This Day in Goodlove History, October 22
• By Jeffery Lee Goodlove
• jefferygoodlove@aol.com
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• Surnames associated with the name Goodlove have been spelled the following different ways; Cutliff, Cutloaf, Cutlofe, Cutloff, Cutlove, Cutlow, Godlib, Godlof, Godlop, Godlove, Goodfriend, Goodlove, Gotleb, Gotlib, Gotlibowicz, Gotlibs, Gotlieb, Gotlob, Gotlobe, Gotloeb, Gotthilf, Gottlieb, Gottliebova, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlow, Gutfrajnd, Gutleben, Gutlove
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• The Chronology of the Goodlove, Godlove, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlieb (Germany) etc., and Allied Families of Battaile, (France), Crawford (Scotland), Harrison (England), Jackson (Ireland), LeClere (France), Lefevre (France), McKinnon (Scotland), Plantagenets (England), Smith (England), Stephenson (England?), Vance (Ireland from Normandy), and Winch (England, traditionally Wales), including correspondence with -George Rogers Clarke, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
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• The Goodlove/Godlove/Gottlieb families and their connection to the Cohenim/Surname project:
• New Address! http://www.familytreedna.com/public/goodlove/default.aspx
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• This project is now a daily blog at:
• http://thisdayingoodlovehistory.blogspot.com/
• Goodlove Family History Project Website:
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/o/Jeffery-Goodlove/
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• Books written about our unique DNA include:
• “Abraham’s Children, Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People” by Jon Entine.
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• “ DNA & Tradition, The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews” by Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman, 2004.
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• My thanks to Mr. Levin for his outstanding research and website that I use to help us understand the history of our ancestry. Go to http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/ for more information. “For more information about the Weekly Torah Portion or the History of Jewish Civilization go to the Temple Judah Website http://www.templejudah.org/ and open the Adult Education Tab "This Day...In Jewish History " is part of the study program for the Jewish History Study Group in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The William Harrison Goodlove Civil War Diary annotated by Jeff Goodlove is available at the Farmer's Daughter's Market , (319) 294-7069, 495 Miller Rd, Hiawatha, IA , http://www.fdmarket.com/
Birthdays on this date:Boyle H. Wesley, May Vance, Tyler J. Olmstead, Mason J. Olmstead, Margaret J. McKinnon, John Kirby, William H. Goodlove, Joseph Banes, Eleanor Banes
Weddings on this date: Lura I. Clay and Claud Tucker, Annie M. Hedges and Jacob C. Pyle, Sarah Baynes and Benjamin Dawson, Eliza Mendell and James S. Connell.
In a message dated 10/18/2010 10:20:49 A.M. Central Daylight Time:
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Hi Jeff. It has been several years but when we were regularly visiting MJ Carr in Evanston, we often went to the Russian restaurant, Zhivago's in Skokie. Delicious!! As ever, Linda
Linda, Ahh Skokie. I moved there straight out of College in 1981 and lived at friend's house while working in Evanston. He was Jewish and was the first I had ever met. His name is Bob Somerman. We met while I sang in a Jazz Vocal quartet called Classic Reflections with his girlfriend Janell Threet at Coe College. While there I was introduced to the Jewish culture and some holiday celebration's like Passover. I also dated a Jewish girl for a while. Very fond memories. For the last 26 years I have worked with John who is Jewish and Jeff who is an Orthodox Jew, who still lives in Skokie. Jeff has taught me a great deal about the Jewish faith, and I will be attending his daughters Bat Mitzvah in December. He reminds me that the Cohen Modal Haplotype does not make us Jewish. There is much more to it than that. Jeff Goodlove
ps the website to Zhivago's is
http://zhivagochicago.com
On this Day…
Canoe trip with George Washington, and ancestors William Crawford and William Harrison.
October 22. 1770 George Washington’s Journal: Reachd the Mingo Town abt. 29 Miles by my Computation.
Mingo Town (now Mingo junction, Ohio) was an Indian village several miles below Steubenvilbe, Ohio. In 1766 it was apparently the only Indian village on the banks of the Ohio between its location and Fort Pitt; it contained some 6o families [1]
October 22nd.George Washington’s Journal:—As it began to snow about midnight, and continued pretty steadily, it was about half-past seven before we left the encampment. At the distance of about eight miles, we came to the mouth of Yellow Creek, opposite, or rather below which, appears to be a long bottom of very good land, and the ascent to the hills apparently gradual. There is another pretty large bottom of very good land about two or three miles above this.’ About eleven or twelve miles from this, and just above what is called the Long Island, which, though so distinguished, is not very remarkable for length, breadth, or goodness, comes in on the east side of the river, a small creek, or run, the name of which I could not learn) ; and a mile or two below the island, on the west side, comes in Big Stoney Creek, not larger in appearance than the other, on neither of which (hoes there seem to be any large bottoms or bodies of good land. About seven miles from the last-mentioned creek, twenty-eight from our last encampment, ard about seventy-five from Pittsburgh, we came to the Mingo Town[2], situated on the west side of the river, a little above Cross Creeks. ‘This place contains about twenty cabins, and seventy inhabitants, of the Six Nations.
Had we set off early, and kept constantly at it, we might have reached lower than this place to.day ; as the water in many places ran very swift, in general more so than yesterday. The river from Fort Pitt to Logstown, has some ugly rifts and shoals, which we found somewhat difficult to pass, whether from our inexperience of the channel, or not, I cannot undertake to say. From Logstown to the mouth of Little Beaver Creek, is much the same kind of water; that is, rapid in some places, gliding gently along in others, and quite still in many. The water from Little Beaver Creek to Mingo Town, in general, is swifter than we found it the preceding day, and without any shallows; there being some one part or another always deep, which is a natural consequence, as tIne river in all the distance from Fort Pitt to this town, has not widened at all, nor do the bottoms appear to be any larger. The hills which come close to the river opposite to each bottom are steep ; and on the side in view, in many places, rocky and cragged ; but said to abound in good land on the tops. These are not a range of hills, but broken and cut in two, as if there were frequent water courses running- through, which, however, we did not perceive to be the case. The river abounds in wild geese, and several kinds of ducks, butt in no great quantity. We killed five wild turkeys today. Upon our arrival at the Mingo Town, we received the very disagreeable news of two traders being killed at a town called the Grape-Vine Town, thirty-eight miles below this ; which caused us to hesitate whether we should proceed, or wait for further intelligence.
October 22, 1771: George Washington’s Journal: Rid to the Mill again. Captn. Crawford & his Brothr. returnd home. Mr. Jno. Smith of westmoreld. came in the Aftern.[3] [4]
October 22, 1772: George Washington’s Journal: Reachd Fredericksburg to Dinner. Lodgd at Col. Lewis’s.
October 22, 1777
REGIMENT VON MIRBACH
(MIR plus company number)
The Regiment V. Mirbach departed on 1 March 1, 1776 from Melsungen. It embarked from Breznerlehe on 12 May 1776 and reached New York on 14 August 1776. The regiment was part of the Hessian First Division and took part in the following major engagements:
-- Long Island (NY, August 27, 1776)
-- Fort Washington (upper Manhattan, NY, November 16 1776)
-- Brandywine (PA, September 11, 1777)
-- Redbank (Gloucester County, NJ, also known as Fort Mercer, October 22-November 21, 1777)
The regiment departed from New York on November 21,
1783 and arrived at Breznerlehe on April, 20, 1784.
They returned to their quarters in Melsungen on
May 30, 1784.
October 22, 1777
On the morning of the 22d, about four o’clock, the corps marched toward Red Bank in the same formation as yesterday, with the slight difference that I formed the rear guard with my company. About nine o’clock we crossed the pass over Timber Creek, which has very marshy banks. A dam of several hundred paces extends across the creek, on which there are two wooden bridges. Two small plantations are situated on this and the other side. I was surprised that we did not leave here at least one jäger company to retain the mastery of this pass, since, after all, the success of our expedition was not yet assured. To be sure, there were the two battalions of light infantry ready for the Jersey post at Cooper’s Ferry, but they could not help much if Washington had gotten wind of this expedition, passed a strong corps across the Delaware, and stationed it at Timber Creek.[5]
Our march went past Strawberry Bank.[6] About one o’clock in the afternoon the corps arrived in a wood which encircled the left side of the fort at rifle-shot distance to the left bank of the Delaware. In this wood a captain[7] and six men from the garrison of the fort fell into the hands of Captain Wreden, who had the advanced guard. They had been ordered to get fresh meat at a plantation and knew nothing of our approach.
The entire corps remained in column on the road in the wood. The men were permitted to sit down and told to eat, but since this day was not bread or provisions day, very few had any bread to break or bite. The officers, especially, were not provided with anything. I had to march with the rear guard to the head of the corps.
During this time Colonel Donop, along with Colonel Stuart[8] (who accompanied this expedition as a volunteer), Major Pauli,[9] and Captain Krug[10] of the Hessian artillery, had already reconnoitered the fort when I reached the corps. As soon as I arrived, the colonel ordered me to inspect the fort and to give him my opinion.
I approached the fort up to rifle-shot range and found that it was provided with a breastwork twelve feet high, palisaded and dressed with assault stakes. On my way back, I met Colonel Stuart with a drummer who was to summon the fort, and right behind them I met Major Pauli, Captain Krug, and both adjutants of the colonel. All these gentlemen regarded the affair with levity. The only man who had any real knowledge, and looked upon the business as serious, was worthy old Captain Krug. I took this man aside and asked him what he thought of the undertaking, whereupon he answered: “He who has seen forts or fortified places captured with sword in hand will not regard this affair as a small matter, if the garrison puts up a fight and has a resolute commandant. We have let luck slip through our fingers. We should not have summoned the fort, but immediately taken it by surprise, for no one knew of our arrival. But now they will make themselves ready, and if our preparations are not being made better than I hear, we will get a good beating.”[11]
After a lapse of a half an hour, Colonel Stuart returned with the following reply: “Colonel Greene,[12] who commands the fort, sends his compliments and he shall await Colonel Donop.”[13]
After this news, which the colonel did not expect, a hundred fascines[14] were made at once by the battalions, and a battery of six regimental pieces [3-pounders], two 6-pounders, and the howitzers were mounted in the wood at rifle-shot distance from the fort. The Linsing Battalion under Captain Stamford (for Colonel Linsing[15] had stomach pains at this time) was to make the attack against the left, the Regiment von Mirbach against the center, and the Minnigerode Battalion on the bastion to the left at the Delaware. The Lengerke Battalion was stationed at the Delaware to cover the rear against an enemy landing. One hundred men from each battalion were to carry the fascines, and march in a line at a distance of two hundred paces in front of the battalion. With these the ditch was to be filled, crossed, and the fort scaled with sword in hand. I placed sixteen showed themselves on the parapet.
