Gunnison Gazette | 1909-07-23 | Page 3 | "Grand Old Man of Virginia" Dies at Age of Eighty

"Grand Old Man of Virginia" Dies at Age of Eighty. Norfolk. Va. John Goode, affectionately affec-tionately known as the "Grand Old Man of Vireinla." died here Wednesday Wednes-day following a stroke of apoplexy, aged 8" years. John Goode was the sole surv'vor of the Virginia secession seces-sion convention and the oldest p-membcr p-membcr of the national congress. He also was a member of the Confederate congress. . During President Cleveland's Cleve-land's first administration Goode was appointed solicitor general of the United States.