(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Arthur Goody, a farmer of Lewisville, filling the office of county commissioner of Jefferson county, was born in Cache county, Utah, March 6, 1871, his parents being Arthur and Alziua (Myler) Goody, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Farmington, Utah. The father came to the new world with a brother when but thirteen years of age, his brother being at that time a lad of eleven. They crossed the continent and took up their abode in the Cache valley, where Mr. Goody worked for his board and clothing through the winter months. As he continued his labors with the passing years he finally arranged the purchase of ten acres of land, which he cultivated until 1883. He then removed to Idaho, settling in Jefferson county, and filed on one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half east of Lewisville. With characteristic energy he began the further development and improvement of that property and continued its cultivation for many years. Later he retired and rented his place, taking up his abode in Idaho Falls, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in January, 1914 (1911 per headstone). The mother had passed away some years before, being called to her final rest on the 31st of May, 1906.
Arthur Goody, Jr., was reared and educated in Utah and Idaho, being a youth of twelve years when his parents removed to this state. He remained under the parental roof until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he purchased land near Lewisville and began farming on his own account. The tract, however, was covered with sagebrush when it came into his possession. He continued to add forty acre tracts to his original purchase until he was the possessor of two hundred acres, which he has since owned and cultivated. He bought out the heirs to his father's place and is now the owner of that farm of one hundred and twenty acres. He has been very successful in his agricultural interests, bringing his land under a high state of cultivation and obtaining therefrom a substantial financial return. At the time of his marriage he built a nice home in Lewisville, where he has since resided, it being located only a mile from his farm.
On the 7th of March, 1893, Mr. Goody was married to Olive M. Walker, a daughter of William H. and Mary J. (Van Velsor) Walker; the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. The father crossed the plains with ox teams in 1847, being one of the early colonizers of Utah. He was one of the volunteers who went to Mexico for the United States at the time of the Mexican war and after the cessation of hostilities returned to Utah, taking up a homestead, which he cultivated for many years. He finally removed to Lewisville, Idaho, in 1884 and purchased a residence, which he occupied throughout his remaining days, living retired from active business. He died January 9, 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-eight, and the mother passed away September 3, 1916, also at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Goody have become the parents of four children: Leora, the wife of Henry Thomson, of Lewisville; Dora, the wife of J. E. Erickson, also of Lewisville; Arthur J., nineteen years of age, who is at home; and Edwin L., also at home.
In November, 1918, Mr. Goody was elected county commissioner of Jefferson county. For sixteen years he had served as school trustee and was also a member of the town board for four years. He is the president of the Great Feeder Canal Company and his activities along these lines indicate the nature and breadth of his interests and the value of his work as a factor in the upbuilding of the community. He is now a stockholder in the C. A. Smith Mercantile Company, also in the Intermountain Farmers Equity. He readily recognizes the value not only of business enterprises but of opportunities for the development of the district and utilizes the latter just as readily and effectively as he does the former. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while religiously he remains loyal to the faith in which he was reared — that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Arthur Goody, a farmer of Lewisville, filling the office of county commissioner of Jefferson county, was born in Cache county, Utah, March 6, 1871, his parents being Arthur and Alziua (Myler) Goody, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Farmington, Utah. The father came to the new world with a brother when but thirteen years of age, his brother being at that time a lad of eleven. They crossed the continent and took up their abode in the Cache valley, where Mr. Goody worked for his board and clothing through the winter months. As he continued his labors with the passing years he finally arranged the purchase of ten acres of land, which he cultivated until 1883. He then removed to Idaho, settling in Jefferson county, and filed on one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half east of Lewisville. With characteristic energy he began the further development and improvement of that property and continued its cultivation for many years. Later he retired and rented his place, taking up his abode in Idaho Falls, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in January, 1914 (1911 per headstone). The mother had passed away some years before, being called to her final rest on the 31st of May, 1906.
