MELVIN C. GOUDIE, Section 9, Waveland Township, has made his home in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, since the spring of 1882.

He was born in Des Moines County, Iowa, May 4, 1854, the son of Gilbert and Sarah (Harps) Goudie, natives of Scotland and New York State respectively. His parents were married in New York and subsequently came to Iowa, settling in Des Moines County. When Melvin C. was twenty years old, his father died, leaving a widow and nine children. The mother died in 1879. Eight of the children are now living, as follows: Jane, Fred, Henry, Joseph, Sarah, wife of Henry Kerr of Waveland Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; William and Melvin C., also of Waveland Township, and Mary, wife of William Potter.

Mr. Goudie was reared on his fathers's farm in Des Moines County and received his education in the public schools.

At Moline, Illinois, September 9, 1880, he, at the age of twenty-six, was united in marriage to Miss Anna E. McDevitt, aged twenty-one, who was born in Wapello County, Iowa, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna (Newby) McDevitt, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. Mrs. Goudie's father resides with her, her mother having died when she was six years old.

Mr. Goudie bought his present farm of eighty acres of S. Graham, in March, 1882. It is well improved with good buildings and fences.

Mr. and Mrs. Goudie have one son, Ross L., who was born July 6, 1882. Their second son, Edgar L., died at the age of two years and four months.

Mr. Goudie is a Republican. He and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Walnut Valley, and both are active workers in the Sabbath-school.

Mr. Goudie is regarded as one of the representative citizens of Pottawattamie County.

Contributed By: Mona Sarratt-Knight