"An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, 
Adams  and Franklin Counties; State of Washington". Spokane, Western Historical
Publishing  Company, Publishers, 1904. pp. 832-833.

WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, who resides about eight miles east from Hatton and follows
farming, was born in Lapeer county, Michigan, on March 28, 1842, the son of
James and Mary (Hiller) Goodenough, natives of Vermont and New York,
respectively. The parents were married in New York then moved to Michigan in
1835, where they remained the balance of their lives, living on the farm. The
paternal grandfather of our subject participated in the war of 1812. The
ancestors came from prominent English families. Our subject is the youngest of
the family and his brothers and sisters are named as follows, John Josephus,
Josephine, Joanna, Jane, and Melvina. The public schools of Michigan contributed
the educational training of our subject and at the early age of twelve he was
called to mourn the death of his father, which placed upon him more
responsibility. He remained on the farm until eighteen years of age, then went
to Illinois and when twenty enlisted, it being 1863, in the construction corps,
which was mustered out in Chicago in 1865. After that he enlisted for the Indian
service in Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas, and did considerable fighting against
the savages. When that was ended, he turned his attention to mining in Colorado
and followed the same for three years, then returned to Michigan and bought land
which was his home until 1887. In that year, he came to Washington and located
on his present place as a homestead, taking also a timber culture claim. He has
added to this from time to time until he now has one thousand seven hundred and
sixty acres of first class wheat land. Mr. Goodenough has an excellent farm and
harvests from twenty to thirty thousand bushels of wheat annually besides other
crops. It requires about fifty head of horses to handle this estate. The farm is
supplied with a modern tasty, twelve room residence, all buildings, barns and
machinery necessary and is on of the choice estates of Washington. In addition
to this Mrs. Goodenough owns in her own right eight hundred acres of excellent
wheat land all under cultivation. The water supply for the farm is brought from
a well a mile away.
     In 1868, Mr. Goodenough married Mehitable Hall of Michigan, who died in
1892, leaving six children, John, Oscar, Jacob, Levi, Thomas and Maude.
     In 1894, Mr. Goodenough married Mrs. Ella F. Kelsey, the widow of James
Kelsey and daughter of Freeman and Hannah H. (Norman) Tucker, natives of New
Jersey, where the mother lives at the present time. The father died while on a
trip to California. They were the parents of three children and Mrs. Tucker had
one child by her former marriage, William, John L., Phoebe and Ella Frances.
Mrs. Goodenough married Mr. Kelsey in California, in December, 1879, and he died
in 1891, leaving two children, Miller and Madeline, the former in this county
and the latter attending school at Pullman college.
     Mr. Goodenough is an active Democrat and for many years has been school
director and justice of the peace. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and his
wife belongs to the Methodist church.

Submitted by: Georgia Harter Williams, georgiahw@earthlink.net