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1846 Isaiah Good, son of Benneville Benjamin Good and Margaret Reed Good, was born on September 18, 1846, in Columbiana County [now Mahoning], Ohio. [1] [2] [3]

1850 Isaiah Reed Good's parents moved from Ohio to Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, based on a patent for land issued to Benneville B Good, of Columbiana County, Ohio. [4]

1850 Ben B Good (age 40, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with Margaret Good (age 28), Wm Good (age 9), Israel Good (age 8), Lydia A Good (age 5), Isaiah Good (age 4), John Good (age 2), and Christina Reed (age 65). [5] [6]

1855 Anna Rohrer, daughter of Joseph R. Rohrer and Harriet Moyer, was born on March 27, 1855, in Elkhart County, Indiana. [7] Anna Rohrer was reported born in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. The Good and Rohrer families lived near the border of Union and Harrison Townships in Elkhart County, Indiana.

1860 Anna's parents, Joseph J Rohrer and Harriet Rohrer, lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Mary Rohrer (age 3), Sarah Rohrer (age 2), and Emanuel Rohrer (age 11 months). Anna was not listed. Anna's grandfather, Joseph Rohrer, lived nearby. [8] [9]

1860 B. B. Good (age 47) and Margaret Good (age 40) lived in Elkhart County, Indiana with children Israel (age 18), Lydia A (age 15), Isaih (age 13), Elizabeth (age 9), Sarah (age 7), Elisha (age 6), Saphona (age 4), and Jacob (age 2). [10] [11]

1868 Isaiah Good's father, Benjamin Benneville Good, died and Isaiah received a letter, from I.B. (his uncle John B.?) Good.


1968 Letter to Isaiah Reed Good, from his Uncle John, when Isaiah's father died


1868 back of letter [12]

1870 Anna's parents, Joseph and Harriet Rohrer, lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Anna (age 15), Mary, Sarah, Emanuel, Lovina, Isaiah, Josiah, and Almira. [13] [14]


circa 1870 Isaiah Good, tintype

1872 Isaiah R Good received $357.64 "in full of my share of my father's estate" from his brother, Israel Good, administrator of the estate of father, Benjamin Good. Dated January 2, in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.

Date unknown: Isaiah Good was baptized by Dr. James Edward Shannon, who offered to baptize Isaiah however he would like to be baptized. Isaiah was baptized as an Evangelical United Brethren. Isaiah and wife Anna Good were members of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church and they lived at 1649 West 2nd Street, Marion, Indiana. Eventually, Dr. Shannon would deliver the eulogy at Isaiah's funeral. [15]

1874 Isaiah Good and brother Israel leased an "Agricultural Buckeye Engine for the purpose of being used to propel a thrashing machine" for $950 with the option to buy. The brothers agreed to use the thrasher "with diligence and economy at all times when thrashing can be had at living rates and keep the same in good repair free of cost to said Kurta (the leasor) and as rental then shall pay on the first day of each month an amount that shall be equal to one half the entire gross earnings of said engine and thrasher … and when the sum of the monthly payments so made by said Goods shall be equal to the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars and the interest on said sum from this date then said Engine shall become the property of said Good …". [16] [17]

1874 Isaiah Good had 20 acres in section 33 of Harrison Twp (just west of Yellow Creek lake), Elkhart County, Indiana. Nearby were H Rohrer and J J Rohrer (115 acres) in section 34. I Good had land nearby (directly south) in section 5 of Union Twp adjacent to land of WMS Reed, Isaiah's grandfather. The two I Good properties might be for brothers Isaiah and Israel. Isaiah Good, was likely living near both his father-in-law, Joseph J Rohrer, and his grand-father. J Rohrer owned 145 acres n.e. of Southwestern Post Office in section 27.


I Good land in southeast quadrant of section 33, Harrison Township (bottom row, middle) [18]


I Good land in the northeast quadrant of section 5, Union Township (top row towards left) [19]

1875 Isaiah R Good and Anna Rohrer were married on March 18 in Elkhart County, Indiana. J B Ruhl was the officiator. The license was issued on March 17, 1875. [20] They lived at 1649 West 2nd Street, Marion, Indiana and were Mennonite Brethren in Christ. [21] [22]

1879 The agricultural machine contract of 1874 resulted in a lawsuit by the Bucyrus Machine Works against Israel Good for a delinquent payment of $150. [Photocopy, 1879 Complaint.] [Photocopy, 1879 Payment.] [Photocopy, 1879 Summons.]

