Biographical Sketch of Lewis Palmer GOOD (1904); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 2, edited by Gil- bert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1904, page 365. "LEWIS PALMER GOOD, a prosperous farmer of London Grove township, Chester county, is a grandson of Thomas Good, who was a farmer of West Grove town- ship, and later moved to Penn township, where his son, Francis Good, Jr., was born in 1834. The latter was educated at the Westtown Friends' School, and afterward engaged in farming in West Fallowfield, where he remained three years. He then bought the 'old Michener farm,' which was included in what is now West Grove village. It was through the combined efforts of Mr. Good and Mr. Joseph Pyle that the village of West Grove was estab- lished, the former being known as the 'Father of West Grove.' He married Sarah, daughter of Joel and Rachel (Spencer) Thompson, the former a farmer of Toughkenamon, and by this union was the father of two children: Lewis Palmer, mentioned at length hereinafter; and Ella, who married Solomon Pusey, and has two children. Mr. Good died in 1902, and his widow is still living. "Lewis Palmer Good, son of Francis, Jr., and Sarah (Thompson) Good, was born in 1853, in West Fallowfield township, and received his education in the schools of Westtown and West Grove. His early manhood was spent in assisting his father on the home farm, and in 1885 he moved to London Grove, where he has since remained, devoting himself assiduously to agri- cultural pursuits, his industry and enterprise being rewarded with very successful results. In politics Mr. Good adheres to the Republican party. He and his family attend Friends' Meetings. "Mr. Good married, in 1885, Phoebe, daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Baker) West, of London Grove township. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Good: William, Esther, Frances, Spencer, and one who died in infancy."