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GOODING, D. W., farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Paloma; was born in Maine, Feb. 3, 1812; came to this county in 1837. He owns 662 acres of land, valued at $27,000; married Miss Keziah Richardson. She was born in Athens county, Ohio, March 5, 1815. They have thirteen children, four dead and nine living; the dead are: Osro O., May J., Abram, and Lyman; the living are: Amanda, Bud, Jerusha, Ella A., Addie V., Emma, Lottie, D. Webster, and Eddie. He emigrated from Maine when he was six years old, to Jefferson county, Ohio; lived there ten years; then he went to Washington county for a short time, where he was bound out to a man by the name of McClanathan, and he went to Meigs county, where he lived six years, and, in 1837, married and came to Adams county by water. When he landed at Quincy, there was only one brick building in the town at that time. He rented for two years, and then bought the land where he now lives; had but one team, and twenty-five cents in his pocket. By industry, he has made a fine home, and is one of the sound farmers of the county. He had three sons who died in the Union army.