This was the order which was given, and no one thought about axes or saws with which the obstructions and palisades could be cut down.[16]
The battery began to play, and the three battalions advanced against the fort with indescribable courage. But they were received so hotly by the garrison, and by the vessels which had moved into position during the summons to rake the fort’s flank, that they were repelled with great loss, although several officers and a number of grenadiers scaled the breastwork. Colonel Donop himself and his adjutant, Captain Wagner, were mortally wounded at the edge of the ditch.[17] Captain Stamford, who commanded the Linsing Battalion, was shot through the chest; Minnigerode through both legs; and the gallant Colonel Schieck, who commanded the Regiment von Mirbach, was shot dead at the barred gate. Night ended the battle, and the attacking corps reassembled at the spot from which it had departed for the attack.
Colonel Wurmb immediately ordered the Jager Corps to move up to the edge of the wood to cover the retreat. He personally took the Grenadier Battalion Lengerke, which had protected the rear in case an enemy party had landed from the ships, and hurried with the battalion to the pass of the Timber Creek bridge to occupy it.
Since we had flattered ourselves in advance with a successful surrender, no retreat then was thought of, and no wagons brought to transport the wounded. The seriously wounded officers were carried on the guns and horses, and all the privates who could not drag themselves away on their wounded limbs fell into enemy hands. But since the enemy took the retreat for a trap, and had expected a new attack during the night, the men had to remain on the battlefield a whole night in the most deplorable condition without the slightest care, whereby the majority died of their wounds.[18]
About midnight the entire corps arrived on the other side of Timber Creek, where arrangements were made at once to obtain wagons for transporting the wounded officers to Philadelphia. At eight o’clock in the morning the corps set out again, and crossed the Delaware during the night. The three grenadier battalions moved into cantonment quarters on the outskirts of Philadelphia; the Mirbach Regiment joined the line of the army; and the Jager Corps returned to its post at the Morris house, where it arrived after midnight.
The loss in dead consisted of:[19]
1. Colonel Schieck
2. Captain Bogatsky .
3. Lieutenant Riemann Regiment von Mirbach (4)
4. Lieutenant Wurmb
5. Lieutenant du Puy .
. 6.Lieutenant Groening Grenadier Battalion Linsing (2)
7. Lieutenant Hille • Grenadier Battalion Minnigerode )
8. Lieutenant Offenbach
And 143 noncommissioned officers and privates.
The wounded consisted of:[20]
1. Colonel Donop, right leg shot apart; captured.
2. Captain and Adjutant Wagner, both legs shot to pieces; captured.
3. Colonel Minnigerode, shot through both legs.
4. Captain Stamford, shot through the chest and right leg.
5. Captain Wachs, through the right leg, von Minnigerode.
6. Captain Hendorff, in the arm, von Minnigerode.
7. Captain Schotten, right arm shot off, von Mirbach.
8. Lieutenant Rodemann, through the left leg, von Linsing.
9. Lieutenant Waitz, through the neck and in the head, von Linsing.
10. Lieutenant Rieffer, left foot smashed, von Mirbach.
11. Lieutenant Berner, right leg shot to pieces, von Mirbach.
12. Lieutenant Gottschall, right knee smashed; captured; von Linsing.
13. Lieutenant Heymel, in the left knee; captured; von Minnigerode.
And 253 noncommissioned officers and privates, of whom not thirty men are convalescing.
Moreover, within eight days Colonel Donop, Captain Wagner, and Lieutenants Berner and Gottschall died of their wounds.[21]
This day was especially sad for me. I lost five of my oldest friends, among whom was a relative, and four of my best friends were severely wounded. As long as I have served, I have not yet left a battlefield in such deep sorrow.[22]
The principal mistakes of the attack were as follows:
1. We should not have summoned the fort, but attacked as soon as we arrived. Through this mistake the garrison was alerted, and the armed vessels gained time to draw near for the defense.
2. The plan of attack itself was faulty. We ought to have made the feint attack where the Linsing Battalion attacked, and the real attack in full strength there where the Minnigerode Battalion attacked, because we were covered on this side by the wood up to musket-shot range.[23]
October 22, 1777
Donop placed the eight-pound guns and the two mortars on the right, and in support, Minnigerode’s battalion and the Light Infantry; v. Mirbach’s regiment in the center, v. Linsingen’s battalion on the left; v. Lengerke’s battalion and some Yägers on the Delaware, to guard against a landing and to protect his rear. Before each battalion there were sappers and a hundred men carrying hastily-gathered fascines, led by a captain.
Donop, at 4 PM sent a summons to surrender, with a threat of no quarter, if it was refused, and received a reply that the fort would be held to the last man. As the report was that very few men were seen in the fort, Donop decided to attack at once, and made a stirring address, to which the men replied:
“We‘ll change the name from Fort Red Bank to Fort Donop;” and put himself with his officers, sword in hand, at the head.
They charged gallantly, but soon found their road broken by deep ditches, and could move only singly; they were met with a sharp fire in front and flank from a covered battery and from two vessels in the river. Still the troops pressed on; v. Minnigerode had taken the outlying redoubt by storm; the Americans at first gave way, but soon stood fast and before their fire Donop and Minnigerode and many other officers fell, casting dismay on their men.
