Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . itu-tional convention of 1850, and was again elected tocongress, serving from 5 Dec, 1853, to 3 March,1859. He was re-elected, but died before takinghis seat. Regarding slavery, he was in favor ofgradual emancipation. GOODELL, William, missionary, b. in Tem-pleton, Mass., 14 Feb., 1792; d. in Philadelphia,Pa., 18 Feb., 1867. He was graduated at Dart-mouth in 1817, spent the three years following inthe Andover theologi-cal seminary, and in1822 sailed for the isl-and of Malta, as a mis-sionary. After a yearspent there in thestudy of languages, heproc
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . itu-tional convention of 1850, and was again elected tocongress, serving from 5 Dec, 1853, to 3 March,1859. He was re-elected, but died before takinghis seat. Regarding slavery, he was in favor ofgradual emancipation. GOODELL, William, missionary, b. in Tem-pleton, Mass., 14 Feb., 1792; d. in Philadelphia,Pa., 18 Feb., 1867. He was graduated at Dart-mouth in 1817, spent the three years following inthe Andover theologi-cal seminary, and in1822 sailed for the isl-and of Malta, as a mis-sionary. After a yearspent there in thestudy of languages, heproceeded to Beirut,where he remainedfive years, enduringmany hardships anddangers, the town be-ing plundered, hishouse sacked by Be-douin Arabs, and hislife threatened, afterthe repulse of theGreeks in March, Goodell went, in1831, to Constantino-ple, where he labored especially among the Arme-nians. During his twenty-nine years of missionarylife Dr. Goodell was compelled to change his resi-dence thirty-three times. The crowning work of. r^^ir^O^e^t GOODENOW GOODMAN 079 his life, to which he devoted the greater part of histime during the fifteen years preceding its publica-tion, was the translation of the Scriptures from theoriginal Greek and Hebrew into Old Testament was completed in 1841, and theNew Testament about two years afterward. Bespent several yearsadditional labor upon the work,.and finished its revision in 1803. Enfeebled by ageand long residence in the east, he returned to theUnited States in 18G5. lie had received the degreeof D. D. from Hamilton college in 1854. Duringthe remaining years of his life he contributed to theNew York Observer a series of papers entitled Reminiscences of the Missionarys Early Life,which he did not live to complete.—His wife, Abi-gail P., b. in Holden, Mass., in 1790 ; d. in Phila-delphia, 11 July, 1871, gave her husband efficientaid in his work.—Their son, William, physician, Malta, 17 Oct., 1829, was
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