This Day in Goodlove History, November 7

This Day in Goodlove History, November 7

• 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.

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• A point of clarification. If anybody wants to get to the Torah site, they do not have to go thru Temple Judah. They can use http://DownhomeDavarTorah.blogspot.com

• and that will take them right to it.



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: Melvin Spangler, Clay W. McKinnon, Catharine McKinnon, Mary R. Meken, Leland D. Kruse, Betty J. Holder, Cecile Godlove, Esther L.D., Robert Crawford.



I Get Email!



In a message dated 11/3/2010 8:43:04 A.M. Central Standard Time,



Jeff,



F. M. (the rabbi) attends most events, including usually leading the Shabbat events. So the easiest way to meet him may be in that context. If that isn't going to work for you, let me know and we'll figure out something else.



If you didn't find someone at Spertus to translate your Russian Yiddish works, I'll call there to try to determine who did the work for us 15+ years ago. I'm not able to locate my correspondence with him.



Best,

Nancy





Nancy, I will keep watch on the next Shabbat event and try to be there to meet F. M. As to the translation, the Dean at Spertus told me he is not aware of anyone who can translate Russian Yiddish to English. I appreciate your effort in trying to locate your correspondence. I will send a note this morning to my old friend Andrew Shultze who is performing a concert at Spertus tomorrow. He said he knew of someone who might be able to translate Russian Yiddish. When I get back to the Asher Library this week I will look into getting the Doctoral dissertation on Abraham Baer Gottlober translated from Hebrew and go at it from that angle for now. I might even be able to contact the person who did the dissertation and learn something from that person. Thank you for all of your help. Jeff Goodlove





This Day…



Diary of George Washington while on Canoe trip with 6th great grandfather William Crawford and 5th great grandfather William Harrison;



November 7, 1770: Reachd the Mouth of the Hockhocking—distant abt. 20 Miles.





Diaries of George Washington;

November 7, 1771 Left Williamsburg on my return home, dined & lodged at Col. Bassetts.[1]



November 7, 1772. Busy with Captn. Crawford all day.[2]



November 7, 1797

According to a family record sent to me by Dorothy Nordgren, the birth date of Catherine was November 7, 1797, in Kentucky. (Ref.#5) Please note that her name was spelled with a “K”; I will show later that she signed her name with a “C”. Her marriage certificate also shows her name spelled with a C.[3]



November 7, 1797

Vol. 17, No. 3972. Ann Connell. 500 a. Bullitt Co. Knob Cr. 11/7/1797. Bk. 6, p. 99. Same and Heirs June 17, 1801. Bk. 14, p. 456-7.[4]





November 7, 1811: The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between United States forces led by ancestor and future president, Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and forces of Tecumseh's growing American Indian confederation led by his brother, Tenskwatawa[5].

[6]

Tenskwatawa, the Prophet, Brother of Tecumseh.

In response to rising tensions with the tribes and threats of war, an American force of militia and regulars set out to launch a preemptive strike on the headquarters of the confederacy. The battle took place outside Prophetstown, at the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers.

Although the Americans claimed victory, the Indians attacked with fewer men and sustained fewer casualties. The battle was the culmination of rising tensions in a period sometimes called Tecumseh's War, which continued until his death in 1813. The battle was an important political and symbolic victory for the American forces and a devastating blow to the confederacy which never regained the strength it had before the defeat. Public opinion in the United States blamed the uprising on British interference and Tippecanoe was one of the catalysts that resulted in a declaration of war beginning the War of 1812 only a few months later.[7]


19th century depiction by Alonzo Chappel

Date
November 7, 1811

Location
near modern Battle Ground, Indiana

Result
United States victory



Belligerents

Tecumseh's confederacy
United States

Commanders

Tenskwatawa "The Prophet"
Gov. William Henry Harrison

Strength

500–700
250 US Army Regulars
100 Kentucky militia
600 Indiana Territory militia
90 Mounted riflemen

Casualties and losses

50+ killed
70+ wounded
37 killed in action
25 died of wounds
126 wounded[1]


[8]

Although existing accounts are unclear about exactly how the battle began, Harrison's sentinels encountered advancing warriors in the pre-dawn hours of November 7. Around 4:30am, the soldiers awoke to scattered gunshots, they discovered themselves almost encircled by the Prophet's forces. Contact was first made on the northern end of perimeter, but the movement was probably intended as a diversion. Shortly after the first shots, fierce fighting broke out on the opposite end of the camp as the Indians broke through Harrison’s line on the southern corner and entered the camp. The attack took the army by surprise as the Indians shouted war calls and attacked. The brunt of the first charge came down on the right flank. Captain Spencer was among the first to be killed, being shot in each thigh. Governor Harrison later recorded his death in a dispatch to Washington. Of Spencer he said, "...Spencer was wounded in the head. He exhorted his men to fight valiantly. He was shot through both thighs and fell; still continuing to encourage them, he was raised up, and received a ball through his body, which put an immediate end to his existence."[17] Lieutenants McMahan and Berry, the other two Yellow Jacket command officers, were also soon wounded and killed. Without leadership, the Yellow Jackets began to fall back into the camp with the retreating sentinels. The soldiers quickly regrouped under the command of future United States Senator, ensign John Tipton, and with the help of two reserve companies under the command of Capt. Rodd, they repulsed the advance and fixed the breach in the line.[9][18][19]





William Henry Harrison as painted by Rembrandt Peale in 1814.