Col. v. Linsingen succeeded to the command and did all he could to restore ordcr; but the Hessians fell back in disorder. Dead and wounded were abandoned, and v. Linsingen: brought the little remnant off under cover of the night, and on the next afternoon reached Philadelphia.
The fault lay with Howe, who had refused Donop’s request for more artillery, had not supplied the necessary utensils for a siege, not even sending storniing ladders or any means of scaling the walls — had taken no means to learn the nature of the position, and had, as usual, shown too little respect for the enemy.
Col. Greene had wisely acted on the suggestion of the French engineer, Capt. Duplessis, in withdrawing from the unfinished outwork and concentrating his strength in the fort itself, thus, too, misleading Donop, through the report of the small force that held it.
After the repulse, when the officers came out, Duplessis heard Donop’s cry for help and at once took care of him. The Americans buried 150? and captured over a hundred wounded.
The Hessians lost 650 in all among them Col. v. Schieck, Capt. v. Bojatzky, Lieuts. Riemann, Dupuy, v. Wurmb, Hille and v. Offenbach; Col. v. Donop, Capt. Wagner, Lieut. Heymel, and many slightly wounded; while the Americans reported their loss as 32.[24]
Plan of the Attack on the Fort at Red Bank, 21 October, 1777
The date of the attack, added later in pencil, should read October 22, 1777. At the top center is James Whitall’s house. The legends read as follows: upper right, “Graves of the slain officers”, under long quqdrangle, lower center, “Place where the corps deployed before the attack, and where ist reformed after the attack”; along road below, “Road to Haddonfield”; along right river baFrigates and row galleys of the rebels.
Diary [25]
October 22 to November 21, 1777
Franz Gotlop’s regiment was at Redbank.[26]
October 1777
…they formed the left end of the Hessian line at the attack on Fort Mercer in New Jersey, the Battle of Red Bank. Afterward went into barracks in Philadelphia. [27]
Oct 1777— June 1778
(Franz Gotlop)stationed in Philadelphia[28]
The following two sources list the engagements of the von Mirbach regiment. More analysis of the engagements is needed. JG.
Hessian Brass Fusilier’s Cap from the American War. Armed Forces History Collection, Smithsonian Institution.[29]
REGIMENT VON MIRBACH
(MIR plus company number)
The Regiment V. Mirbach departed on 1 March 1776 from Melsungen. It embarked from Breznerlehe on 12 May 1776 and reached New York on 14 August 1776. The regiment was part of the Hessian First Division and took part in the following major engagements:
-- Long Island (NY, August 27, 1776)
-- Fort Washington (upper Manhattan, NY, November 16,1776)
-- Brandywine (PA, 11 September 11,1777)
-- Redbank (Gloucester County, NJ, also known as Fort Mercer, October 22-November 21,1777)
The regiment departed from New York on 21 November
1783 and arrived at Breznerlehe on April 20, 1784.
They returned to their quarters in Melsungen on 30
May 1784.
Musketeer Regiment von Mirbach, to 1780: Musketeer Regiment Jung von Lossburg, 1780 to war’s end (Hesse Cassel) Arrived at New York August 1776 Sent on the 1777 Philadelphia campaign fighting at Brandywine and Red Bank, N.J. Returned to New York, December, 1777, and stationed there until returned to Germany, 1783. Uniform: Red facings trimmed with plain white lace, white small clothes, red stocks; officers’ lace, silver.
CHIEF: Major General W. von Mirbach, to 1780
Major General W. von Lossburg, 1780 to war’s end
COMMANDER: Colonel J.A. von Loos, to 1777 Colonel von Block, 1777-1779
Colonel C.C. von Romrod, 1777 to war’s end
FIELD COMMANDER: Lieutenant Colonel von Schieck, to October, 1777
Lieutenant Colonel H. von Borck, October, 1777 to war’s end.[30]
October 22, 1777: TORY DROWNED; ZACKWELL MORGAN ARRESTED [Col. John Gibson to Gen. Edward Hand. 3NN182— Transcript.]
FORT PITT October 22d 1777
DEAR GENERAL—Just after the express left this on the 2I~ [Oct.], James Shirley came in here with an account of his being attacked by Indians, between Capt. Cisney’s place & Sam’. Newells on the road to Logstown. They killed one Smith & his daughter, & tomahawked his son, a boy about 6 years old, & after scalping him, left him; the boy is still alive, but I am afraid will not recover.
I am sorry to inform you that the militia of Monongahala county are in the utmost confusion, occasioned by the drowning of Higgison, the noted Tory. The report is that he in company with Col. Zach: Morgan and four others were crossing a flat at the mouth of Cheat River—Higgison was handcuffed & had bolts on his legs & whether he tumbled out, or was thrown out, is uncertain. Some say he was thrown by Col. Morgan:However, the coroner’s inquest have found it wilful murder, & a called court has been held, & Col. Morgan is ordered to Williamsburg for further trial. Capt. Pigman & most of the Captains have resigned, & have publicly declared they will not go on an expedition without Col. Morgan. As I thought the
communicating this to you was of the utmost importance, I have therefore sent this express[31] &c.
JOHN GIBSON
Gen. Hand, Fort Henry.
John GUTLEBEN was born on October 22, 1823 in Muhlbach,Munster,Colmar,Upper Rhine,Alsace and died on May 16,1864 in Muhlbach,Munster,Colmar,Upper Rhine,Alsace at age 40.
John married Catherine BRAESCH. [32]
October 22, 1836
William Harrison Goodlove born.
