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In the 1830 census, there were 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 2 females under 5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 15-20, and 1 female 50-60.

J.A. Goodlander (1927): Jacob and Mary were married by Laz B. McLean, a J.P. "In 1815 Jacob moved to Dayton O. Via. Flat bottomed boat to Cinn. from there to Dayton by Wagons he there purchased a farm three miles north of Dayton where he remained until he bought the 151 acre farm just North of Connersville by a war deed...He immediately started the erection of the first Flour and Feed Mill in Fayette Co. His Son-in-law Thomas Campbell, was his miller for several years, and purchased 5 acres from the North East corner of the farm and built a Brick home and resided there for some time."

H. Caldwell (1966): "Your ancestor, Jacob...settled in Ohio about 1815, and in Fayette County about 1822...This Jacob and his father Henry, lived for a time in Brownsville, Fayette County, Redstone County, Pennsylvania...Jacob was one of the early watchmakers there." Also, "He was a member of [Masonic] Lodge No. 60 in Brownsville..." A masonic emblem is on his tombstone. His name appeared in the minutes of Warren Lodge No. 15 in Connersville June 14, 1822 and Oct. 10, 1823 as a visitor. Resolutions were adopted 1 Aug 1836 granting his request to buried with Masonic honors. The funeral was in the charge of Caleb B. Smith, who was afterwards Master of the Lodge, and a member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Rev. Wm. Meeks officiated.

From "Purchases of Land in Southwest Ohio": Goodlander, Jacob 6 October 1815 sec. 24 T9 R4 Montgomery Co., OH; Goodlander, Jacob 26 October sec. 32 R21 R15, Montgomery Co., OH.

The Common Pleas Court of Montgomery Co. appointed Jacob Goodlander, Samuel Brier, and John Kerr (the J.P. who performed daughter Catherine's marriage ceremony) to make a land partition in the case of heirs of Robert Parks, October, 1817. Cash was paid to Jacob from the estates of Joseph Blickenstafter in July 182

Fayette Co., IN Deeds: January 1823: Boaz and Amy Tharp to Jacob Goodlander for $1000. SW 1/4 sec. 7 T14R13E Fayette Co., Indiana.

Jacob Goodlander was on the Board of Justice of Fayette Co. 1824-7 (Pict. Atlas of Fayette Co.).

According to Hist. Fayette Co. (Warner, Beer & Co.) p. 177, "The first grist mill in the township was the Jacob Goodlander mill located in sec. 7 T14R13E, on the west fork of the Whitewater River. It was built prior to 1823." He served as Justice of the Peace in Harrison Twp. 1824-27.

Fayette Observer, Sat., Aug. 19, 1826: "Jessee Goodlander and H. Staufer will not hold themselves agreeable for the safe keeping of grain received at Goodlanders Mill unless the bags or casks containing...be distinctly marked...Persons depositing grain...are not permitted to take grain out of the mill in the absence of nor without the knowledge of the miller." Ad, p.3.

He was listed as a Fayette Co. taxpayer in 1829.

He married Mary Aller (92) (A111), 5 Jan 1801, in Huntington Co., PA. Children:

i. Henry[6] Goodlander. Born, 5 Sep 1805, in Fayette, PA[73]. Died, 7 May 1870, in Connersville, Fayette, IN. Extra 4: 1840, in Connersville, Fayette Co., IN. Burial in Connersville Cem, Fayette, IN. Census: 1860, in Connersville, Fayette Co., IN. Census: 1850, in Fayette Co., IN, 1829, Taxpayer. Occupation: Watchmaker. He married, first, Susanna Webb, 20 Sep 1832, in Fayette, IN. He married, second, Frances Bertram, 28 Apr 1842.

ii. Philip Goodlander. Born, 1 Jan 1807, in Brownsville, PA[104]. Died, 24 Jan 1869, in Wabash, Wabash Co., IN[104]. Extra 4: 1830, in Fayette Co., IN. Census: 1860, in Noble Twp., Wabash Co., IN. Census: 1850, in Wabash Co., IN. Census: 1840, in Noble Twp., Wabash Co., IN. Occupation: Farmer. He married[97] Clarissa Webb, daughter of Forest Webb and Delaney, 18 Dec 1828, in Fayette, IN[1].

iii. Mary Goodlander. Born, 1814. Died, 10 Sep 1848. Burial in Connersville Cem, Fayette, IN. She married Thomas Campbell, 17 Aug 1834, in Fayette, IN.

iv. Samuel Goodlander. Born, circa 1819, in OH[36]. Died in Wabash, Wabash Co., IN. Census: 1850, in Wabash Co., IN. Census: 1840, in Harrison Twp., Fayette Co., IN. Census: 1860, in Wabash Co., IN. Occupation: Farmer. He married Eliza McKinney, 18 Jan 1838, in Fayette, IN.

50 v. Hannah Goodlander.

vi. George Goodlander. Census: 1840 (?), in Carroll Co., IN. He married Elizabeth Johnson, 6 Feb 1831, in Fayette, IN.

vii. Hiram Goodlander. He married Sarah.

viii. Elizabeth Goodlander. She married[97] Daniel Crull, 29 Nov 1827, in Fayette, IN[1].

ix. Esther "Hettie" Goodlander. Born, circa 1821, in OH[73]. Died, after 1864. Census: 1860, in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., IN. She married John McGlinn, 25 May 1843, in Fayette, IN.

x. Margaret Oller Goodlander. Born 6 May 1817, Montgomery Co., Ohio. Died,4

June 1908, Big Mound, Lee Co., IA.She married Eli Heaton, 29 Dec 1836, in Fayette, IN.

xi. Susannah Goodlander. She married George Kelley, 20 Jun 1841, in Fayette Co., IN.

xii. Catherine Goodlander. She married Jacob Heaston, 1819, in Montgomery Co., OH[53].