GOODWIN, ICHABOD, soldier, congressman, was born May 25, 1743, in South Berwick, Maine. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775 and 1777; and was lieutenant-colonel of Gerrish's York county regiment, having charge of the Saratoga prisoners. He was major-general of militia from 1783 to 1815; a member of the general court in 1792; and sheriff of York county, Maine, from 1793 to 1820. He died May 25, 1820, in South Berwick. (Source: Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.)
GOODWIN, ICHABOD, soldier, congressman, was born May 25, 1743, in South Berwick, Maine. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775 and 1777; and was lieutenant-colonel of Gerrish's York county regiment, having charge of the Saratoga prisoners. He was major-general of militia from 1783 to 1815; a member of the general court in 1792; and sheriff of York county, Maine, from 1793 to 1820. He died May 25, 1820, in South Berwick. (Source: Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.)
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aged 86 years,Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
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