Tipton-Wayne-Hamilton County IN Archives Biographies.....Goodykoontz, Joseph 1836 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 15, 2007, 1:20 am Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883) JOSEPH GOODYKOONTZ, farmer, was born in Wayne County, Ind., April 18, 1836. His father, Harvey Goodykoontz, was born in Virginia on January 26, 1813, and located in Tipton County in 1839. He was married in Wayne County, Ind., at the age of twenty-one, to Miss Eliza Wood. He died in Tipton County May 23, 1882, leaving a family of nine children. Our subject was reared in Tipton County, and was married June 20, 1858, in Hamilton County, Ind., to Miss Martha J. Murray. They have six children living-Izora, Ellen, Asher, Catherine, Lucina and Josie. Mr. Goodykoontz engaged in farming on his father's farm, and now owns 120 acres in Cicero Township. Of this he has ninety acres under cultivation. He raises a fair amount of stock. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/bios/goodykoo895nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb