The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-09-01
T. G. GOODHUE,

j. G. GOODHUE.
Jabez G. Goodhue is an interes ting
and original personality, and con
Meeting link between the past and the
present.
VIM Goodhue, the progenitor of the
family, came from England in 1888
and settled in Ipswich, Mass. He was
deacon of the church, a prominent
and honored citizen of the town, and
his name is prominently connected
with what is believed to be the first
active protest by any of the co1onis is,
against illegal taxation. When Jam es
II assembled the throne, he appointed
Sir Edmund Andross governor of the
New England colonies, who assessed a
tax of one penny per pound on the
Massachusetts colony, which was a
violation of charter rights. The pas
tor, Rer. Mr.. Wise, VIM. Goodhue and
John Anderson called a conference of
the townsmen, which decided not to
pay the tax. The result was that the
governor arrested Mr.. Goodhue and
five others, and committed them to the
Boston Jail, refusing to accept bail
bonds. They we're tried, convicted of
contempt and high misde1neanor heav-
lily fined and imprisoned twenty-five
wards paid by the town of Ipswich.
He was born in Deerfeld, N. H., in
1915, fifth of family of eleven chill
dren, only two of whom are now living.
He had the advantage of a good com
mon school education, with a partial
academic course. We will step into
the school room with its seventy five
scholars, with Mr.. Goodhue, and look
at some of the school books of sixty
years ago. We shall find Peter Par
ley's geography, Murray's grammar,
the English reader, followed by The
Historical, Pixies and lateru Adams
arithmetic. His youth and early man
hood were spent in Deerfe1d, but at
twenty-five he made a tour of inspec-
ton in the west, and returned salts
fed with New England.
He soon commenced as a WOODEN
spinner at Tilton, N. H., and subse+
quent1y pursued the same calling at
Amesbury, Lowell and Lawrence,
Mass. He was for one year mem Der
of the firm of Green & Goodhue, com
tractors and builders, Andover, and he
built two residences in the city of Law
renee. While here he become superin-
tendent of the spinning department of,
the Washington mills, having charge
of fifty workmen, mostly foreigners.
AT Lawrence he formed the acquaint-
of Miss Myra P. Morris of Vershire,
VT, who became Mrs. Goodhue in 1850.
Desiring out-Of-doOr employment, he
bought a small farm at Meredith n.
H., and after two years sold it and re-
moved in 1855 to large farm in Yer
shire, VT, the former home of his wife.
The VerShire of forty years ago was
4 booming farming town, with splendid
crops of potatoes and grain, and flocks
and herds grazing on the hillsides..
For thirty years Mr.. Goodhue was an
industrious and prosperous farmer, in
he lines of sheep, nusbandry and the
larry. In politics a republican. Mr..
Ioodhue served the town as selectman,
treasurer, justice and grand juror, in
LII some twenty years. He was super
ntendcnt of Sunday school, and not
supplied the desk in the
lbsence of the minister. He appreciat-
d and enjoyed occasional seasons of lei
ure, which he devoted to investiga-
ion, mental improvement and various
literary labors. He contributed to sew
raj papers on religious, scientific, ag-
icultr raj, literary and miscellaneous
ubjects. Mr.. Goodhue has contribut-
d poems of considerable merit on sew
raj local and memorial occasions,
having procured a tenant for the farm
1r. Goodhue since 1880, has been a
esident of Bradford, engaged in liter
ry recreation. He isserenely enjoying
he later antumnal days of a useful
life with the companion of his youth.