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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Samuel GOODSPEED, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Peotone; born in, Troy, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1812; he 
removed with his parents to Tioga Co., Penn., when 4 years of age; here he lived until 22 
years of age, working upon a farm in summer and attending school in winter; he emigrated 
West in 1835, and located upon Fox River near Oswego for one year; then to Plainfield, Will 
Co., where he lived eighteen years; he located upon his present place in 1855; he owns 320 
acres of well-improved land, with good buildings, valued at $16,000, which he has accumulated 
by his own hard labor and industry. He married May 24, 1835, to Caroline B. CLARK; she was 
born in New York April 5, 1817. They had by this union six children, viz., John, Phoebe, 
Eunice, Emily, George and Henry. Mrs. G. died Feb. 23, 1847; Mr. G.'s second wife was Sarah 
M. MESSENGER, married January 1848; she was born in Ohio Aug. 8, 1825. They had six children 
by this union, viz., Francis, Caroline, Edward, William, Harriet and Samuel. Mrs. G. died 
July 25, 1869. He married for his third wife Mrs. Harriet BRYAN Nov. 20, 1869; she was born 
in New York Aug. 13, 1820. Mr. GOODSPEED has held the office of School Trustee for upward of 
fourteen years and Supervisor for four years.