Elihu Bernard Goodsell (May 11, 1806 – November 17, 1878) was an American farmer, miner, and politician. Born in

Sheldon, Vermont Sheldon is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,136 at the 2020 census. It contains the unincorporated community of Sheldon Springs. Geography Sheldon, named for Revolutionary War colonel Elisha Sheldon,

, he went to Quincy, Illinois, and then to Mineral Point, Michigan Territory in 1834. He was the first settler of

Highland, Wisconsin Highland is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 842 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is located within the Town of Highland. Geography Highland is loca ...

and helped found the community in 1845. He was the postmaster and had farming and mining businesses. Goodsell served in the first Wisconsin Constitution Convention of 1846 as a

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. He then served in the

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in 1865 and 1866. Goodsell died in Highland, Wisconsin, in 1878.''The Convention of 1846'', Milo Milton Qualife, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1919, Biographical Sketch of Elihu Bernard Goodsell, p. 773.

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* 1806 births 1878 deaths People from Franklin County, Vermont People from Mineral Point, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Wisconsin postmasters American city founders 19th-century American politicians People from Iowa County, Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub