Good, Abraham N.

GOOD

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 00:21:36

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.729

GOOD, ABRAHAM N., farmer, Greenfield Township, Sec. 17; P. O. Norwalk; was born in Virginia, but his parents came to Ohio when he was quite young, and he was raised there; came to this county in November, 1854; he was married in Ohio to Miss Rebecca Black, a native of that State, in 1849; they have six children living: Minerva J., and Mary P., born in Ohio, John W., Wm. H., Effie A., Ira I.; was justice of the peace for six years; owns an improved farm of 80 acres.

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.903

ABRAHAM N. GOOD
Abraham N. Good, deceased, was for many years an honored resident of Warren County and was long identified with its commercial and agricultural interests. He was born in Virginia in 1815 and in early life accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio. It was in the latter state that he was married in 1849 to Miss Rebecca Black, whose birth occurred in Fairfield County, Ohio June 8, 1826. Her parents were Benoni and Mary Black, who with their family removed from Ohio to Iowa in 1854 and all settled in Warren County near Norwalk. All have since gone to their eternal reward with the exception of George Black, Mrs. Rebecca Good and Mrs. Minerva Close.
Mr. and Mrs. Good also came to Warren County in 1854 and here he engaged at different times in farming and in the grocery business. He also served as justice of the peace for several years and his decisions were always fair and unbiased. At the time of their conversion he and his wife united with the Baptist Church but later became members of the Brethren in Christ. Mr. Good died at his home in Norwalk in October 1893, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, and his death was widely mourned for no man in the community was held in higher regard.
Unto him and his estimable wife were born the following children: Minerva J., Mary P., John W., William H.. Effie A. and I. Irvin; Minerva J. and Effie A. have passed over the river of death. The family is one of prominence in Warren County.