Unknown date of Publication
W. H. GOODLOVE (Died January 17, 1916)
For a period of forty-three years W. H. Goodlove has been continuously identified with the development and improvement of his farm, which is a productive tract comprising two hundred and forty acres, situated on sections 27 and 28, Maine township. During this time his labors have not only advanced his individual interests but have also done much toward public progress and improvement in the locality which has long been his home.
He was born in Clark county, Ohio, October 22, 1836, a son of Conrad and Katharine (McKinnon) Goodlove, the former born in West Virginia and the Iater in Kentucky. They became early settlers of Ohio and in that state the father enlisted for service in the war of 1812. The year 1854 witnessed the arrival of the family in Linn county, Iowa, the father purchasing land in Marion township. His wife had died prior to his removal here, her death occurring in the Buckey state in 1849. He was not long permitted to enjoy his new home in Linn County for his death occurred here in 1861. His family numbered six children only two are now living, the sister of our subject being Mary Ann, of Columbus, Ohio.
W. H. Goodlove was reared in the state of his nativity and acquired his education in the common schools. He had reached mature years when he accompanied his father and the other members of the family on their removal to Linn county and here he assisted in establishing a home in what was then a comparatively new district. He remained with his father until the latter's death and at the outbreak of the Civil war enlisted for service as a member of Company H, Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry, with which he served for two years. He participated in a number of hotly contested engagements, and, after making a most creditable military record, was mustered out at Davenport. He then returned to Linn county began farming on the old homestead but in 1867 bought the farm on which he has since made his home, embracing two hundred and forty acres on sections 27 and 28, Maine township. He has made the improvements which are now seen on the farm, including a comfortable country residence, a substantial barn and ontbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. His fields annually yield abundant harvests, for his land is in a productive state, while in the pastures are seen good grades of stock, for he has always made a specialty of raising stock in addition to general farming. He has become a prosperous man, owing to the capable management and unfaltering enterprise which he displays in the conduct of his business interests.
On the 22d of June, 1866, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Goodlove and Miss Sarah C. Pyle, who was born in Clark county, Ohio. May 15. 1844 and prior to her marriage engaged in teachng. Her parents, John and Catherine Myers) Pyle, were both natives of West Virginia, whence they removed to Ohio in pioneer times, the father there passing away in 1846. The mother made her home with her daughter Mrs. Goodlove, until her death in 1894, when she departed this life at the age of eighity eight years. Mrs. Goodlove is the youngest in their family of six children.
Unto our subject and his wife have been born six children, three daughters and three sons, as follows: Nettie I., the wife of Richard Gray, a resident of San Antonio, Texas; Willis R., of Maine township; Oscar S.; Cora A., the wife of Thomas Wilkinson, also of Maine township. Earl L., who also resides in the same township; and Jessie P., the wife of Richard Boudish, of Maine township.
The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Goodlove is a republican in his political views and has served as township trustee and as member of the school board. He is a member of Milon Mills Post, No. 212, G.A.R. He is as loyal to the interests of his country today as he was in the dark days of the Civil war when he followed the old flag on southern battle fields. He is now one of the few remaining veterans and, having spent an upright and honorable life, receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded to one of his years.[33]
William Harrison Goodlove (Bk. I, F- 114) was born October 22, 1836, in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, son of Conrad and Catherine (McKinnon) Goodlove. (Bk. II, F.85) William died January 17, 1916 and is buried at Jordan’s Grove Cemetery. William’s first wife was Ester J. Winans, sister of H. W. Winans, who later served with William in Company H, 24th Infantry during two years of the Civil War. Williaim and Ester were married November 5, 1857. Ester was born in 1836 and died August 7, 1864. No children were born to this union.
In 1862, William enlisted in the service of the Union Army. During his term of service he kept a diary which is very interesting. After his discharge at Davenport, Iowa, he returned to his former home until he married Sarah Catherine Pyle, June 20,
1866, in Hastings, Minnesota. Sarah was born May 15, 1844, in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, daughter of John Ingraham Pyle and Catherine (Myers) Pyle. Sarah died January 6, 1929 and is buried at Jordan’s Grove. Prior to her marriage, Sarah was a school teacher. To their union was born seven children: Nettie, Willis, Oscar, Cora, Earl, and Jessie, whose twin died at birth.
In 1867, William and Sarah moved to their new farm in Sections 27 and 28 of Maine Township, Linn County, Iowa. It is located three miles southwest of Central City at what is now known as 3974 Pleasant Valley Road. This farm embraced 240 acres, which they farmed until retirement four years prior to William’s death. They moved to their new home in Central City, Iowa, November 7, 1912.
Their retirement home at what is now #53, 5th St., was built by Paul Sigmund, a respected carpenter of those years, at a cost of $2,800. That house stands today with few alterations, as does the house on their farm.
The family was of Methodist faith, having been members of the Prairie Chapel Church and then transferring to the Methodist Church in Central City, upon retirement.
William and Sarah’s children were:
1. Nettie Illini, was born July 18, 1867, married Richard H.
Gray, September 13, 1893, at her parents home. Nettie died
September 15, 1911. Nettie and Richard were both doctors in
Anamosa, Iowa before moving to Texas, where their daughter,
Ruth Johnson lives today. They had a son, Richard, who died
at the age of 6 in July 1908, while the family was visiting
Nettie’s parents. The boy is buried at Jordan’s Grove.
