Individual Details

The History of Wyandot County, Ohio; Leggett, Conaway & Co., Chicago, 1884.
Part IV. Township Histories - Antrim Township, p.707
Goodwin Hall is a native of Bucks County, Penn., born ear Philadelphia, Nov 10, 1808. He is a son of Goodwin and Phoebe (Carver) Hall, natives of the same county, where they resided till their death, his father having died when our subject was but a child, his mother in 1862. Mr. Hall resided with his grandfather (who was a Revolutionary soldier) till about twenty years of age. He then began operations on his own responsibility, owning and farming forty acres of land in Chester County, Penn., where he resided 15 years. He then moved to Delaware County, Penn., where he was engaged seven years in a cotton manufactory, and afterward to Saint Clairsville and Steubenville, where he was engaged in the same business. In 1850, he located where he now resides, and has since engaged in farming on a small scale. Mr. Hall was married in 1829 to Margaret Houpt, a native of Chester County, Penn., born Sep 12 1796, and daughter of Antony and Francina (Starkey) Houpt, the latter a native of Montgomery county, Penn. By this union there were six children, namely: Anna E., born Nov 20, 1827; Phoebe, aug 20, 1829; Charles, May 7, 1831; Francina, Jun 1, 1834; Gilbert G., Jun 8, 1836; and Catherine, Apr 25, 1839. Mrs. Hall died in November, 1860, and Mr. Hall was married in Mar 1861 to Nancy Zook, nee Steel, who died Dec 4, 1881, aged 65 years, 5 months, and 18 days. He is an old and respected citizen and has endured many vicissitudes of fortune in his lifetime. He has been a member of the IOOF forty years and of the Methodist Episcopal church fifty years.

Birth	10 Nov 1808	Pennsylvania
Marriage	Abt 1826	Margaret Houpt

Spouse	Margaret Houpt (1796 - 1860)
Child	Anna Elizabeth Hall (1828 - 1901)