1880 I.R. Good (age 33), Apiarist (beekeeper), and wife Anna (age 25) lived in Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Joseph (5), Sarah (3), and Ida (2). Mother Margaret Good lived next door. [23] [24] [25] [26]

1881 Son Irby J. Good wrote notes, dated August 1933, saying Isaiah Good was "a farmer and a keeper of bees. He was widely known as a successful producer of honey. Later in his life he became a building contactor and followed that business for many years". Isaiah built several houses, including one at 1330 West 3rd Street in Marion, Indiana where grand-daughter Margaret Gregory was born. He also built the big red brick house where they were living when Lydian Good was married. [Photocopy, IJ Good notes about Isaiah Good.]

c 1881 Isaiah Good was named in the Bee Man's Who's Who as the inventor of the carrier used to ship bees from Italy to USA. He was the first person to successfully ship bees across the ocean to the Holy Land. A 1960 beekeeping book describes the Queen-Cage and Good Candy as follows: "The queen and her attendants in queen cages must be provided with food until the queen is introduced into her new colony. The candy that is universally used by queen breeders is called "Good" candy, after I.R.Good who first introduced it in this country.". The bibliography-p. 487 lists "1881 Queen-Cage Candy, Gleanings in Bee Culture 9:374". The Appendix- p. 455 has two entries: "1881 I.R.Good advocated making queen-cage candy from powdered sugar and honey until it was too hard to drip." and "1886 U.S. Postal authorities legalized the shipment of queen bees by mail.". [27]

A. I. Root's book described the use of "Good candy" for bees [28] [29] [30] [31] Eckert's book has a better description of the recipe. [32] [33].

1882 "Fielding Price has sold his little farm to Isaiah Good. … The city of Goshen now has telephonic communication with the city of Elkhart." [34] [35]

1883 The Bee-Keepers' Guide described methods to ship queen bees [36]. The book described "The Good Candy" and gave Isaiah Good's recipe for queen bee food [37]:

This consists of granulated sugar moistened with extracted honey. We are indebted to Mr. I.R. Good for this cheap and excellent food. The only caution required is to get it just moist enough to keep it soft and not so moist that it will drip at all. The end of the cage (Fig. 88) to contain this should extend one and one-half inches beyond the chamber made for the bees. Through this end, lengthwise not crosswise, bore one or two three-eighth inch holes. Fill these with the candy, and insert a wooden cork into the holes at the end of the cage. The fault with this candy is that it crumbles, as the honey is sipped from it, or evaporates. With the holes as suggested above, we find this is obviated. With this candy I have had queens on the road two weeks without the loss of a single bee.

Diversion: The citation in the book above was found, by chance, at Greenfield Village in Detroit, Michigan, by Isaiah's grand-daughter Julia Good Wolfe, in the 1980s. Julia was visiting the "Village", to which Henry Ford had moved several historic buildings related to invention and industry. Julia was surprised to see a shop that she knew well from her years in Dayton, Ohio: the Wright Brother's Bicycle Shop, in which the Wright brothers had developed the first airplane. The Bee-Keepers' book was on a table and Julia chanced to pick it up and was delighted to see that it mentioned Isaiah Good.

1883 Isaiah Good's brother, Israel Good and Israel's wife, Magdalena, entered into an agreement with Joseph Strohm to transfer land to Strohm, if Strohm would pay mortgages on other land held by Magdalena. Isaiah Good, acting as agent for Magdalena, paid those mortgages and expected payment from Stroehm. Strohm transferred the land to Strohm's wife and then refused to pay. The case went to the Indiana Supreme Court and was decided in favor of the Goods. [38] [39]

1883 "Israel and Isaiah Good returned last Saturday from Tullahoma, Ten., where they bought 116 acres of land. They say it is a delightful climate, peaches and apples as large as a hulled hickory nuts and an excellent climate for bee culture." [40] [41]

1883 Nappanee items: "Isaiah Good returned last Sunday from the south, where he had gone to visit and prospect. He says when he left they had nice weather, farmers planting corn, and some corn grown up, and all kinds of early vegetables on the table." [42] [43]

1883 "The year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Good, who recently moved from Nappanee to Tennessee, died on July 10th." [44] [45]

1883 Isaiah Good moved to Tennessee after hearing that the land was good there. Son William was born in Tennessee. Isaiah's brother, Israel Isaac Good, also moved at about the same time. They found that the land was not very good in Tennessee. Israel apparently then moved to South Carolina while Isaiah returned to Indiana after a few years.

