Elihu Goodsell
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Elihu Bernard Goodsell (May 11, 1806 – November 17, 1878) was an American farmer, miner, and politician.
Born in Sheldon, Vermont, he went to Quincy, Illinois, and then to Mineral Point, Michigan Territory in 1834.[1] He was the first settler of Highland (village), Iowa County, Wisconsin and helped found the community in 1845.[1][2] He was the postmaster and had farming and mining businesses. Goodsell served in the first Wisconsin Constitution Convention of 1846 as a Democrat.[3] He then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1865 and 1866. Goodsell died in Highland, Wisconsin, in 1878.[4]
