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Goodell, Lyman Payson

soldier, business man, was born Sept. 7, 1848, in Chaplin, Conn. He received his education at the Appleton academy of New Ipswich, N. H.; and at Phillips academy of Andover, Mass. At the age of fifteen years he entered the union army, serving with the army of the James in the tenth corps, and has been past post commander department of Texas G. A. R. In 1893 he was elected vice-president of the State Republican league, and has taken a prominent part in the public affairs of Texas, where he is engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Fort Worth.