Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . the age ofseventy j-ears, a respected citizen and a consistentmember of the German Reformed Church. mother, whose maiden name was RebeccaAckerman, was a native of Lancaster, and diedyoung. Mrs. Schaum was her only child. Shewas reared by her Grandfather Fordney. Our subject and his wife are the panMils of threechildren: John (t., a i)lumberof Lancaster; Phili
Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . the age ofseventy j-ears, a respected citizen and a consistentmember of the German Reformed Church. mother, whose maiden name was RebeccaAckerman, was a native of Lancaster, and diedyoung. Mrs. Schaum was her only child. Shewas reared by her Grandfather Fordney. Our subject and his wife are the panMils of threechildren: John (t., a i)lumberof Lancaster; PhilipIL, a member of the linn of Dean & Schaum, elec-tricians; and Albert L., a clerk in Lancaster. Thetwo oldest of these children are married. WILLIAM GOOD is Superintendent ofthe Lancaster County As3lum, Hos-pital and Almshouse, a very responsi-ble position, the duties of which he dischargeswith conscientious and commendable ability. TheAlmshouse is very commodious and can accommo-date over four hundred persons. The InsaneAsylum can give shelter to one hundred and tenpatients,and the Hospital in connection vvith thesehas a capacity of one hundred persons. The build-ings are situated on the Philadelphia Pike and are. JOHN D. SKILES. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 151 built on approved modern plans. They are keptin raost immaculate order, and the general manage-ment of affairs rellects great honor upon the Super-intendent. William Good was born in Upper LeacockTownship, Lancaster County, September 18, 1835,and is of German descent. His paternal grand-father, Michael Good, operated a small farm inWest Earl Township, and manufactured cradleson a small scale. Our subjects father, CyrusGood, was born on the old liomestead carried onby his father and learned tiie coopers trade. Hefarmed on a tract of land comprising forty-fiveacres in Upper Leacock Township, near Bareville,and lie also had a small cooperage. He died onhis farm at tlic age of years, a man whowas much res
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