The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1898-12-02
VERY SUDDEN DEATH.
F. NJ. Goodykoontz, the At
torney, Passed Away on
Last Thursday.
Monmouth Merchant Mills
Now Light Their Plant
With Electric Lights.
THANKFUL FOR BLESSINGS
Union Services Were Held at
the Baptist Church Last
Thursday Morning.
F. NJ. GooDYKooNTz IS DEAD.

+. NJ. GOUDY kOONTZ Is DEAD.
| This Honor able Gentleman Passed Away
on Thanksgiving Morning.
When Frank M. Goodykoontz wss
down town last Saturday morniDg and
attended to his business duiiug the day,
apparently in good health, there was
little thought in his mind or in the
minds of those he associated with dur
ing the day that in less than four days
he would be called to his home On
high, and wien his death was announc-
ed Thursday morning it came to the
people Of this city as great shock and
surpriee although the day before it
was rumored that his death was only
question of time. Early in September
Mr.. Goodykoontz went to Racine, Wis,
and while there contracted q severe
cold which settled in his ear, and later
gathered and broke. From time to
time this occasioned no little trouble
and Saturday evening he went home
|
Sunday and Monday be had terrible
pains in his head and it was feared that
an abscess was forming on his brain.
Wednesday consultation was held at
the residence between Drs. Bobb and
Crane, they agreed that an abscess was
forming in his brain, and that there was
little if any hope of his recovery. All
that day Mr.. Goodykoontz suffered in
tense pain and late in the afternoon he
was put under the influence of an opiste.
At 2 o'clock Thursday morning he
died. aged 56 years. The announce
ment of his death cast gloom over
the city, for he was man who stood
high in the esteem of his fellow citi-
zens He was man who was pleasant
and genial in his dispotion, honest and
upright in his business affairs and was
an attorney with a state wide reputa-
ton. Mr.. Goodykoontz was strong
lover of his home and leaves wife and
daue hter to mourn his death which
came 80 suddenly and with SO little
warning.
Frank Nj. Goodykoontz is an example
of self-made man, and his early life
was fraught with incidents in his en-
deavor to secure an education. He
was born in Madison county, Indiana,
in April, 1912, and until the age of II
he lived on farm with his parents,
picking up what knowledge he could
from the country schools. In 1856 he
moved with his parents to Waukon,
Iowa, and when 10 years of age he took
up the study Of law, returning to An
derson, Ind, for that purpose. When
81 years old he was married to Miss
Myra Clifford in Illinois, and that same
year, 1863, they moved tn Waukon,
Iowa, where be practiced law for few
years, and then moved TO email town
in southern Minnesota, remaing there
q wear or so In 1867 he moved to
Mason City, Iowa, and went there on
the first passenger train that run into
that city He was quite successful
there in his practice and in the year
1875 he MADE the greatest effort of his
life in the defense of man who was
charged with murder. The trial
lasted three weeks and he acquitted his
man. The case attracted the attention
of north western Iowa and Mr.. Goody-
koontz'a ,'esntetion extended far and
wide. lo was elected to the
Iowa ~ ). .. ID & at vas his
popl7lsiii, that his election was practi-
call. ua nous.
!. Posges88c of desire to come west
he close !.3 mis- business at Masca Ci.y
and witH lis family he moved to
ChamUer. lin IN 1882, at that tine there
being nc buildings erectoo ani for
several months they resided in tent.
Mr.. Goodykoontz was largely inter
ested in starting the town of Chamber
lain and invested his earnings in the
future prosperity of that place. In
this he nat with reverses and practi-
cally lost oil of his wealth. he assis I'D
in the organization of the Dakota Fire
& Marine Insurance Co. at Chamber
lain in 1884 and YVES the attorney o1
tho con oaey t>r NJ gAo1 Jf years
lin i3nl .Ir. Coos 3iCc 1tz went tc
Wa him ste snd remained i've yssss u
attorney .or he Indians on the Sioux