Arthur Goody, Jr., was reared and educated in Utah and Idaho, being a youth of twelve years when his parents removed to this state. He remained under the parental roof until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he purchased land near Lewisville and began farming on his own account. The tract, however, was covered with sagebrush when it came into his possession. He continued to add forty acre tracts to his original purchase until he was the possessor of two hundred acres, which he has since owned and cultivated. He bought out the heirs to his father's place and is now the owner of that farm of one hundred and twenty acres. He has been very successful in his agricultural interests, bringing his land under a high state of cultivation and obtaining therefrom a substantial financial return. At the time of his marriage he built a nice home in Lewisville, where he has since resided, it being located only a mile from his farm.
On the 7th of March, 1893, Mr. Goody was married to Olive M. Walker, a daughter of William H. and Mary J. (Van Velsor) Walker; the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. The father crossed the plains with ox teams in 1847, being one of the early colonizers of Utah. He was one of the volunteers who went to Mexico for the United States at the time of the Mexican war and after the cessation of hostilities returned to Utah, taking up a homestead, which he cultivated for many years. He finally removed to Lewisville, Idaho, in 1884 and purchased a residence, which he occupied throughout his remaining days, living retired from active business. He died January 9, 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-eight, and the mother passed away September 3, 1916, also at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Goody have become the parents of four children: Leora, the wife of Henry Thomson, of Lewisville; Dora, the wife of J. E. Erickson, also of Lewisville; Arthur J., nineteen years of age, who is at home; and Edwin L., also at home.
In November, 1918, Mr. Goody was elected county commissioner of Jefferson county. For sixteen years he had served as school trustee and was also a member of the town board for four years. He is the president of the Great Feeder Canal Company and his activities along these lines indicate the nature and breadth of his interests and the value of his work as a factor in the upbuilding of the community. He is now a stockholder in the C. A. Smith Mercantile Company, also in the Intermountain Farmers Equity. He readily recognizes the value not only of business enterprises but of opportunities for the development of the district and utilizes the latter just as readily and effectively as he does the former. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while religiously he remains loyal to the faith in which he was reared — that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Arthur Goody, a farmer of Lewisville, filling the office of county commissioner of Jefferson county, was born in Cache county, Utah, March 6, 1871, his parents being Arthur and Alziua (Myler) Goody, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Farmington, Utah. The father came to the new world with a brother when but thirteen years of age, his brother being at that time a lad of eleven. They crossed the continent and took up their abode in the Cache valley, where Mr. Goody worked for his board and clothing through the winter months. As he continued his labors with the passing years he finally arranged the purchase of ten acres of land, which he cultivated until 1883. He then removed to Idaho, settling in Jefferson county, and filed on one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half east of Lewisville. With characteristic energy he began the further development and improvement of that property and continued its cultivation for many years. Later he retired and rented his place, taking up his abode in Idaho Falls, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in January, 1914 (1911 per headstone). The mother had passed away some years before, being called to her final rest on the 31st of May, 1906.
Arthur Goody, Jr., was reared and educated in Utah and Idaho, being a youth of twelve years when his parents removed to this state. He remained under the parental roof until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he purchased land near Lewisville and began farming on his own account. The tract, however, was covered with sagebrush when it came into his possession. He continued to add forty acre tracts to his original purchase until he was the possessor of two hundred acres, which he has since owned and cultivated. He bought out the heirs to his father's place and is now the owner of that farm of one hundred and twenty acres. He has been very successful in his agricultural interests, bringing his land under a high state of cultivation and obtaining therefrom a substantial financial return. At the time of his marriage he built a nice home in Lewisville, where he has since resided, it being located only a mile from his farm.
On the 7th of March, 1893, Mr. Goody was married to Olive M. Walker, a daughter of William H. and Mary J. (Van Velsor) Walker; the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. The father crossed the plains with ox teams in 1847, being one of the early colonizers of Utah. He was one of the volunteers who went to Mexico for the United States at the time of the Mexican war and after the cessation of hostilities returned to Utah, taking up a homestead, which he cultivated for many years. He finally removed to Lewisville, Idaho, in 1884 and purchased a residence, which he occupied throughout his remaining days, living retired from active business. He died January 9, 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-eight, and the mother passed away September 3, 1916, also at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Goody have become the parents of four children: Leora, the wife of Henry Thomson, of Lewisville; Dora, the wife of J. E. Erickson, also of Lewisville; Arthur J., nineteen years of age, who is at home; and Edwin L., also at home.
