Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Goodin, Edgar A. 1873 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Edgar A. Goodin is a native of Van Buren county, Iowa, and was born March 25,
1858, to Asa and Caroline (McElhaney) Goodin. The father died in Iowa and the
mother died in Wichita in 1899. On attaining his majority our subject rented a
farm and carried on farming in Iowa till he was twenty-seven years old. He moved
to Kansas in 1885 and the next year settled in Wichita, and with two teams of
horses which he owned, and others which he purchased, engaged in the work of
grading streets. The business was financially successful; but Mr. Goodin
invested his profits in Wichita property, and when the financial panic came he
was caught in the crash and his entire holdings were swept away. He, however,
found work as engineer for the Eagle Publishing Company, and in 1891, having
saved a small sum of money, rented eighty acres that had been subdivided into
town lots and for two years gave his entire attention to raising hogs. This
venture was followed by another year at farming, and in 1884 he joined the rush
to Oklahoma. Failing to get a claim, he returned to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and
with $1,500 he had saved purchased a quarter section of land, paying one-half
cash and mortgaging it for the other $1,500, which he paid off in three years
from his profits through feeding stock. In 1897 he bought eighty acres, to which
he added 240 acres in 1898. In 1901 he further increased his holdings with the
purchase of eighty acres, and in 1909 by another purchase of 320 acres, making
his total holdings of land 720 acres, being 480 acres in Section 33, 160 acres
in Section 34 and 80 acres in Section 32, all in Gypson township, in Sedgwick
county, and all purchased with the profits of his farming, in which he has given
his chief attention to raising and feeding cattle and hogs. In 1909 his sales of
cattle, hogs and wheat amounted to $13,000. In 1905 Mr. Goodin erected a
beautiful and commodious farmhouse, where he made his home five years. The place
is also improved with fine barns, outbuildings and sheds and thoroughly equipped
with all that pertains to a modern farm. Mr. Goodin still has the general
supervision of his farm, though his sons have charge of the farming operations,
and during 1910 he moved into his beautiful and spacious bungalow, which he
built on the township road on the south line of his property in Section 33. This
home is thoroughly modern in all its appointments, and is equipped with every
appliance looking to comfort, utility and convenience. A cistern with a capacity
of 700 barrels supplies water for a complete water system throughout the
premises; a hot-air furnace supplies the heat, and the the place is lighted with
gas. Among other conveniences is a handsome garage for housing his new
automobile, which is the third machine Mr. Goodin has possessed.

   In 1879 Mr. Goodin married Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. William L. Foster, who
settled in Lee county, Iowa, in 1854, and who died in 1891. His widow still
lives in Iowa. Of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Goodin, Delia, born in
1880, died in 1888, and Dewitt, born in 1894, died in 1896. Of the surviving
children, Maggie, born in 1882, is married to Mr. Charles Lane, of Wichita. They
have one child, Ruth by name. Roy R. was born in 1885; he married Miss Mabel
Russell, and they have one child, Clark. They live on the homestead; Collier,
who was born in 1888, married Miss Luella Urban, and also lives on the home
farm. Lee, who was born in 1899, and Grace, born in 1901, both live with their
parents and are attending school.

   Mr. Goodin stands high in the Masonic order, and is a member of the Wichita
Consistory. In politics he is a Democrat, independent in his actions and opinion.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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