George Goodell
George Goodell, farmer, P. O. Mantua Station, Ohio, was born March 31, 1815, in Warwick, Mass.; son of Jonas and Eleanor Goodell. Jonas was born in Warwick, Mass., married to Eleanor Ayer in Vermont, and emigrated to Ohio in 1815, with a family of eight children, Mr. Goodell having visited this State one year previous and purchased a farm. He then returned to Massachusetts after contracting for the erection of a cabin, for which the consideration was $60. One child was born to Jonas and Eleanor Goodell after their advent here, and of their family of nine children, but three are now living: Cynthia, wife of Silas Crocker; Frinda, wife of T. J. Newcomb; and George. Our subject was married August 21, 1840, to Julia A., daughter of Winthrop Dodge, by whom he had ten children: Ellen S., married August 27, 1861, to Charles K. Pierce, of Massachusetts, and who came to Ohio in 1857 (had three children: Louisa A., Hattie L., deceased, and Cora E.); George N., married to Jennie Spray; Julia A., wife of Eber N. Stocking; Harriet; Lucy, wife of William M. Dudley; Linda C.; Bion; Jonas L. (deceased); Samuel C. (deceased); and Ezra B. (deceased). Mrs. Goodell died in February, 1879. Our subject, having divided the farm among his children, resides with Mr. Pierce, and is esteemed as a public-spirited citizen.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885