J. E. Goodenow Born At Springfield, Vt., on March 23,
1812
J. E. Goodenow was born in Springfield, Vt., on March
23, 1812, the son of Timothy and Besey White Goodenow,
his mother being a descendant of Peregrine White, first
white child born after the landing of the Mayflower at
Plymouth. He moved with his family to Warren
county, New York, when eight years of age, and there he
attended district school in the winter and assisted his
father on the farm. Later he bought a canal boat
and operated it for a time before entering a partnership
in a general store. In 1838 he and Lyman Bates
came to Iowa with a stock of merchandise, selling it
along the way, and settled here in March, building their
log cabin. The following fall he returned to New
York where, in October, he married Miss Eliza Wright, of
Bolton, and brought her back to Iowa with him in the
spring.
Of their eight children, the eldest was Osceola, whose
three living children are J. E. Goodenow, Mrs. Imogene
McIntire and Mrs. Carlota Young. The second child,
a daughter, Carlota, died in October, 1863, when but 20
years of age. Miss Carlota was a beloved young
school teacher here.
Mary, the third child, was the wife of D. H. Anderson.
Her two daughters are Bertha Large of Grinnell and Mrs.
Alice Krepps of Maquoketa.
Emma became Mrs. George B. Perham, and her two children
are Mrs. Bessie Archer and John Perham.
Helen, who married Fred Tinker, is the only daughter of
Maquoketa's Father who is still living. She had
six sons, of whom John, Mortimer and D. N. are still
living.
Alice became Mrs. Holcomb, and she is survived by three
children, Kate, Bertram and Fred.
George, the seventh child, had two children, both of
whom still live here, a son Fred and a daughter, Mrs.
Gus Bowling.
The youngest son, Winfield Scott, was named by a company
of Civil war soldiers whose headquarters were at child
of the family was born. [sic] He is now the Goodenow
hotel when the youngest living in Philadelphia, and his
eight children are also located in the East.
Jason Pangborn Came To This City Century Ago
One of First Pioneers To Come Here From New York 100
Years Ago
One of the pioneers who came to Maquoketa in its first
year, 100 years ago, was Jason Pangborn of Essex county,
New York, who had left the East in April and arrived in
Jacckson county in June, 1838. Staking out his
claim he built his first log cabin on the corner where
the Sinclair Oil station now stands, on South Main
street, across from the home now occupied by his only
surviving son and daughter.
After building his cabin, he returned to the East and
brought his wife and small family to their new home.
Born in 1807, he had had to work hard during his youth
as his father had been killed in the War of 1812 and the
government provided only a pensionof $1.00 a month until
the lad reached the age of 12.
Mrs. Pangborn, courageous pioneer that she was, was
totally blind when she came to Iowa, but she did her
work and raised her family, suffering the hardships
which the other early settlers also faced.
However, she died in 1855 and Mr. Pangborn later married
Miss Sarah A. Abel, also of Essex county. She was
the mother of Miss Adelaide Pangborn and Herbert L. who
still live in Maquoketa. Mr. Pangborn, who was a
member of the first city council in 1857, died in1888 at
the age of 81.
Miss Adelaide, who is known affectionately to her
friends as Addie, and who will be 81 on September 23,
has lived all her life in the house in which she was
born, at 602 South Main. The house was erected in
1843, when Mr. Pangborn sold his first quarter-sectionof
land, directly across the street, to Jason McCloy and
purchased the land where the house now stands. The
deeds to these two parcels of land are prized
possessions of the family. While the house has
been enlarged and modernized during Miss Addie's
residence in it, it still retains some of the original
timbers in the north part.
Herbert L., her younger brother, also lives in the old
home. He is the sexton at Mt. Hope cemetery,
having held the position since 1901.
Part of the Pangborn homestead became a portion of the
Maquoketa city plat, being known as "Pangborn's
addition," which extends west from Main street to Fifth,
and south to the city limits.
Miss Pangborn recalls the days when there were only two
or three houses between their own and town. She
also remembers when the south part of town grew into a
thriving business section, with the "Bon Ton" hotel as
one of the south-end establishments. The business
later moved to the main commercial section, however.
Herbert Pangborn and his sister, Miss Addie, still have
in their possession two land certificates obtained in
1848 by their father, Jason Pangborn, from the U. S.
land office at Dubuque. One dated February 1,
1848, is for 80 acres of land and the other, March 1,
1848, is for 160 acres. Mr.and Mrs. Jason Pangborn
were among the earliest settlers in this community.
SOURCE: Jackson Sentinal Centennial Edition - 1938
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