The second charge on the line targeted both the north and south ends of the camp, with the far southern end again being the hardest hit. Over half the casualties were suffered among the companies on the southern end, including Captain Spencer and five other men in his company, and seven other men in the adjoining company. With the regulars reinforcing that critical section of the line, and the surprise over, the men were able to hold their position as the attacks continued. On the northern end of the camp, Maj. Daviess led the dragoons out on a counter charge punching through the Indians' line before being repulsed. Most of Daviess' company retreated back to the main line, but Daviess himself was killed. Throughout the next hour Harrison's troops fought off several more charges. When the Indians began to run low on ammunition and the sun rose, revealing the small size of the Prophet's army was, the Indian forces finally began to slowly withdraw.[9][20][19] A second charge by the dragoons forced the remaining Indians to flee.[21]

The battle lasted about two hours and Harrison lost 62 men (37 killed in action and 25 mortally wounded), while about 126 were less seriously hurt.[1] The Yellow Jackets suffered the highest causalities of the battle, with 30% of their numbers killed or wounded. The number of Indian casualties is still the subject of debate, but it was certainly lower than that of the United States forces. Historians estimate that as many as 50 were killed and about 70–80 were wounded.[19][21][22][23][24]

Fearing Tecumseh's imminent return with reinforcements, Harrison ordered his men to fortify the camp with works for the rest of the day. As the sentries moved back out, they discovered and scalped the bodies of 36 warriors. The following day, November 8, he sent a small group of men to inspect the town and found it was deserted except for one elderly woman to sick to flee, the rest of defeated Indian forces had evacuated the village during the night.

[9]

Wakawn, or the Snake

Harrison ordered his troops to spare the woman, but to burn down Prophetstown and destroy the Indians' cooking implements, without which the confederacy would have a difficult time to survive the winter. Everything of value was confiscating, including 5,000 bushels of corn and beans.[21] Some of the American soldiers dug up bodies from the graveyard in Prophetstown to scalp. Harrison's troops buried their own dead on the site of their camp. They built large fires over the mass grave in an attempt to conceal it from the Indians.[25] However, after Harrison's troops departed the area, the Indians returned to the grave site, digging up many of the corpses and scattering the bodies in retaliation. It was then that the Prophet supposedly placed the curse of Tippecanoe[10]



Mon. November 7, 1864

Rainy day in camp was on fatigue

After wood. Drawed clothing[11]



November 7, 1912: In 1867, William Harrison Goodlove and his wife 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. [12]



• November 7, 1941 : Twelve thousand Jews of Minsk are killed at Tuchinka, including Clara Gottlieb, Herman Gottlieb, and Johann Gottlieb, and Jean Gottlieb from Hamburg, Germany on November 8.[13]

• November 7-8, 1941:

Twenty-one thousand Jews are killed in the Sosenki pine grove outside Rovno.[14]



• November 7-9, 1941

• More than three thousand Jews Are killed in Pogulanda, outside Dvinsk.[15]

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November 7, 1944

President Roosevelt is reelected for an unprecedented fourth term.[16]



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[1] GW arrived at Mount Vernon on 1 1 Nov. “about Dark.”

[2] GW today paid Crawford £31 l5s., the balance due to him from the veterans of the Virginia Regiment (LEDGER B, 36, 61).

[3] Gerol “Gary” Goodlove, Conrad and Caty, 2003

[4] Index for Old Kentucky Surveys and Grants in Old State House, Fkt. KY. (Ancestors of Forrest Roger Garnett.)

[5] Tecumseh refused to touch alcohol but his brother, Tenskwatawa, was a boasting, swaggering drunk. He had lost an eye as a child and wore a handkerchief over the empty socket, which gave him the appearance of a Corsican pirate. Suddnly in 1805, when a religious mania swept the frontier, he found religion and became a mystic.

The Prophet was transformed from a drunk into a wandering preacher and foe of the white man’s poison water. He was a powerful orator, and the intensity of his message began to reach the tribes. But hios words were those of Tecumseh: the Indians must abandon the life of the white man and return to the ways of their fathers.

From about 1808 to 1810 Tecumseh journeyed among the tribes, traveling as far south as the Seminole, preaching his philosophy that the only way for the Indians to survive was to unite. During his absence General Harrison, using alcohol and threats, forced the aged and feeble Little Turtle to sign away three million acres of land, much of it owned by tribes not represented at the council, for $7,000 in cash and an annuity of $1750.

