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Volume 98; Number 46

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Jacob Goodman: Todd County sells
Sawmill operator, farmer General Obligation Bonds
from Randolph County, Indiana. Coroner’s Office investigates 117
On the Minnesota State
Census of 1885, they are in Todd deaths in 2010
County. They are still here in
1895, with five children and a By Tim King
relative of Martha’s. On the Todd County sold $4,125,000 in General Obligation Bonds at the
U.S. Census of 1900, they are liv- Tuesday April 19 Todd County Commissioners meeting. The interest
ing in Bemidji, and on the cost on the bonds is 3.14% for a total cost of $1.1 million over the life
Minnesota State Census of 1905, of the bonds. The bonds will mature in 2026. Purchaser of the bonds
they are living in Crookston. was Vining-Sparks, Chicago, Illinois. The majority of the $4,125,000
After coming to Todd County, will be used to renovate the historic courthouse. However, $325,0000
the Goodmans had three more is intended for new capital equipment for the highway department.
children: Anna, Emma, and In December the county borrowed an additional $525,000, at
Harry (Minnesota Census of 3.3546% interest, for the courthouse project. The total borrowed so
1905). far is $4,650,000.
By 1910, the U.S. Census The most recent estimate for the courthouse renovation project is
shows them once again in Ward just under $4.4 million. When the highway department’s $325,000 is
Township, in Todd County. subtracted from the total borrowing of $4,650,000 there is only
We were unable to determine $4,325,000 left for the courthouse. That is about $70,000 less than
what they were doing in north- the current estimated cost for the courthouse project.
ern Minnesota for the years that SEPTIC SYSTEM GRANT
they were absent from Todd Todd County received a $107,000 grant from the Minnesota Board
County. of Soil and Water Resources so the Planning and Zoning Department
When the Goodmans moved to can continue its long-term efforts to upgrade failing and non-com-
Ward Township in the mid- pliant septic systems belonging to landowners on Sauk, Osakis, Big
1880s, Jacob built a set of hand- Birch and Latimer Lakes. Based on Planning and Zoning research,
some farm buildings (DeLaurier, more than 500 non-compliant septic systems have been identified.
Todd County Histories, p. 79), The grant funds will be used to pay for inspections of those septic
that were said to be “a landmark systems this year. The inspections will not cost landowners any-
on the Motley road” that ran thing, according to Garry Johanson of the Planning and Zoning
near the homestead. In addi- office. Johanson said he estimates about half of the systems will
The Goodman’s originated from Jackson Twp, Randolph require some work to become com-
Continued on page 16. Continued on page 16.
County, Indiana. Their land tracts are highlighted green.
By Rin Porter
Jacob Goodman and his fami-
ly came to Todd County from
Randolph County, which borders
Ohio.
The U.S. Census of 1860
Is spring finally here?
Randolph County, Indiana, in
1881, about 10 years after most
shows Emanuel and Nancy
Goodman and their five children
Baseball and softball games indicate it is
of the Hoosier Settlement fami- living in Jackson Township,
lies arrived. They lived first in Randolph County. Jacob was
Eagle Valley on a farm pur- the fourth of the five children
chased from Dick Mattison. then living. Interestingly,
After three years, they bought a Emanuel’s brothers John,
larger farm in Ward Township on Daniel, Lewis, and David, and
the Long Prairie River. their father, William Goodman,
Todd County land records are also living in Randolph
show deeds recorded for Jacob County in 1860. A school
Goodman in Section 15 of Ward teacher is boarding with John
Township in 1888 and 1889. Goodman’s family in Jackson
Jacob Goodman was born in Township.
1847 in Randolph County, When Jacob was 21, he mar-
Indiana, to Emanuel Goodman ried Martha J. Limbert in
and Nancy Williams. Emanuel Randolph County in 1868
Goodman was born in Maryland (Indiana Marriage Collection,
in 1808, and moved to Ohio, 1800-1941). Martha was the
where he met his future wife daughter of George and Rachel
Nancy. Emanuel is listed on the Limbert from Pennsylvania.
U.S. Census of 1840 in Jacob and Martha Goodman set-
Montgomery County, Ohio. tled in Randolph County and
Emanuel Goodman and farmed there.
Nancy Williams were married in On the U.S. Census of 1870,
1842 (ancestry.com). Nancy Jacob and Martha are living in
Williams was born in Ohio about Randolph County with their
1825. No information could be infant son, George. But on the
found on her parents. Nancy U.S. Census of 1880, they are liv-
and Emanuel lived for about ing in Darke County, Ohio, with Although the first baseball and softball games of the season were played in less than desir-
eight years in Ohio and had two six children: George, Cora, able conditions, last week’s home game against USA offered better weather for both the fans
children there. Then they Mary, Theodore, Sarah, and and players. The Tigers lost one of their senior players, Levi May, who broke his ankle when
moved further west to Indiana Martha. Darke County, Ohio, his cleats caught while sliding into home plate. Above, Joe Gaida tries to beat the ball to first
about 1850 and settled in was just east across the border base. Photos by Tarissa Host.

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