John Goode (1829 - 1909)

Born 27 May 1829 in Bedford, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sallie (Urquhart) Goode — married 10 Jul 1855 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1909 at age 80 in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John Goode is Notable.

John was born in 1829. He is the son of John Goode and Ann Leftwich. He married: Sally URQUHART b: Strawberry Plains, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, m: 10 Jul 1855.

1870 census Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGT-ZNJ

John Goode male 41 VA Lawyer

Sallie Goode female 38 VA

Mary Goode female 14 VA

Richard Goode male 11 VA

John Goode male 6 VA

Annie Goode female 1 VA

Ephraim Colthorp male 48 VA servant

Eliza Colthorp female 40 M VA servant

Henrietta Brown female 42 B VA servant

Frances Williams female 35 B VA

1880 census Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC55-HWR

John Goode male 50 Lawyer Congressman

Sallie Goode wife female 47 VA

Mary Goode daughter female 24 VA

Richard Goode son male 21 VA

John Goode son male 15 VA

Jammie Goode son male 7 VA

Eliza Colthorp female 50 VA serv’t Nurse

Ephraim Colthorp male 60 VA serv’t Butler

Henrietta Brown female 32 VA serv’t Cook

• Fact: Residence (1850) Bedford county, Bedford, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Burial (1909) Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States of America
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch US Congressman. Confederate Congressman. An 1848 graduate of Emory and Henry College in Virginia, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and established a legal practice in Bedford, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was a member of the Virginia succession convention. During the Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Confederate Army and was a Congressman in the First and Second Confederate Congresses. He moved to Norfolk, Virginia, following the war and was elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1874. He served from 1875 to 1881, and was appointed Solicitor General of the United States by President Grover Cleveland, serving from 1885 to 1886. He resumed the practice of law in Norfolk and Washington, D. C., and was president of the Virginia State Bar Association in 1898.

Bio by: Garver Graver

Sources

• LHA Ancestor Report
• 1870 census Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGT-ZNJ
• 1880 census Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC55-HWR
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 July 2019, 15:46), entry for John Goode Jr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCRS-S7W); contributed by various users.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goode_(Virginia_politician)