Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson "Tom"
When Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Good was born on 29 November 1878, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, Jacob Welling Good, was 36 and his mother, Josephine Haley, was 22. He married Clara Eloise Sanderson in 1910, in Gail, Borden, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Borden, Texas, United States in 1920 and Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 23 August 1961, in Borden, Texas, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Thomas Good in household of Jacob Good, "United States Census, 1880"
- Thomas J. Good, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Thomas Jefferson Good, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Howard, Texas, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ (Old English gōd).
English: from the Middle English personal name Gode, representing either Old English Goda (male) or Gode (female), in part a byname and in part a short form of various compound names with the first element gōd, or perhaps a pet form of Old French names in God- such as Godfrey .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gut and Guth , or Dutch Goed and Goede .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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