1885 Nappanee News reported: "Isaiah Good returned from Tennessee last Thursday." [46] [47]

1886 "W. F. Peddycord, Isaiah Good and Jonas and Isaac Wisler took a trip to to Petoskey and Harbor Springs, Mich. All have returned but Mr. Peddycord. Jonas Wisler seems a little disappointed in not killing a bear." [48] [49]

1887 After several trips to other places, Isaiah Good settled in Indiana.


1887 Isaiah R. Good, of Union Twp, was a juror.
Bristol Banner, Bristol, Indiana, March 4, 1887. [50]

1888 "J. O. Kantz, of Nappanee, was in town last evening enroute home from north of Bristol, where he has been gunning for wild geese. He says that there are a few wild fowls there but they are hard to get. On Monday next he starts for Tennessee on a prospecting trip, accompanied by Isaiah Good." [51] [52]

c 1889 The Good family moved to Vawter Park in Turkey Creek Twp, Kosciusko County, Indiana near Lake Wawassee, the largest lake in Indiana.

1892 James B Good was born on January 24, 1892, in Vawter Park, Kosciusko County, Indiana, son of Isaiah R Good and Anna Rohrer. [53]

1892 Isaiah's bees were a problem to some people in Nappanee. [54]

John D. Coppes - came before the Board [of Nappanee] for a point of inquiry, stating that bees from certain stands owned by Isaiah Good, and located near the log yard, were giving the teamsters considerable trouble by stinging them and their horses, preventing workmen from carrying on their usual vocation, and injuring them and the horses at various times when they worked in that vicinity. The following resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote: Whereas, A complaint has been made to this Board of Trustees that, bees owned by Isaiah Good, and kept within the incorporate limits of the town of Nappanee, have become annoying to the people In the vicinity of the property on which they are kept; and in some Instances have prevented men from following their usual vocations, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the said Isaiah Good be notified to remove the same from the incorporate limits, within fifteen days after the passing of this resolution and, being notified by the proper town authorities. Adjourned to April 25th.

1892 "There has been a change in the firm of Good & Lehman, that is in individuals, But not in name. Elisha Good has sold his interest in the furniture Business in this place to his brother, Isaiah Good, who formerly resided here, but now living near Vater Park. It is the intention of Elisha Good, who retires from the firm, to give his entire time to the handling of timber, which indeed he has been doing for some little time. His brother, Isaiah, will return to Nappanee some time in the fall of '93. In the meanwhile, Noah A, Lehman, his partner, will have charge of the store here, assisted by H. F. Eby in the undertaking department as heretofore. The News wishes the new firm success." [55] [56]

1895 "Isaiah Rohrer and family of Nappanee, accompanied by Miss Rosetta Miller, spent Sunday with family of Joseph Rohrer and did also Rev. Lambert of Wakarusa.
The debate at Good's was well attended and the question ably discussed. An excellent literary program was well rendered and greatly enjoyed. Thanksgiving services were held at the Menonite church." [57] [58]

1896 "Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Good of Vawter Park, spent Sunday with the family of Joseph Rohrer [in Elkhart County]." [59] [60]

1898 "The barn near Syracuse [Turkey Creek Twp, Kosciusko County] which was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, as noted in The Times, was the property of Isaiah Good, one mile north of town. It is supposed that the fire was the result of a little boy playing with matches. About 40 tons of hay and about 1,000 bushels of wheat were burned. The loss is nearly $3,500, with $1,100 insurance" [61] [62]

1898 The estate of Margaret Good was settled on May 6, in Elkhart County, Indiana with payment of $113.05 to each of 10 surviving children: Sarah Good, Margaret M. Parsons, Jacob B. Good, Elisha W. Good, Israel Good, Isaiah R. Good, Elizabeth Hoover, Frances Moyer, Mary A. Behler, and Lydia A. Lehman. [Elkhart courthouse, Goshen, Indiana]

1899 Real estate transfer: "Isaiah Good to J Teale and wife, lot in Nappanee $1." [63] [64]

1929 A map of Nappanee shows "Isaiah Good's 1st Addition" to the east of the original town. "Good's 2nd addition" was south of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Isaiah's sister Margaret Parson and brother-in-law George Parson owned lots in the 2nd addition. [65] The lot numbers in Isaiah Good's addition shown on this map were used to describe land transactions for many years. [66]

1900 Anna Good (born in Indiana in Mar 1855, married for 25 years), wife, and Isaiah Good (age 53) lived in Turkey Creek Twp, Kosciusko County, Indiana, in a household with Amos I Good (age 19), William H Good (age 16), Irby Good (age 15), Levina Good (age 12), Lydian Good (age 9), Jame B Good (age 8), and Allen B Good (age 6). Anna Good had had 11 children, 10 still living. John and Sarah Metzler were listed nearby. [67] [68] [69]

1901-02 Isaiah R and Ann Good were listed in the Grant County, Indiana Directory, at post office Marion, RFD No 4 with 74 acres. [70]

1901 Isaiah R Good wrote a letter to his second cousin Tobias Bowman [71] about family history on August 27. Tobias Bowman responded on 2 January, 1902. [Photo, Letter from Tobias Bowman to Isaiah R. Good, page 1.] [Photo, Letter from Tobias Bowman to Isaiah R. Good, page 3.]


