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during his term of office he was nominated
from the Third District for member of
the Fiftieth Congress. He took his seat
in the Lower House of Congress, March
4, 1887. He served eight successive
terms in Congress, and was nominated
for the Fifty-eighth Congress, but his
death occurred at Killingly, Connecticut,
October 23, 1902, before the election. His
eight terms in Congress were distin-
guished by the same ability and popular-
ity which had been characteristic of all
his previous public positions.
Mr. Russell married, in 1880, Ella Fran-
ces Sayles, daughter of Sabin L. Sayles,
of Killingly, Connecticut. The widow and
two children, Sabin S. and Deborah, sur-
vived him.
GOODSELL, William Orlando,
Merchant.
The Goodsells of Bristol, Connecticut,
trace descent to Thomas Goodsell, a native
of Wales, who came to New England
from Liverpool, England, about 1678, and
located in East Haven, Connecticut. His
son, Rev. John Goodsell, was educated at
Yale College, and was the first minister
settled over the Church of Christ, on
Greenfield Hill, in 1726.
Samuel Goodsell, of Southington, Connecticut,
married Lucy Horsington, and
they were the parents of nine children, as
follows: Amasa, born July 16, 1779; Samuel,
born August 26, 1781 ; William, born
December 19, 1783 ; Lucy,
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born in 1785
Dennis; Betsey, born in 1788; James,
born in 1790; Augustus, born February
3, 1794; and Josiah, of further mention.
Josiah Goodsell was born in Southington,
June 9, 1796, and died in 1872. He
learned the carpenter's trade and became
a contracting builder. He was a captain
of Connecticut militia, a man of public
spirit and progress. Captain Josiah Good-
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sell married Eunice Lester, and they were
the parents of six children : Elnora, Sarah
Ann, Eliza, Mary, Lester, and William
Orlando, of further mention.
William Orlando Goodsell was born in
New Hartford, Connecticut, March 27,
1847, an d was educated in the public
schools. He spent the early part of his
life on a farm, but in 1872 located in Bristol,
Connecticut, where he was employed
in the E. N. Welch Clock Factory for five
years. He then removed to Burlington,
Connecticut, where he was engaged in
farming and lumbering, there remaining
until 1884, when he moved again to Bris-
tol, and in 1890 established in business as
a dealer in flour, feed and grain, first open-
ing in the Tuttle building. When the in-
crease of business made larger quarters
imperative he moved to the new Elevator
building, there continuing in successful
business until his retirement. He then
turned the business over to his sons, Lester
W. and Samuel J., who still conduct
it along the same successful lines. In
Burlington, Mr. Goodsell was selectman
for two terms, and president of the Plainville
Creamery.
Mr. Goodsell married (first) November
22, 1880, Annie M. Dewey, who died February
14, 1914, leaving children: Mary
E., Lizzie J., Sarah A. ; Lester W., who
died at the age of nine years ; Edward
Dewey, and Samuel J.
Mr. Goodsell married
(second) June 17, 1915, Mrs. Anna
E. Pettibone, widow of James Pettibone.
TALMADGE, Col. Benjamin,
Soldier of the Revolution.
Colonel Benjamin Talmadge, who served
with distinction during the Revolutionary
War, and enjoyed in highest degree the
confidence of Washington, came of a
notable ancestry. The founder of the
family in America, Thomas Tallmadge,