The father in the Goodhue firm died; the three brothers continued the firm.

The evidence

• “Goodhue became the financial manager of the firm, constantly engaged in journeys Lip and down the river. When the father died in November, 1855, the three brothers continued the firm and, though the panic of 1857 involved them in loss, kept on imtil 1869.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 177 / book p. 160

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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