Jón Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on September 22, 1861. He died in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota on May 29, 1943. He took the last name Goodman in the west.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Hjálmarsdóttir b. September 12, 1870 in Barðastrandarsýsla. She took the last name Reykjalín in the west.
Children: 1. Metta 2. Hjálmar b. November 20, 1897, d. November 12, 1956 3. Kristín (Christine) 4. Jóna (Yona) 5. Friðrika (Frederica) 6. Guðmundur (Mundie) b. January 20, 1905, d. July 19, 1965 7. Sakie b. December 26, 1906 8. Sveinn (Svein) b. April 19, 1913, d. November 20, 1960.
Jón Jónsson came west to N. Dakota in 1881 with his mother, Helga Eyvindsdóttir, and her husband, Helgi Guðmundsson. They settled in Pembina County, but in 1886, Jón and Helgi went on an expedition west to the Mouse River. They found available land and decided to settle there. Jón bought land and he and Ingibjörg lived there until 1936. They then sold that land and bought acreage north of Upham.