Goodale, Henry C. J.

GOODALE

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 00:22:54

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.816

HENRY C. J. GOODALE
For almost forty years H. C. J. Goodale was a resident of Warren County and his last days were spent in retirement at Indianola, where he passed away on the 14th of May 1903, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was born on a farm in Rutland County, Vermont, October 10, 1834, his parents being Harry and Elizabeth (Stickney) Goodale. During his boyhood and youth he received a good academic education and was early trained to the occupation of farming, which he made his life work, though he taught school for a time when a young man. During his boyhood he removed with his parents to New York state, where he was reared, and from there went to Minnesota, spending two or three years in the latter state.
While a resident of Minnesota, Mr. Goodale was married in 1859 to Miss Eliza P. Sterns, who was born in Peru, Essex County, New York, in 1840, a daughter of John and Lucy Sterns. At an early day her parents removed to Minnesota, where both died. The father was a mechanic by occupation. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Goodale were born three children: Doran J., a resident of Otter Township, this county; Ede E., the wife of Irwin Law, also of Otter Town­ship; and Harry J., who is living in Lincoln Township. There are also eight grandchildren.
On leaving Minnesota, Mr. Goodale made a visit to his old home in New York and also spent a short time with his parents in Illinois. He then came to Iowa and located in Warren County about 1864, purchasing a farm in Otter Township, which is still in possession of his widow. Here he owned two hundred acres of well improved and highly cultivated land, on which he made his home until his retirement from labor in 1893, when he took up his abode in Indianola. He was a good farmer and business man, of more than ordinary intellect and education and he stood deservedly high in the esteem of his neighbors and friends. He attended the Methodist Episcopal Church and affiliated with the Masonic fraternity from an early day. The Democratic Party
found in him a staunch supporter of its principles and he efficiently served as school director, the cause of education finding in him a true friend. Since her girlhood Mrs. Goodale has been an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and like her husband she has many friends throughout the county.