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# SAMUEL BOWNE GOODENOUGH. Samuel Bowne Goodenough died at his home, No. 223 East One-hundred-and-twenty-third-st., yesterday afternoon. He was born at Middletown, now Atlantic Highlands, N. J., on January 3, 1826, and was educated at Pennington Seminary. He afterward became connected with "The Evening Post" of this city, and in 1849 joined a company to go to the California gold regions. The trip was by the overland route, and was so tedious and laborious but few of the company survived the journey. Mr Goodenough remained in California about three years, and on his return engaged in the grocery business in this city. In 1868 he removed to Harlem and accepted a place in the Harlem Savings Banks. For nearly thirty years he afterward held a responsible post in that institution. Mr. Goodenough was of a kindly and amiable disposition, and he gained the confidence of all with whom he came in contact. In a run on the bank a large number of depositors refrained from drawing their money on the simple word of Mr. Goodenough that all was right and their money safe. In early life Mr. Goodenough joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and on moving to Harlem became connected with the Second Avenue, now Trinity, Methodist Episcopal Church. He remained an active member, class leader and trustee of the church and for the last five years acted as treasurer. In 1855 Mr. Goodenough married Anna Lobdell, who, with one son Samuel Harry Goodenough, and two daughters, Kittie, wife of James Johnson, and Hattie Goodenough, survive him.