Eighth Generation

9397. Quincy Margaret "Margaret" Coffey was born on 2 December 1898 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.²⁸⁶⁵⁴ She lived with her parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 12 June 1900. She lived with her parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 25 April 1910. Margaret died of broncho-pneumonia on 13 May 1971 at the age of 72 at Guardian Care Nursing Home in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co., NC and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Northhampton Co., VA.^{28655,28656,28657,28658}

Quincy Margaret "Margaret" Coffey and Vice Admiral Howard Harrison Good were married on 29 June 1945 in District of Columbia, Washington.²⁸⁶⁵⁹ Vice Admiral Howard Harrison Good, son of James Franklin Good and Lola Irwin, was born on 12 August 1888 in Warren, Huntington Co., IN. He lived with his parents in Salamonie, Huntington Co., IN on 6 June 1900. He arrived in in Seattle, King Co., WA on 12 March 1938 from Hong Kong aboard the SS President Jackson Howard Harrison Good appeared on the passenger list of the SS President Jackson arriving at Seattle, King Co., WA on 1 April 1938, sailing from Hong Kong.²⁸⁶⁶⁰ He appeared in the census on 2 April 1940 in District of Columbia, Washington.²⁸⁶⁶¹ He retired in 1950. Vice Admiral Good died on 12 August 1963 at the age of 75 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington Co., VA.^28662,28663

Vice Admiral Howard Harrison Good, born in Warren, 1888, attended Warren High School and the Naval Academy, 1912. He was in command of the heavy cruiser "New Orleans" at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and he participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea, in May, 1942. After that battle he rescued many of the crew of the "Lexington." He was in the great Battle of Midway in June, 1942, and then assumed command of Cruiser Division Five, having been promoted to rear admiral in May, 1942. His cruiser division participated in many South Pacific operations, including the Battle of Santa Cruz. Thereafter he served for two years as head of the Base Maintenance Division, in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Subsequently he commanded United States naval forces in the Philippines, and was commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District, Seattle, from 1948 to 1950. He retired as a vice admiral in 1950.

Good's father was James F. Good; Dr. Jonas Good of Warren was his grandfather. His mother is active in the War Mothers in Warren. He and his wife, the former Margaret Coffey of Virginia, have one son: Edward L. Good lives in Seattle, Washington.