Isaiah and Anna Rohrer Good family, perhaps early 1900


c 19xx Isaiah and Anna Good with a grandchild
(perhaps Harry Carlton, other grand-children have also claimed this photo as their own)


c 1902 (date unknown) Isaiah R. Good, perhaps with his brothers

1902 "Mr. Jacob Good spent the [Christmas] holiday with his brother, Isaiah Good, near Marion." Nappanee Advance, January 1, 1902. [72]

1903 Isaiah R Good, carpenter, and Anna lived at 1649 west 2nd Street in Marion, Indiana. [73] [74]

1904 "Marion, Ind., March 5, - The Prohibition party has nominated a full city ticket as follows: … City Council: … Isaiah R. Goode". [75]


c 1905 Isaiah and Anna Good
in their yard in Marion, Indiana

1907 The children and grandchildren of the late J. J. Rohrer had a reunion. Among those present were Mrs. Isaiah Good and son, of Marion, Ind., Dr. and Mrs. Dobson of Greentown, Ind.; and Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Doering of Elkhart. [76] [77]

1907 Isaiah Good was a Trustee of Indiana Central University, Indianapolis, Indiana from 1907 to 1910 representing the White River Conference. He resided in Marion, Indiana. This was close to the time that some of Isaiah's sons attended the college. James E Shannon was also on the board from Marion. Dr. Shannon's daughter Mary would later marry Isaiah's son William Henry in 1910. Dr. James E Shannon would later give the eulogy at Isaiah Reed Good's funeral. [Photo, ICU Bulletin series 1 number 3, April 1908 Cover.] [Photo, Isaiah Reed Good was a trustee of Indiana Central University in 1907.]

1908 "Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Good and Joseph and Will Good of Marion, Ind., are visiting relatives in this county and attended the Rohrer and Good family reunions." [78] [79] A family reunion was held for descendants of Joseph Rohrer. [80] [81]:

Rohrer Family Reunion. The descendants of Joseph P Rohrer [sic] held their annual family reunion yesterday at the home of Josiah Rohrer near Southwest. There were about 50 members of the family present and the day was very enjoyablely spent. A picnic dinner added to the enjoyments of the occasion. Those present from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Good, Joseph and Will Good of Marion; Mr. and Mrs. John Metzler and Mr. and Mrs. A. T Wyrick of South Bend; Mrs. Huffman and Joseph Moyer of Nebraska. The following officers were elected. President - Josiah Rohrer. Vice Pres. - Rev. A. T. Wyrick. Secretary - Miss Agnes Miller. Treasurer - Andrew Miller. The next reunion will be held on the island at Elkhart.

1908 Son Irby J Good was married and the marriage license named parents Isaiah R Good as a contractor and Anna Rohrer as a housekeeper living in Marion, Indiana. [Photocopy, 1908 Irby Good marriage license.] [Photocopy, 1908 Mabel Rivir marriage license.]

1908 Isaiah R Good, retired, and Anna lived at 1306 west 3rd Street in Marion, Indiana. Allen B, James B, Lydian, and William H were students and Irby and Lavina were teachers, living at the same address. [82]

 

Isaiah R Good, perhaps about 1908, with beehives and a bee comb


about 1908 Isaiah Good with many bee hives

1910 Isiah Good (age 63, born in Ohio, married for 35 years) lived in Marion Ward 2, Grant County, Indiana, in a household with Anna Good (age 55), William Good (age 26), James Good (age 18), Allen Good (age 16), Lavina Good (age 22), and Lydian Good (age 19). Isiah Good's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Isiah Good could read and write. Isiah Good's occupation was retired, Own Income. [83] [84] [85]


1912 Isaiah R. Good sold land.
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, July 23, 1912. [86]

1912 Daughter Lydian Good married Wilbur Sharon on August 14. Arthur and Ida Wirick drove a car to the wedding at the home of Isaiah and Anna in Marion, Indiana. Irby Good's children,Julia and Lowell, met Henry's new baby Margaret.


