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George S. Good
George S. Good circa ~1895
Born
George Smith Good

(1844-04-10)April 10, 1844
Turbotville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 1913(1913-10-14) (aged 69)
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeHighland Cemetery
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Dickinson Seminary
Occupation(s)Railroad, industrialist
TitlePresident, George S. Good & Co

President, George S. Good Firebrick Co.

President, Patton Clay Manufacturing Co.
Spouse
Catherine Angelica Baker Good
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(m. 1867; died 1931)​
Children7
Signature
Signature of George Smith Good

George Smith Good (April 10, 1844 – October 14, 1913) was a Union Army officer during the United States Civil War[1] , and later became a significant railroad contractor[2][3][4][5][6] and industrialist in the firebrick[7], electrical[8] [9] , and clay industries in late 19th and early 20th century America[10].

Good was one of the founders of the town of Patton, Pennsylvania along with James Kerr and Senator John Patton[11]

Biography

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Early life & Education

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George Smith Good was born April 10, 1844[12] , in Turbotville, Pennsylvania, as the youngest son of 9 children born to George Good and Mary Smith Good[13][14] . He received a common school education and enrolled in Dickinson Seminary[15] where his education was interrupted by the United States Civil War[15].

Career

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Military Service

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Good served in Company I, 84th Pennsylvania Regiment during the civil war achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant[16]. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville & Mile Run. At the battle of Chancellorsville Virginia, he received a gunshot wound in the right hand & was taken prisoner & confined to Libby prison for 3 weeks[15] where his education was interrupted by the United States Civil War[15]. In 1863 he was taken prisoner again at the battle of Mine Run and was one of the prisoners who escaped Libby Prison Escape[17] .

After the war, Good was released from military service on December 31, 1864[18] when he relocated to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and entered the grocery business in Williamsport, Pennsylvania[19][15]

Railroads

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Through his companies Good Construction Company and Pennsylvania Construction Company, Good was a contractor on the following railroads:

Business & Industry

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By the early 1890s, Good had expanded his business activites into large city sewer installations[26], banking[27] as well as the manufacture of sewer pipe, fire brick and coal mining[28]. Good entered into the clay industry with the founding of the Patton Clay Manufacturing Company [29] .

Good was also founded and served as president of the following companies:

  • George S. Good Fire Brick Company[28]
  • Clearfield Sewer Pipe Company[28]
  • The Good Clay & Coal Company[28]
  • Margaret Smokeless Coal Company[28]

Personal Life

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Marriage

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On 1867, Good married Catherine Angelica Baker of Milton, Pennsylvania and together they had 9 children[15]: Sarah Baker "Sally" Good Church, Mary Worth Good, Georgeanna "Georgie" Good, Catherine A "Katie" Good, Edward M Good, Blanche Beatrice Good Lark, Henry F. Good, Ralph E. Good, George S. Good II

Death

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Good passed away peacefully at his home in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania on October 14, 1913[15].

References

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  1. ^ Reports of the Departments, Transmitted To The Governor of Pennsylvania in Pursuance of Law, Year for the Ending November 30, 1863. State of Pennsylvania. 1863. p. 96.
  2. ^ "El Paso & Northeastern". Railroad Gazette. 30: 300. 1898.
  3. ^ a b "Beech Creek". Railroad Gazette. 24: 15. 1892.
  4. ^ a b "Clearfield & Mahoning". Railroad Gazette. 24: 483. 1892.
  5. ^ a b Myrick, David F. (1991). New Mexico's Railroads: A Historical Survey. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 76, 91.
  6. ^ a b "Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo". Railroad Gazette: 524. August 2, 1895.
  7. ^ Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of New York. 1914. p. 96.
  8. ^ National Electric Light Association, Thirty Third Convention, Volume I, General Sessions, Papers, Reports and Discussions. St. Louis, Missouri. May 23–27, 1910. p. lxxxiii.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ "An illustrated Weekly Journal of Scientific and Electrical Progress". Electrical Review. 33. New York: 254. July 6, 1898.
  10. ^ "Brick and Clay Record". Brick and Clay Record. XLIII (1). Chicago: 924. November 4, 1913.
  11. ^ "About Us". Patton Borough. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  12. ^ Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (1906–1968). "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970" (Document). Harrisburg, PA, USA: Pennsylvania (State).
  13. ^ "George Smith Good (1844-1913) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
  14. ^ Records of the Bureau of the Census (2009). "1850 United States Federal Census". Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census. Provo, UT, USA: National Archives in Washington D.C.; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. p. 52b. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Good, George Smith (October 15, 1913). "George S. Good Claimed By The Grim Reaper". The Lock Haven Express. p. 4.
  16. ^ Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania. November 30, 1893. p. 96.
  17. ^ a b "George S. Good, Contractor, dies". El Paso Herald. El Paso, Texas. November 12, 1913. p. 11.
  18. ^ Swoope, Roland D., Jr. Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. p. 63.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Boyd's Williamsport City Directory. 1885. p. 382.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hitchcock; Tinkler (1927). The Contractor's Story of The Moffat Tunnel. Hitchcock & Tinkler, Inc. p. 4.
  21. ^ "Beech Creek". Railroad Gazette. 24: 912. 1892.
  22. ^ "Coudersport & Port Allegheny". Railroad Gazette: 321. May 17, 1895.
  23. ^ "Surveying For The Moffat Railroad". The Colorado Magazine. XXIV. The State Historical Society of Colorado: 213. 1947.
  24. ^ "Railroad Items of Interest". Railway International Passenger and Ticket Agents Journal: 17. 1898.
  25. ^ "George S. Good Passes Away". The Clearfield Progress. Vol. VIII, no. 54. October 15, 1913. p. 1.
  26. ^ Ordinances and Joint Resolutions of the Select and Common Councils of the Consolidated City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA ORDINANCE. October 25, 1893. p. 1.
  27. ^ "Annual Election Of Bank Officers". The Patton Courier. January 18, 1893. p. 1.
  28. ^ a b c d e "Brick and Clay Record". 42–43. Chicago, IL: Kenfield Leach Company. November 4, 1913: 924. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  29. ^ "Destructive Fire At Patton,PA". Clay Record. VIII: 29. January 14, 1896.
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