--LEVI L. GOODELL MARRIED SARAH ANN FIELDING AT PRAIRIE CITY, ILLINOIS ON December 31, 1866. SARAH WAS OF ENGLISH PARENTAGE. CELEBRATED THEIR 5Oth WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON DEC. 30, 1915 (Ken Robinson has news clipings).
HAD CELEBRATED 58 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AT TIME OF DEATH.

--MILITARY: SERVED IN CO. D,55TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY-WAS IN BATTLES AT:SHILO; CHATANOOGA; AND CHICKAMUGA. MARCHED WITH SHERMAN TO THE SEA AND TOOK PART IN THE GRAND REVIEW AT WASHINGTON,D.C. AT END OF WAR.

--THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. THEY RESIDED IN PRAIRIE CITY, ILLINOIS FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED AND THEN MOVED TO PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS AND THEN TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY,IOWA.

--In a news clipping that Beulah Goodell Adams has they show: A."Levi Goodell was called to Eureka, Kansas by the death of his only surviving brother. He leaves this evening. There were eleven in the family and Levi is the only one left.

A. Note on the top of the clipping showed ' Billings Goodell, Age 70 years, d. May 8,1907".

B. "Comrade Levi Goodell as chairman of the committee on transportation,had things in finesh ape. the marshals kept the line of march in complete order. There were no accidents or mixups . (Memorial day, May 30,1907).

C. "This conference has suffered a great loss in the removal of Brother Levi Goodell and family. All were prominent workers, generally and locally. He was vice-president of this conference , the wife an official of the W. H. F. Board and the daughter in the Endeavor work. We wish them success and congratulate the folks in Iowa in getting such noble ones to join them in the work of the Master. Signed:Geo. W. Draper, Danville,March 25th,1900".



Father:Samuel GOODELL b: 26 SEP 1788 in Hartland Town, Windsor Co., VT
Mother:Sarah "Sally" BROWN b: ABT 1802

Marriage:Sarah Ann FIELDING b: 22 SEP 1847 in Avon, Fulton Co., Illinois

Note: Either Don Gates or Sandra Balfour has Prairie City, IL as marriage site, but the license was issued by Fulton Co., and Prairie City is in McDonough Co.
Married: 31 DEC 1865 in Fulton Co., IL 3


Children
Edith Maud GOODELL b: 24 MAR 1867 in Cuba, Fulton Co., IL
Edgar Edwin GOODELL b: 13 DEC 1871 in Mansfield, Piatt Co., IL
Archie Levi GOODELL b: 16 MAR 1873 in Mansfield, Piatt Co., IL
Otis Ray GOODELL b: 8 JAN 1878 in Mansfield, Piatt Co., IL
Mary Ivy GOODELL b: 19 NOV 1879 in Mansfield, Piatt Co., IL
Pearl Fielding GOODELL b: 27 APR 1880

Sources:
Abbrev: GEDCOM file imported on 19 Nov 2002.
Title: Donald R. Gates, GEDCOM file imported on 19 Nov 2002. (Donald R. Gates)es.
Note:
ABBR Imported GEDCOM file
Abbrev: Beulah Goodell Adams letter
Title: Beulah Goodell Adams, Beulah Goodell Adams letter

Beulah Goodell Adams
205 S. 3rd St.
Humboldt, IA 50548-2112
tel# (515) 332-3269

Note:
ABBR Beulah Goodell Adams letter
Page: 17 Mar 2003
Abbrev: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
Title: Illinois State, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
Note:
ABBR Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
Page: vol D, p. 68 (license # 360)

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Levi L. Goodell. Middle name not known. Born 22 Jun 1840, Fulton Co., IL. Died 26 Sep 1923, Humboldt, Humboldt Co., IA. Served in the 55th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War in the Army of the Tennessee. The 55th fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg and Chattanooga. The regiment took part in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, fighting at Jonesboro and Kennesaw Mountain; the march from Atlanta to Savannah; and the march northward through South Carolina and North Carolina. The 55th did not take part in the battle of Chickamauga, which was fought by the Army of the Cumberland.

Beulah Adams possesses a Certificate of Record of Marriage filled out by Clarence H. Tanner, Clerk of County Court for Fulton Co., IL, documenting the marriage between Levi Goodell and Sarah Ann Fielding on 31 Dec 1865 in Fulton Co., IL. Note that Prairie City is on the border of McDonough and Fulton Counties, so that a farmstead might be located in Fulton Co. but consider itself part of the market and social area of Prairie City. Since Prairie City itself lies in McDonough County, and the wedding was reported to have taken place in Prairie City, It is a problem just how to list the location.

Don Gates is a descendent of Levi "Lee" Lincoln Goodell. This Lee Goodell is a nephew of levi L. Goodell.
Levi "Lee" Lincoln Goodell. Born 1 Jun 1864, Ellisville, Fulton Co., IL Died 25 March, 1942, Bradley, Clark Co., SD. Buried Pairie Hill Cem, Bradley, Clark Co., SD

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