1912 Lydian and Wilbur Sharon's wedding
by Arthur Wirick's car


1912 Cousins, children of Irby, Joseph, and William


1912 Julia and Lowell Good
and baby Margaret Good with uncle James Good

c 19xx Isaiah Reed and Anna Rohrer Good with children and grandchild.


c 1912 Isaiah and Anna, with their children


1912 Isaiah and Anna Rohrer Good, on a porch

1912 Daughter Lydian Good married Wilbur Sheron. Isaiah was listed as a retired farmer and Anna Rohrer was listed as a housekeeper of Marion, Indiana on Lydian's marriage license. [Photocopy, 1912 Wilbur Sharon's marriage license.] [Photocopy, 1912 Lydian Good Sharon's marriage license.]


1912 Isaiah Good with his sons

c 1912 Julia Good, Isaiah's grand-daughter, visited Isaiah's home and remembered that Isaiah placed a large bee on her shoulder and told her not to be afraid. She trusted him and the bee did not hurt her.


c 1913 Isaiah (row 3, 7th from right) and Anna (row 2 sitting 5th from right) Good


c 1913 Isaiah Good

1913 Isaiah Good died on October 5 in Center Twp, Marion County, Indiana. He died of kidney failure, at the Methodist Hospital. Irby Good provided information for the death certificate. [87] An obituary reported [Photocopy, October 6, 1913 Isaiah Good obituary.] [88]:

Isaiah Good dies after long illness. Isaiah Good of this city, formerly well known contractor, died Sunday at the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, where he had been a patient for the last ten days following an operation for gallstones. He was brought to his home West 212 South Western avenue, Sunday night. He had been ill for the last five months. Mr. Good was born in Ohio sixty-seven years ago. He is survived by a widow, six sons, Joseph R. Good of South Bend, W.H. and Amos Good, both of this city, and Irby J, James H., and Allen B., all of Indianapolis; four daughters, Mrs J.A. Metzler and Mrs A.T. Wirick, both of South Bend, Mrs. Wilbur Sherron of this city and Mrs. W.G. Bailey of Indianapolis. The body will lie in state Tuesday until 1 p.m. The funeral will be held from the first U.B. church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. J.E. Shannon in charge, followed by burial in the IOOF cemetery.

1913 An obituary for Isaiah Good reported [Photocopy, Isaiah Good obituary, The Marion Leader-Tribune, October 7, 1913.] [89]:

Isaac Good dead. Following an illness of five months and an operation for gall stones, Isaac Good, formerly of this city, and a well known contractor, died at the Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, Sunday, where he had been ten days. The body was brought Sunday night to his late home 212 South Western avenue. The funeral will be preached at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from the First U.B. church with the Rev. J.E. Shannon in charge. The burial will be in the IOOF cemetery. Mr. Good was born in Ohio sixty-seven years ago. He is survived by a widow, six sons; Joseph R. Good of South Bend, W.H. and Amos Good, both of this city, and Irby J, James.

Dr. James Edward Shannon, father of Isaiah's daughter-in-law Mary Shannon, gave this eulogy for Isaiah Reed Good:

Isaiah Reed Good was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, September 18, 1846, and died in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 5, 1913, aged sixty-seven years and seventeen days. He was the son of Bennoble (Beneville) and Margaret Good and his death was the first in the family of ten children for almost sixty years; the other nine children lived in different parts of our country, and most of them are situated that they cannot be present today.

His ancestors came from the beautiful land along the Rhine river, from what is known as the Palatinate, and were a people of stalwart, vigorous, moral and religious character. His parents were members of the strict and radical Menonite Church. All immoral practices they, as a denomination, condemned, and in their own conduct were exemplary, prudent, and devout. The benefits of sound faith and careful living are seen in the fact that all the family of children, of which Dr. I.R. Good was a member, accepted the faith and espoused the cause of Christ, which was so dear to the hearts of their parents. Brother I.R. Good became a member of the Mennonite Church when quite a young man and continued in that church relation until about sixteen years ago when he became a member of the church of the United Brethren in Christ, at Syracuse, Indiana. The care and faithfulness in religion that characterized his parents marked his life, and with the gratifying results that his family of ten living children have all become members of the church. As pastor of this church it was my privilege and joy to receive Brother and Sister Good and nine of their children into membership here.

He was married at the age of twenty-eight to Anna Rohrer, aged twenty. To them were born eleven children, one dying in infancy, the other ten, with their mother are present today, the members of a broken family circle. Their sorrow, however, is not without hope for they are comforted in the hope that at the coming of the Lord, they shall meet in the air to be forever with the Lord and each other.

Brother Good and his family resided the greater part of their sojourn together in Nappanee, Syracuse, and Marion, Indiana. The most important points of consideration in looking out a new location were the School and Church privilege. No effort that he made for the education and salvation of his children were counted sacrifices, but were the sources of pleasure and joy.

