Biography of Leander S. Goodwin, pages 454/455/456. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. Leander S. Goodwin The most elaborate history is necessarily an abridgement, the historian being compelled to select his facts and materials from a multitude of details. So in every life of honor and usefulness the biographer finds no dearth of incident, and yet in summing up the career of any man the writer needs touch only the most salient points, giving one the keynote of his character, but elimination much that is superfluous. Consequently in calling the reader’s attention to the life record of the late Leander S. Goodwin no attempt shall be made to recount all important acts in his useful life, nor recite every interesting incident in his somewhat remarkable career, for it is deemed that only a few of them will suffice to show him to be entirely worthy of a place in this volume along with his fellows of high standing and recognized worth, me whose names have figured prominently in the affairs of DeKalb county in the generations that are passed. Leander S. Goodwin was born on August 23, 1846, in Ashland county, Ohio, and was a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Good) Goodwin. Samuel Goodwin, who was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1815, was the second son in a family of seven children, born to David and Catherine (Zimmerman) Goodwin, also natives of the Keystone state. In 1822 David and Catherine Goodwin moved to Wayne county, Ohio, and later to Ashland county, this state, where Samuel grew to manhood. In 1843 he was married to Elizabeth Good, and settled in Ashland county, where they lived until 1844, when they moved to DeKalb county, Indiana, settling on a farm in Union township, where they made their permanent home. At the time their farm was densely covered with timber and the task of clearing the land and putting it in shape for cultivation was one of large proportions, but, not discouraged by the outlook, Mr. Goodwin, by strenuous and persistent labor, cleared the land and in the course of time had one of the best farms in this locality, the improvement consisting of a large comfortable residence and other substantial farm buildings. He accumulated a valuable property and was able to spend his later years in comparative ease. His wife died 1865, leaving five children: Mrs. Mary E. Keck, Leander S., Joseph W, Mrs. Lucy George and Mrs. Alice Atwood Cummings. Leander S. Goodwin was reared to manhood on the farm in Union township, and in the fall of 1867 he married Rebecca Hively, who was reared a short distance west of Waterloo, being a daughter of David and Leah (Dayhuff) Hively, who came from Pennsylvania and probably lived in Columbiana county, Ohio, until their removal to DeKalb county. They located about one and one-half miles west of Waterloo some time before the Civil war and became known as substantial and progressive citizens of the community. After Leander was married he followed farming a number of years, then engaged in the meat business in Waterloo, though also handling agricultural implements. In all the enterprises to which he addressed himself he met with gratifying success and was for a number of years counted a representative citizen of his community because of the active part he took in its progress and improvement and the substantial qualities of character which he possessed. Politically, he was active in the support of the Republican party and at one time served as doorkeeper of the House of Representatives at Indianapolis. To his union with Rebecca Hively were born the following children: Etta, with of Daniel Blicker, of Waterloo; Ella, with of Clyde V. Reed, of Waterloo; Alvin, of Pleasant Lake, and Samuel, of Waterloo. The mother of these children died 1884 and in 1890, Mr. Goodwin married Jennie Lawhead, to whom were born three children, Martha, Jay and Willie. Mr. Goodwin died in 1898, and his death was considered a distinct loss to the community. Religiously, he was a member of the United Brethren church until the division in that society. He was man of sterling qualities of character and impressed his personality on the community to a marked degree. His widow and her three children now live on the old home place at the western edge of the town of Waterloo. Mr. Goodwin’s life was replete with duty well and conscientiously preformed in all relations. He was not a man to shrink from duty, however irksome of dangerous, and possessed the traits that win in life’s affairs. He is eminently deserving of representation in a work of this character. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com