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JAMES W. GOAD, farmer, was born September 21, 1835, in Warrick County Ind. and is the second born in a family of twelve children, of Andrew J. and Clementina (Osborn) Goad, natives respectively of Tennessee and Indiana. The father came to Warrick County from Tennessee with his uncle Peter Goad, when fourteen years old, and on attaining his majority married and entered land where our subject now lives. He died October 9, 1870, followed by his widow in April, 1880. Mr. Goad was one of Warrick’s earliest pioneers and most honored citizens. He followed farming through life, and by a temperate, steady life secured a tract of land comprising about 1,500 acres of land. James W. Goad received a limited education in youth, was raised on a farm, and at the age of twenty-three years married and began doing for himself. Like his father before him he has made farming his life’s vocation, and is the present owner of 140 acres of well improved land. In addition to agricultural pursuits he has, for the past thirty-two years, operated a steam-thresher during the seasons. September 23, 1858, he was united in marriage with Nancy Barclay, and to their union a family of nine children have been born—all living but two. In politics Mr. Goad is a Democrat, and in all matters of a valuable public nature actively co-operates.