When Lemuel Wesley Goode was born on 19 June 1875, in Van Buren Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, Daniel Wesley Goode, was 41 and his mother, Rachel Emaline Davidson, was 46. He married Elva Jane Billhymer on 17 February 1894, in Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Soap Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Cleveland Township, Davis, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 2 May 1919, at the age of 43, and was buried in Brush, Morgan, Colorado, United States.