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 GOODE

GOODE

President Cleveland solicitor-general of the United States, and held the office for several mouths. He was for a time acting attorney gen- eral but failed to receive confirmation by the senate, owing to opposition organized by his politi- cal enemy, Senator Mahune. As a representative in the 46th congress he was the author of the bill for the erection of the Yorktown oionument and as president of the Yorktown centennial associa- tion he directed the celebration in 18S1. While in congress he was for two sessions chairman of t le oomniittee on education and was prominent in the educational work of the state as member of the board of visitors for the University of Vir- ginia, and of the Virginia agricultural and mea'ianical college. He received the degree of LL. D. from the University of Virginia, and was chosen one of the professors in the law depart- ment of the National university, Washington, D.C. He practised law in Washington, D.C., until 1893, when he was appointed a member of t'.ie Chilian claims commission.

QOODE, Patrick Gaines, representative, was liorn in Cornwall parish, Charlotte county, Va., May 10, 1798; son of Philip and Rebekah (Hayes) Goode; grandson of Samuel and Mary (Collier J Goode; great-grandson of Samuel and Mary Armistead (Burwell) Goode, and great^ gi-andsou of Samuel and Martha (Jones) Goode. He re- moved with his parents at an early age to Wayne township in the new state of Ohio, was educated at Xenia academy and in Philadelphia, and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He practised in Madison, Ind., until 1838 and then in Shelby county, Ohio; served in the 33d and 33d general assemblies of Ohio as a representative, 1833-3.5; was a Whig representative in the S.ith, 26th and 27th congresses, 1837-43, being chairman of the committee on Revolutionary claims; was judge of the U.S. circuit court, 1844-51, and thereafter practised law and also preached the gospel as a member of the Central Ohio conference of the Slethodist Episcopal church. He was early an abolitionist. He married Mary, daughter of Gen. Benjamin Whiteman, pioneer, and Maj. Benjamin Wliiteraan Goode, their son, was brigade quarter- master. Fifth division. Army of the Tennessee. Ju Ige Goode died in Sidney, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1863.

QOODE, Robert, patriot, was born at " Whitby," Chesterfield county, Va., Feb. 8, 1743; son of Robert and Mary (Turpin) Goode. He was an elder brother of Samuel Goode, repre- sentative in the 6th U.S. congress, 1799-1801. He served as major and colonel in the Chesterfield militia in scouting service along the James river during the Revolutionary war and served as president of numerous courts-martial for the trial of spies and tories. He was an incorporator of " Academy of Arts and Sciences of the United

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states of America" projected in 1786 at Rich- mond, Va., under the patronage of the P'rench academy of sciences. He was state director of public buildings and had charge of the comple- tion of the state capitol at Rich- mond, Va. He was married to Sallie, daughter of Col. Richard Bland, delegate to the Continental congress, 1774-75, the " Cato of the American Revolution." Colonel Goode died at " Whitby," Va., April 3, 1809.

QOODE, Samuel, representative, was born at "Whitby," Chesterfield county, Va., March 21, 17.56; son of Robert and Mary (Turpin) Goode; grand.son of Robert and Elizabeth (Curd) Goode, and great-grandson of John and Anne (Bennet) Goode. He was a lieutenant in the Chesterfield troop of horse during the Revolution and after- ward colonel of militia for Mecklenburg. He was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, 1779-83, and a representative in the 6th U.S. con- gress, 1799-1801. He was married in 1786, to Mary Armistead, daughter of Col. Lewis Burwell, and a great-granddaughter of Gov. Alexander Spotswood. He died in Mecklenburg county, Va., Nov. 14, 1.S33.

QOODE, Thomas, physician, was born in Mecklenburg county, Va., Oct. 31, 1789; son of Col. Samuel and Mary Armistead (Burwell) Goode. He was graduated in medicine at Edin- burgh about 1810, lived in Botetourt county, 1825-33, and in Batli county, 1833-58, where he purchased and developed the Hot .Springs and built a sanitarium at Buffalo Springs, Va., where Goode Hall was erected as a monument to his memory. He was married to Mary Ann Knok, a descendant from Pocahontas. He published T7ie Inralid Ciuide to the Virginia Springs. He died at Buffalo Springs, Va.. April 2, 18.58.

QOODE, -William Henry, educator, was born near Waynesville. Ohio. June 9, 1807; son of Pliilip and Rebekah (Hayes) Goode. and brother of Patrick Gaines Goode. He was educated by his father and at the Xenia academy. He was prin- cipal of the Gallatin county seminary, Kentucky, 1827-36; and of the New Albany seminaiy, Ind., 1836-43, and was the pioneer Methodist educator of Indiana. In 1836 he entered the ministry of the M.E. church, and in 1842 was transferred to the Arkansas conference and as principal of the Fort Coffee academy, began the work of education among the Choctaws. In 1844 he formed the In- dian mission conference and soon after returned to Indiana, unwilling to follow his conference