Elihu Goodsell

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.[1] He was the first settler of Highland, Wisconsin and helped found the community in 1845.[1][2] He was the postmaster and had farming and mining businesses. Goodsell served in the first Wisconsin Constitution Convention of 1846 as a Democrat.[3] He then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1865 and 1866. Goodsell died in Highland, Wisconsin, in 1878.[4]

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.


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