Harrison met twice with the outraged Tecumseh, but each council ended in an impasse. At one meeting the Shawnee made his famous speech:

“Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds, and the great sea, as well as the earth?”

Tecumseh, sensing a final confrontation was coming with the white man, intensified his efforts to unite the Indian nations while Harrison burned Prophet’s town at the junction of the Wabash and the Tippecanoe. After a savage two-day battle Harrison triumphantly announced to Washington that he had broken Tecumseh’s power, but the importance of the battle was grossly exaggerated.

On his return Tecumseh exiled his brother, the Prophet, for disobeying his orders not to fight the white man until the confederacy had been formed. The Shawnee leader joined the British in the War of `1812 to defeat the American invasion of Canada and later helped to annihilate a relief column of Kentuckians trying to lift the siege of Fort Meigs. He was killed by Colonel Richard M. Johnson while protecting the British retreat.

It was irony piled upon irony: Tippecanoe would help bring Harrison to the White House; Tecumseh’s death would help bring Johnson to the vice-presidency under Martin Van Buren. There is no known portrait of Tecumseh. A pencil sketch made by Pierre Le Dru, a young Frenchg trader at Vincennes, Indiana, 1808, is said to be a composite.

Painter:James Otto Lewish painted the Prophet in Detroit in 1823,However, this portrait was pai9nted in Washington by Charles Bird King.

(The McKenney-Hall Poertrait Gallery of American Indians, by James D. Horan, page 156.

[6] The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians, by James D. Horan, page 157.

[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe

[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe

[9] This Winnebago chief (Wakawn, or the Snake), a follower of Tecumseh, was in the Battle of Tippecanoe when General Harrison’s troops stormed the Prophet’s town in the autumn of 1811. He was wounded but escaped to Fort Malden where he fought with the Shawnee leader on the side of the British until peace was declared.

The Snake, as he was known on the frontier, denounced the commander of the fort for leaving his Indian allies to the mercy of the Americans, then crossed the border to make his own peace with the United States. He endorsed Indian removal and according to Colonel McKenney “was the first Winnebago of any note who crossed the river [Mississippi]…”

When an Indian school was established at Prairie du Chien in 1834, the Snake insisted all the children in his nation must attend. To set an example he asked the Reverend David Lowry, a missionary who had devotee his life to the Winnebago, to teach him English and rudimentary facts about farming,.

He had an immediate confrontation with other Winnebago chiefs who denounced him for accepting the ways of the white man. Colonel McKenney gives no details but claims on one occasion that the Snake “defended his opinions at the risk of his life.”

He alo did what few Indians, chiefs, or warriors whould ever dare to do;’ he tossed aside his blanket and helped his wife plow their fields.

He wisely advised Lowry not to waste his time on the older Winnebago but to consentrateon the yong. Indians who had spent all their adult lives in the free and easy life on the plains would never take up the plow, he warned the clergymean, but their children might listen to him.

To show its apprecitation of the Snak’s attempts to abandon his ways, the government built him a log house with a chimney and fireplace. When the agent returned a few months later he was startled to see smoke coming from the the center of roof. He ddiscovered the Snake had ripped out the floor, used the lumber for his cook fire that was in the center of the room, and cut a smoke hole in the roof. As the agent advised McKenney, the Snake now had a log tepee.

Whiskey was a problem among the Winnegago, and the Snake was the best customer at the Prairie du Chien’s trading post. One winter’s night he drank himself into insensibility and died of pleurisy. His drinking companions soon made his grave a favorite meeting spot. An indignant Colonel McKenney wrote: “[They] gather around it and pour whiskey on the ground, for the benefit of the departed spirit, which is supposed to return and mingle in their orgies.”

Even the most superstitious Winnebago never reportede seeing the Snak’s spirit returning for a drink, but after his death his wife became a fierce foe of all whiskey traders. She learned English from Doctor Lowry, cultivated her farm, and raised the Snak’s sons, threatening to shoot anyone she found with a cup of whiskey.

McKenney recalled: “Winnebago like, he was always ready to fight, except when the Sioux look upon them in a war attitude. He wears a snake sken around his head indicating his name.”

Painter: Original by James Otto Lewis, Fond du Lac council, 1826, and copied later in Washington by A. Ford.

(The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians, by James D. Horan.

[10] Wikipedia.

[11] William Harriaon Goodlove Civil War Diary

[12] Winton Goodlove:A History of Central City Ia and the Surrounding Area Book ll 1999

• [13] Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1768.

Gedenkbuch, Opfer der Verfolgung der Juden unter der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft in Deutschland 1933-1945. 2., wesentlich erweiterte Auflage, Band II G-K, Bearbeitet und herausgegben vom Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, 2006, pg. 1033-1035,.

[14] Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1768.

• [15] Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1768.

[16] On This Day in America by John Wagman.