The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 134 AUBREY CHESTER GOODWIN. Aubrey Chester Goodwin, who follows farming near Thorp, is one of the native sons of Kittitas county. He was born upon the old Goodwin homestead May 20, 1884, a son of Thomas B. and Sarah (Cumberland) Goodwin, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. He acquired a public school education and in his youthful days engaged in ranching with his father. He afterward rented his father's farm in connection with his brother Stanley and subsequently they purchased farm land, which they cultivated together for a time, but eventually Aubrey C. Goodwin sold his interest to his brother. He afterward leased the old home place, which he continued to cultivate for two and a half years. He next conducted a livery stable in Ellensburg, where he lived for two years, and later he was engaged along various lines for a few years. He afterward again took charge of the home farm, which he then conducted for two years, and in 1918 he purchased fifty-eight acres of land a mile west of Thorp. Upon this place he has a fine house and large, substantial barns and in fact his is one of the well improved properties of the neighborhood. He is engaged in raising grain and hay and his business affairs are wisely and systematically conducted, bringing him substantial success. On the 1st of May, 1907, Mr. Goodwin was married to Miss Ethel McMillan, of Ellensburg, and they are widely and favorably known in the section of the county in which they make their home. In politics Mr. Goodwin is a democrat where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. He has always preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs and he is a representative of a family that has always been identified with progressive farming. His father brought the first car load of farm machinery into the Kittitas valley, shipping it to The Dalles, Oregon, and hauling it by team the rest of the way. His stock included the first headers and binders ever used in the district. Throughout all the intervening years the Goodwin family have stood in the vanguard of progressiveness along all those lines which have to do with agricultural development and their worth as citizens is widely acknowledged. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.