A settler married Margaret Bacon, daughter of Reuben Bacon, of Waterville, N.Y.

The evidence

• “Goodwin was Mayor of Beloit in 1870. He married, on Sept. 20, 1840, Margaret Bacon, daughter of Reuben Bacon, of Waterville, N. Y. ; he has one child — Charles D.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 746 / book p. 760

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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