Obituary for Sarah Good
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, October 29, 1938. [16] [17]
1852 Sarah Good was born on December 19. [1] [2]
1860 Beneville Benjamin and Margaret Good lived in Elkhart County, Indiana with children Israel (age 18), Lydia A (age 15), Isiah (age 13), Elizabeth (age 9), Sarah (age 7), Elisha (age 6), Saphona (age 4), and Jacob (age 2). [3] [4]
1870 Margaret Good (age 50) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Sarah (age 18), Elisha (age 16), Sophronia (age 14), Jacob (age 12), Mary (age 8), and Margaret (age 4). [5] [6]
1880 Margaret Good (age 60) lived in Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. Daughters Sarah, Mary, and Margaret lived with her. [7] [8]
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]
1900 Sarah Good (age 47, birthdate Dec 1852, born in Indiana), single, head, lived in Union, Elkhart County, Indiana (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Virginia) with Elisha Good (age 46). [9]
1910 Sarah Good (age 57, born in Indiana), single, sister-in-law, Seamstress, lived in Union, Elkhart County, Indiana (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Virginia) with Geo R Parsons (age 61), Margaret R Parsons (age 44), and Frank R Parsons (age 13). [10]
1920 Sarah Good (age 67, born in Indiana), single, sister-in-law, lived in Union, Elkhart County, Indiana (father born in United States and mother born in United States) with George R Parsons (age 71), Margaret Parsons (age 54), Frank R Parsons (age 23), and George Parsons (age 9). [11]
1930 Sarah Good (age 77, born in Indiana), single, sister-in-law, lived in Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Virginia) with George R Parsons (age 81), Margaret M Parsons (age 64), George R Parsons (age 19), and Sarah Good (age 77). [12]
1938 Miss Sarah Good, daughter of Benj. Good and Margret Reed, died on October 28, 1938 at Nappanee, Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. [13]
1938 Sarah Good died on October 28 and was buried at South Union Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana. Sarah Good was born on December 19, 1852. [14] [15]
1938 Sarah's obituary was published in the Elkhart Truth Newspaper on Friday October 28, page 2.
Miss Sarah Good. Nappanee, Indiana: Miss Sarah Good, 85, lifelong resident of Nappanee and vicinity, died this morning at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Parson, where she resided. She had been ill with heart trouble for 10 months. She was born Dec 19, 1852, in Union township, the daughter of Beneville and Margaret (Reed) Good, and had been a member of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church for 63 years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church, the Rev. A. D, Yoder of Wakarusa officiating assisted by the Rev. L.L. Rassi, pastor fo the church. Burial will be in South Union cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joseph Mikel, Ed Golden, Noah Gingerich, John Rogers, John Myers and Emanuel Blyly.
Grave in Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana
[1] Unknown author, "Good Family Notes Birthday List," In possession of Ida Mae Good and likely from Irby J Good, reports Dec 19 Sun 1852.
[2] Jonas G. Wenger, Martin D. Wenger, and Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger (1903), 193, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1870, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1880, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1920, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] United States Federal Census, 1930, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial 91067197, [FindAGrave].
[15] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[16] The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, October 29, 1938, page 12, [NewspapersClip].
[17] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].