The spirit of industry and thrift, characteristic of the German people, prevailed in his life. Farming, Building, Bee-Culture, and the sale of bees and their products were his chief pursuits. He was recognized as a specialist and authority on bees and was the first man to ship a queen bee across the ocean, and since then has shipped them to every civilized country on the planet. By careful selection and closest study of the best books on history, philosophy, and religion, he made himself an interesting and profitable companion, an associate both of the learned and unlettered. His conversation was always clean and marked by the strictest honesty, and under the most trying conditions remained so well-poised as to keep himself in both word and deed above reproach. His mind and spirit were so under the control of reason and the Grace of God as to keep him from the extremes of passion which cause grief to come to one's friends and remorse to one's soul. He taught by example as well as precept. His life showed that the best way to train up a child in the way he should go is to go that way.

Public-spirited, he lived for the good of his community. As a member of the town board in Nappanee, Indiana, he caused the laws to be enforced against gambling in pool-rooms, and saloons, which rigid enforcement eventually closed several saloons, their main sources of revenue having been the different forms of gambling. He was not only a temperance man and a temperate man but voted the National Prohibition ticket for many years.

It was said by one of his own brothers that Isaiah seemed to his brothers, more like a father than a brother. I have heard men who are here today, say that Mr. Good has been a father to them in the more than thirteen years he has lived in Marion.

His real worth to us will be appreciated more now than ever before. I am sure that this church will suffer keenly the loss of his presence in the meetings, and his influence as exerted in the community. Noone who attended the preaching here came better prepared to receive and appreciate the sermons and Bible readings.

1916 Allen Bradford Good and Mary Ellen Cleaver were married on December 1 in Elkhart County, Indiana. Allen Bradford Good, son of Isaiah R Good and Anna Rohrer, was born on August 18, 1893 in Vawter Park, Indiana. [90] [91]

1917 James Blaine Good and Leona Beryl Eastes were married on June 1 in Hancock County, Indiana. James Blaine Good was a child of Isaiah R. Good and Anna Rohrer. Leona Beryl Eastes was a child of Fremont Eastes and Rosa Anna Russell. [92] N P Frances was the officiator. [93]

1917 Anna Good was on a Florida dock with family members on a cold windy Sunday in December. Daugher Lydian Good Sharon sent the picture on a post card to son Irby Good in Indianapolis. They only had fire in their stove for a few days that Fall in Florida, before it got warm again. All in the family were well.


1917 The Good family on a Florida dock

1918 Anna Good and the families of daughters Anna Metzler and Lydian Sharon were near the beach in Florida, on a post card picture sent to daughter-in-law Mabel Good in Indianapolis on January 25, 1918.


1918 Postcard from Lydian Good to Mrs IJ Good

1918 Anna Good, widow of I R Good, lived at 317½ 2d Street in St Petersburg, Florida. [94]


c 1918 Anna Good with sons Irby (right) and James (left)


1918 Anna Rohrer Good on her 80th birthday


c 1918 Anna Rohrer Good and 6 sons


c 1918 Anna Rohrer Good with daughters and daughters-in-law


1918 Anna Rohrer Good with grandchildren


c 1920 Good family reunion


c 1920 Good family reunion

1922 Anna Good, widow of Isaiah, lived at 506 3rd Street in St Petersburg, Florida. William, painter, and Mary S Good lived at the same address. [95]


1922 Anna Rohrer Good
Note on back:

This was taken in 1922 taken side of will[iam's] house w[h]en 67 years old am well and hardy with thanks to the lord who give the health and give the streng'.
Anna R Good


1923 Anna Rohrer Good

1924 Anna Rohrer Good wrote to son IJ Good on May 26 (soon before her death) [Photocopy, Front.] [Photocopy, Back.]:

May 26 1924
Dear Irby & famly
I have bin wantet [wanting] to write sooner just put it of[f.] well I would liked to be to the comencement very much for I dont lik[e] to mis[s] it as they think it be to much for me and you foalks are very buisy at such a time hope have a good time.

I think that I will go to to Chicago from here w[h]en I go I think that will be in a bout too weaks as I think of now I hope to [see?] you som time later do you think of b[u]ilding a cot[t]age on your lot at shipshewana this sum[m]er if you had one ther[e] now I woulk acu pie [occupy] it till you would com[e] so there is not so I cant do that I will com an see you all. I had the thought of renting a coubel [couple of?] rooms this sumer and let the foalks com and me bud will want hear to that so you see I cant do as I think I would do I think Joes will be to comencement that will be nice for them would [like] to hear from you all. Mother

1924 Anna Good, widowed, spouse of Isiah Good, died on June 13, at age 69y 2m 17d, at Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. Anna Good was buried in Marion County, Indiana. She was born on March 27, 1855, in Elkhart County, Indiana, daughter of Joseph R. Rohrer and Harriet Moyer (both born in Ohio). [96]

1924 An obituary reported [97]:

Mrs. Anna Rohrer Good of Marion, Indiana, aged 71, a former well known resident of Wakarusa, died yesterday at St. Petersburg, Fla., where she had spent the last three winters. The body will be brought back to Marion, the funeral to be held there Thursday morning at the home. Mrs. Good, who was the widow of Isaiah Good, was born in Harrison township, just east of Wakarusa, where she spent her entire life until the last few years. She is survived by nine children, three brothers and three sisters.

