Individual Details

Census

Mayberry age 65 Minister real estate value $12000 personnel estate $12500, born in Pennsylvania.
Mary J age 58 keeping house born in Virginia.

Census

Mayberry Goheen was a minister age 75, born in PA and parents born in PA, his wife Mary J. age 70 born in Virginia, her parents born in Virginia

Residence

Mayberry Goheen was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1804. When he was a boy his father moved to Antietam, Washington County, Maryland. His father was an Episcopalian, his mother a Methodist. He Wrote: "In my twentieth year I experienced religion, the witness of which was clear and unquestionable." He also penned the following: "My call to the ministry was without a doubt; it was as sudden as my conversion ... A sense of divine honor filled my heart." He entered the Baltimore Conference in 1833. Bishop Emory ordained him a deacon in 1835. Bishop Waugh made him an Elder in the year 1837. He was a member of the Conference 57 years, 32 of which he was effective, and 25 years retired. He was honored by filling some of the best churches in the Conference. He died August 21, 1890, just a few days beyond his eighty-sixth birthday. He was possessed of some means, and designed in his will to aid the Church in Hagerstown in paying its mortgaged indebtedness, but on a mere technicality the Church never received the money he willed to it. As a preacher, He "was earnest and spiritual." He was an excellent pastor. His character "was saintly and heroic but prudent and reserved beyond most men." He loved his aged mother as he had don when a boy. He loved his church and did all in his power for her interests. His end was peaceful, and he gave to those about him assurances of his victory in death.