In November, 1918, Mr. Goody was elected county commissioner of Jefferson county. For sixteen years he had served as school trustee and was also a member of the town board for four years. He is the president of the Great Feeder Canal Company and his activities along these lines indicate the nature and breadth of his interests and the value of his work as a factor in the upbuilding of the community. He is now a stockholder in the C. A. Smith Mercantile Company, also in the Intermountain Farmers Equity. He readily recognizes the value not only of business enterprises but of opportunities for the development of the district and utilizes the latter just as readily and effectively as he does the former. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while religiously he remains loyal to the faith in which he was reared — that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Arthur Goody, a farmer of Lewisville, filling the office of county commissioner of Jefferson county, was born in Cache county, Utah, March 6, 1871, his parents being Arthur and Alziua (Myler) Goody, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Farmington, Utah. The father came to the new world with a brother when but thirteen years of age, his brother being at that time a lad of eleven. They crossed the continent and took up their abode in the Cache valley, where Mr. Goody worked for his board and clothing through the winter months. As he continued his labors with the passing years he finally arranged the purchase of ten acres of land, which he cultivated until 1883. He then removed to Idaho, settling in Jefferson county, and filed on one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half east of Lewisville. With characteristic energy he began the further development and improvement of that property and continued its cultivation for many years. Later he retired and rented his place, taking up his abode in Idaho Falls, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in January, 1914 (1911 per headstone). The mother had passed away some years before, being called to her final rest on the 31st of May, 1906.
Arthur Goody, Jr., was reared and educated in Utah and Idaho, being a youth of twelve years when his parents removed to this state. He remained under the parental roof until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he purchased land near Lewisville and began farming on his own account. The tract, however, was covered with sagebrush when it came into his possession. He continued to add forty acre tracts to his original purchase until he was the possessor of two hundred acres, which he has since owned and cultivated. He bought out the heirs to his father's place and is now the owner of that farm of one hundred and twenty acres. He has been very successful in his agricultural interests, bringing his land under a high state of cultivation and obtaining therefrom a substantial financial return. At the time of his marriage he built a nice home in Lewisville, where he has since resided, it being located only a mile from his farm.
On the 7th of March, 1893, Mr. Goody was married to Olive M. Walker, a daughter of William H. and Mary J. (Van Velsor) Walker; the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. The father crossed the plains with ox teams in 1847, being one of the early colonizers of Utah. He was one of the volunteers who went to Mexico for the United States at the time of the Mexican war and after the cessation of hostilities returned to Utah, taking up a homestead, which he cultivated for many years. He finally removed to Lewisville, Idaho, in 1884 and purchased a residence, which he occupied throughout his remaining days, living retired from active business. He died January 9, 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-eight, and the mother passed away September 3, 1916, also at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Goody have become the parents of four children: Leora, the wife of Henry Thomson, of Lewisville; Dora, the wife of J. E. Erickson, also of Lewisville; Arthur J., nineteen years of age, who is at home; and Edwin L., also at home.
In November, 1918, Mr. Goody was elected county commissioner of Jefferson county. For sixteen years he had served as school trustee and was also a member of the town board for four years. He is the president of the Great Feeder Canal Company and his activities along these lines indicate the nature and breadth of his interests and the value of his work as a factor in the upbuilding of the community. He is now a stockholder in the C. A. Smith Mercantile Company, also in the Intermountain Farmers Equity. He readily recognizes the value not only of business enterprises but of opportunities for the development of the district and utilizes the latter just as readily and effectively as he does the former. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while religiously he remains loyal to the faith in which he was reared — that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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