1924 An obituary reported [98] [99]:

Mrs. Anna Good, widow of the late James [sic Isaiah] Good of [Marion], is dead at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Sheron, of St Petersburg, Florida. The body will be brought to this city for burial, arriving Wednesday. She is survived by daughters Mrs. Sheron (sic); Mrs. Ida Wirick, South Bend; and Mrs. Warren Dailey (sic), Chicago, and sons Amos Good, Marion; William Good, St Petersburg Florida; Joseph Good, South Bend; Irby Good, president of Indiana Central College, Indianapolis; Allen Good, Long Beach California; and James Good, Greenfield, Indiana.

1924 An obituary, for Anna Rohrer Good, dated June 16, reported [Photocopy] [100]:

Mrs. Anna Good, a former resident of Marion, who died Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Sheron at St. Petersburg, Fla., will be brought back to this city, arriving Wednesday, accompanied by a son, Amos Good of this city, who was at the bedside of his mother at the death. The body will be taken to the Good home, 211 South D Street. Funeral services will be held from the first U.B. church at ten-thirty Thursday morning with Rev. J.E. Shannon, a former pastor of the church, in charge. Burial in the IOOF cemetery. Mrs. Good, who was the widow of the late Isaac Good, is survived by nine children. They are William Good and Mrs. Wilbur Sheron of St. Petersburg, Florida; Joseph of South Bend; Mrs. Ida Wirick, of South Bend; Mrs. Warren Baily of Chicago; Irby Good, president of the Indiana Central College, Indianapolis; Allen Good of Long Beach, Calif; James Good of Greenfield, Indiana, and Amos Good of this city.


1924 Anna Rohrer Good's family, at her funeral


The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, June 14, 1924. [101]


Anna Good, widow of Isaiah Good died.
The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 17, 1924. [102]


The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, June 14, 1924. [103]

1924 Anna Rohrer Good was buried on June 19 at the 1st UB Church in Marion, Indiana.

Anna Rohrer Good (1855-1924) [104] [105] and Isaiah Good (1846-1913) [106] [107] are buried at the Estates of Serenity/IOOF/Old Oaklandon Cemetery in Grant County, Indiana.


Gravestones of Isaiah and Anna Rohrer Good

1955 James Blaine Good died. He was born on January 24, 1892 in Vawter Park, son of Isaiah R Good and Anna Rohrer. [108]

1959 Amos Isaac Good, widowed, died on May 16, at age 78, in Marion, Grant County, Indiana. He was born on August 1, 1880, in Indiana, son of Isaiah Good and Anna Rohrer. [109]

Grand daughters Margaret Good Gregory and Julia Marie Good Wolfe related stories about Isaiah Good. [Movie, 1993 Grand-daughter Julia Good Wolfe remembers Isaiah Good.] [Movie, 2008 Grand-daughter Margaret Good Gregory remembers Isaiah Good.]

Title
1984 Grandchildren of Isaiah Reed Good and Anna Rohrer.
Ida Mae Miller, Julia Wolfe, Margaret Catherine Gregory,
Richard Glenn Good, Mabel Ora Good Gregory (seated),
Anna Marie Loeschler, Martha Ellen Haines, Helen Beulah Gardner

Research Notes:

Isaiah Good has been reported to have been a Trustee of the First United Brethren Church in Marion, Indiana.

Doolittle, G.M., Bee Keeping Scientific Queen-Rearing as Practically Applied, (1901, George W York & Co, Chicago, Illinois), Third edition. p. 53, 85, 86, 98, Describes Good candy for bees.

Cheshire, Frank Richard, Bees & Bee-keeping: Scientific and Practical, (1888, L. Upcott Gill), p. 330, This food is commonly called " Good Candy," from Mr. Good, who first compounded it.


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[2] Dr. Shannon's eulogy for Isaiah Good reported his birthdate.

[3] Find A Grave Memorial 105661670, [FindAGrave].

[4] United States Bureau of Land Management Patent, [US_BLM Abstract], [Website Image].

[5] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[6] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[7] Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[8] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[9] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[10] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[11] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[12] Family Document, copy of family letter.