2. Willis Ralph (March 22, 1869-April 8, 1953) married
Myrtle Isabelle Andrews, March 4, 1896. She died August 29,
1962, at age 86 years. Both are buried at Jordan’s Grove Cemetery (Bk. II, F-87). Their children were: Wallace Harold (Bk.
II, F-88), Ethel Vinetta, Bessie Marie, Wilma Laura, Mary lone,
William Paul, Gladys Lavona, and Kenneth Ivan.
3. Oscar Sherman was born October 28, 1871 and married Margie Jenkins on November 16, 1892, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jenkins. To this union were born a son, Ralph, December 14, 1893, and a daughter, Rachel, born March 1, 1896.
4. Cora Alice (November 1, 1876-December 14, 1960) marriedThomas Wilkinson, April 4, 1907, at the home of the bride’s parents. Thomas died February 1968. Both are buried at Jordan’s Grove. They had three daughters, Nelevene Illini, Kathryn, Dorothy, and one son, Thomas E. "Wendell", who farmed south of Springville for several years.
5. Earl L. (September 27, 1878-December 14, 1954) married Fannie Vesta McAtee, daughter of Frank McAtee (Bk. I, F-il), who lived east of the old Kearns later Pleasant Valley (Bk. II, Schools).
6. Jessie Pearl (July 15, 1882-August 24, 1967) married Richard Allen "Dick" Bowdish, September 17, 1908, at the home of the bride’s parents. Richard died in 1967. They had a daughter, Mary Catherine, born October 13, 1915, and a son Albert, born May 1, 1918. Dick and Jessie lived on the home farm of her parents, which they bought in 1913, until their retirement to Colorado. They wanted to be near the home of their daughter and husband, Merrill Jordan (Bk. I, F-32). Albert married Pearl Engstrom and both were missionaries in India until retirement. They now live in Oklahoma (Bk. II, F-18).
It is interesting to note here that William’s son, Willis, married the granddaughter of Levi Brown Andrews who had also served in the Civil War. (Bk. IL, F-3). Also to note that George B. Aikin (Bk. II, F-I) had also served in the Civil War and to wonder if the paths of these three men had ever crossed or had they ever met during their enlistments. George B. Aikin and William FL. Goodlove were great grandfathers, respectively, of Winton Goodlove, and Levi B. Andrews was his great, great, grandfather.[34]
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Passed Tuesday, February 8th, 1916 by Marvin Mills Post No. 212, G.A.R.
In Memory of a Deceased Comrade, Wm. H. Goodlove
Died January 17th, 1916
Member of Co. H, 24th Iowa Inft.
Whereas, Our heavenly Father, the Great Commander, has called from our ranks our late comrade and friend, Wm. H. Goodlove, a member of Co. H, 24th Iowa Infantry, and
Whereas, It is but just that his many virtues and sterling qualifications should be recognized, therefore
Resolved: By Marvin Mills Post No. 212, Central City, Iowa, that while we bow in humble submnission to the will of the Most High, we do none the less mourn the loss of our comrade and friend.
Resolved: That in the death of Wm. H. Goodlove this post laments the great loss of one who was ever ready to proffer the hand of aid and the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed, and whose utmost endeavors were ever exerted in doing good to his comrades and fellowmen.
Resolved; That it is but a just tribute to the memory of the departed to say that in deeply regretting his removal from our midst, we sincerely mourn for one who was worthy of our kindest regard.
Resolved: That we tenderly condole with the family of our comrade in this their hour of trial and great sorrow, and commend them for consolation to our Heavenly Father.
Resolved: That our post charter be draped in mourining for a period of thirty days, that these resolutions be spread upon the records of Marvin Mills Post, that they be published in the Central City News-Letter, and also that a copy be sent to the members of the family of our deceased comrade.
Committee Willard Butters, W. F. Budd, Alex. McDonald.[35]
Sat. October 22, 1864
In camp all quiet[36] cold high winds
64 guns was captured in the late battle[37]
• October 22, 1940: Jewish businesses are registered throughout the Netherlands.[38]
• October 22-25, 1940: The Jews of Baden, the Palatinate, and Wurttemberg are sent to the Gurs camp in France during Aktion Burckel.[39]
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• Melanie Gottliebova born June 30, 1892. Bx – October 22, 1942 Treblinka. Transport Bf – Praha
• 866 zahynulych
• 133 osvobozenych
• 1 osud nezjisten [40]
October 22, 1962: President Kennedy reveals the existence of missile sites in Cuba in a national television address.[41]
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[1] (Cramer, Navigator, 25n).
[2] The American Indian leader who came to be called Logan was born in Pennsylvania circa 1725. His father was born in Pennsylvania circa 1725. His father was a Cayuga Indian named Shikellamy. Shikellamy later renamed his son after James Logan—a prominjent Pennsylvanian and old friend. Logan grew up in Pennsylvania and came to view many whites as his friends. Chief among them was David Zeisberger, missionary of the Moravian Church. Logan eventually married a Shawnee woman and moved to Ohio circa 1770.
He settled in Yellow Creek, a village of Mingo Indians. He became a war leader but continured to urge his fellow natives not to attack whites settling in the Ohio Country. (ohiohistorycentral.org) I wonder if Logan allowed the Washington group to pass through unharmed. JG.
[3] Before William Crawford left Mount Vernon, GW paid him £41 14s. 4d. on account of the officers and soldiers of the Virginia Regiment and, on his own account, “5 half Joes,” gold Portuguese coins worth a total of £1 I lOs. Virginia currency (LEDGER A, 345).
