Draft:George S. Good

George Smith Good (April 10, 1844 – October 14, 1913) was a Union Army officer during the United States Civil War , and later became a significant railroad contractor   and industrialist in the firebrick, electrical , and clay industries in late 19th and early 20th century America.

Good was one of the founders of the town of Patton, Pennsylvania along with James Kerr and Senator John Patton

Early life & Education
George Smith Good was born April 10, 1844 , in Turbotville, Pennsylvania, as the youngest son of 9 children born to George Good and Mary Smith Good . He received a common school education and enrolled in Dickinson Seminary where his education was interrupted by the United States Civil War.

Military Service
Good served in Company I, 84th Pennsylvania Regiment during the civil war achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville & Mile Run. At the battle of Chancellorsville Virginia, he received a gunshot wound in the right hand & was taken prisoner & confined to Libby prison for 3 weeks where his education was interrupted by the United States Civil War. In 1863 he was taken prisoner again at the battle of Mine Run and was one of the prisoners who escaped Libby Prison Escape .

After the war, Good was released from military service on December 31, 1864 when he relocated to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and entered the grocery business in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Railroads
Through his companies Good Construction Company and Pennsylvania Construction Company, Good was a contractor on the following railroads:
 * Allegheny Railroad


 * Arizona and New Mexico Railway
 * Beech Creek Railroad
 * Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
 * Chihuahua-Pacific Railway
 * Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf_Railroad]
 * Clearfield and Mahoning Railway
 * Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad
 * Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (DN&P) Railway
 * Frisco Railroad
 * El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
 * El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
 * New York Central Railroad
 * Pennsylvania Railroad
 * Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway among others

Business & Industry
By the early 1890s, Good had expanded his business activites into large city sewer installations, banking as well as the manufacture of sewer pipe, fire brick and coal mining. Good entered into the clay industry with the founding of the Patton Clay Manufacturing Company . Good was also founded and served as president of the following companies:
 * George S. Good Fire Brick Company


 * Clearfield Sewer Pipe Company
 * The Good Clay & Coal Company
 * Margaret Smokeless Coal Company

Marriage
On 1867, Good married Catherine Angelica Baker of Milton, Pennsylvania and together they had 9 children : Sarah Baker "Sally" Good Church, Mary Worth Good, Georgeanna "Georgie" Good, Catherine A "Katie" Good, Edward M Good, Blanche Beatrice Good Lark, Henry F. Good, Ralph E. Good, George S. Good II

Death
Good passed away peacefully at his home in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania on October 14, 1913.