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ISAAC P. GOODSELL. 



The Goodsell family is of Scotch extraction. The paternal 

 grandfather of Isaac P. Goodsell was Jacob Goodsell. He 

 was a native of New England, and married Betsey Warner, 

 whose father fell in the Revolution. He was a fine mechanic 

 in all branches of iron work, and a farmer, also. He was father 

 of twelve children. His wife died in Westmoreland, and he 

 removed to Hornby about 1820, where he died. 



Sherman Patterson, maternal grandfather of Isaac P. 

 Goodsell, was born in Cornwall, Conn., and married a Miss Beach. 

 To them were born seven children, three sons and four daughters. 

 He was captain in the Revolution, and was in sight of General 

 Montgomery when he fell at Quebec. He was a farmer, and a 

 perfect specimen of physical manhood, dying at the advanced 

 age of ninety-two years. 



Isaac Goodsell, father of Isaac P., was born in Cambridge, 

 Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1789. He was married to 

 Anna Patterson, in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 23, 

 1810. She was born in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., March 

 15, 1794. From this marriage came nine children, four sons and 

 five daughters, eight of whom lived to maturity, and six are now 

 living. About 1813 or 1814 they left Westmoreland, and 

 moved to Susquehanna Co., Pa., where they remained till their 

 removal to Painted Post, now Hornby, in 1824. Two of their 

 children were born in Westmoreland, four in Pennsylvania, and 

 the rest in Hornby. Isaac Goodsell was a farmer and blacksmith 

 by occupation. Both himself and wife were members of the 

 Baptist Church. Two of the children were Methodists, and six, 

 like their parents. Baptists — one a Baptist minister. 



Isaac Goodsell was a staunch, unswerving Democrat, held sev- 



eral ofl&cial positions, and was a captain in State militia. He 

 died Aug. 25, 1841. His widow still survives, living with her 

 children, hale and hearty, at the age of eighty-five. 



Isaac P. Goodsell was born in Pennsylvania in the year 

 1818. He was reared a farmer, and is a blacksmith. He 

 settled in Hornby in 1824, and married Christiana, daughter of 

 Deacon Jacob and Betsey Woodward, of Campbell, Aug. 25, 

 1841. Miss Woodward was born Nov. 14, 1819. Of this 

 union were born five children, namely : Byron W., Jacob L., 

 Ella E., Dimis H., and Normah C. Jacob L. died in infancy. 



Mr. Goodsell learned his trade at Hornby Forks, and worked 

 seven years in that place, which was founded by his father, who 

 purchased a farm there and started that village. He bought 

 his farm about 1848, moving to it the same day President Taylor 

 was inaugurated. He owned at one time two hundred and 

 seventy- eight acres of land. He left his farm and moved to the 

 village of Painted Post, April 1, 1871, in consequence of his 

 ill health, and a desire to educate his children, leaving his farm 

 in charge of Ella E. and her husband, Orin Roloson. He has 

 since resided at Painted Post, engaged in selling agricultural 

 implements, and looking after his various business affairs. 



Both Mr. Goodsell and wife were formerly Baptists, but for 

 the last six years have been Methodists. Mr. Goodsell has 

 been superintendent of Sabbath-schools, and a leading temper- 

 ance man. He was formerly a Democrat, but at the organization 

 of the Republican party became a member of that party, and 

 has ever been faithful to its principles. He was postmaster at 

 Hornby, and, by sufirage of his fellow4ownsmen, held the oflSice 

 of justice of the peace and other town offices. 



