged in farming all his life, owns fifty-three acres of land, where he and his family reside. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885