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SCOTT GOODFELLOW. This gentleman stands prominently among the live-stock interests of Clark County as one of the most successful breeders of fine horses within its limits. He handles principally French, Norman, English Shire and Yorkshire coach horses, mostly importations from England and France, and has for this purpose one of the finest farms in Harmony Township, comprising two hundred and sixty acres and located one mile northeast of Plattsburg. He has also finely-equipped stables, roomy pastures and every convenience for prosecuting his calling after the most approved methods, while his thorough knowledge of the requirements of the equine race have placed him in an enviable position as a breeder in this part of the Buckeye State.

The subject of this notice was born May 7, 1853, in Harmony Township, and is the son of Thomas and Mary (Sexton) Goodfellow, the former of whom was likewise a native of Harmony Township and born February 27, 1813. His wife, Mary, was a native of Canada, and born near the city of Montreal. The paternal grandfather was Moore Goodfellow a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America in boyhood and who settled in Harmony Township in 1800, before Ohio had been admitted into the Union as a State. He was a good manager financially and accumulated nearly six hundred acres of land. He was married in early manhood to Miss Anna Nicholson who bore him nine children, five sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to mature years and reared families. Grandfather Goodfellow served in the War of 1812 and spent his last days in Ohio.

Thomas Goodfellow, the father of our subject, inherited many of the sturdy qualities of his sire and became a prominent man in his township, serving as Justice of the Peace and occupying other positions of trust and responsibility. He is still living and is the owner of six hundred broad acres of valuable land lying in Harmony Township. The wife and he reside in Harmony Township. There were born to them five sons and three daughters, viz.: George, Alice, Dora, Clara, Manley, John, Scott and Andrew, all of whom lived to mature years and seven of whom still survive.

The subject of this notice remained a member of the parental household until reaching his majority and then started out in life for himself. When past twenty-two years old he was married, October 11, 1875, to Miss Anna B., daughter of John and Jane (Nicholson) Smith. Three children have been born of this union: Harry, Jessie and Walter. In addition to the breeding of fine horses Mr. Goodfellow raises annually large numbers of swine. He keeps himself posted in regard to live-stock matters and takes a pardonable pride in his achievements in this line. He is one of those men never content to stand still, but is always devising some new method in connection with his calling which will benefit not only himself, but those around him. He has very little time to give to politics, but at the general election usually supports the candidates of the Republican party.