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Rh his life, to which he devoted the greater part of his time during the fifteen years preceding its publica- tion, was the translation of the Scriptures from the original Greek and Hebrew into Armeno-'i'urkish. The Old Testament was completed in 1841. and the New Testament about two years afterward. He spent several years' additional labor upon the work, and finished its revision in 1863. Enfeebled by age and long residence in the east, he returned to the United States in 1865. He had received the degree of D. D. from Hamilton college in 1854. He contrib- uted to the New York "Observer" papers entitled "Reminiscences of the Missionary's Early Life," wiiich he did not complete. See his " Memoirs," by Edward I). G. Prime (New York, 1876).— His wife, Abig'ail P., b. in Holden. Mass.. in 1799 ; d. in Phila- delphia, 11 July, 1871, gave her husband eflicient jud in his work.— Their son, William, b. in Malta, 17 Oct., 1829 ; d. in Philadelphia, 27 Oct., 1894, was graduated at Williams and at Jefferson medical col- lege. He practised his profession for six years in Constantinople, wlien he returned to the United States, establishing himself at West Chester, Pa. In 1865 he removed to Philadelphia, where, after lecturing for three years in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, he was. in 1874, appointed clinical professor of the diseases of women and children. Dr. Goodell was a prolific writer on subjects connected with his specialty, and is the author of '• Lessons in Gynaecology " (Phila- delphia, 1886). — Another son, Henry Hill, edu- cator, b. in Constantinople. 20 jMay, 1839, was graduated at Amherst in 1863. He entered the army and served until 1863, when he was aide-de- camp on the staff of Col. IJissell, of the 19th army t-orps. He taught the modern languages at Willis- ton seminary, Easthampton, Mass., in 1864-'7, and afterward in the Massachusetts agricultural college at Amherst, of which institution he was chosen president, 1 July, 1886. He is the author of a " Biographical Record of the Class of Sixty-two " (Amherst) and of a "Compilation of Historic Fic- tion" (Amherst. 187).

GOODENOW, John M., lawyer, b. in Massachusetts in 1782; d. in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1838. He received a public-school education, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in Steubenville, to which place he was an early emigrant. He was a prominent mason, served in the legislature, and held other public offices. He was elected to congress as a Jackson Democrat, serving from 7 Dec., 1829 till 9 April, 1830, when he resigned to become judge of the supreme court of Ohio. He had a large practice at the bar, and published “American Jurisprudence in Contrast with the Doctrine of English Common Law” (1819). The object of the work, of which only 100 copies were printed, was to prove that the courts in the state were not possessed of common law jurisdiction.

GOODFELLOW, Edward, editor, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 23 Feb., 1828. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1848. and entered the government service as aid and sub-assistant in tiie U. S. coast survey. In 1860 he became assistant in the U. S. coast and geodetic survey, and was executive assistant from 1861 till 1862, and again from 1875 till 1882. He then became editor of the publications of the survey, and in that capacity has edited the annual reports for the years from 1882 till 1886.— His brother, Henry, s6ldier, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 27 Aug., 1833 ; d. in Fort Leaven- worth, Kans:is. 29 Dec, 1885, accompanied the Arctic expedition of Dr. Elisha K. Kane from May, 1853, until October, 1855, and received the medals presented by the British government to those who served on expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin. Subsequently he studied law, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1859, and to practise before the U. S. circuit court in 1861. He entered the National army as captain in the 61st Pennsylvania volunteers, and served continuously with the Army of the Potomac until the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, receiving the brevets of lieuten- ant-colonel and colonel for gallant conduct in the battles of Gettysburg and the Wilderness. In Feb- ruary, 1867, he became major and judge-advocate in the U. S. army, and at the time of his death was judge-advocate of the Department of the Missouri.

GOODHUE, Benjamin, senator, b. in Salem, Mass., 1 Oct., 1748 ;" d. there, 28 July, 1814. He was graduated at Harvard in 1766, and early en- gaged in commercial pursuits. He was a member of the state senate from 1784 till 1789, when he was elected to the 1st congress from Massachusetts, and served from 1789 till 1795. His knowledge of business affairs proved of service to him as a legis- lator, and, with the assistance of Mr. Fitzsimmons, of Philadelphia, he drew up a code of revenue laws, the majority of which are still in force. In 1796, on the resignation of George Cabot, he was elected to the U. S. senate, serving ttntil 1800, when he re- signed and retired from public life. During his term as senator he gained an enviable reputation as chairman of the committee on commerce. — His son, Jonathan, merchant, b. in Salem, Mass., 21 June, 1783 ; d. in New York city in 1848, received a liberal education, and at the age of fifteen en- tered the counting-room of John Norris, of Salem, who was extensively engaged in trade with Europe and the West Indies. After two voyages as super- cargo. Mr. Goodhue established himself in business in New York city in 1807. The long embargo, and the subsequent war with England, were unfavorable to his business, and on receipt of the news of the conclusion of peace he despatched an express to Boston, with instructions to proclaim the tidings in every town on the route. After this period Mr. Goodhue became a prosperous merchant.

GOODMAN, John, physician, b. in Frankfort, Ky., 22 July, 1837. He was graduated at George- town college in 1856, and at the University of Louisiana in 1859. H e subsequently began practice at Louisville, making a specialty of obstetrics and the disc;is(>s of women. In 1860 he was demonstrator (it ;in.il(iniy in the Kentucky school of medicine, in 1868 was appointed professor of oljstetrics in the Louisville medical college, and in 1875 was chosen to fill the same chair in the first-named institution. He has contributed to medical literature " A New Method of conducting the After-Treat ment in the Operation for Vesico-vaginal Fistula," " Treatment of Chronic Cystitis in the Female," " Menstruation and the Law on Monthly Periodicitv." etc.

GOODMAN, Walter, artist, b. in London, England, 11 May, 1838. He studied his profession under J. M. Ijeigh and at the Royal academy, where he was admitted a student in 1857. In 1860 he went to the Continent, where he remained three years. In 1864 he accompanied Seiior Joaquin Cuadras, a Spanish artist, to the West Indies, where he resided for five years, most of the time in Cuba. He not only painted during his stay on that island, but wrote for the New York and local press. To the latter he contributed a series of humorous sketches entitled " Un Viaje al Estranjero." He was arrested and imprisoned in Moro Castle on suspicion of being connected with the Cuban revolution of 1869, and compelled to leave the island. After a year in the United States, he returned to England, where he devoted himself to portrait-painting. He was the