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 Luan Goodman, 2nd cousin once removed of mine, daughter of Aloysius and Irene Kuhl Goodman, married a man by the name of R. Wiley Brownlee during a time that he was employed in France.  I have not been able to find a marriage record for this couple but their marriage information has been passed down through family interviews.  This blog post is concerned with Wiley Brownlee. Richard Wiley Brownlee was born August 5, 1928 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He was a well educated man, receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1951.  After completing a master's degree from Michigan State University he accepted a teaching position in Newfoundland with Pepperrill Air Force Base, later transferring to administration in Spain and France.  While in France he married Luan. He returned to the US to pursue a Ph.D. at MSU.   In 1970 he accepted a high school principalship in Willow Run Community Schools.  Willow Run is located 35 miles west...

July 26, 2020   Dennis and I took a trip up to Woodland township, Sauk county to see if we could find the old Goodman homestead and then to visit Goodman graves at St. Patrick’s cemetery outside Hillsboro.  Using a combination of 1859 and 1906 plat maps, a modern highway map of Wisconsin, two pictures of the homestead, one from about 1901, the other from 1992, and relying on my memory of a visit many years ago, we were able to locate the homestead.  It had changed greatly since I had seen it last.  The barn that had stood to the left of the house was gone and there was a new pole barn standing to the right of the house.  The house looked dilapidated, but it did look like it was being worked on.  There was a new roof and a portion of the exterior was covered in sheathing.  There was a lot of vegetation standing in front of it which made it difficult to see the entire building.  When I had seen the house previously there was a pretty pond that stood...

Cecilia Goodman was born to Irish immigrant parents on a homestead located on the headwaters of Plum Creek in Woodland township, Sauk county, Wisconsin.  The setting was idyllic with large trees surrounding the cabin and a small pond located just steps from the front door.  But the homestead was isolated.  The closest towns were Wonewoc and Hillsboro, small villages with little to offer a young woman looking for excitement and opportunity.  Luckily for Cecilia, she had an uncle, a brother-in-law and nieces and nephews that lived in the city of Janesville, located in southern Wisconsin.   Cecilia Goodman Moyer Cecilia got more excitement than she was hoping for when she met young Ira Sankey Moyer in Janesville.  Ira was born in Indiana but was attending a school in Janesville studying telegraphy.  Ira and Cecilia married on 2 August 1904 in Union City, Juneau county, Wisconsin.  At the time of their marriage Ira was living in Harvard, Illinois...