[4] The Diaries of George Washington, University Press of Virginia, 1978
[5] On the day of the battle Washington wrote to Brigadier General Silas Newcomb, commander of militia in southwestern New Jersey, ordering him to fall upon the rear of the enemy if the latter should invest Fort Mercer. Newcomb did not receive this letter in time; he did not attack the Hessian rear during the battle and failed to harass their retreat (The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, 39 vols. [Washington, 193 1-44], IX, 413; Chaplain Ebenezer David to Nicholas Brown, Nov. 5, 1777, in John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, R.I.).
[6] Strawberry Bank is modern Wescottville. The Hessians marched from Haddonfield to Red Bank ‘by way of a place then known as Cattletown, to the King’s Highway, above Woodbury and toward Red Bank” (Heston, South Jersey, I, 164-65).
[7]Captain Oliver Clark, who had been sent out to reconnoiter (Lundin, Cockpit of the Revolution, p. 350).
[8] Lieutenant Colonel, the Honorable Charles Stuart, a member of Parliament. He was a major until promoted four days later, on October 26; he had been assigned to the 43d Regiment at Newport, Rhode Island. Stuart was the son of Lord Bute, the former Prime Minister, and became a confidant of Sir Henry Clinton (Ford, British Officer5. p. 169; Dzasy of Frederick Mackenzie, 1, 203; William B. Willcox, Portrait of a General: Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence ~New York, 1964], p. 278; A Prime Minister and His Son, from the Correspondence of the 3rd Earl of Bute and of Lt.-General the Hon. Sir Charles Stuart, KB., ed. The Hon. Mrs. E. Stuart-Wortley [London and New York, 1925]. p. 117).
[9] Major Georg Henrich Pauli, Hessan Field-Artillery Corps, assigned to the Grenadier Battalion von Linsing, and a veteran of the Seven Years’ War. Of his conduct General von Knyphausen wrote on December 13, 1777: “He has taken to drinking so much that he is frequently unfit for duty” (Has, Geschichte des 1. Kurhessischen Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 11, pp. 162, 728).
[10] 131. Staff Captain Johann Georg Krug, Hessian Field-Artillery Corps, also a veteran of the Seven Years’ War. His biography, as well as Major Pauli’s, is in the work cited above (ibid., p. 716).
[11] The “Journal.. . Hessischen Feld-Jager Corps” (p. 30) says, “The enemy had been informed this morning of the approach of the troops and hastily prepared to defend the fort.” But the “Journal.. . hessischen Grenadier-Bataillon von Minnigerode” (p. 178) states that von Donop should have attacked at once: “The door of the fort stood open and the sentinels at the gate and in the fort were pacing quietly up and down with their guns on their shoulders, probably unloaded.”
[12] 133. Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Greene, 1st Rhode Island Regiment. Washington had sent Greene to Red Bank, and wrote him on October 9: “The post with which you are entrusted is of the utmost importance to America. . . . The whole defense of the Delaware absolutely depends upon it; and consequently all the enemy’s hopes of keeping Philadelphia and finally succeeding in the object of the present campaign” (Heston, South Jersey, I, 165).
[13] Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Olney, 2d Rhode Island Regiment, had been deputed to meet “a British major” who had advanced with a white flag, demanding the surrender of the fort. Olney replied: “We shall not ask for nor expect any quarter, and mean to defend the fort to the last extremity.” But after the war, Ewald related that when the fort was summoned “A resolute, loud ‘By God, no!’ was the answer” (Catherine R. A. Williams, Biography of Revolutionasy Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton, and also, of Captain Stephen Olney [Providence, 1839], p. 223; “Feldzug der Hessen nach Amerika von Ewald,” p. 23, Hessian MSS, no. 5, Bancroft Collection, New York Public Library).
[14] Bundles of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound on both ends and in the middle.
[15]Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Otto Christian Wilhelm von Linsingen; born 1731/33 at Birkenfelde, Hesse-Cassel; Chief of Grenadier Battalion von Linsingen, called Linsing by Ewald and others (HETRINA, nos. 4637-39).
[16] Just before the attack Colonel von Donop summoned the fort a second time: “After two hours had elapsed, he again summoned the fort to surrender, but he received the same answer as before” (“Journal... hessischen Grenadier-Bataillon von Minnigerode,” p. 179).
[17] The “Journal... Hessischen Feld-Jager Corps” (p. 31) states that Colonel von Donop “did not want to be carried back and therefore fell into enemy hands.” This remark is confirmed by the “Journal. . . hessischen Grenadier-Bataillon von Minnigerode” (p. 181), which says, “He absolutely refused to allow himself to be brought to Philadelphia.”
[18] The Americans in the fort feared to open the gate, although Colonel von Donop was taken into the fort by Major Simeon Thayer, who arrived after dark. The next morning the wounded Hessians were carried to the fort and to the nearby Whitall house (Williams, Biography of Revolutionary Heroes, p. 225).
[19] 140.Officers not previously identified: (2) Captain Wilhelm Erdman von Bogatsky; (3)
First Lieutenant Johann Conrad Riemann; (4) Second Lieutenant Carl von Wurmb; (5)
First Lieutenant Konrad du Puy; (6) Staff Captain Johannes von Groening; (7) First
Lieutenant Georg Wilhelm Hille; (8) Second Lieutenant Karl von Offenbach (HETRINA,
nos. 2240, 3163, 3880, 5552; German Allied Troops, trans. Rosengarten, p. 315; Letters and
Journals of Baurmeister, trans. and ed. Uhlendorf, p. 126).
