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 GOODELL

GOODFELLOW

son of Thomas Goodell, and a descendant of Robert Goodell, who came to Salem, Mass.., in 1634. He was graduated from Yale in 1877. He was a classical teacher in the high school at Hart- ford, Conn., 1877-88;. studied in Germany and Greece, 1886-87, and was professor in the Ameri- can school of classical studies in Athens, 1894-95. He was elected professor of Greek at Yale college in 1888. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale in 1884. He is the author of The Greek in Enijlish (1886); and Greek Lessons (1893); and of contributions to philogical and literary periodi- cals.

QOODELL, William, missionary, was born in Templeton, Mass., Feb. 14, 1792; son of William andPhebe (Newton) Goodell; gi-andson of Nathan and Dinah (Weeks) Goodell of Marlboro, and a descendant of John and Elizabeth (Witt) Goodell of Lynn, Mass., and of Robert and Elizabeth Goodell, who settled in Salem, Mass., in 1634. He was graduated from Dartmouth, A.B., 1817; A.M., 1820, and was graduated from Andover theological seminary in 1820. He was agent for the A.B.C.F.M., 1821-23; was ordained at New Haven. Conn., Sept. 12, 1822, and was missionary at the island of Malta where he studied the orien- tal languages, 1822-23. He was missionary at Beirut, 1833-36, and among the Armenians in Constantinople, Turkey, 1826-65. At Beirut he suffered from Arab robbers and persecutors and was obliged to leave the country when the Greeks were repulsed in March, 1836. During his entire missionary life he was obliged to change his resi- dence to insure his personal safety, no less than thirty-three times. He translated the Scriptures from the original Greek and Hebrew into Anne- nio-Turkish, completing the Old Testament in 1841 and the New Testament in 1843, finishing its revision in 1863. He was married in 1833 to Abi- gail P., daughter of Lemuel Davis, and they had two sons born in the orient, William, a physi- cian, and Henry Hill, educator, besides two other sons and five daughters. He returned to the United States in 1865 where he wrote for the New York Observer " Reminiscences of the Mis- sionary's Early Life." He received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton and from Rutgers in 18.54. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 18, 1867.

QOODELL, William, physician, was born on the Island of Malta, Oct. 17, 1829; son of the Rev. Dr. William and Abigail P. (Davis) Goodell, and grandson of William and Phebe (Newton) Goodell of Templeton, and of Lemuel and Eunice (Sherwin) Davis of Holden, Mass He was fitted for college in Constantinople, Turkey, and was graduated with honors from Williams in 1851. He received his M D degree from Jefferson med- ical college in 1854 and practised in Constantinople until 1860. He was married in Smyrna, Turkej', to

Caroline Darlington, daughter of Judge T. S. Bell, Sept. 4, 1857. lu 1860 he engaged in the practice of medicine at Westchester, Pa., remov- ing to Philadelphia in 1864. From 1874 to 1893 he was professor of gynecology in the University of Pennsylvania. He was a fellow of the College of physicians at Philadelphia and a member of several medical societies in the United States and Europe. He received the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1871. His published writings include more than one hun- dred contributions to medical periodicals, and Lessons in Gynecology (1878). He died in Phila- delphia, Pa., Oct. 27, 1894.

GOODFELLOW, Edward, scientist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23, 1838; son of James and JIary (Redman) Goodfellow. He was grad- uated at tlie University of Pennsylvania in 1848, Greek salutatorian. He was appointed to the U.S. coast survey in August, 1848, as aid. In 1860 he was made assistant in the U.S. coast and geodetic survej', and was executive assistant, 1861-62, and again, 1875-82. He served as cap- tain in the 45th regiment, U.S. colored troops, in 1864. He was elected a member of the American philo.sophical society, 1871; of the Philosophical society, Washington, D.C., and a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. In 1883 he assumed the editorship of the Annmnl Reports of the U.S. coast and geodetic survey, the appendices thereto and the bulletins of the survey. He was married in 1871 to Julia G, daughter of Thomas T. Smiley, M.D., of Phila- delphia, Pa.

GOODFELLOW, Henry, soldier, was born in Philadelpliia, Pa., Aug. 27, 1833; son of James and Mary (Redman) Goodfellow. He was a member of the expedition of Dr. Kane, to search for the Sir John Franklin expedition ' j?'-^

in the Arctic region, 1853-55, and received medals from the Brit- ish government. He was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia in 1859 and extended his practice in 1861 to the U.S. circuit court. He entered the Federal army in that year as captain of the 26th Penn- sylvania volunteers, and served contin-

viously with the Army of the Potomac, receiving in March, 1865, brevets of lieutenant-colonel and colonel for gallant conduct at Gettysburg, in the Wilderness, and at Spottsylvauia. He was ap-

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