WILLIAM H. GOOD , grocer, Sixth street and North Grand Avenue, became proprietor of the business at his present location in February, 1879, purchasing the stock from D. A. DeVares. He has from fifteen years of age been connected with that line of trade as clerk, chiefly for G. A. Ballou. He keeps in store a fine assortment of family groceries; also a stock of queens and glassware, and conducts a prosperous local retail business, employing two assistants. Mr. Good was born in the city of Springfield, in the residence still occupied by his parents, in 1854. Three sons and a daughter compose the family of James and Mary (Fenstermaker) Good, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest son. His school opportunities were not ample, and his education has been chiefly obtained by practical business, of which he has a good knowledge. In September, 1879, he married Miss Laura Clark, of Williamsville, Sangamon county. One son has been born to them, Clinton Edward Good. Mr. Good's father is a native of Christian county, Illinois; his mother, of Pennsylvania.