1850 Soloman Good (age 21, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with David Good (age 51), Barbara Good (age 45), Isaac Good (age 32), Benjamin Good (age 26), Peter Good (age 24), and Mary A Good (age 15). [1]
1857 Solomon Good of Adamstown Bor. served on the petit jury of Lancaster County. [2]
1860 Solomon Good (age 32, born in Pennsylvania), hatter, lived in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Issabela Good (age 33), and Levi Sneader (age 23). [3]
1865 Solomon Good was a charter member of the Adamstown Council, No. 60, O. U. A. M. [4]
1870 Solomon Good (age 42, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Isabella Good (age 43). Solomon Good's occupation was farmer. [5]
1880 Solomon Good (age 52, born in Pennsylvania, married) lived in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Isabella Good (age 53). Solomon Good's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Solomon Good's occupation was farmer. [6]
1886 Solomon Good died childless and testate on 9 Mar 1886 and left all his property to his wife Isabella with instructions to dispose of the balance of the estate upon Isabella's death one half to Solomon's siblings and one half to Isabella's siblings. Isabella dated her will on 14 February 1889 and died about April 29, 1889. Her will appointed executors to "settle up the same in good faith, honesty and fidelity."
1886 Solomon Good died on Mar. 9, 1886 and was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Solomon Good was born 1828. No grave marker photo is shown at the memorial. [7]
According to a family record written by a granddaughter, Ella (Good) Eisenhart (1863-1928), Solomon was the son of David and Barbara (Ziegler) Good.
The Lancaster Law Review, Monday, Nov. 9, 1891, contains a report which states Solomon Good lived at Adamstown, Pa. for many years and died childless on March 9, 1886. His widow, Isabella, died April 29, 1889. Solomon's brothers, Isaac and Benjamin, filed a suit against Richard Fichthorn "and others" [Isabella's siblings] to settle the estate.
Lancaster County Will Book G Vol. 2 page 109 [8]
1891 On 5 October, the estate of Solomon Good was settled by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. [9] [10] [11] The auditor's report for the settlement documents the events of the case, including the petition made in 1889 by the surviving brothers of the said Solomon Good, deceased, named as Benjamin Good and Isaac Good. [12]
Research Notes:
Several researchers name Jacob Good (1781-1844) as the father of Solomon. We are actively researching that Jacob Good [13].
Since neither Benjamin nor Isaac, the surviving brothers of Solomon in 1891, are among the sons of that Jacob Good, we have concluded that Solomon Good, husband of Isabella, was not a descendant of said Jacob Good.
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Newspaper, The Columbia Spy, Saturday, December 20, 1856, Page: 2.
[3] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 649, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 144285917, [FindAGrave].
[8] Lancaster County, will G2-109, [FamilySearchImage].
[9] George Ross Eshleman, The Lancaster Law Review 8 (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Printing, 1891), 393, of 393-397, 9 Nov 1891, Good versus Miller, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[10] Boyd Crumrine, Pennsylvania state reports Volume 144, containing cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Vol. 29 (NY: Banks & Brothers, 1892), 287-293, Good versus Fichthorn, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Walter Thomas Dunmore, Illustrative Cases on the Law of Wills (St. Paul: West Publishing, 1910), 250, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Book Index citing 1890, 143-147 for Isabella, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Jacob Good, [JRWolfeGenealogy].