Individual Details
Doctor Davis Goheen
(26 Jan 1806 - 6 May 1849)
Events
| Birth | 26 Jan 1806 | Bangor near Spring Grove Forges, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Property | 19 Apr 1834 | Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1838 | Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1840 | | | ||
| Religion | From 1844 to 1849 | Davis Goheen is listed as Auditor for 1845- 1849Fiscal Agent 1844 - 1847 - Lebanon, Saint Clair County, Illinois | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1846 | Lebanon, Saint Clair County, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 6 May 1849 | Independence, Jackson County, Missouri | | |
Families
| Spouse | Annie Harrison ( - ) |
| Father | Samuel Goheen (1767 - 1814) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Mayberry ( - 1857) |
| Sibling | Jacob Goheen (1800 - ) |
| Sibling | Mayberry Goheen (1804 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Goheen (1807 - 1896) |
| Sibling | William George Goheen (1809 - 1892) |
| Sibling | John Wesley Goheen (1811 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Sylvanus McIntyre Goheen (1813 - 1851) |
Notes
Property
Peter Levergood et al to Davis Goheen on 19 Aprl 1834Peter of Cambria County and wife to Jacob Levergood of York to Henry Livergood of Lancaster County to Davis Goheen of borough of Columbia for $800 a dwelling house and ground on NW side of Locust St near 3rd Avenue - lot #72 and 73
Miscellaneous
In the year of 1807 the Columbia school was erected; On May 11th 1838 the stockholders increased the number of shares to one hundred at fourteen dollars per share for the purpose of raising money to put another story upon the building and extending the school several feet in the rear. Davis Goheen was one of the new stockholders.Occupation
Reverend David GoheenDavis Goheen came from the East about the time the six month's suspension of the college had been voted by the board, because of debts which had become so onerous. Mr. Goheen, with a genius for organization, was a good financier and an enthusiastic worker for the institution, and in a little time he had the lagging hopes of the older patrons re-established. Early in the California gold excitements together with his brother, S. M. E. Goheen, M.D.— he set his face toward that new Eldorado, his chief purpose, as tradition has it, being to find the hidden treasure which would establish McKendree, but died of cholera at Independence, Mo., while outfitting for his journey.
Residence
Dr. Goheen came to Belleville from Lebanon, where his brother was for a time pastor of a Methodist congregation. He was a graduate, traveled and skilled physician, and ha served some years as a surgeon in the united States Navy. He brought home with him from that service many interesting objects gathered in many cruises. From time to time he gave illustrated scientific lectures on temperance, anatomy and physiology. During the memorable cholera epidemic of 1849, he remained at his pot of duty, while may brother physiciana deserted, and having experience abroad in handling tat frightful scourge, he treated many cases with marked success. Dr Goheen was a magnificent man, stately in bearing ad was devoted to his profession. His wife Miss Annie Harrison, a daughter of Belleville's "grand old man," Thomas Harrison. Their one child died in infancy. Dr Goheen went to California in 1850 and died there in 1853.Death
Cholera at Independence:The scourge of our country is making fearful havoc in Independence and vicinity. Up to Thursday of this week, it was carrying off large numbers of the Californians and citizens.
The Rev. D Goheen of Lebanon, Illinois, was one of its victims on Sunday, after an attack of ten or twelve hours.
... The emigrants were dying by tens in the encampments of the vicinity, and up to the time of my departure there was little or no abatement.
He died of Cholera and is buried in Independence, Missouri.
Endnotes
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3. , (: , ), Franklin Ellis, Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, 1883, page 562.
4. , "E-mail," e-mail message from () to , Goheen Family History. Hereinafter cited as "e-mail".
5. , (: , ), Chamberland, McKendree Hypes, Historical Sketch of McKendree College, 1838 - 1914 (Lebanon, IL, Mckendree University), http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00cham/historicalsketch00cham_djvu.txt.
6. , (: , ), Bernard J Reid, Overland to California with the Pioneer Line, The Gold Rush of Bernard J Reid, editor Gordon, Mary McDougall, pape-trails.org.
7. , (: , ), The Seventh triennial catalogue of M'Kendree 1858-59 Leanon Ill, K P Studley Printer and Binder, St Louis, 1858, page 4.
8. , "E-mail," e-mail message from () to , Goheen Family History. Hereinafter cited as "e-mail".
9. Newton Bateman, Paul Selby, editors, Historic Encyclopedia of Illinois: and History of st Clair County (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1907), page 840, image 913; digital image, Heritage Quest ( : viewed 16 November 2016.
10. , "E-mail," e-mail message from () to , Goheen Family History. Hereinafter cited as "e-mail".
11. , (: , ), Chamberland, McKendree Hypes, Historical Sketch of McKendree College, 1838 - 1914 (Lebanon, IL, Mckendree University), http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00cham/historicalsketch00cham_djvu.txt.
12. , Newspaper articles, , The Cleveland Herald, (Cleveland, OH) May 21, 1849; Issue 117; col B.