Josephus Good

1829 - 1898  (68 years)

• Name	Josephus Good
  Birth	15 Sep 1829	Preble County, OH
  Gender	Male
  Death	1898
  Person ID	I92	Rhodes Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	John Good,   b. Abt 1808, Franklin County, VA d. Aft Jun 1880 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Anna Davis,   b. Abt 1812, OH
  Marriage	23 Oct 1828	Preble County, IN
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ellen Stanley,   b. 29 Dec 1835, Economy, Wayne County, IN d. 22 May 1935, Centralia, Lewis County, WA (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1855	Wayne County, IN
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann "Libbie" Good,   b. 19 Jan 1855, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, IN d. 8 Apr 1904, Catawba, Price County, WI (Age 49 years)   2. Josephine Good,   b. Abt 1857, Millford, Kosciusko County, IN   3. Orlando Haywood Good,   b. 27 Oct 1859, Millford, Kosciusko County, IN d. 27 Mar 1880, Sauk County, WI (Age 20 years)   4. James Nelson Good,   b. 31 Mar 1862, Kosciusko County, IN d. 13 Oct 1945, Sumner, Barron County, WI (Age 83 years)   5. Eva A. Good,   b. 4 Apr 1864, Kosciusko County, IN d. 21 Aug 1866, Sauk County, WI (Age 2 years)   6. Huldah Good,   b. 1868, Valton, Sauk County, WI   7. Willie Baxter Good,   b. 10 Jul 1870, Valton, Sauk County, WI d. 25 Oct 1953, Chetek, Barron County, WI (Age 83 years)   8. Wilbur Wesley Good,   b. 24 Dec 1872, Valton, Sauk County, WI d. 17 Dec 1964, Centralia, Lewis County, WA (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RELATIONSHIP: BIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY WISCOSIN, Published by Western Historical Company, MDCCCLXXX, page 731 Josephus was a teacher in for many years. In his youth while recruiting students he met Sarah E. Stanley and thay later married. Later in life he became a preacher. Source: the late Harold Rhodes. The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Western historical company, 1880. Page 731: REV. JOSEPHUS GOOD, Presiding Elder of the East District of Wisconsin Conference, United Brethren Church ; residence Section 28, P. 0. Valton ; son of John and Ann (Davis) Good ; was born in Preble County, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1829; when about 12 yea rs of age, went to Randolph County, Ind. He was married in this county, March 31, 1855, to Sarah E. Stanley, daughter of Jesse and Annie (Cox) Stanley ; Mrs. Good was born in Indiana; Mr. Good followed the profession of teacher in various place s across the State to Kosciusko County; was licensed to preach in 1860 by the Wesleyan Methodist Church; in 1862. moved to Wisconsin; settled on Sec. 27, Woodland, Sauk County; about 1865, attached himself to the United Brethren Church, and trav eled in Northern Wisconsin as Presiding Elder of the East District of the Wisconsin Conference. Children in the family are Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Samuel Woolsey livinir in Woodland; Josephine, now Mrs. P. Jackson, of Richland County; Heywood, di ed when 20 years of age ; James N., Huldah, Willie B. and Wilbur. He has been Assessor of Woodland one term and Treasurer five years; has 280 acres of land. Politics, Republican.