serviceyears branch predecessor successor children birth_place unit party battles birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
1861 -- 1865 grand army of the republic charles h. stewart g.m. brown alexander jessie john maltman goode , grace , annie , london , england company f , 18th illinois volunteer infantry regiment republican american civil war 28 october 1844 jessie s. maltman -lrb- m. 1869 -rrb- richard w. goode.xcf richard w. goode
 richard walter goode real estate , postmaster
richard w. goode

richard walter goode -lrb- october 28 , 1844 -- september 17 , 1912 -rrb- was a one-term mayor of melbourne , florida from 1905 to 1906 .
with his father john goode , he was one of the first settlers of melbourne .
he was born in london , england , and moved to chicago , illinois while still a boy .
he enlisted in the 18th illinois volunteer infantry regiment at age seventeen .
he served in the american civil war , and was honorably discharged at its end .
he married jessie s. maltman in chicago in 1869 .
in may 1877 , they moved to melbourne .
he was the second european settler in the area .
he was the father of captain alexander j. goode , the grandfather of harry c. goode , sr. , who served on the melbourne city council and great-grandfather of harry c. goode , jr. who also served as mayor .
in 1884 , he built the goode house .
in 1889 , he opened a real estate and insurance office .
in 1897 , he was appointed postmaster of melbourne .
he died while visiting family in chicago .
he was struck by a train .
