Son of Nathan, an officer of the Revolutionary War, and his wife Elizabeth (Phelps) Goodale, Lincoln came with family to the Northwest Territory at the age of seven, settling first near Marietta, and soon at Belpre, where other settlers from Rutland, Massachusetts, had settled, including the Jewetts, Putnams, and Fosters.
His father was captured by natives not long before General Wayne's treaty, and died of pleurisy while being taken to Detroit.
In 1805 or 1806 he came with his widowed mother to Franklinton, Ohio. She died there in 1809.
Having studied medicine with Dr Leonard Jewett in Belpre, he continued in this calling. During the War of 1812 he volunteered to join the Army, and Governor Meigs appointed him Surgeon's Mate in Col. McArthur's regiment. He was taken prisoner at Hull's surrender and sent to Malden, where he stayed with the wounded American men, and brought them to Cleveland after his release.
Dr Goodale moved to Columbus in 1815, where he spent the rest of his life, frequently serving as trustee. He was an active merchant and benefactor and trustee of many of Columbus' early institutions, including the Presbyterian Church, the School for the Blind, Capital University and the earliest masonic lodges. He did not marry. Columbus owes one of it's first parks, now named Goodale Park in his honor, to his generosity.
When he passed away at his home at 43 East Town Street he was one of the eldest pioneers and residents still living.
Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
