Samuel Goode born in Hampton Charles, Bromyard, Herefordshire, was a mayor of Adelaide, South Australia.
Background
Another brother, Ernest Russell Goode ( – 23 June 1927) was born at Ivingtonbury and emigrated to South Australia. In England he had worked on his father"s farm, but for much of his first seven years in South Australia he worked as a draper with brothers Matthew and Charles as Goode Brothers.
Career
He returned to Leominster around 1860, where at Ivingtonbury he profitably bred Hereford cattle and served on the Leominster town council. In 1889 he again returned to Adelaide and ran farms near Islington railway station (later the suburbs Regency Park and Kilburn) and at north Norwood. He was elected to the Adelaide City Council and served as mayor from 1863 to 1864.
To him fell the honour of laying the foundation stone for the new Town Hall"s Albert Tower.
He served as Chief Magistrate for a year. Samuel Goode married Mission Russell, a daughter of East. Russell of Kingsland, Herefordshire, in 1857.
Their children included:
Their eldest son Charles Henry Goode jun. (ca1851 – 2 September 1914) married Jessie Gertrude Chaplin on 7 July 1903.
He worked as an insurance agent and was closely associated with the North Adelaide and Unley Baptist Churches.
Second daughter Helena Russell Goode (ca1866 – 8 June 1953) married architect Charles Thomas Good (ca1874 – 1 March 1926) on 26 March 1890. Their home was "Radmarley", 92 Cross Road, Myrtle Bank. Edith Russell Goode (since 1868) married Review
Albert Sidney Devenish (12 September 1863 – 5 April 1947) on 21 April 1903.
Kate Russell "Katie" Goode ( – 18 March 1946) married Frank William Varley (ca1863 – 26 June 1942) on 19 December 1896. They had a home at 555 Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria.
Their youngest daughter, Fannie (or Fanny) Russell Goode ( – 22 February 1895), married cousin Doctor J(oseph) Ernest Good (6 December 1867 – 6 December 1935) on 10 October 1894 She died around five months later. Ernest Russell Goode ( – 23 June 1927) married Annie Edith ?? ( – 7 July 1937), lived at Clark Street, Wayville.
She later lived at 56 Tusmore avenue, Tusmore.
He died at his residence "Montpellier" in Hill street, North Adelaide. They had another property, also called "Montpellier" in Parkside, South Australia.
Membership
And was a member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and its president from 1900 to 1901. He was a member of the Agriculture Bureau and closely followed the improvements in yield that accompanied scientific use of artificial fertilizers.