Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Robert GOUDY, farmer, P. O. Du Page; was born in Essex Co., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1822; in the fall 
of 1843, he came West to Illinois, and settled in Du Page Twp., Will Co., and engaged in farm 
labor; in 1850, he moved to the I. & M. Canal, and attended lock, two and one-half miles north 
of Lockport, two years; he next engaged in running a boat, two years, for Norton & Co., and 
again returned to the lock, remaining five years; in 1859, be purchased one-quarter section 
of land in Du Page Twp.; this he improved and occupied in 1861; he purchased where he now lives, 
in the winter of 1867. He was married Oct. 15, 1848, to Ophelia WELCH, a native of Ohio; two 
sons, William H. and Charles R., and two daughters Mary and Julia, have been born to them; of 
these, only one, Julia, is living. Owns 100 acres of land, well improved, and worth $1,000. At 
an early age, he learned the blacksmith's trade, but not having a fancy for the business he 
abandoned it for farming; has held the offices of School Director, School Trustee, and is at 
present Commissioner of Highways, his tenure of office extending over a period six and one-half 
years.