1850 Nov: Born in Canada. (6)

1872 Nov 19: Isaac Good marries Mary Clemmer. (2,5,6)

  1874 ___ __: Samantha L.
  1876 ___ __: Emma M.
  1878 May __: Agnes V.
  1880 Feb __: Jacob C.
  1882 Oct __: Mary

Isaac's obituary lists these daughters
  Mrs. E. M. Umbach
  Mrs. W. A. Stauffer (Emma M.)
  Mrs. C. Schlotterbeck
  Mrs. Jacob Siebert (Agnes V.)
It also says they adopted twin girls in Ontario.

Isaac and Mary begin their life together on a farm in Waterloo Co., Ontario. (2)

1878: Isaac and Mary move to a farm one mile north of Canada, KS (4 p133), and Isaac enters the real estate business. (2)

1880 Jun 14,15: US Census. Isaac and Mary and living with four of their children, Samantha, Emma, Agnes, and Jacob, and two boarders in Gale Twp. of Marion Co., KS. (5) Canada, Kansas is in southern Gale Twp.

Late 1880s: Isaac establishes a bank in Hillsboro, KS and continues to operate it for about five years. (2)

1898: Isaac becomes Vice-President of the State Bank of Commerce. (2)

1900: Isaac becomes interested in Oklahoma real estate, and eventually devloped an extensive business there, which was managed by his son J. C. Good and son-in-law C. Schlotterbeck. (2)

1900 Jun 26,27: US Census. Isaac and Mary are living in Gale Twp. of Marion Co. with three of their children Agnes, Jacob, and Mary, and two "wards," Mable and Mildred Brambel. (6)

Family Connection Photo from (2) Isaac is a fourth cousin of our great grandfather Joel Good. He came from Ontario, Canada in 1878 and became one of the founders of Canada, KS, a real estate dealer in Marion Co. Kansas and also Oklahoma, a banker in Hillsboro and Marion, and eventually the mayor of Marion.

1901 ca.: Isaac and Mary purchase the Steiner house and move to Marion, KS. (2)

1909: Isaac become mayor of Marion. Immediately before becoming mayor, he serves a term a city councilman. (2)

1911: State Bank of Commerce merges with Marion State Bank, and Isaac becomes President of the State Bank of Commerce. (2)

1932: Isaac retires. (2)

1937: Mary Clemmer Good dies (2); buried Marion City Cemetery. (3)

1941 Apr 19: Isaac Good dies; buried Marion City Cemetery. (2,3)

Notes

1. Elias H. Good, "History of the 'Goods'" (Kitchener, Ont.: 1929 Aug 5). Also www.dgatx.com/family...ubs/1929/HGA/hs.html (2008). This history, with the alternate title "History of the 'Good' Ancestry", was written for the Good reunion at Gowanstown, Ont. It also appears in "The Good Side of My Family" by Ruth Good Baker, 1967. Both are on file at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2008 Jan 29.

2. "Eminent Pioneer Dies" in Marion County Record? (Marion, KS: 1941 Apr). Also www.dgatx.com/family...s/1941/IGood/hs.html. Obituary Isaac Good.

3. Donald I Good, "Peabody Area History" (90 photos, 2008 Nov 25). www.dgatx.com/family...s/2008/11-25/hs.html. Isaac and Mary, frames 86-89.

4. Sondra Van Meter, Marion County Kansas: Past and Present (Hillsboro, KS: M. B. Publishing House, 1972). Pages 133-136 on Canada, KS.

5. "Gale Twp., Marion Co., Kansas" in 1880 Federal Population Census (US Census Bureau, 1880 Jun 14, 15). Also www.dgatx.com/family...0/Isaac-Good/hs.html. Microfilm available through US National Archives. Isaac Good.

6. "Gale Twp., Marion Co., Kansas" in 1900 Federal Population Census (US Census Bureau, 1900 Jun 26,27). Also www.dgatx.com/family...0/Isaac-Good/hs.html. Microfilm available through US National Archives. Isaac Good.