[20] 141. Officers not previously identified: (2) Staff Captain Johann Emanuel Wagner, mortally wounded; (4) Captain Ludwig Friedrich von Stamford; (5) Captain Henrich
Friedrich Wachs; (7) First Lieutenant Friedrich Andreas Schotten (Baurmeister calls him “Lieutenant Schutten, my sister’s only son”); (8) Second Lieutenant Johann Ludolf Rodemann; (9) Second Lieutenant Friedrich Wilhelm Waitz von Eschen; (10) Second Lieutenant Carl Friedrich Rieffer (Ruffer); (11) Ensign Hieronymus Berner; (12) Second Lieutenant Dietrich von Gottschall, mortally wounded; (13) Second Lieutenant Ernst Philipp Wilhelm Heymel; also wounded was Captain Karl Wilhelm von Eschwege, 1st Company, Grenadier Battalion von Linsing (HETRINA, nos. 453, 2436, 3074, 3859, 6092, 8041, 8083, 8132; GermanAllied Troops, trans. Rosengarten, pp. 288, 291, 314—15; Letters and Journals of Baurmeister, trans. and ed. Uhlendorf, pp. 126-27).
[21] 142. Lieutenant Berner recovered. Colonel von Donop was removed from the Whitall house to the Low house across the dam at Woodbury Creek, where he died on October 29; he was buried with military honors at the lower end of the fort. His grave was later despoiled and his remains reportedly scattered as relics and souvenirs. The Rutgers University Library displays a skull which a New Jersey physician claimed was the colonel’s. But the Rev. Schroeder states that the government of Hesse-Cassel removed von Donop’s remains for reinterment in his own country (Heston, South Jersey, I, 167-68; Barber and Howe, Historical Collections.., of New Jersey, p. 210; Lossing, Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, II, 84; John F. Schroeder, Life and Times of Washington, 2 vols. [New York, 1857], I, 597).
[22] 143. The battle lasted about forty minutes; contemporary accounts list the Hessian losses variously. Von Knyphausen’s official report lists 82 killed, 229 wounded, and 60 missing, totaling 371. Baurmeister gives 377 killed and wounded, about 100 wounded being captured. Captain Stephen Olney believed “their killed and wounded exceeded 400.” Ewald reports 154 killed (including three mortally wounded) and 263 wounded, totaling 417. The number of wounded who did not recover is unknown (Lowell, The Hessians, pp. 208, 301; Williams, Biography of Revolutionary Heroes, p. 224; Letters and Journals of Baurmeister, trans. and ed. Uhlendorf, p. 126).
[23] Diary of the American War , A Hessian Journal by Captain Johann Ewald pgs. 97-102
[24] The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783 by Max von Eelking pgs. 118-120
[25] of the American War, A hesssian Journal, by Captain Johann Ewald pg. 100-101
[26] JG
[27] This summary of the activities of the Hessian grenadier battalions is drawn principally from Baurmeister. JF
[28] JF
[29] Washington’s Crossing, by David Hackett Fischer pg. 58
[30] Encylopedia of British, Provincial, and German Army Units 1775-1783 by Philip R. N. Katcher
[31]The Virginia assembly passed a law in the autumn of 1777, appointing three commissioners to proceed to Fort Pitt and examine the extent of the dissatisfaction in that neighborhood; Hening, Statutes, ix, p. 374. The Loyalist disaffection in this region seems to have been a direct result of Hamilton’s letters and proclamations, already cited. In the autumn of 1777 the affairs of the colonists appeared desperate. and many thought to save their lives and property by giving adherence to the king. British agents sent a test oath, which was secretly taken by a number of poor and ignorant people in that part of Pennsylvania and Virginia that borders the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers. Col. Thomas Gaddis and Col. Zackwell Morgan were especially active in arresting and quelling this uprising. A skirmish was held, and the Loyalists dispersed. Higginson (or Hickson) seems to have been the only one who was killed, and his drowning was claimed to be accidental. His grave was marked for many years at the forks of Cheat River. Col. Zackwell Morgan was arrested and tried for the murder of this prisoner, but was acquitted at the trial. For a detailed account of the episode, see the reminiscences of John Crawford in Draper MSS., 6NN86-101. The excitement in the West was intense. Many prominent men were suspected. Col. George Morgan was placed under arrest for a brief time; and even Hand’s fidelity was in question. The disaffection finally culminated in the flight to the British (March, 1778) of Col. Alexander McKee and his party.
[32] Descendants of Elias Gutleben, Alice Email, May 2010.
[33] History of Linn County pgs. 374-375 Public Library of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
[34] Winton Goodlove:A History of Central City Ia and the Surrounding Area Book ll 1999
[35] Linda Pedersen Papers
[36] During the remainder of the month of October the regiment participated in the various movements of its brigade and division in the Shenandoah Valley, but did not again come into contact with any considerable force of the enemy.
(Roster of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Vol. III, 24th Regiment-Infantry.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil war/24th/24 history p2.htm
[37] William Harrison Goodlove Civil War Diary by Jeff Goodlove
• [38] Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1764.
• [39] Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1764.
[40] Terezinska Pametni Kniha, Zidovske Obeti Nacistickych Deportaci
[41] On This Day in America by John Wagman
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