Jonas Platt Goodsell (1819
Utica,
Oneida County, New York – November 22, 1869
Durhamville,
Oneida County, New York) was an American
civil engineer
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and politician from
New York
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. He was
New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1866 to 1867.
Life
He was the son of Dr. Thomas Goodsell (1775-1864) and Susan (Livingston) Goodsell (ca. 1797-1864). He was educated at the Utica Academy.
He began work on the survey for the enlargement of the
Erie Canal in 1840, and continued there until 1842. Then he removed to
Mobile, Alabama
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, to improve his health, and staid there until 1844. On November 27, 1845, he married Lavinia Maria Smith at Durhamville.
he was appointed Second Assistant Engineer of the State Canals in 1846, and from 1850 to 1853 was Resident Engineer at
Albany, New York. From 1853 to 1856, he was Chief Engineer of the
Cape Fear and Deep River Railroad in
North Carolina. From 1856 to 1860, he was Division Engineer of the Eastern Division, and from 1862 to 1866 of the Middle Division of the New York State Canals. In 1863 and 1864, he was Supervisor of the Town of Utica. He was State Engineer and Surveyor from 1866 to 1867, elected in
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
on the
Republican ticket, defeating
Democrat Sylvanus H. Sweet
Sylvanus Howe Sweet (August 8, 1830 Hinmansville, Oswego County, New York – November 17, 1899) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1874 to 1875.
Life
He graduated from Fal ...
.
Sources
Engineer's bios, at Rochester history
Political Graveyard
Livingston family tree
''Life Sketches of State Officers, Senators, and Members of Assembly in the State of New York in 1867''by S. R. Harlow and H. H. Boone (pages 43ff; Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1867)
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1819 births
1869 deaths
New York State Engineers and Surveyors
Politicians from Utica, New York
American civil engineers
19th-century American railroad executives
Livingston family
Town supervisors in New York (state)
New York (state) Republicans
19th-century American politicians