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Elihu Bernard Goodsell (May 11, 1806 – November 17, 1878) was an American farmer, miner, and politician.

Born in Sheldon, Vermont, he went to Quincy, Illinois, and then to Mineral Point, Michigan Territory in 1834. He was the first settler of Highland (village), Iowa County, Wisconsin and helped found the community in 1845. He was the postmaster and had farming and mining businesses. Goodsell served in the first Wisconsin Constitution Convention of 1846 as a Democrat. He then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1865 and 1866. Goodsell died in Highland, Wisconsin, in 1878.

References

1. ^ "Goodsell Ends Law Career". Wisconsin State Journal. January 13, 1939. p. 10. Retrieved June 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Highland, Settled in '40, Hit by Fires, Epidemics". Wisconsin State Journal. December 31, 1929. p. 61. Retrieved June 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Delegates Elected". Wisconsin Democrat. September 12, 1846. p. 2. Retrieved June 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
4. The Convention of 1846, Milo Milton Qualife, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1919, Biographical Sketch of Elihu Bernard Goodsell, p. 773.

External links

• Elihu Goodsell at Find a Grave

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