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ISAAC GOOD, railroad supervisor, Wall, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1838, a son of Isaac and Catherine (Sumney) Good, who were parents of eleven children. The former is now deceased, the latter is living. The subject of this sketch was educated at the schools of Westmoreland county, and at the age of fourteen became a railroad employe, located at first in Allegheny, and later at Cambria and Fayette. In 1860 he married Sarah, daughter of William Walker, of Pittsburgh, after which they located at Braddock, and subsequently resided for a time at East Liberty, Shady Side, and in Cambria county for five years. He returned to Allegheny county, and in 1881 located at Wall, which derives its name from Frank Wall, now a resident of Kentucky, who was the owner of the first two houses erected here, and by occupation an engineer on river boats. Wall is now the headquarters of this division of the Pennsylvania railroad. The roundhouses and machine-shops are to be removed from Pittsburgh, and Wall will be the distributing point for west and southwest. Mr. and Mrs. Good have a family of six children, viz.: William E., George G., C. B., Carrie E., Albert and Hellen May. Mr. Good’s grandfather, Isaac Good, was a pioneer of Western Pennsylvania.