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JOHN L. GOOD (deceased) was one of the representative citizens of Monroe township, Cumberland county, where he engaged in farming with much success for a number of years. Mr. Good was born in Lancaster county, son of John Good. The Good family has many members throughout Lancaster county, where they are noted for sterling traits of character and large farming interests.

John Good, father of the late John L. Good, married Barbara Lehman, whose parents came from Dauphin county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Good died in Lancaster county. They had these children: John L.; Jacob, who resides in Monroe township, with his sister-in-law; Moses, who died in Dauphin county; Levi, who lives in Lancaster county; and Henry; and Abraham.

The late John L. Good obtained a good, common school education, and was reared on his father’s farm, where he was taught all the principles of practical farming. These he tested with great success on his own land, first in Lancaster county, and later, in Cumberland county, where he moved in 1879. In 1881 he bought the old Jacob Hertzler farm in Monroe township, which consists of 100 acres of fine arable land. There Mr. Good made many substantial improvements, and increased the value of the property. His death occurred at his home in 1896, and his remains were taken back to Lancaster county, and interred at Elizabethtown, with other members of the Good family.

Mr. Good was united in marriage with Catherine Ebersole, a daughter of John and Sarah (Gebhart) Ebersole, who still survives, and is one of the most highly esteemed ladies of this locality. Their children were: Simon, who died in 1902, in Monroe township; Ellen, wife of Wing Myers, and residing at Clear Springs, Adams County; Ida, wife of William Smith, of Dillsburg, York county; Grant, who married Nettie Harman, and resides near Bendersville, Pa.; and Sadie, wife of Philip Brechbill, a resident of Boiling Springs, Cumberland county.

The late Mr. Good was a strong supporter of the Republican party. Both he and wife were leading members of the Mennonite Church. He was a man who commanded the respect of all who knew him and was entitled to the wide esteem in which he was universally held. He was honest and upright in business life, was careful to set a good example to his family, was a kind and considerate husband and father, and an accommodating neighbor.