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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: GOOD, Charles W.
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
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September 21, 1999
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 367-368
CHARLES W. GOOD, a prominent member of the Kanawha County bar, who has also
taken a conspicuous part in public affairs, was born at Raymond City, Putnam
County W. Va,. Sept. 8, 1874, a son of John Wesley and Elizabeth (Archibald)
Good. His paternal grandfather, Dr. John Good, was born in Rockbridge
County, Va., nearly 100 years ago, and was of German ancestry. He resided in
that locality many years, carrying on agriculture and practicing medicine
when called upon. After his marriage he removed to what is now Jackson
County, W. Va., and later to Kanawha County, settling in Union District,
where he carried on farming until a few years before his death. He died about
1848 or '49, on a farm he had purchased in Jackson County. He was a Democrat
in politics and a Methodist in religion. His wife, whose name has not been
ascertained, but who was a Virginia girl, died in Jackson County in 1878,
being then about 70 years of age. She had married a second husband, who died
in this state. By her first marriage to Mr. Good there were one son and three
daughters, namely: John Wesley, father of the subject of this sketch; Mary
J., widow of Dennis Burns, a native of this state who died in Iowa in i886,
she now residing at What Cheer, Iowa; Catherine, who became the wife of John
Lanham, but is now deceased, together with her husband; and Jenetta, who died
after her marriage to a Mr. Kidd, who survives her.
John Wesley Good was born in Jackson County, W. Va., Aug. 6, 1841. He became
a miner and silversmith and followed those occupations in various localities
for thirty years, finally returning to his home in Jackson County, where he
still lives, devoting his entire attention to farming, in which he has been
very successful. Early in 1862 he enlisted in the Union army as a member of
Company A, 13th' W. Va. Vol. Infantry, under Capt. Greenbury Slack. He served
until after the close of the war, becoming a sergeant, and receiving his
disharge in the latter part of 1865: He had a fortunate experience, being
never wounded or captured. He is a member of Blunden Post, G. A. R., at
Charleston. Since his earliest voting days he has been a staunch Republican.
His religious affiliations are with the Methodist church.
John Wesley Good was married in Kanawha County, W. Va., to Elizabeth
Archibald, who was born near Liverpool, England, about 1846, and who came to
this country with her parents, John and Jane Archibald, they settling in West
Virginia in 1865. They are both now deceased, as is also their daughter, who
passed away in 1882. She was one of four children, of whom there are now
living: Mary A., widow of Robert Smith and residing in Raymond; and Edward
G., a farmer in the Poca district, who married Julia A. Samuels. The
children of John Wesley Good and wife were as follows:
Margaret H., born in 1866, who is the wife of Dr. H. F. Asbury, of Putnam
County, W. Va.; Ella Jane, born in i868, who is the wife of Daniel
Baumgardner of Jackson County, and has a family of four children; Mary Ann,
born in 1870, who is the wife of William Creamer of Charleston; John E., born
1872, now residing in Denver, Co., who married Molly Humphreys and has a
daughter; Charles Wes-ley, whose name begins this sketch; E. Katherine, born
1876, who is the wife of F. S. Ransom, resides in Putnam County, W. Va., and
has two children: Hattie, born in 1878, who is the wife of James Baumgardner,
and has two sons; Daisy, wife of F. M. Monday, residing in Jackson county,
who has one son; and Thomas F., born 1882, who married a Miss Monday and has
two children. By a later marriage of John Wesley Good with Rebecca Samuels
three children were born, namely:
Lula E., who married Griffin Clendennen, and died in 1909 leaving two
children; William B., a farmer residing in Jackson County, who married a Miss
Newbouse and has one son; and Mamie, who is unmarried and resides at home.
Charles W. Good, after attending the public schools, began the study of law
and, having passed the bar examination in 1901, was admitted to practice that
year. He had previously had some experience in mining and has followed the
occupation of a school teacher for some seven years. In 1900 he was elected
from Jackson County, on the Republican ticket, as representative to the West
Virginia legislature. He made a good record in the Assembly and was again
elected, from Kanawha County, in 1908, not being subsequently a candidate for
reelection. While in the legislature he served acceptably on the Judiciary
and other important committees.
He was married in Charleston, in 1902, Nov. 12, to Alwilda Abigail Thomas,
who was born in Kanawha County in 1878, a daughter of Jesse A. and Mary
(Shanahan) Thomas, both now deceased. Mrs. Good's parents were old settlers
in this county; they were consistent members of the Methodist church and
people highly esteemed. Mr. Thomas died June 25, 1910, aged 70 years. He
had survived his wife but a few months, her death having occurred February
12, 1910, when she was 65 years old. By occupation he was a stone contractor.
Their daughter, Mrs. Good, and her husband, are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church. They have no family.
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