Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . was bornXov. 25, 1783, and died Sept. 27,, 1830. leavingthree children: Harriet, born March 28. 1818;Daniel, Xov. 11, 1820; and Alma. Oct. 6. his third wife Levi Goodenough wedded, , 1835. Ruth Walker, who died March 8, 1844,without issue. Ephraim Goodenough, son of the above, and fa-ther of the late Lester Goodenough, was born , 1793. in Peacham. and died April 6, 1873,.in Bristol, C
Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . was bornXov. 25, 1783, and died Sept. 27,, 1830. leavingthree children: Harriet, born March 28. 1818;Daniel, Xov. 11, 1820; and Alma. Oct. 6. his third wife Levi Goodenough wedded, , 1835. Ruth Walker, who died March 8, 1844,without issue. Ephraim Goodenough, son of the above, and fa-ther of the late Lester Goodenough, was born , 1793. in Peacham. and died April 6, 1873,.in Bristol, Conn. In early life he was a carpenter,and also followed the trade of wheelwright. He-was a consistent member of the M. Church,and in politics was a Republican. On Dec. 17,1818, Ephraim Goodenough married Martha , who was born Sept. 13. 1794. in , a daughter of Tiling and Elizabeth (JimsonjLadd. She died Jan. 26, 1838. at Burlington,Conn., the mother of children as follows: (ilLester, the subject proper of this sketch. 12)Viola Eliza, horn Dec. nj, 1821, married RanslaerKa\ nesford, of Ylford, and died June , at West Hartford, Conn. (3) Orlando,.. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 133 feorn Feb. 17, 1824, died in Burlington, Dec. 4,1844. unmarried. (4) Rodney, born May 13,1827. died Jan. 2J, 1880, in Dallas, Oregon; hewas a sea captain, and went to California in 1849.( 5 ) Waldo, born Feb. 2$, 1832, in Bristol, is aprinter in Leavenworth, Kansas. Lester Goodenough, whose name opens thismemoir, was born Sept. 18, 1820, in Burlington,Conn., and died Dec. 20, 1898, in Bristol. He re-ceived his education in the common schools of Bur-lington and the Bristol Academy. Mr. Good-enough served an apprenticeship of three years,in \\ higville, with E. K. Jones at wood clock-turning, and in 1837, at tne age °f seventeen years,lie came to Bristol, where he was employed for sixyears by Chauncey Boardman in finishing clocks,and then went into business for hi
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