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Noflet T. Goodwin, farmer and stock-raiser, El Dorado, Ark. The name that heads this sketch is borne by a man who, though comparatively young in years, is yet prominently identified with the farming and stock-raising interests of the county. He is a native-born resident of the county, his birth occurring in 1851, and was the third of nine children born to Robert and Nancy (Foster) Goodwin [see sketch of father]. In his youthful days our subject became familiar with the duties of the farm on one of the finest tracts of land in the county, and when not occupied in tilling the soil was attending the private schools of the county, where he received a thorough education. When twenty-one years of age he engaged in cultivating the soil for himself, on a farm given him by his father, and after two years he bought his present farm, on the banks of the Ouachita River. He has 2,200 acres of land, and has 150 acres under cultivation, but his practical occupation has been stock-raising. He keeps a good breed of stock, and in the management of everything connected with his farm he displays good practical judgment and thoroughness. He has about 100 head of cattle, and about 150 head of hogs. The whole tract is covered with the best timber, and will be very valuable when it can be placed on the market. Mr. Goodwin has good improvements on his place, has erected a fine residence, and his outbuildings are among the best. He has been married twice—first, in 1873, to Miss Davis, a native of this county, and a daughter of Dr. Peter Davis, who was one of the pioneers. Mrs. Goodwin died in 1884, and left one child, Bobbin. Mr. Goodwin’s second marriage occurred in October, 1885, to Miss Edie Smith, a daughter of Joel Smith, who was also a pioneer of this county. This second union resulted in the birth of three children: Joel Francis Conrad (died at the age of three and a half years, November 23, 1889), Mary Lena and Nancy Ellana (twins, born February 26, 1889). Mr. Goodwin is one of Union County’s most enterprising and substantial citizens.