Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Mason County, Michigan H. R. Page & Co., Chicago; 1882 -64- GEORGE GOODSELL, of the firm of G. GOODSELL & Co., proprietors of the Ludington Iron Works, was born in Germany in 1843, and came to this country in 1845. In 1861 he enlisted at Adrian, Mich., in the three months' service, and afterward re-enlisted in the Seventeenth Michigan for three years. He remained in the service until the close of the war. In 1865 he went to Pentwater and en- gaged in the foundry business, which he continued until 1875, when he moved his works to Ludington. In 1881 the name of the firm was changed from G. GOODSELL to G. GOODSELL & Co. Mr. GOODSELL is also a member of the firm of ALLEN & GOODSELL, lumber manufacturers. Mr. GOODSELL is a practical machinist and a successful business man. The firm of which he is the senior member does an extensive and prosperous business. A view of Mr. GOODSELL'S family residence appears in this work. ===========================================================================