Morris tribune., 1902-12-13
]. D. GOOD Is DEAD
RESULT OF A SURGICAL. OPERA
TON LAST WEDNES=
DAY.
One of the Oldest Pioneers of

Stevens County-Brief Sketch OF
His Life.
A telegram was received in Morris
Thursday afternoon bearing the sad
intelligence that John D. Good had
died at one o'clock that afternoon as
a result Of a surgical operation per-
formed at St. Luke's hospital in St.
Paul the day previous. MIR. Good had
been in poor health for some time,
and while his demise was not wholly
unexpected. it is a source of deep
regret to everyone here and especially
to those sturdy old pioneers, who,
with Mr.. Good, braved the hardships
Of frontier life in the earl y seventies,
and have watched with pride the
Growth Of Morris and Stevens coun-
ty for more than a quarter Of a
century. About a year ago he re-
tired from business, and last winter
went to St. Paul to live with his
brother, where he might receive the
best of care and medical aid. Last
spring h. returned much improved
in health, and spent the summer
here looking after his extensive bust
ness interests. About a month ago
he left again for st. Paul to spend
the winter. Shortly after his arrival
he was taken seriously i'll, and was re-
moved to St. Luke's hospital. His
condition grew continually worse,
and as the only remaining hope for
his recovery, the operation was
performed on Wednesday last, which
resulted fatally.
A we stated above, deceased was
one of the earliest settlers in the
county, and as to his nativity and
after life, no better account could be
given than the following biography
reprinted from history of Stevens
county published il 1888:
"Hon. John D. Good, prominent
hardware merchant Of the village of
Morris, is one of the earliest and
most influential settlers Of Stevens
county. He came here in 1869, at
which time there were west of the
Pomme de Terre river only four fam
lilies. At that time he took up land
within a mile of where Morris now
stands, opened farm, and titled the
soil until 1871, In January of that
year he removed to the village and
opened lumber yard, haIling his
stock some three miles-tLe railroad
having not arrived in the place yet.
When he first came to the county
he had hauled all his material from
Sank Centre, a distance of fifty
miles, and put up the first frame
house. He found no roads or bridges
and was compelled to raft the lumber
over the streams and draw the wagon
over with long rope Mr.. Good
has carried on his lumber business
since he first started 1t. In 1874
he inaugurated the hardware bust
ness, in which he is also still engaged.
In the fall of 1875 Mr.. Good was
elected to represent this district in
the state Legislature. He has been a
member of the village council for
several terms, and in all educational
matters ia kes a great interest, and is
an active and efficient worker. He
has a large landed interest in the
county, owning some 400 acres in all j;
two farms, each of 100 acres, he has
under cultivation.
Mr.. Good was born in Harrisburg,
Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, Janu-
airy 81, 1S4l, and is the son of
Christian and Catharine Good. He
remained in his native State until
1862, when he came to Minnesota
and located in St. Paul, and was en-
ployed in the saw-mill there for two
years. At the expiration of that
time he went to the North Star
Wooden Mills. where he was foreman
for five years, after which he came
to Stevens county, as related above
His father WIS interested in both
saw and wooden mills in the key
stone State" and our subject had
practical knowledge of both when he
came West. In 1883 the store build