[13] United States Federal Census, 1870, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[14] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[15] Personal Communication, From Margaret Good, Isaiah's grand-daughter.

[16] Elkhart County, Indiana, Courthouse, "Agreement to lease a thresher with an option to buy," (1874), 1-3, [1], [2], [3].

[17] Theodore D. Woolsey, et al, The First century of the republic: a review of American progress (New York: 1876), 43-50, at 49, Compares an American and an English reaper of this era, perhaps the one purchased by the Good brothers, [HathiTrust].

[18] Higgins, Belden & Co., An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart County, Indiana (1874), [David RumseyMaps].

[19] An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart County, Indiana (Chicago: Higgins, Belden & Co., 1874), 63, [Historic Mapworks], [David RumseyMaps].

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[24] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[25] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[26] US census, 1880, Reel 0275, Image 544, family 323, [InternetArchive].

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[31] Amos Ives Root, The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture (1910), 490, [GoogleBooks].

[32] John E. Eckert and Frank R. Shaw, Beekeeping (Macmillan Publishing Co., 1960), 315, A full description of the "Good" recipe, [GoogleBooks].

[33] John E. Eckert and Frank R. Shaw, Beekeeping (Macmillan Publishing Co., 1960), 455, See the 1881 entry, [GoogleBooks].

[34] [NewspaperArchive].

[35] Newspaper, Nappanee News (Nappanee, Indiana), January 26, 1882, page 5, columns 2-3.

[36] A J Cook. The Bee-Keepers' Guide or Manual of the Apiary, 9th ed. (Lansing, Michigan: 1883), 202-204, [HathiTrust].

[37] A J Cook. The Bee-Keepers' Guide or Manual of the Apiary, 9th ed. (Lansing, Michigan: 1883), 203, see Fig. 88, [HathiTrust].

[38] John W. Kern, Reports of the Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, Vol. 113 (1888), 93, [GoogleBooks].

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[40] [NewspaperArchive].

[41] Newspaper, Goshen Times (Goshen, Indiana), May 10, 1883, page 2, column 5.

[42] [NewspaperArchive].

[43] Newspaper, Goshen Times (Goshen, Indiana), March 29, 1883, page 2, column 6.

[44] [NewspaperArchive].

[45] Newspaper, Goshen Times (Goshen, Indiana), August 2, 1883, page 3, column 1.

[46] [NewspaperArchive].

[47] Newspaper, Goshen Times (Goshen, Indiana), June 25, 1885, page 8, column 3.

[48] [NewspaperArchive].

[49] Newspaper, Nappanee News (Nappanee, Indiana), October 14, 1886, page 3, column 4.

[50] Bristol Banner, Bristol, Indiana, March 4, 1887, page 3, [NewspapersClip].

[51] [NewspaperArchive].

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[55] [NewspaperArchive].

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[57] [NewspaperArchive].

[58] Newspaper, Goshen Daily News (Goshen, Indiana), November 30, 1895, page, column 1.

[59] [NewspaperArchive].

[60] Newspaper, Goshen Daily News (Goshen, Indiana), April 18, 1896, page 2, column 3.

[61] [NewspaperArchive].

[62] Newspaper, Goshen Mid Week Times (Goshen, Indiana), July 19, 1898, page 3, column 3.

[63] [NewspaperArchive].

[64] Newspaper, Goshen Democrat (Goshen, Indiana), December 30, 1899, page 1, column 3.

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[78] [NewspaperArchive].

[79] Newspaper, Goshen Daily Democrat, August 26, 1908, page 1, column 6.

[80] [NewspaperArchive].

[81] Newspaper, Goshen Democrat (Goshen, Indiana), August 28, 1908, page 3, column 4.

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[86] The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, July 23, 1912, page 5, [NewspapersClip].

[87] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[88] Newspaper, Marion Chronicle, October 6, 1913.

[89] Newspaper, The Marion Leader-Tribune, October 7, 1913, page 4.

[90] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, [AncestryRecord].

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[97] Newspaper, Elkhart Truth (Elkhart, Indiana), June 16, 1924.

[98] Newspaper, Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), June 17, 1924.

[99] page 15, column 3, [NewspaperArchive].

[100] Newspaper, Marion Leader-Tribune (Marion, Indiana), June 15, 1924, page 15.

[101] The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, June 14, 1924, page 5, [NewspapersClip].

[102] The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 17, 1924, page 15, [NewspapersClip].

[103] The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, June 14, 1924, page 5, [NewspapersClip].

[104] Find A Grave Memorial 105661636, [FindAGrave].

[105] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

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[108] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, [AncestryRecord].

[109] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].