Goodenow, John E.

GOODENOW, CASSIN, KING

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 10/9/2007 at 14:12:11

Goodenow, John E.

Iowa Press Association Who’s Who in Iowa 1940. Jackson County Section by Helen O. Stoddard.

Farmer & Stockman; born Maquoketa, Iowa, January 7, 1878; son of Osceola Goodenow-Fannie Cassin; educated Maquoketa High School 1895; married Myrta King January 14, 1909 Maquoketa; son John E; daughter Dorothy; 1895-1903 on farm with father, 1903- after father’s death farmed home farm 220 A, later purchased more land, now owner & operator 348 A, near Maquoketa, raiser of registered Shorthorn cattle, Chesterwhite hogs & Shropshire sheep, farm widely known over eastern Iowa for purebred livestock; Jackson County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee, 1934; 1922-33 member school board, Maquoketa; 1934 member city council; Co-op Stock Shipping Association, secretary-treasurer, 1922-40; 1934-38 secretary Jackson County Warehouse Board; member Maquoketa Cemetery Association; Jackson County Farm Bureau, secretary 1920-24; treasurer Jackson County Agricultural Conservation Association, AAA, treasurer 1934-40; Congregational Church; hobbies: purebred livestock, comm int; father was 1st white child born in Maquoketa; grandfather John E. Goodenow, founder of Maquoketa, 1838, when population of state was 23,000; residence, 505 S Matteson, Maquoketa.