Rev. Eli Good^{[1, 2]}

1865 - 1941  (75 years)

• Name	Eli Good
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	22 Sep 1865	Wakarusa, Elkhart Co., Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Grave Marker Photo	www.findagrave.com - GRid=95271101
  Died	Jul 1941	Hancock, MI.
  Buried	Forest Hill Cemetery Houghton Michigan
  Person ID	I8826	MABIC
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Christian Good,   b. 5 Oct 1834,   d. 15 Feb 1887  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Sarah Schrock,   b. 3 Apr 1837,   d. 25 Sep 1866  (Age 29 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1857
  Family ID	F18388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth W. Dettweiler,   b. 9 Nov 1865,   d. Jun 1953, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI  (Age 87 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1886
  Children	1. Alma V. Good,   b. 27 Oct 1887,   d. 27 Oct 1887  (Age 0 years)   2. Lulu Esma Good,   b. 25 Nov 1888,   d. 29 Aug 1974  (Age 85 years)   3. John Victor Good,   b. 11 Jun 1890,   d. 16 Oct 1932  (Age 42 years)   4. Bernice Sierra Good,   b. 12 Oct 1895,   d. 23 Mar 1954  (Age 58 years)   5. Raymond Allen Good,   b. 1 Apr 1904, St John's Michigan USA ,   d. 10 Apr 1980  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F2688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Eli Good was born near Wakarusa, Elkhart County Indiana on September 22, 1865. Eli received a common school education. He married Elizabeth Dettweiler on November 7, 1886. Eli taught school from 1882 to 1897. Soon after, he was ordained to the ministry of the United Brethren in Christ Church in Grand Rapids, MI and served as pastor and presiding elder for some time. Mr. Good substituted for ministers in the very northern part of Michigan preaching in Congregational, Methodist, Baptist and Finnish Lutheran Churches. He was acting pastor for nearly a year at the Hancock Congregation Church. Although he never attended high school himself, he was a well read man and taught at Demmen (near Hancock) for five years. Eli Good and family lived at Wakarusa, IN Goshen, IN, and Dutton and St Johns, MI before taking up homesteading in Alberta, Canada in about 1910. Lulu their eldest daughter remained in Michigan as she was already married to Leonard Mniece. The family, Eli, his wife Elizabeth and their children (Bernice and R Allen,) returned to Michigan in 1925 and established their home in Hancock at 1209 Roberts Street. Son John Victor Good remained in Alberta with his wife and family. Eli taught school and preached in various churches in the vicinity when a church was without a pastor. Following his retirement in 1936 and some health problems, he resorted to his other favorite pastime of reading.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Wenger Book, Samuel S. Wenger, (1978. Published by Pennsylvania German Heritage History, Inc. 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602), page 567, C28A16 (Reliability: 2). [S54] Good Family Record, Ruth L. Good, page 48 (Reliability: 2).