Person:Fred Goodnow (1)

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Caldwell County, Missouri History Published 1989 Pages 92 FRED GOODNOW Submitted by Louise Webster

    Three brothers and one sister came from Shaftsburg, England to Sudberry, Mass. April 11, 1638.  The brothers chose to spell their names differently to distinguish family lines.  Thomas, 30 yrs. Old, chose Goodnow.  He brought his wife, Jane, and two sons who died while small children.  Ten generations later we find Lewis Emerson Goodnow, born 1839, Rowe, Mass. who in 1863 married Louisa Bissel, born 1838.  Coming by way of Michigan with Fred Emerson, age three and Myrtie, age 4, to Missouri in 1869.  Seven children were born later:
    Gertrude – born 1868 – married W.R. Spicer
    Carrie – born 1870 – married William Ure
    Alice – born 1872 – married L.K. Spicer
    Infant daughter – died 1875
    Lewis – born 1876 – married Minnie Conway
    Ada – born 1879 – married Henry Anderson
    Walter – born 1882 – married Irene Simirall
    Family located on a farm in N.W. corner of Lincoln Township, later moving two miles west of Yankee Ridge Community located in Grant Township.  Fred taught school two years, then married Lou Belle Bays in 1888, who was born in 1866.  They moved to a farm in extreme northwest corner of Lincoln Township where Fred lived until his death in 1942.  Lou Belle died in 1901 leaving two sons:
    Miles Emerson – born 1890 – died 1961 – married Evelyn Brown – no children – served in WWI and worked his entire working life with Union Pacific Railroad.
    Lawrence A. – born 1891 – died 1937 – married Leona Stone – three daughters:
    Anita Barcuss – born 1917 – lives in Seattle, Washington – two children, Dick & Karen.
    Ella Belle Mills – born 1921 – lives at Union Gap, Washington – two children, Larry and Le Ann
    Kathryn Taylor – born 1923 – died 1969 – no children
    Lawrence, called “Shorty,” was a livestock farmer in Fairview Township.  His special interest was purebred Jersey’s.  He was active in the Braymer Christian Church and the town band.  Fred married a second time in 1903, Malvina Blair – Born1876 – died 1957 – three daughters:
    Louise Webster – born 1907 – husband Dan Webster, WWI veteran – lived on a farm in Lincoln Township until 1977, then moved to son’s farm in Grant Township – taught public school five years – one son – Dean – born 1933 – Korean veteran
    Olive Miller – born 1908 – husband Cecil Miller – lived and worked thirty years in Kansas City Costume Co., then move to rural Holden, Missouri – two sons
    Raymond Miller – born 1928 – married Alice Yocum – living near Kingsville, Missouri working as a gunsmith – Korean veteran – one daughter, Ramona Pieron – two step children Dennis and Sharon
    Ronald Miller – born 1936 – living and working in Kansas City as a machinist – served in the Air Force in Japan
    Freddie B Gilliand – born 1912 – husband Orville Gilliand – living in Indianolia, Iowa – retired school teacher – three children
    Loreta Weeks – born 1935 – employed by United Air Lines, stationed in California – one son, Mike
    Royce Gilliand – born 1938 – business man in Houston, Texas – two children, Dawn and Kevin
    Guenivere Heggan – born 1942 – works in husband’s insurance company in Carlisle, Iowa – two children, Kimberly and Shawn
    Fred Goodnow and family were active in the Christian Church.  Two sons and three son-in-law’s were members of Masonic Lodge.  All children attended Kidder Institute and Kidder Junior College.  When a neighbor had a haystack or grain bin to “figure” they always found help in Fred Goodnow.